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General Info
- St. Louis Park is a community that is
very supportive of its children and schools.
- St. Louis Park was recognized as 100
Best Communities for Young People 2005.
- St. Louis Park is the birthplace of
Children First, a philosophy of providing children with the
assets they need to become happy, well-adjusted people.
- Peter Hobart Primary Center
serves around 500 K-3 students in St. Louis Park.
- Peter Hobart is proud to be
a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence!
- At Peter
Hobart we "challenge each
child academically while supporting her/his social, physical
and emotional development as a foundation for life."
- The outstanding reading program at Peter
Hobart results in high performance by students.
- 98% of our
third graders read at or above grade level for the last
5 years.
- Half of our students are reading significantly
above grade level!
- The teachers at Peter Hobart are excellent.
- Survey results in 2005 indicate that
99% of our students say they like their teachers.
- On the
parent survey, 97% of our parents report that their children
have good working relationships with their teachers.
- Parent involvement at Peter Hobart is
amazing.
- In 2004-2005, 75% of our parents helped
out at school at least once.
- Parents and others provided
us with over 12,000 volunteer hours of help.
- The Peter Hobart student body is wonderfully
diverse.
- 20% of the students are from a minority.
- 40 of our students are English Language Learners who
speak 16 different languages.
- The media center and access to technology
at Peter Hobart are world class.
- Learners create spreadsheets,
professional-looking publications, and engage in internet
based research.
- We are fortunate to have an exceptionally
strong, stable staff of 60, four of whom are men.
- In the slightly
enchanced words of Garrison Keillor, we're a place where
the teachers are strong, the principal's good looking,
and all the children are above average.
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If you have any questions
about Peter Hobart, please feel free to contact Frank Johnson,
principal, at (952) 928-6602 or by Email
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