PHOTOS: The Annual Higgins Extravaganza

Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders got together to enjoy Treadwell's ice cream, find out their class assignments and enjoy other fun activities before the coming school year.

Students, their parents and younger siblings all got to enjoy some ice cream, courtesy of Treadwell's, at Higgins Middle School last week as the students found out their cluster and homeroom assignments for the year, along with some other fun activities. The school puts on the event each year with some help from the Peabody Education Foundation.

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Deputy Education Commissioner Ingram Joins Peabody Administrators for Summit

Administrators and key district personnel attended a two-day summit last week in preparation for the new year ahead. New Deputy Commissioner of Education Alan Ingram also came up to speak about state initiatives.

[The following was submitted by Superintendent of Schools Joseph Mastrocola's office.] Superintendent Joseph Mastrocola convened a two-day administrative leadership summit August 21 and 22 at the Carroll School to help principals and other key personnel prepare for the 2012-2013 school year. “This was a great opportunity for us to get together and really fine tune our mission and the goals that we have for the year ahead,” Mastrocola said. “As a new superintendent, I think forums like these are critical to establishing an open and inclusive dialogue with the members of my leadership team. Good communication helps us stay focused on what’s most important as administrators – creating an optimal learning environment for Peabody students.” The…

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All Aboard! Peabody School Bus Routes

Here are the schedules this coming school year for the yellow bus routes.

Looking for another copy of the schedule of bus routes this school year for the Peabody Public Schools? Look no further -- you can find them attached here as .pdf files. The schedules for Bishop Fenwick High School and St. John the Baptist School are included as well. Just as a note in perusing the .pdf attachments, there are tools at the bottom of the document window for zooming in to get a closer look as well as flipping over to the next page. In a few cases, the individual documents have multiple pages.

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Peabody Schools Still Have Several Job Openings

There are still a handful of job openings for teachers and support staff in the Peabody Public Schools as students are set to return Sept. 4.

The following is the most current list of teaching job openings in the Peabody Public Schools for the 2012-2013 school year. Click on each link for more information on that job. The dates are when the position was posted. All teaching jobs are posted on www.schoolspring.com. The following non-teaching jobs are also available and are posted on youschools.org:

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Suggested School Supplies for the New Year

The Peabody Public Schools have a list of suggested supplies by grade level.

Trying to figure out what your child needs for school supplies before Sept. 4 rolls around? The Peabody Public Schools have posted the following suggested supplies lists to help you out: Requested items for classroom use: Requested items for classroom use: Requested items for classroom use: Requested items for classroom use: Requested items for classroom use: Requested items for classroom use:

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How to Use Patch This School Year

Five things principals, educators, PTO members, parents and students need to know.

There's just under a month left before school starts again at the Peabody Public Schools and Peabody Patch will be there to cover all the big news. But we can’t do it without your help. To make sure you get the most out of Patch this school year, we invite you to get active in the news-gathering process. There are five things you can do to make sure your school and its students get all the coverage they deserve from Patch: You can also become a blogger and share your school's news directly with Patch readers on a regular basis. To find out more about using Patch this school year, just email peabody@patch.com. 

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Get Your Seat Before it's Gone

There's still time to get your child a seat on the school bus this fall, but they are filling up quickly.

Have you paid for your child's school bus pass yet for the coming year? If not, your window of opportunity is closing. School Transportation Director Eileen Bresnahan says she needs to have the bus route schedules for the year over to the transportation company (Salter) by Aug. 13, which leaves just about two weeks for families to sign up and pay in full. As of July 31, 1,551 students were signed up to ride the bus, Bresnahan said. She still expects that number to grow steadily to match up with the 2,400 students who rode the bus last year. School officials are projecting similar enrollment levels as last year at this point. "If they don't have a bus pass, they don't ride the bus," Bresnahan said, citing the standing policy in the district…

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2012-2013 Peabody Public Schools Calendar

School starts in Peabody this year on Sept. 4.

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Pop Warner Cheerleaders Get Ready

The Pop Warner cheerleaders are getting ready for the season.

Pop Warner Cheerleaders are getting ready to root on the home team this season. Practice has started and soon enough, you will spot them on the sidelines. 

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