Where students are seen and valued and become their best selves as racially conscious, globally minded contributors to society.

January 9, 2025

Greetings Peter Hobart Families, 

Welcome back from Winter Break! We hope you were able to get good rest, spend quality time with important people in your life, and recharge for the remainder of the school year! At this halfway point in the year, we will be resetting and refocusing. One way we will do so, is by cleaning out a donating items from our Lost and Found. Remind your student to check the lost and found if they have misplaced something. Otherwise, we will be passing along unneeded items to others in need.

Here's to a great 2025 Peter Hobart!

Principal Aaron Monson

Assistant Principal Kelsey Clark

Aaron Monson, Peter Hobart Principal

952-928-6602 ~ monson.aaron@slpschools.org

Kelsey Clark, Peter Hobart Elementary Assistant Principal

952-928-6594 ~ clark.kelsey@slpschools.org

Important Dates ~ January

Jan. 23-27 ~ MN Paraprofessionals Week

Jan. 1 ~ New Year’s Day

Jan. 4 ~ World Braille Day

Jan. 6 ~ FIRST DAY BACK

Jan. 7 ~ Orthodox Christmas Day

Jan. 13 ~ Tu Bishvat/ Tu B’Shevat (Jewish)

Jan. 14 ~ Orthodox New Year

Jan. 20 ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 27 ~ International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan. 29 ~ Lunar New Year

District News

Make Your Voice Heard: Take the Community Survey on the Strategic Plan

St. Louis Park Public Schools sees, inspires and empowers each learner to live their brilliance. As our world continues to evolve, our roadmap to enhance the lives of our students, staff and community members needs to evolve too. 

That is why the district has decided to embark on a redesign of the strategic plan. A strategic plan is a comprehensive framework that outlines an organization’s long-term vision, mission, and goals, serving as a roadmap to guide decision-making and resource allocation.

In addition to hearing from staff, we want to hear from community members to help guide our work and ensure that each voice has a chance to be heard. Your voice is important and we want to hear from you! 

Take the Community Survey

Learn more about the strategic plan process

Discover What 6th Grade at SLP Has to Offer! Online Info Night on January 30

Discover what's in store for your 6th grader! Join us on January 30 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. for our virtual 6th Grade Information Night. Meet the principal, interact with teachers, and explore the 6th-grade curriculum. 

Don't miss this chance to get a comprehensive overview of the upcoming academic year. Find out more at ms.slpschools.org/incoming-6th-grade-families. We look forward to seeing you!

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National Day of Racial Healing in St. Louis Park

This program is an opportunity for children, teens, neighbors, and community members to learn about each other’s diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and lived experiences. All are invited to participate in the community conversation facilitated by high school students in St. Louis Park. 

The program is free for all ages. Soup and light refreshments provided. 

Please register in advance at bit.ly/SLPDRH2024 or scan the QR code

Winter Season is here! 

Discover fun and inspiring classes, workshops, and experiences for the whole family in our Community Education Winter Catalog! Exciting opportunities for all ages await—physical copies will be mailed to SLP residents in mid-December.

Peter Hobart PTO

Dear Peter Hobart Families, 

As we’ve shared before, our Hopes & Dreams sessions & surveys are used to facilitate our goal to engage with families, elevate their experiences to celebrate our successes, and identify opportunities for meaningful changes and improvements within our school.

Based on data collected from our Family Hopes and Dreams night and online survey responses, here are the top themes that emerged for what’s working at PH and what needs improvement:

What is working?

• Family and community engagement, including events to meet families and the sense of community at PH
• Diversity and inclusion, including a diverse student population and the focus on inclusion and equity 
• Relationships, including a love for students, teachers, staff, and leadership 

What needs improvement?

• Curriculum and instruction, including a need for more rigor, relevance, challenge, and differentiation 
• Communication, including a need for improved report cards and specific communication on what kids are learning, how they are doing with that learning, and how parents can help at home 

We recently met with Principals Monson & Clark to conduct a deeper dive into the data and discuss short and long term action plans. Good news is lots of amazing work is already in progress to address the area of improvements identified by parents. We will also be working on the following in the near term:

Differentiated Learning Experiences - parents expressing need for more challenge and/or more support for their child 

• Hope & Dreams session in April will include Principal Monson messaging on Differentiated Learning Experiences current action plan / current practices in place & engage in deeper listening sessions, provide opportunity for parents' to respond and ask questions. (Save the Date - April 30th, 6-7:30pm)
• Explore classroom volunteering by parents to support learning experiences in the classroom. Interested in volunteering? Fill out an application here.   

Curriculum/AfterSchool Programming - parent desire for homework support; either too hard for child or parent to help! 

• Explore Homework Club through YEP

We will continue to update the parent community throughout the school year!

In Community,

Peter Hobart PTO

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