It is truly a magical time of year. A child’s dream. A child’s morning smile. The magic of giving.  A child’s moment of euphoria. Things I wish for every day. Happy holidays to all of our wonderful Perkins families. Mr. Koss  

“It’s not the mall,” exclaims 3rd grade student Keana Cooper enthusiastically when asked what she likes about Perkins’ annual Holiday Shop. “Everything is right here, so I don’t have to walk all around looking for presents.” Gabi Evans-Wilkins, …

The Merrill Show Choir blessed the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders ears on Friday afternoon with a medley of their performance pieces. Our students could not stop tapping their toes and rocking to the beat as Merrill performed …

Let the tournament begin. Our Perkins students participated in a chess tournament at Central Campus last night. The playing field was saturated with talented chess minds. When the last piece was moved Conner won 1st place and Josh won 3rd …

What a wonderful day for reading. Haley sits down with Mr. Koss to read a passage from her book. The title is Girl Detective by Judy Bloom. This is a mystery about Mr. Chips a beloved crime dog who …

The best part of my job is spending time in the classroom with our outstanding students. We call them walkthroughs. Most of my day I travel from room to room watching the teaching and learning process. On this …

The winning classes from the Perkins Walk-a-Thon enjoyed the fruits of their labor today with well deserved bags of popcorn and M&M’s. Smiles were abundant, as mouths dried from all the salt and butter, but nothing a quick …

Kindergarten showed us today that no obstacle is too tough to overcome. No matter what they get on their shoes, our Penguins will keep their cool. In a pre-Thanksgiving performance, the three Kindergarten classes acted out Pete the Cat: I …

Perkins Academy was very fortunate to have two, beautiful tile mosaics donated by a former Perkins’ family.  Patty Link and her family had local artist, Concetta Morales, design two tile mosaics for the outdoor entry way to the …

Perkins student competes in Cross Country National Youth Championship, in Nashville, Tennessee. Nineteen teams of 20 girls competed for the top prize. Adriana’s team won the national runner-up award. In the individual division, Adrianna crossed the finish line in  7th …