2022 Welcoming Party
Saturday, September 10 at 4pm
2021 Welcoming Party
Saturday, September 11, 1pm-5pm*
The Peralta Welcoming Party is a sweet and inclusive party for every single Peralta family – from newbies to veterans. We take over the campus for an afternoon of mingling, playing, and art activities. Free family portraits will be taken to reflect every face of our community.
This year, we are modifying some traditions to honor our desire to gather safely. *If your last name starts with A-M, plan on attending from 1:00-3:00 pm. If your last name starts with N-Z plan on coming 3:00-5:00 pm. We plan to replicate events twice so that families from each time slot can enjoy them.
Peralta Family Altar
Bring something that represents your family and place it on our Peralta Family Altar.
Free Family Portraits!
Professional photographers Chris Chun and Dina Dvorak will take your family's portrait where it will hang on campus to reflect every face of our community.
Dance Party!
Dance outdoors with a professional hip hop dance instructor!
Let’s Play!
Make art and play games that help us all feel safe, included, and connected
Join us. Feel more connected. Know you belong.
The Welcoming Party is hosted at Peralta Elementary on Saturday, September 11 from 1 to 5.
This free community event is co-sponsored by the PPTG.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Heather Dodge or Jennifer Friedman
Welcoming Dinner 2017
Our first year under the new 'welcoming' banner, with a renewed emphasis on families and belonging. We put our beautiful families front and center, and then made prints of all the family portraits, which we later hung on the wall outside of the 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. Our Faces of Peralta wall on campus visually reminded us of belonging and inclusion in our community.
To access the gallery of last year's photos, taken by Cindy Hegger, click here.
Diversity Dinner 2016
Latkes, lumpia, enchiladas, egg curry, pierogies, jalebees, wild boar and lamb stew... Face painters and henna designers and the folks rocking out on the dance floor… We ate until we couldn't move, and then we sat around and talked til we could eat some more. Thanks so much to all the parents who came and brought dishes, and all the volunteers who scrubbed them clean again. :-)
The Welcoming Dinner Dance Party