Support the Arlington EATS Summer Lunch Program
Summer is right around the corner! We are starting to collect items we will need for our vacation lunch program along with other food items as well. June Spotlight items include:
- Gluten free items (snacks, mixes, pastas, etc.)
- Cereal (Cheerios and Chex are popular)
- Rice Crispy treats (individual serving sizes)
- Animal Crackers (individual serving sizes)
- Dish soap
School vacations often mean less food for families. By offering meals when school is not in session, we strive to decrease food insecurity for families who rely on school meals. Food support is available when school is not in session over the February and April vacation weeks and six weeks in the summer for Arlington students and their families. For more information call 339-707-6757.
Bring your dinner (or pick up the pizza you pre-ordered) picnic blanket and chairs, and celebrate the summer with the Peirce community!
FREE ice cream and slush for all, thanks to a generous donation from the Peirce Teacher Sunshine Fund
We still need volunteers, especially for Clean Up! Sign up here.
Come join the Peirce Green Team in the school garden on Friday June 7th from 2:30-3:30.
We will be harvesting some veggies and planting an additional round of seedlings that will grow through the summer months and into the early fall when we return.
All are welcome! Please sign-up ahead of time here.
Greetings, Peirce families! Peirce is one of the lucky schools in town that has students from Boston who come to Arlington each day as part of the METCO program. A group of residents has formed the Friends of Arlington METCO and we'd love to find new members who would like to help. See below:
Arlington METCO supports more than 70 Boston students attending Arlington schools as a means of voluntary school integration. We have exciting things planned ahead: Field Day, a Bridging Communities dinner, and welcoming new students and families to Arlington and your school. We’d love your occasional help. Join us!
Complete our quick survey by June 19 to tell us how you’d like to be involved!
Saturday, June 15th
Robbins Farm Park (61 Eastern Ave.)
10:00AM-12:00PM
This year's theme is 80's rock music, featuring some great classic rock/pop songs of that decade. The students are hard at work preparing their music for this concert, and we are so excited to bring everyone together for this outdoor end-of-year celebration, it's going to be awesome!
The event will also feature an "Instrument Petting Zoo", in which young children are able to explore and play the various string instruments, food/ice cream trucks that will have food/snacks available for purchase, and a special surprise performance.
Dear Peirce Families,
We can't believe our 5th graders are finishing up their time at Peirce!
As we prepare for what's next, families at our school - and across town - are starting to take the Wait Until 8th Pledge in an effort to delay smartphone adoption for our rising 6th graders.
Given current research on the negative impact of smartphones + social media use on learning and social/emotional functioning, many are hoping to effect change.
In particular as children will transition to Middle School, further away from home and with new routines, the topic of communication devices is rightfully top of mind for many of us.
We are asking you to consider pledging with us and other families.
Sharing here some interesting resources:
Details about what it means to sign the Wait Until 8th Pledge:
The Pledge: https://www.waituntil8th.org/take-the-pledge
Resource on Tech Alternatives to meet parenting needs: https://www.waituntil8th.org/devices
10 families will make this an official pledge in the Peirce community. Make sure you select Peirce Elementary School in Arlington.
Event on June 6th (this Thursday) at 7.30pm at the Robbins Library Community Room: a Bishop parent organized a meet & greet with Dr Allison Baker, to discuss her expertise and experience leading a Wait until 8th grassroots movement in her area (Dr Allison Baker, Wellesley mom and child psychiatrist in Boston Globe article: Let' s talk kids and smartphones)
If interested, you can join this local private Facebook group Arlington MA Parents - Smartphone Sense which gathers Arlington parents/caregivers, and offers a platform for exchanges and sharing effective strategies and support.
You are welcome to add your details in this sheet created here for further communication and joint efforts with other Arlington families (especially useful if not on Facebook).
Thank you for considering this pledge and please, feel free to spread the word!
Parents of rising 6th graders: Dorothée Boudjenah, Lilah Byers, Biz LaRose, Melanie Jarboe, Kate Leslie and Lisa Marshall
& other Peirce families :)
The 5th Grade Social is back! The event of the season for all graduating 5th graders! An exciting occasion for the up-and-coming middle-schoolers. For some children, it's their first independent event. We want the kids to have fun and celebrate while being safe. Please review our Code of Conduct and remind your child what is expected from the Recreation Department Staff.
Advance, discounted tickets for $10/pp (ticket only). Pizza, Soda, Ticket Combo $15/pp (advance sale only).
Online tickets close at 4pm on Thursday June 6. TICKETS FOR ADMISSION ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR $15.
Tickets will also be sold the day of the dance at the door for $15/pp (ticket only).
Come rock the night with your friends and a DJ! Friend groups and super casual dress encouraged! Additional money will be needed for concession stand items.
Please note: Only Arlington 5th Graders are permitted to attend! (The grade range below is 5-6 to accommodate grade roll ups in the Fall.)
Ticket Info
Online tickets close at 4pm on Thursday June 6. TICKETS FOR ADMISSION ONLY AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR $15.
Please join us for our bi-weekly regular meetings held in person at the District Offices in the School Committee Room located at 14 Mill Brook Drive Arlington and online via Zoom or on ACMi at 6:30PM on the following dates:
- TOMORROW - Wednesday, June 5, 6:30 PM - Regular School Committee Meeting
All members of the school district community have the opportunity to address the School Committee on issues that affect the school district and are within the scope of the Committee's responsibilities during the Public Comment portion of the School Committee Meeting and/or through written correspondence to the Members. For full school committee calendar and more information please visit the School Committee Website. If you have any questions please contact Liz Diggins via email ediggins@arlington.k12.ma.us.
For the most up to date calendar of subcommittee meetings you can look here.
It’s that time of year again, and just like years past we’ll be painting crosswalks across Arlington with rainbows. The dates, times, and locations are:
- Arlington Heights on Thursday, June 6 from 7:00-9:30pm painting the crosswalk at the intersection of Park Ave. and Massachusetts Ave.
- East Arlington on Monday, June 10 from 7:00-9:30pm painting the crosswalk at the intersection of Lake Street and Massachusetts Ave.
Click here to sign up to help paint one, two, or all three nights!
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 22 we will celebrate LGBTQIA+ Arlington Pride from 12-3pm at Town Hall Gardens. We’ll have our usual swag and information table, Pride rock painting, social activities to meet others in the community, and this year, we’re introducing Community Partner tables to share information on local organizations of interest to the LGBTQIA+ community. (This event will be held RAIN OR SHINE! If it rains, we can move indoors to Town Hall.)
What is Summer Reading for Kids?
Summer Reading at the Robbins Library and Fox Branch Library is a non-competitive program that encourages kids and families to read for fun throughout the summer months.
Who can sign up for Summer Reading for Kids?
Kids 0-14 are welcome to sign up for Summer Reading. If you like reading on your own, reading with a friend or family, reading to your pet/neighbor/sibling OR listening to someone read to you, you will love the Summer Reading Program!
How can I sign up for Summer Reading for Kids?
Use this link for Kids Summer Reading Registration to sign up after June 14. Enter your name, age, and school.
Summer Reading begins on June 15, 2024 and kids can sign up throughout the summer. Children receive a free book for registering for Summer Reading and a 2nd free book after completing 10 hours of reading or listening. Come into either the Robbins Library or Fox Branch Library to collect your book.
Keep track of the time that you read or listen with our Summer Reading Bookmarks. Pick them up when you register or get a new one when you complete 10 hours of reading. Come on into the Robbins or Fox Library.
How can I vote for the End of Summer Movie?
This summer you can vote for one of three “Around the World” movies every time you complete 10 hours of reading. Come into either the Robbins Library or Fox Branch Library to use a marble to vote for Ponyo, Coco, or Raya and the Last Dragon. We’ll announce the winner at the end of the summer and show the movie. Summer Reading ends on August 29, 2024.