Pierce School Weekly Newsletter

• Monday to Thursday, 5/20 to 5/23 - Math NWEA Testing for Students in Grades K-4
• Tuesday, 5/21 - GBS Ambassadors Visit 4th Grade @ 10:30am
• Thursday, 5/23 - 1st Grade Field Trip to McCauliffe-Shepard Science Center
• Thursday, 5/23 - Annual Memorial Day Assembly - 2:15pm - All are welcome!
• Friday, 5/24 - All Staff PD - No School for Students
• Monday, 5/27 - Memorial Day - No School, but parade in Bennington, see details below...
  
• Tuesday to Friday, 5/28 to 5/31 - Reading NWEA Testing for Students in Grades K-4
• Monday, 6/3 - Field Day at Barbara C. Harris Center
• Monday, 6/3 - GBS Parents Only - Orientation Meeting, 5-6:15pm @ GBS, Antrim
• Tuesday, 6/4 - Fly Up Day, 4th Grade, GBS, 9-11:30
• Tuesday, 6/4 - 4th Grade - Field Trip to Bruce Edes Forest w/ Susie Spikol, 1:45 - 3pm
• Thursday, 6/6 - 4th Grade - Field Trip to Bruce Edes Forest w/ Susie Spikol, 1:45 - 3pm
• Friday, 6/7 - Beach Day at Pierce School - Details to Come...
• Monday, 6/10 - Final Assembly for Volunteer Recognition, 2:15pm
• Wednesday, 6/12 - 4th Grade Celebration, 5:30-7pm (See Below for RSVP)
• Friday, 6/14 - Last Day of School for Students

• SEL Monthly Focus - Staying focused on my own task

Town of Bennington

Memorial Day Parade

Monday, May 27, 2024

Parade starts at the VFW @ 11:30 a.m.

All are welcome!

Parade participants to form the parade @ 11:15 a.m.

The parade route goes from VFW

up Cross Street & stops at the Town Center & Library for

prayer & gun salute etc.

The Children and the Arts Festival this Saturday was an amazing family event! Students and their families came out to gather with staff for an incredible celebration of giant puppets and bird flocks of every kind, with music filling the air, food from all over the region, and the most creative artwork lining the streets. It was an extraordinary day, well done Pierce School, you all did a fantastic job representing our school this weekend!

We want to thank all who supported the Children and the Arts work...the PTO for their wonderful pizza sales, Ms. Sutton for the lovely giant puppet Wren and window creation in Peterborough, Mrs. Powell and family for their incredible work on the window creation as well as numerous other supports for this event, Mrs. Germain for the creation of the bird nest float, Mr. Melle for his work with students to create the Pierce flock with students, Mrs. Pope and the Pope family for pizza running, all the wonderful folks who came to help with the puppet making, Mr. Germain for his incredible giant bird nest (which was magical), Mr. Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Southard, Mr. Murray who helped haul the birds nest to the festival this weekend, and all the other staff and folks who helped in other incredible ways, thank you for all that you did to make this possible!

Event Information

Fourth Grade Celebration

Event: 4th Grade Celebration

When: Wednesday, June 12th

Time: Potluck 5:30 - 6:15

Celebration 6:30 - 7:00

Where: Pierce School Multipurpose Room

Please join us as we celebrate the 4th grade graduating class with family and friends to mark the completion of their years at Pierce School. There will be a Potluck Dinner Sign-Up. There will also be a 6 person limit per student for guests to ensure enough space in the Multipurpose Room, so please use the RSVP link to share how many people you will bring, so we know how many to expect and plan ahead for with food needs. Thank you in advance!

Link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/794trLeRUWjLXa1C6

When?

Wednesday, Jun 12, 2024, 05:30 PM

Where?

Pierce School, Main Street, Bennington, NH, USA