Peirce Multicultural Night - this FRIDAY - 6:30 PM
We hope to see you at the Peirce Multicultural Night this Friday, March 22 at 6:30 PM. Come learn about the many cultures and nationalities represented in the Peirce Community. There will be games, art activities, stories & desserts!
Students will also learn how to drum from Jafar Manselle, the leader of The Wendell Warriors--a performance drum class formed five years ago. Over the past 35 years, Jafar has performed throughout New England with many Boston-based dance troupes. Over the same time period he has taught drumming in the Boston and Cambridge Public Schools. He now works with the Five Colleges as an accompanist for African Dance classes. Jafar also plays in a Boston-based jazz band and a reggae band here in Western Mass called "Root Jiyah."
For more details and to sign up to host a table, perform, or bake a dessert, see below!
Help plan this year's Talent Show!
The 2024 Peirce Talent Show is May 10, and we need YOUR help to make it a success! Whether you can lend a hand with setup, decorations, or logistics, we'd love to have your support. 5th grade parents Jason Martin and Dan Gillis are in their last year of being Peirce parents and need your help to keep this fabulous tradition going! Please email peirceschool.pto@gmail.com and we will connect you to the planning team.
Arlington EATS April Vacation Lunch Program
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 lunch support over April Vacation, sign up here by April 4th. For more information call 339-707-6757.
We are looking forward to Peirce Multicultural Night on Friday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the school gym and cafeteria. Come celebrate and learn about the many cultures that make up both our community and the world we live in. Here are some more ways to participate!
Perform! We have two performances slated for you on the night of! Please feel free to sign up if you would like to showcase an element of culture through performance. All are welcome. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/peirce-perform.
Cook! Bring a dessert to share for the intercultural potluck. Please, no nuts! The dessert portion of the evening will begin at 7:30pm. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/peirce-cooks.
Create a cultural table! Families are encouraged to set up a table that promotes and helps students explore a particular culture. Tables can feature games, art activities, local alphabets, stories, images and trivia related to your or a culture that you’re passionate about. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/peirce-cultural-tables.
Raffles! Come purchase raffle tickets at the event! Loving Little Minds Home Library Project, a Peirce-family-led non-profit organization, will be raffling off a 6-month subscription to diverse children's books (for ages 0-9). Loving Little Minds is an organization that works to increase access to multicultural children's books in an effort to promote healthy conversations around race and diversity from a young age. Volunteer! If you have signed up to volunteer at the event, a member of our team will contact you this week. Thank you so much for your engagement!
See you there! - The Peirce Multicultural Night Planning Committee
Only $1,175 until we earn an All-School Pajama Day!
Please join us at McClennen Park - April 7th at 10:00am for the Peirce School Fun Run!
Register as an individual participant, register for children, or as a family.
To participate in the Fun Run, we ask each runner/walker to do one of the following:
1. Set up your fundraising page with a minimum fundraising of
$20 per runner/walker
or
2. Register and donate $20 per runner/walker with a $50 family max
If either of these options are a barrier to your participation, please reach out to the
PTO (peirceschool.pto@gmail.com).
The Peirce Snack Program, supported by Arlington EATS, provides snacks to any child who needs one (for any reason) so there is no stigma attached to getting a snack at school. Snacks are available in the classrooms and in the main office.
Support The Snack Program: If you have the ability, please consider supporting our snack program by donating snacks. Over the last year demand for snacks has increased significantly while donations have declined. You can purchase off the Amazon wish list by clicking the button below, or by donating snacks or money directly. Donations are welcome throughout the school year.
Dear Parents,
In the depths of winter as we begin to imagine spring is on the horizon we are preparing for next year. Attached is the enrollment form for Arlington After-School Program for the 2024-2025 school year.
The form should be returned to the school by Monday March 25th. Please return it either as a hard copy or as an attachment to a separate email to aasppeirce@arlington.k12.ma.us. Please do not respond to this email with your registration, as it's easy for it to get lost in the email thread.
We will process the forms as quickly as we can and will be getting back to everyone by April 1st to let you know your status.
We are including the enrollment policy. Please look it over. If you have any questions you can contact your site coordinator (aasppeirce@arlington.k12.ma.us) or Todd Morse (tmorse@arlington.k12.ma.us).
Please be sure to circle your school at the top right of the form.
We will be looking forward to new and returning families joining the program in the fall.
Thank you
The Lost & Found is located on the 1st floor by the elevators. We would appreciate it families could label clothes and water bottles to minimize all that has to be donated. We try and take pictures of most items in the lost and found but it does become overwhelming.
Please be sure to check out our google photos for your students lost sweatshirts, water bottles and lunch boxes. The lost and found is already overwhelmed with items.
Are you interested in taking action against gun violence? You can start by attending a presentation at Arlington Public Schools!
TOPIC: Being SMART Saves Lives
DATE: Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
PRESENTER: Beth Saunders and Megan Dowd Murray
TARGET AUDIENCE: Be SMART is for parents and all adults who are
concerned about kids, guns, and safety.
What is Be SMART?
The Be SMART campaign was launched in 2015 to promote responsible gun ownership in order to reduce child gun deaths. Whether you’re a gun owner, or you know someone who owns a gun, there is a role for everyone in the conversation around secure gun storage. Be SMART is a framework that parents, caretakers, and community leaders can follow to help keep their communities safe. Ultimately, you can help prevent kids from accessing firearms by storing them securely, and encouraging others to do the same. Because children deserve to feel safe, no matter where they are.
Please join us for our bi-weekly regular meeting that will be 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, March 21 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.
Nowruz Crafts and Activities
Robbin's Library
March 23rd from 1-3 PM
Nowruz is the Iranian or Persian New Year celebrated by various ethnic groups worldwide
As the Persian/Iranian New Year, "Nowruz” which aligns with the spring equinox, approaches on March 19, many people around the world are excited to celebrate the arrival of spring, and this vibrant cultural tradition celebrated for over 2000 years originated in Iran.
There will be a Nowruz crafts and activity session at Robbin's Library on March 23rd from 1-3 PM.
It's a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Nowruz customs and create some beautiful crafts together.
Children’s Book Sale- Save the Date-Saturday, May 18 at the Robbins Library. We will be selling children’s and Young Adult books, puzzles, games and more. Donations will be received at the Robbins Library beginning in early May. Start cleaning off those bookshelves! Teens may earn Community Service hours helping to prepare for the Sale.
Saturday, May 4, 9:00 am --1:00 pm, Rain date, Sunday, May 5, 9:00 am --1:00 pm
Register online at www.arlcc.org for this event. Entries are accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis. Space is guaranteed to the first 62 entries.
Online Registration: Saturday, March 30 to Saturday April 13 (two weeks)
A $25 registration fee covers paint supplies purchased locally (an assortment of paint brushes
and acrylic paints in a pre-selected color palette, which will be available to painters on the day of
the event).
After the registration closing date, painters will be emailed their randomly chosen window
assignments, a rules and information flyer, and a list of window painting supplies and tips.
Eligibility: Anyone who resides in Arlington, or attends school in Arlington is eligible to
participate in this event. Painters under age 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The paintings will remain on display throughout the spring and will be on view at the “Height’s
Spring Fling Festival” on Saturday, May 18, 2-5pm, which will feature live music, art, a variety
of family fun activities and 20+ community information tables on how to ensure environmental
sustainability.