Peebles Elementary School

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1 Simmons Avenue  Peebles, Ohio 45660  
Phone: 937-587-2611
Fax:  937-587-5240

 PES School Calendar - click here

Our Local Report Card Status for 2008-2009
"Effective"

To view our report card, click on this link

 

IMPORTANT! Arrival and dismissal procedures for 2008-2009 -- Scroll down this page or
click here for more information!

Our "HONORS READERS" recognition page is now updated and can be found by clicking on the AR Quizzes bar above, then scrolling down!

Principal
 Ann Charles		 Assistant Principal
 Jim Walls		 Counselor
Kathy Pryor

Welcome to our site!

Peebles Elementary School is located in the beautiful rolling hills of southern Ohio, at the northern end of Adams County.  Peebles is a small, friendly farming town surrounded by farm land and densely wooded areas.  The school serves approximately six hundred and fifty-eight, preschool through sixth grade students. You can access our school calendar by clicking on the link above (right after Welcome to Our School): 

Mission

Peebles Elementary School is committed to academic excellence & strengthening character through quality education.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES:

We continue being involved in several  initiatives at Peebles Elementary School which have allowed our local report card to remain "Effective" for this school year, while also helping us attain AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress). The efforts of the staff at PES allowed us to attain 6 of the 12 indicators, meet adequate yearly progress, and, show significant growth through the new value added model which measures student's individual growth.  We also strive to provide a safe and caring environment for the children of our community. Our involvement in OISM (Ohio Integrated Systems Model) continues to play a major role in our continued drive to move from  "effective"  to "excellent" status. The plans outline data tracking of reading and behavior, analyzing trends in those areas, and planning for effective programs in delivery of reading instruction and classroom management (discipline). We track reading data through AimsWeb Fluency Probes as well as a host of other data tools. For classroom management our teachers use two methods, Assertive Discipline and Time To Teach. We continue to use SWIS (School Wide Information System) to track discipline and behavior problems so that we can analyze the level of improvement / impact of the various classroom management programs. If you have questions about these or any other improvements we are currently involved in, you can gain further information by clicking on the "School Improvement" link at the top of this page which leads you to our action plans for the 2008-2009 school year (these will be updated shortly). You may also contact Mrs. Charles or Mr. Walls at the school at 937-587-2611.

ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES  2008-2009

  • You MAY NO longer use the circle drive on school grounds (formerly the parent drop off and pick up), as that area is now one way and will be used exclusively for the loading and unloading of bus students between the hours of 7:30AM to 8:10AM and from 2:15 PM until all buses have departed (approximately 2:45 PM).
     

  • Parents who are bringing their child to school or picking them up in the evening may NOW USE Simmons Avenue as a place to park and pick up their child. DO NOT stop in the middle of the street and have your child walk between cars as this is very dangerous. You may park next to the sidewalk or across the street and have your child cross at one of the designated crosswalks where safety patrol will assist them in crossing if they are not with you.

 
MORNING ARRIVAL
 

  • Bus students arrive between 7:35-7:45AM each day. Bus students that arrive prior to 7:45AM should go to breakfast or to the gym. Bus students need to enter through the side door (old parent drop off) and walk immediately to the gym if they arrive before 7:45AM. Students arriving after 7:45 should go to breakfast or their room, and not be lingering in the hallways.
  • Walkers and Parent drop-offs are not to arrive before 7:45 AM as there is not adequate adult supervision. Students who arrive before 7:45 AM will need to go the cafeteria and wait there.
  • On-site supervision is NOT available until 7:30 AM each day. For those students walking to school, please instruct them to walk on the sidewalk only and to cross only at the designated crosswalks.

 SIGN OUT PROCEDURES / EVENING DISMISSAL

  • Parent pick-ups and walkers will now be dismissed at approximately 2:45PM each day. These students are to exit through the main front doors of the building and go immediately home or to the parents car. Students are not to loiter, play on the playground, wait for friends, etc.
  • Bus students will be dismissed at (approximately 2:40PM.)
  • Bus students will exit through the side door of the main building (where the circle drive is) or the front sidewalk, and go immediately to their bus.
  • Junior high, high school, and vocational students are not to enter the building unless they have been issued a pass from their school/principal. Passes may be obtained for practices scheduled for the elementary gym, if a student is going home with a staff member, or if a student is picking up a younger sibling.
  • If parents of grades 1-6 children wish to wait inside the building for their child, you will need to SIGN IN at the office and get a visitors pass, then wait in the foyer by the gymnasium. Parents of Kindergarten students need to wait outside.  You may not wait by your child’s classroom. Sadly, it is no longer considered a safe practice for your child to have outside adults present at dismissal time.
  • At the end of the school day, students are expected to go home IMMEDIATELY. Supervision is NOT provided on the school playground after school.

Our goal is to keep your child safe, and still make it as convenient as possible for you to pick-up or drop-off your child.  If you have any questions, please be sure to call us at 587-2611.  Thanks again for your help and support in keeping our children safe.

 Sincerely,

 Ann Charles, Principal

This site is maintained by Jim Walls, Assistant Principal. Please email any comments or suggestions by clicking on my name at the top of the page.

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