Peabody Elementary
Academic Programs / Special Features
- Experienced, dedicated and caring teachers and staff
- Rigorous and comprehensive academic program
- Student-centered focus on educating the whole child to improve each child’s cognitive, physical, social and emotional development.
- John Irwin Schools of Excellence Award (2018, 2019)
- PLC Model School 2019
- #Every Class, Every Child, Every Day
- Gifted and Talented program
- Literacy support for students K–5
- Resource Program for students with learning disabilities
- District Center-Based program for students in special education with complex needs
- Student mental health support – 5 days per week
- Technology: intentional and purposeful use in every classroom to enhance learning, SMART Boards, Chromebooks in all classrooms Grades 3–5, iPads
- Tuition-free full-day kindergarten
- Music, P.E., art and library classes for Grades K–5
- “Creating Opportunities for Genius” (C.O.G.): An innovative learning lab for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) for Grades K–5
- Professional Learning Communities (PLC): Teachers meet weekly to analyze student data and adjust instruction to meet the needs of all students
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS): School-wide, proactive approach to discipline with a focus on teaching and supporting positive behavior in all students
- Highly active parent (PTO) and community involvement
- Award-winning before- and after-school child care/summer child care program – Panther Pride Club named a Program of Excellence by the Arapahoe County Early Childhood Council
- New primary and intermediate playground equipment (2020)
- Other: Science Fair, Young AmeriTowne Program, 5th Grade Student Ambassadors, Math Olympiad, Junior Great Books, Senior Volunteers Program, grade level musical performances, GeoBee; and additional enrichment programs: choir, Robotics, Kidz Art, Mad Science, chess club
PEABODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRADES PRE-K–5
3128 East Maplewood Avenue
Centennial, CO 80121
303-347-4625
Principal
Francesca Pappalardo
DID YOU KNOW?
Peabody is named after Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States in 1860.