November 1st to 10th: Candy donations accepted for RMDH

November 6th to 10th: Scouting for Food - Gleaners Food Bank food donations

November 7th: No School

November 8th: Half Day - Dismissal is at 11:50 AM - Conferences

November 9th: Half Day - Dismissal is at 11:50 AM - Conferences

November 10th: Cozy and PJ Day

November 22nd - 24th: No School - Thanksgiving Break

Thanks to all our trunk sponsors, volunteers, and families for your participation in this year’s Trunk or Treat!! Everyone had such a great time. A very special THANK YOU to Lindsay Schey & Lindsay Sikora for planning this year’s event. If you have any feedback on what went well, or what you’d like to see at next year’s Trunk or Treat, please fill out the form below.

We also had great support for our October Capri Pizza fundraiser. Through our families support, we earned $125 back from Capri which is being 100% matched by the Capri owner! This $250 will help provide enrichment opportunities and support for our Pierce students, teachers, and staff!

Also, just a reminder that REFLECTIONS entries are due to the main office next week (November 6 & 8). Please contact Heather Holladay (hdbpvigil@gmail.com) with any questions.

The Fall Scholastic Book Fair will take place in the Pierce Media Center from 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm (with a break from 4:00 pm– 5:00 pm) on November 8 and 9 during Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Volunteers are needed to help during the book fair with purchases & assisting families in locating books. We also need help tearing down the fair on November 10. If you can help, please sign up below.

One of the ways our Panther community supports our staff and teachers is by providing dinner during Parent/Teacher Conferences. PTA sponsors the purchase of the main meal from a local restaurant, but we need your help rounding out the meal. There are still a couple donation spots available along with openings to help setting up & cleaning up on conference days. Please sign up below if you are available to help!

Save the date for an amazing family event at Pierce! Ann Arbor Hands on Museum, Robot Garage, and Michigan Science Center will all be coming ON LOCATION to Pierce to hold an awesome evening of fantastic STEM activities. Keep an eye out for more details to come and how you can help out!

Our front office is looking for volunteers 2 shifts/day: mornings = 9AM – 10AM & afternoons = 2:30PM – 3:30PM. If you are able to help, please sign up here!

Noon Aids assist daily in our cafeteria and on our playground, helping our lunch time run smoothly. At times, we need subs to fill in when our usual noon aids are out. If you can be available from 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM and would like to be placed on the Noon Aid On-Call List (you will only get called when there is a need), please email Rose at RDorre@birmingham.k12.mi.us.

TRUE Martial Arts, a local martial arts studio, is owned by a Pierce family and does all of the martial arts after school classes through community education at all of the Birmingham elementary schools including Pierce. TRUE Martial Arts is offering a special fundraiser for Pierce families this fall – for $69, students can do 2 weeks of unlimited classes, including a uniform and all $69 comes back to the Pierce PTA! See the attached flyer for details. Special thanks to TRUE Martial Arts of Pierce & our families!

Save the Date for Wednesday, Dec 6 – Friday, Dec 8. During this time, BOLD Flow Yoga is offering 10% back to the Pierce PTA for all new packages purchased + merchandise! BOLD Flow studios are located in West Bloomfield, Royal Oak (in the Woodward Corners plaza), and in Grosse Pointe! Thank you, BOLD Flow, for sponsoring our PTA.

Save the Date for the evening of Wednesday, Dec 6 for a night out in Birmingham. Working with a number of Birmingham shops, Pierce families & supporters will have a chance to shop and ‘buy local’ while also supporting our PTA. We will also have a local restaurant to meet up at for some social time in between purchases! Stay tuned for more info on participating shops and restaurants!

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a PTA sponsored program to drive reading and reading comprehension for grades 2-5. For more information, please visithttps://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/ar

Reflections is a PTA Nationally Sponsored Arts Competition. This year’s theme is “I am Hopeful Because…”. Entries are due to the Pierce Main Office November 6th and 8th. Please reach out with questions to Heather Holladay (hdbpvigil@gmail.com) or see more information on the PTA website at https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/reflections

Math Pentathlon is a PTA sponsored program where students meet weekly before school to play board games designed to enrich sportsmanship & critical thinking skills. 2nd – 5th grade will begin in November while Kindergarten/1st Grade will begin in December. If you have not on our mailing list yet and would like to be added, please email piercemathp@gmail.com or visit https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/mathpentathlon

The Pierce PTA is searching for a Legislative Liaison that would help connect with all sorts of advocacy and legislative groups, reaching up all the way to the U.S. Department of Education and Michigan Legislature to understand what is happening that would affect students locally in our district. And then, from there, the idea is to pull that information back down to the local level, raising awareness and bringing people in our community to action.

For next school year, we have many positions currently filled by 5th grade parents who will be ‘graduating’ from Pierce. With that, we will be looking to fill the following positions: Secretary, Wellness Chair, Kindergarten Round-Up Coordinator, BEF Liaison, Fundraising Chair, and Academic Chair. Reaching out now allows time to shadow these chairs during the remainder of this school year.

If you are interested in learning more about any of these open PTA positions, either for this year or next year, please reach out to pierceelementarypta@gmail.com for more information. We appreciate your time and energy!

Friends of Different Learners is an independent organization of Birmingham Public Schools parents, staff, and community members dedicated to maximizing the potential of students with different learning styles and abilities.

All are welcome on Thursday, November 2 @ 7 PM to the Birmingham Covington School Media Center for a very special interactive community event. We will be walking through the building and organizing an IEP binder with fellow parents of IEP students.

What is Membership Toolkit (MTK)? MTK is a website managed by the Pierce PTA and is available only to parents of Pierce Elementary School students where you can:

• Visit our Store
• View the Pierce Online Directory
• Browse Volunteer Opportunities
• View the Calendar
• Review PTA Meeting Minutes & access prior PTA Posts
• Learn more about PTA sponsored programs

Hot Tip! Download the Mobile App available for either Apple or Android! With the app, you will have all of this information right at your fingertips easily accessible.

Questions? Email pierceelementarytreasurer@gmail.com.

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Pierce Elementary School

1829 Pierce

Birmingham, MI 48009

Phone: 248-203-4325

Fax: 248-203-4393

https://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/pierce

Ms. Carey Shields (Larson)

clarson@birmingham.k12.mi.us