We aren’t the same school from when you were a kid… Peru Community Schools is adapting to the needs of our community. No matter your age or whether you attended Peru Community Schools 50 years ago, 15 years ago, or just a few years ago, we are a completely different School System today. We’re constantly re-evaluating the services we offer and the needs of each and every Student as an individual. No matter what your experience was at Peru Schools, we invite you to check us out today.

The greatest attribute of Peru Community Schools today is our Awesome Teachers. Our Teachers are Kind, Compassionate, and genuinely care about every Student. When you walk through our buildings today, you notice a common atmosphere of “Kindness Matters” on the walls, in the halls, and on the Teachers’ faces and in their actions. And when you witness the Teachers educating, it becomes apparent that they spent a lot of time and energy preparing for the current lesson. When you drive by one of our school buildings late in the evening and see lights on in classrooms, that’s because Teachers are still there preparing great lessons and activities for their Students. They are true professionals, and have incredibly difficult jobs. We are proud that they chose to work for Peru Community Schools.

From the Teachers and their Aides to the Principals, and even the Custodians and Cafeteria workers, the Students and their Families are our focus. Our Administration and Principals work hard to make sure education is affordable for the Peru Community. Most of the book fees Families pay goes towards the Laptop our Students purchase. After attending Peru Schools for four years, the Student owns their device, and get a new one. If a Student attends Peru Schools from Kindergarten to 12th grade, they get three new Laptops during their education here. And our book fees are still the lowest cost compared to other schools in the county. We did this for our Students and their Families.

The Technology and Curriculum we use today are both, challenging and enjoyable. Our Teachers know that Children learn more when they are enjoying the activity. So they put a lot of time into creating challenging lessons that are also enjoyable activities. From Virtual Reality to Teachers dressed up like superheroes, our Students have a great time. When you walk by our classrooms today, don’t be surprised if you hear lots of laughter coming from the room. And that laughter is by design, thanks to our Teachers.

Student Safety is also a huge focus at Peru Community Schools. We coordinated with the Peru PD and developed a plan that places a full-time armed officer in each of our buildings. Then we installed bullet proof entrances on our buildings. And we implemented a visitor check-in system that performs an instant background check on each visitor before they are allowed into the building. But that’s not all we did. To ensure that we always know where our Students are, we implemented a bus tracking system where each Student gets scanned onto a bus, and that bus is tracked through a GPS system. Our Principals can see where each Student is on a map as they are riding home on the bus. And if a Student gets on the wrong bus, we still know which bus they got onto and where they are on the map.

PHS Psych Student Studies the Brain in Virtual Reality