What's Bruin at Pierce School?

Come join our Assembly Friday, November 20 at 2:45

PTO Meeting on Monday, November 16 at 3:00.

Please take a minute to give your feedback. This will be used to focus school goals and plan for the future. Click the link to complete our survey. Please note to move through the survey you must answer each question. You can mark "I prefer not to answer" if you do not want to answer a question.

Monday, November 16

• PTO Meeting 3:00-4:00
• All are welcome!

Friday, November 20

• Black Bears Assemble ~ 2:45
• All are welcome!

Tuesday, November 24

• Black Bear Day

Wednesday, November 25-November 29

• No School ~ Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday, December 1

• Picture Retakes

Mr. LeGraw will be back with us. Welcome!

The Adventure Reading Book Bags are in Full Swing. Thanks for all of your photos and awesome ideas to engage your children with these books.

Please remember to complete the parent survey in each bag. That helps me to know whether your child actually completed the reading at home.

As you complete your bags and return them to school, I will be sending them right back out to other kids! So thanks again for your support with this project.

Mrs. Pope

We have been working so hard on math and are becoming true masters of numbers! We also kicked off a brand-new unit all about shapes. We love sorting, comparing, and describing shapes based on their attributes!

We are also continuing to send home our Reading Adventure book bags! We hope you enjoy reading and exploring these special books together at home!

In first grade this week we started our Same Stories, Different Lands unit and read Cinderella and The Girl and the Red Slippers and compared how the stories were similar. We practiced our math facts with a fun turkey version of the game "Addition Bump." We ended the week talking about what we are thankful for!

The Sparkling Second Graders loved their walk to the Bennington Town Library! Leslie read them a fun story and they were able to check out a book to read in the classroom. Thank you to Mrs. Donavan and Mr. Hoyt for walking with us.

For writing, we are working on what it looks like to edit a piece of writing by being the editor! So fun to find Mr. Mouse's mistakes. In math, we learned about the meter and an inch by discovery and a lot of measurements with different tools including a meter stick. Ask your child how long an adult alligator can be.

Grade 3 ELA - We are learning about animal classification and the kingdoms of living things. We are studying animal characteristics or traits to classify them into groups. Since we are using informational text, students are learning about text features such as table of contents, headings, bold print words, photos and captions, and what a glossary is.

ELA Grade 4 - We are going back to medieval times in Unit 2. We watched brief videos of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome to set the stage for the end of the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages. We enjoyed acting out the social hierarchy from King to serfs and learned about the Black Death, or plague spread by fleas from rats.

Social Studies - As we begin wrapping up our Native American studies, we spent some time this week making pouches for our wampum, writing picture stories using Native American Symbols and making

"birch baskets." Thank you Jinette for your assistance sewing.

Mrs. Sysyn came in last week to do the annual leaf print project. Students enjoyed choosing leaves and creating colorful leaf patterns on muslin. They were all excited when it came time to peel back the leaf for the final reveal.

Have a great weekend!

Notes from the Library:

On Monday this week, Mrs. Garland and I took her class for their first visit to the Dodge Library. We met Library Director Leslie MacGregor, who read us a funny book, and Assistant Director Melissa Searles, who helped the 2nd graders find books to borrow. It was an exciting experience! We are looking forward to more visits this year.

Fun fact I learned: both the librarians have been part of the group that helps choose books for the Ladybug Book Award!

Here are some more pictures of our readers.

Happy Thanksgiving to all! I will see you all again the week of November 30.

Please turn in your Free and Reduced Lunch Application as soon as possible. Your child is eligible for free meals if any of the following conditions apply:

• Your household’s income falls within the limits on the Federal Income Eligibility Guidelines (see the FAQ Parent Letter link below).
• Your household receives benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
• Your children participate in their school’s Head Start program.
• Your children are foster children under the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court.
• Your children meet the definition of homeless, runaway, or migrant status.
• Please review this Free and Reduced Income Qualification FAQ Parent Letter.

Note: If you qualify this year, or have qualified in the past, please fill out the application as soon as possible. The application has to be renewed annually. To file your family's application (only one application needs to be submitted to cover all children in your household), please click the link below:

• 2026-2027 Free and Reduced Meals Application.

Please reference our school handbook with questions about our school. Need more information? Please contact Robin Lamothe (rlamothe@conval.edu) or Rachel Lunan-Hill (rhill@conval..edu) or (603) 588-2131

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