• Monday, 4/7 - Student Council Meeting #2 - 8:20 - 8:40

• Wednesday, 4/9 - Pierce School PTO Meeting in the Library - 6:00 - 7:00 PM

• Thursday, 4/10 - Poem in Your Pocket Day (Students and Staff)

• Thursday, 4/10 - Community Supper at Pierce School - 5:30 - 6:30 PM

• Friday, 4/11 - 4th Graders Walking Trip to GEP Dodge Library - 2:15 - 3:00 PM

Coming Up:

• Friday, 4/18 - Student Assembly, K/1/4 Presenting - Families Welcome! 9:00-9:30 AM

• Thursday, 4/24 - Literacy and Math Night "Story Hour" - Save the Date - 5:30 - 6:30PM

• April 28th to May 2nd: April Vacation - No School for Students and Staff

• Thursday, 5/15 - Night of the Arts/Scholastic Book Fair Kick-off -Save the Date - 6-7PM

• Saturday, 5/17 - Children and the Arts Parade: Peterborough, - More Information to Come

• 📄 Spring Testing Window - NH SAS Testing - May 6 - May 22nd
• 📄 Spring NWEA Testing Window - May 19 - June 6
• Field Day - June TBD
• 4th Grade Celebration - Save the Date - Wednesday, June 18th @ 5:30 PM

Over the past two school years, we have searched for Extended Day Programming, which would bring before and after school care into Pierce School. Please take the time to fill out this brief survey about what kind of before/after school care you might be interested in for next school year, if this partnership were to come to Pierce School. We would need to have a minimum number of students to run the program for the morning and afternoon, so this survey helps us determine if we would have enough students to start the program. It would also allow for "Drop In" students to come on occassion.

A paper copy of this survey also went home with students earlier last week, so families could fill out the paper copy, or the digital survey here. You don't need to fill out both surveys. Thank you for your help and information about extended day programming!

All my best,

Alisha Hansen-Proulx

Principal of Pierce School

April 10th is Poem in your Pocket Day. Students and Staff will carry around a poem in their pocket to read to others when asked. We will also spend some part of the day mixing up our classes to visit each other in multigrade groups and read each other our pocket poems!

The following week students can sign up to share poems of their own creation with the school during lunch at our Pierce Poetry Slam for 2025! Last year was such fun, kids have been asking for us to bring it back this year! We can’t wait for this!

Finally, as you have already heard, stories and presentations will be shared during our school wide Literacy Night on April 24, 2025 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Come and enjoy the presentations of some classic stories, enjoy some light refreshments and browse the free Book Swap as well! We are accepting donations of your gently used books that you might like to donate to the SWAP. Regardless of whether you donate, there will be plenty of books available for the taking for all students.

Thanks for Listening!

Mrs. Pope

Title I Teacher

Each week a student from every grade is chosen to be part of the Golden Spoon Luncheon on the stage with a special host for the week. Students are invited to a special lunch on Friday and receive a golden spoon as the invitation, for doing the right thing at lunch through the week.

Expected behaviors in the lunchroom:

• Raise their hands to get up and get something
• Ask a teacher by raising a hand to go to the bathroom/leave the lunchroom
• Keep a low level voice, no yelling
• When a teacher says, "Show 5", students stop talking, focus attention on the teacher, and put a high five in the air to show they are listening to directions
• Sit at the table to eat lunch and have a safe body at the table

These are the expected behaviors that will earn students a golden spoon invitation to a decorated table on the stage on Fridays. A different staff member will sign up to host the luncheon each Friday. We hope all students will attend the Golden Spoon Luncheon!