Students will have a roll out about Kindness during a Student and Staff Assembly on Monday, February 3rd. This is assembly is not for families, but we will keep you aware of the next family assembly to come.

The Golden Spoon luncheon ran again this week for students who demonstrated expectated behaviors in the lunchroom from Monday to Thursday. Students are invited to a special lunch on the stage 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 teacher signs up to host the luncheon each Friday. We hope all students will attend the Golden Spoon Luncheon!

Monday, 2/3 - Student Assembly (Staff and Students Only) 2:30 PM

Thursday, 2/6 - Ski/Snowboard Club Program - Dismissal at 3PM to Crotched Mt.

Friday, 2/7 - 4th Grade Walking Fieldtrip to GEP Dodge Library, 2:15 - 3PM

In the coming weeks:

Monday, 2/10 - 100th Day of School

Monday, 2/10 - 3rd Grade - Susie Spikol Turtle Lesson - 9:15 - 10AM

Wednesday, 2/12 - Pierce PTO Meeting - 6-7PM - All Welcome - In the Library

Thursday, 2/13 - Pierce Community Supper in the MultiPurpose Room - 5:30 - 6:30PM

Friday, 2/14 - Valentine's Day Parties - 2:30 - 3:00PM (K-4)

• Kindergarten studied low and high in music. Students learned that bigger instruments have lower sounds, and smaller instruments have higher sounds! Ask your child to sing "Grandma's Glasses"!

• 1st and 2nd grade began learning about different rhythms within a steady beat.

• 3rd grade did a lot of rhythm review with eighth notes and quarter notes. They are preparing their music reading skills for recorder!

• 4th grade got their recorders this week and we did a quick review from last year, and they remembered a lot!

Week 5 of Pierce School Ski/Snowboard Program:

This will be our 5th week of Crotched Mtn. Ski/Snowboarding on Thursday, February 6th. Kids skiied and snowboarded like pros last Thursday night, and navigated the chairlift! Remember to dress in layers this week and bring snacks!

Reminder: Gear can be left outside against the building if students are carpooling with another adult to the mountain. If students are carpooling, please notify the school by Pickup Patrol, or call the office before 2pm. Students will be dismissed from school at 3pm to go to the mountain to arrive in time for lessons.

Thank you again, Melinda Adams, for facilitating our Ski Club this year! Have a great fifth week out on the mountain and enjoy the trails! 🎿🏂

Winter Vacation: February 24-28 - No School for Students

Ask your student about the best part of their day, and read for 20 minutes: read with your student to work on fluency and comprehension - do they understand what's going on in the story, and reading aloud.

Is your child struggling with coming to school or with homework? Here's how we can help:

• If your student is having a hard time coming to school, please reach out to our school counselor, Mrs. Sarah Kotwicki at skotwicki@conval.edu
• Are you concerned about your student's progress in school? Reach out to the classroom teacher, or the principal, Ms. Alisha Hansen-Proulx at ahansen@conval.edu

Lunch Account Information and Menus can be accessed here:

https://www.fdmealplanner.com/#menu/mealPlanner/323/1639/1

Reminder: To avoid paying fees for reloading money to student lunch accounts online, students can bring a check or cash into school to be added to their accounts.

Meal Pricing

Elementary Breakfast Full

$1.50

Secondary Breakfast Full

$1.75

Reduced Breakfast

FREE

Elementary Lunch

$2.75

Reduced Lunch

$0.40