The Peirce Weekly

Just one last quick email with a few summer events and to wish everyone a wonderful summer! Thank you to the entire Peirce community for such a terrific 2023-2024 school year. We hope our teachers have the relaxing summer they deserve, and that everyone has a summer full of relaxation, adventure, and sun.

This is a long-standing tradition where 5th graders parade through the hallways and out the doors as they leave Peirce School as students for the very last time. Students, teachers, and families line the hallways and their path out the door, clapping and cheering as they go.

5th Grade Families: please gather in the foyer (outside the gym).

Families of lower grades, friends and neighbors: please gather on the blacktop to cheer and clap as 5th graders walk down the steps outside!

Please help us make this moment extra special for this wonderful group of students as they start their next chapter.

Cow bells and noise makers encouraged!

• School Supplies - The Peirce PTO funds school supplies for all Peirce students. We still need a few volunteers to sort supplies and deliver them to the classrooms. Interested? Email Kelly Kemp at kkemp@peircepto.org
• Picture Day Coordinator - Assist current picture day coordinator in planning this year's picture day, with intention to take on the role next year. Duties include working with photography company and school administration to plan and organize picture day and retake day. Interested? Email Sarah Barton at camslamm@gmail.com.

We are also already thinking about next year's event calendar. Below are a few events we have done in the past that need new volunteers if we would like to continue them. Do you have other ideas you are more excited about? We would love to hear about them! PTO community events are only as strong as our volunteers and their enthusiasm!

• Welcome Back to School Picnic - If you enjoyed the end of year picnic, this is the event for you! This is the first community event of our school year. In the past it has been held sometime during the first two or three weeks of school, either at Peirce or at the Reservoir Beach. Details for Fall 2024 will be up to whoever decides to coordinate the event!
• Fall Festival - The Fall Festival is usually held in October. Past events have included arts & crafts, fall themed activities and games, cider donuts and popcorn. If we would like this event to continue we need a committee to take over.

Interested? Email peirceschool.pto@gmail.com

Thanks so much to everyone who has stepped up to volunteer this year!

Looking for lunch support over summer vacation? Sign-Ups are OPEN!

Arlington EATS is offering FREE pre-packed bags of groceries full of nutritious and kid-friendly foods for pick-up during summer vacation. Summer Vacation bags will be available for pickup on Thursdays from 4:00pm-6:30pm & Fridays from 9am-11am for 6 weeks!

To sign up, visit arlingtoneats.org or call 339-707-6757 ext. 6. Registration is required.

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, June 20, 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.

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.)

What is Summer Reading for Kids?
Summer Reading at the Robbins Library and Fox Branch Library is a non-competitive program that encourages kids and families to read for fun throughout the summer months.

Who can sign up for Summer Reading for Kids?
Kids 0-14 are welcome to sign up for Summer Reading. If you like reading on your own, reading with a friend or family, reading to your pet/neighbor/sibling OR listening to someone read to you, you will love the Summer Reading Program!

How can I sign up for Summer Reading for Kids?
Use this link for Kids Summer Reading Registration to sign up after June 14. Enter your name, age, and school.

Summer Reading begins on June 15, 2024 and kids can sign up throughout the summer. Children receive a free book for registering for Summer Reading and a 2nd free book after completing 10 hours of reading or listening. Come into either the Robbins Library or Fox Branch Library to collect your book.

Keep track of the time that you read or listen with our Summer Reading Bookmarks. Pick them up when you register or get a new one when you complete 10 hours of reading. Come on into the Robbins or Fox Library.

How can I vote for the End of Summer Movie?
This summer you can vote for one of three “Around the World” movies every time you complete 10 hours of reading. Come into either the Robbins Library or Fox Branch Library to use a marble to vote for Ponyo, Coco, or Raya and the Last Dragon. We’ll announce the winner at the end of the summer and show the movie. Summer Reading ends on August 29, 2024.