We hope everyone had a great first week of school! Thanks so much to our fabulous Peirce faculty and staff for everything they did to get us all off to a good start!
It was great to see so many of you on Friday at our Coffee & Conversation with the Principal meet up. If you weren't able to make it please consider joining us for our first PTO meeting of the year - on Tuesday, September 17 from 7 - 8 pm over zoom. All are welcome! The link to the meeting will be in the September 17 newsletter.
We also hope to see lots of you on Thursday at our Back to School picnic! Don't want to worry about what kind of picnic to pack? Pre-orders for pizza are due at 9PM tonight! We will not have extra pizza available on Thursday evening so you MUST pre-order. We also need volunteers to help set up, serve, and clean up after the picnic. You can sign up here to help out!
Are you interested in helping the Peirce PTO as a Room Parent for your child’s class during the school year 2023-2024?
As a room parent, your role is to help connect student parents/caregivers with each other and with the classroom teacher. By doing so, you will help Peirce PTO build a stronger community that makes our elementary school so special!
We still need room parents for quite a few classrooms:
Kindergarten:
Lamont - one more volunteer needed
1st grade:
Cohen - two volunteers needed
Mitri - two volunteers needed
2nd grade:
Clark - one volunteer needed
Manning - one volunteer needed
3rd grade:
Bone - two volunteers needed
S-G - still needs one more volunteer
Honig - two volunteers needed
4th grade:
Hayes -two volunteers needed
Kennedy - one more volunteer needed
Stocker - two volunteers needed
5th grade:
Dinh - one more volunteer needed
Dooley - two volunteers needed
**You do NOT need to have daytime availability to be a room parent!!!
Questions? Email Sarah Pierson at sarahemcsweeney@gmail.com
Ready to sign up? Click here.
If room parent isn't your thing, there are many other ways you can help the PTO. If you would like to learn more about what we need, please email peirceschool.pto@gmail.com or attend our September meeting!
Make sure and mark your calendars for these upcoming events:
- Thursday, September 12 - Welcome Back to School Picnic
- Wednesday, September 25 - Back to School Night
- Thursday, September 26 - Picture Day
Cheers,
The Peirce PTO 2024 - 2025 Board
Kelly Kemp, President
Laura Gitelson, Vice-President
Stephanie Taylor, Treasurer
Beth O'Brien, Secretary
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 or by donating snacks or money directly. Donations are welcome throughout the school year.
Thursday, September 12
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Peirce Big Playground, Field & Basketball Court
Del's Lemonade will be sold at the event, and pizza is available for pre-order here.
Please sign up to volunteer here.
WE WILL NOT HAVE PIZZA AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THE DAY OF THE PICNIC - YOU MUST PRE-ORDER
Picture day is coming! Coffee Pond Photography will be at school to take individual and class photos on Thursday, September 26. All students will be photographed during the school day.
Order online and you won't have to worry about sending in the paper order form: https://www.coffeepond.com/SchoolPortraits.aspx
A portion of the profits from all orders submitted before picture day go to the Peirce PTO to support our mission.
Pictures not in the budget this year? Coffee Pond provides scholarship packages at no cost to families or the school. Families that are interested in a scholarship package can reach out confidentially to our school social worker, Hannah Borden, at hborden@arlington.k12.ma.us.
Every student will receive a free class picture, whether they order photos or not.
Do you love crisp fall leaves and the smell of a fresh cider donut?
We need one additional volunteer to make the Fall Festival happen this year! You will work with seasoned PTO member Megan Fitzpatrick and a team of volunteers to make this tradition continue. Without a co-chair we will not be able to have the Fall Festival happen.
Email peirceschool.pto@gmail.com with questions or to sign up!
Check out lots of classic and new items - from sweatshirts and t-shirts to mugs and water bottles at our online store here.
When you make your purchase you will have multiple shipping options in a dropdown menu. You can either pay for shipping direct to your home, or the PTO will absorb the shipping cost and have a bulk order shipped to the school for pickup available at the beginning of November. If you would like to be a part of the Fall bulk order, you MUST place your order by September 30. This is a hard deadline set by our vendor. If you miss that deadline, the store will still be open year round, but you will need to pay for shipping.
The PTO Spirit Wear store is primarily designed to enhance school spirit, rather than serving as a significant fundraiser. While it generates some funds, its main goal is to cover the costs of production and our ability to offer these items to teachers and staff at cost.
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, September 12, 6:30 PM - Regular School Committee Meeting
- Thursday, September 26, 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.
If you've been thinking about trying lacrosse for the first time, come join us for a free clinic.
All are welcome, sticks will be provided. Come for one or both sessions!
September 29 & October 6 (Robbins Farm)
K - Grade 3 (3-4PM)
Grades 4-8 (4:15 - 5:30PM)
Enjoy live music, more than 200 booths for arts and crafts, non-profit and local business displays, as well as an enormous assortment of enticing food.
Town Day takes place on Massachusetts Ave. from Pleasant Street to Mill Street. There are booths offering craft exhibits, bake sales, educational displays, raffles, club membership information, games, food vendors, and/or other such “fair type” activities.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Fireworks
Fireworks by Pyrotecnico Fireworks, Inc. will begin at 7:30p.m. over Spy Pond. There are NO organized or planned activities around this event, just fireworks. Parking in the area is very limited and walking is encouraged.
Walter V. Moynihan Town Day Run
Arlington Recreation is excited to announce that we will be holding its annual Town Day Road Race at the Arlington Reservoir Beach. Three laps around the Res followed by events at the Res, including DJ, bounce house, food, beer tent, and more. Co-sponsored by Arlington Recreation, Arlington Boys & Girls Club, and Arlington Fidelity House with all net proceeds going to youth programming. Learn more and register.
AFD Touch-a-Truck and Smoke House, Jaws of Life Demos
Behind the library.
Arlington Fire Fighters will provide fire safety demonstrations from behind the library. Metro Fire SAFE’s Smoke House, a 3-room trailer designed to teach children about fire hazards in the home. Jaws of Life demonstrations and touch-a-truck opportunities are also planned.
APD Family Services Team and K9 Eiko Demos
APD booth at Mass and Robbins library.
Arlington police will be providing public safety information and discussion at their booth on Mass Ave. at the Robbins Library entrance throughout Town Day. The Family Services Team will be on hand to provide assistance on a wide range of topics. K9 Officer Michael Hogan along with the APD's K9 Eiko will be conducting demonstrations in the Robbins Library parking lot.
Free Drinking Water at Town Day - BYO Water Bottle!
Saturday, September 28, 9:00am -1:00pm
Rain date, Sunday, September 29, 9:00am -1:00pm
Spooky witches, glowing jack-o-lanterns, and scary ghosts will come alive as Arlington residents
decorate 60+ designated storefront windows in 25 Heights businesses on Saturday, September 28, 9:00am
to 1:00pm. Rain date, Sunday, September 29, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Paint a window by yourself or grab your
friend or parent and paint one window together. All windows must have a family friendly Halloween
theme.
Registration: Saturday, September 7, through Saturday, September 21 (two weeks)
Only online Registration.
Entries are accepted on a first come-first served basis. Space is guaranteed to the first 62 entries.
Registration site closes when all slots are filled. No confirmation will be sent.