Peake Elementary School

Due to the inclement weather and hazardous road conditions, Tuesday, January 16 will be a snow day for the Arkadelphia Public School District. All campuses and district buildings will be closed tomorrow. All after-school activities are canceled for Tuesday. Stay safe and warm!

It's National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Students and staff, get those festive, unique, and not-so-cute sweaters ready to wear today. Be watching for the social media posts later this morning to help select our winning campus. Have a great Friday! #BadgerPride

Please note the date change for Peake's chess tournament.

We are excited about our Peake staff in 2023-24! We welcomed some new faces and some familiar faces are in new places. It's going to be a great year for Peake Elementary School before moving into our new school next year. It's a great day to be a Badger!

K-12 online enrollment is open for ANY child new to Arkadelphia Public Schools in the 2023-24 School Year. If you have NOT completed the online enrollment application, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. To enroll visit https://www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2023-24new-student-enrollment

Mrs. Brandi Cotton will be our new Elementary Gifted and Talented Teacher for the 2023-24 School Year. Mrs. Cotton has been in our school district for 10½ years. She most recently has been on the Goza Middle School 6th Grade Teaching team. She completed her endorsement for Gifted and Talented in 2018 through UALR. We are excited for her to work with our elementary school students! #BadgerPride

Happy Friday! It's a great day to be a Badger! A reminder that there will be NO school on Monday, May 29th in honor of Memorial Day. Our last official day of this school year is Friday, June 2. Enjoy the holiday weekend!

This a reminder that our 2023 Arkadelphia Public School District Retirement Reception is today, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. in the Goza Middle School cafeteria. We hope you will come to celebrate the wonderful careers of our retirees. #OnceABadgerAlwaysABadger

The UAMS Pathways Academy Program will be hosting their Junior STEM-Health Academy for K-5th grades on June 12 -23, 2023. The program is FREE of charge. We still have open spots available. Please apply by scanning the QR code below or visiting our website ddei.uams.edu/outreach-programs/pathways-academy/

Arkadelphia ABC Preschool online registration through Dawson Education Cooperative is now open. If you have a child who will be three years old by Aug. 1, 2023, sign them up using this link: www.dawsonesc.com/o/dawson-esc/page/abc-2023-2024-online-applications

We are so glad to welcome Shelly Whittle back into our district this spring as a Special Education Teacher at Peake Elementary School! Shelly previously taught at Arkadelphia High School and Goza Middle School. We are grateful to have her experience at Peake! #BadgerPride

Christmas Break has begun! We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday. See you back at school in 2023!

Due to the elevation of the current APSD COVID positive cases according to ACHI COVID-19 Dashboard, masks will be REQUIRED for all students and staff on buses and at school beginning tomorrow, January 6. Please wear a mask to school. We will continue to be diligent in our cleaning and distancing efforts in order to keep our students and staff healthy and safe. Thank you for your help in mitigating the spread of virus. For APSD COVID-19 Updates, visit www.arkadelphiaschools.org/page/2021-22-covid-19-updates

PARENTS: SMACtalk (Social Media Awareness Campaign) from Arkansas Department of Education provides resources for talking SMAC with our kids. The focus for November is "Vetting Information." Check out the articles & videos at smactalk.info/parents #smactalkar

It's another great week to be an Arkadelphia Badger! There is a lot happening in the Arkadelphia Public School District September 20-25.

The Great Kindness Challenge Week is here!!!

Our spring semester starts for students TUESDAY, January 5, and we look forward to seeing our students, whether they’re in person or virtual!

Peake Elementary will pivot to online instruction beginning tomorrow, December 11th. Online instruction will run through the end of next week, Friday, December 18th. Please keep in mind that December 21st and 22nd are District Virtual Days as well. Winter Break will begin on December 23rd. It is VERY important that students check Buzz daily for assignments and to get those assignments completed. We are going to adhere to our homework policy that can be found in our handbook. At the teachers' discretion, assignments submitted more than two days past the due date may not be accepted. Teachers and staff will be on campus during regular school hours for assistance and/or questions. Be SAFE and we will see our students back on campus on January 5th, 2021!

Peake Student Council is raising money to buy gifts for three students from the angel tree. They are sponsoring three activities this week. Tuesday- bring $1 to wear pajamas to school!!! Wednesday- bring $1 to wear a hat to school!! Thursday- candy will be sold at the end of the day. All proceeds will go to our Angels!!

FREE meals for ALL children 0-18. Pickup at Goza Middle School 140 Badger Lane Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 10:30. Monday's pick up will include 2 Breakfasts and 2 Lunches. Wednesday's pick up will include 3 Breakfasts and 3 Lunches. for more information contact Leah Morehead @ 501-762-6703