The next and final Rainbow Alliance meeting for this school year will be on Wednesday, May 22nd 1-1:45 in Mrs. Lloyd's classroom! Please RSVP!
The Peirce School Rainbow Alliance is dedicated to promoting inclusivity, acceptance, and support for LGBTQIA+ students, families and their allies within the elementary school community. The alliance aims to create a safe and welcoming environment where all students feel valued and respected regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Through various activities, discussions, and educational initiatives, the Rainbow Alliance fosters understanding, empathy, and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights and issues among students, staff, and parents.
We’re happy to announce that we will have our annual “Evening of the Arts” event this year to showcase one artwork by every student at Peirce, as well as a musical performance by fourth and fifth grade students.
This was a really wonderful event last year - we are excited to see and hear all of the work students have been doing with Ms. Atryzek and Mr. Shiu!
Please also check out Ms. Atryzek's Spring Newsletter here.
Peirce takes the lead with Dallin in second place!
Two weeks of the competition remain so keep the donations coming. Please support Peirce and help reduce waste by bringing your old, worn, torn textiles (clothing, shoes, towels, bedding, stuffed animals) to your school's collection bin from April 30th-May 30th. The bins at Peirce are located at the front entrance of the school on Blossom Street. All donations must be bagged. The volume of donated textiles at each school will be tracked by Bay State Textiles.
For a list of acceptable donations click here. For questions about the competition or to report bin overflow, please contact Arlington School Sustainability Coordinator Rachel Oliveri at roliveri@arlington.k12.ma.us.
Want to learn more about Textile Recycling? Here are some resources:
Save the date for our last community event of the year - the Spring Picnic.
Pre-order pizza will be available, along with free ice cream and slush for all kids.
This is always a fun evening and a great time to connect with other families before the summer. Keep your eyes out for a link to sign up to volunteer.,
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.
Thank you to the parents who helped to wash all the coats and sweatshirts that were in the Lost and Found. We still have lots of hats, gloves and mittens that will eventually make their way as well to Cradles to Crayons. Lastly, we have so many water bottles still and would be bummed to throw them out, so please check to see if your student is not missing theirs.
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The Arlington School Committee invites all community members to a virtual School Committee Chat, Q&A, May 21, 2024 @ 11:00 a.m.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87323729374?pwd=MVQrcmNxc2syR0JYQkx3b2NmWTJTQT09
Meeting ID:873 2372 9374
Passcode:979248
Paul Schlichtman, Chair Arlington School CommitteeLiz Exton, Chair Community Relations Subcommittee
Guidelines for Virtual School Committee Chat 2023-2024
1. School Committee Chat session will be for approximately 60 minutes.
2. There will be two School Committee members in attendance to listen to and discuss topics with members of the public.
3. A person when welcomed into the School Committee Chat will:
- Have 5 minutes to interact with members
- Identify if they have children in the district and if so, at what level(s)
- Be made aware that other members of the public may be listening too
4. School Committee members are there to listen, and if able, to direct individuals for specific help in resolving issues, but do not speak for the Committee or the School Department.
5. It is the hope of the entire Committee that members of the public will use this vehicle to share with members things that are:
- Going well in the system
- Things that are of concern
- Things that they would like to see continue
- Things they would like to see change
- Other
6. Any member of the public is welcome at any School Committee Chat. However, each Chat designates a specific subgroup with the goal of amplifying voices that may not always be heard.
7. Members of the public attending the Chat are reminded that it is not a forum for sharing specific concerns about their own child or specific staff members. A child's teacher or building principal should be the first contact for such issues.
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:
- Thursday, May 23, 6:30 PM - Regular School Committee Meeting
- 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 Center on Sunday, June 2 from 7:00-9:30pm painting the crosswalk at the intersection of Mystic Ave. and Massachusetts Ave.
- 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.)