Peeler Open School has a long tradition of developmentally appropriate, child-centered, progressive education. That tradition, with its strong philosophical base, guides us through today's public education landscape. But the essentials about children, education, and teaching hold true now as they always have in the past. Children want to learn and succeed. Children want to have friends and be loved.
Teachers influence the destiny of children.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a flame. At no other time in the history of American public education has the partnership between parents and schools been as important as it is today. You are key to the success of our school and the quality of education your child receives. We are blessed to be part of a school that enjoys a healthy parent-school partnership, and we want to strengthen and expand that partnership. The Peeler Open School PTA is vital to this goal, and I thank all of you who work to make the PTA so effective.