Pierce School Weekly Newsletter

Tomorrow:

Saturday, 12/7 - Pierce School PTO Holiday Craft Fair - 10 AM - 2 PM

Saturday, 12/7 - Pierce School Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New Playground - 1PM

Saturday, 12/7 - Annual Holiday Tree Stroll in Bennington

Saturday, 12/7 - Children and the Arts - Lantern Festival in Peterborough, 6PM

Monday, 12/9 - T1 Report Cards will be sent home with students

Monday, 12/9 - Art to Remember sent home with students

Tuesday, 12/10 - Cornucopia Cooking Club - 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Tuesday, 12/10 - GBS Winter Concert - 4th Grade Concert - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Wednesday, 12/11 - GBS Winter Concert (Snow Date)- 4th Grade Concert - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Wednesday, 12/11 - PTO Meeting - 6-7PM in the Library

Thursday, 12/12 - Community Supper at Pierce School - 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Friday, 12/13 - 4th Grade Walking Trip to GEP Dodge Library - 2:15 - 3:00 PM

Coming Up:

Monday, 12/16 - Susie Spikol Turtle Lesson in 3rd Grade - 9:15 - 10:00AM

Monday, 12/16 - 3rd Grade Walking Trip to GEP Dodge Library - 2:15 - 3:15PM

Tuesday, 12/17 - Pierce School Winter Wonderland Day (Pizza Making & Cookie Creations at Pierce School, Activities throughout the day) 8:45 - 3:00PM

Tuesday, 12/17 - Cornucopia After School Cooking Club - 3:30 - 4:30 PM

Friday, 12/20 - Winter Wonderland at PIERCE (Snow date) 8:45 - 3:00 PM

Holiday Recess 12/21 to 1/5 - No School for Students

Students Return to School: Monday, 1/6

🎶 Hark! The district angels sing,

Vacation’s near—it’s happening!

Parties, projects, kids run wild,

Counting days till grades are filed.

The lunch accounts can be funded with cash or check, and thus avoiding the online processing fee. LINQ can still be used to check balances and monitor usage. We wanted to share this with families to save you money, and let you know you can send in payments to be helpful. If you have any additional concerns or questions about LINQ payments or accounts, you can contact Robert DiGregorio directly, by email at: rdigregorio@conval.edu

Reminder: the deadline to register is December 13th for the Crotched Mountain after school ski and snowboard program starting in January. Melinda Adams is graciously facilitating this program for Pierce School this year, and will be emailing families who have already notified her that they were interested, but have not yet registered.

If you would like to reach out to Melinda Adams directly, her email is: melinda.hay.adams@gmail.com and you can also call the school for more information at (603) 588-2131.

Please fill out this short survey to help us better understand how we can help build a greater school connection:

Link to Family Survey: https://forms.gle/42aPn7EXnwpzCtP77

• A written agreement outlines our partnership responsibilities for raising student achievement together

• All staff, parents and students support this work together to help our students achieve proficiency at the state’s high standards

• Reflect and share ways to create stronger partnerships, add to the compact

• This compact aligns with the Title I Program Guidelines and our ConVal District Policy KB - Title I Parent Involvement in Education with the purpose of promoting an environment of learning achievement for all students (*copies provided at the Title I Family Meeting on 10/17/24).

• This video has really easy tips for making beautiful holiday cookies
• This article from the Today Show has helpful ideas for $0 spending this holiday season
• This is a handy-dandy week-by-week guide of what to watch on Netflix (to simplify vacation binging...!)
• This blog post is rich with ideas for how to pamper yourself over vacation without spending a dime.
• And if you're not really feeling the holiday spirit this year, that's ok, too. This post has concrete, useful suggestions for how to tend to your own wellbeing.