Peirce Update

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Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, grandmoms, foster moms, stepmoms, surrogate moms, mother figures, moms-to-be, and all the others out there that are doing the mother and father jobs too. We also recognize that Mother's Day is a difficult time for some members of our community - please know that we are thinking about you and sending you love.

We wish everyone a wonderful day.

About Move-a-Thon

The Move-a-Thon is our only student fundraiser of the year, and the event aims to raise funds to support Arts Partnerships at every grade level. It is a great time to ask friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers to support your child's participation in the Move-a-Thon.

How to Help

1) Set up your child's online donation page and share it with friends and family! Visit this link and click on participants. Setting up a link takes less than 2 minutes. Ask friends, families, neighbors, and coworkers to support your child. You can see the progress towards our $60,000 on the website! This website is free for our use; the only cost is standard processing fees.

2) Come to one of our outdoor cash collection days on May 5, 8, 11-12. Prefer to make a cash/check donation? We can help with that. Volunteers will be in front of the field house or on the corner at the branch before/after school on these dates.

3) Fund a T-shirt! When you check out online, you can add on a $5 donation to cover the cost of a t-shirt for a student participant. We provide shirts for all students and would love your help funding them.

4) Return permission and water policy slips! To make sure your child can be a part of the fun, return your child's Move-a-Thon permission slip and water safety form. Please ask your child's teacher for another copy if you missed it.

5) Have time to volunteer on May 19? Either volunteer to join your class by e-mailing your child's homeroom teacher or participate as a crossing guard by emailing Becky@friendsofpeirce.org.

6) Be a cheerleader! Can't volunteer for the event but want to cheer your kids on as they leave for the Move-a-Thon? Feel free to hang out on the turf after drop-off and celebrate as the classes leave the school! It will add to the fun to hear your cheers as they leave. Classes leave the building beginning at 8:20am.

7) Share the excitement with your children! The Move-a-Thon is a Peirce tradition 22 years in the making and is easily many Peirce students' favorite day of the school year. We also add to the fun by doing prize drawings throughout the days leading up to the event. Students who submit donations of any amount, online or by cash/check, will be eligible for the daily prize drawings! Prizes include Hydroflask water bottles, Burt's Bees products, Starbucks mugs, and tumblers, gift cards to fun places like Forever Yogurt, Women & Children First, and Dice Dojo, a Play prize package, a self-care package, and more. Grand prizes include a sailing summer camp at CCYC, a season of i9 sports, a 10-person trampoline birthday party at Altitude Chicago, and two tickets to Hamilton in Chicago.

8) Reach out if you have questions. We have more info available here, and you can always email us at info@friendsofpeirce.org if you have questions.

Thank you, Peirce Community!

Sincerely,

Friends of Peirce and the Move-a-Thon Planning Team

If you are looking to be a chaperone for your child's homeroom specifically for Move-A-Thon, you must be Level 1 approved. Please reach out to your child's teacher.

If you would like to volunteer for Move-A-Thon in another capacity on May 19th, you must be Level 2 approved. For this click on the QR Code above.

If you have any questions about this, please reach out to Mrs. Lebovitz at kclebovitz@cps.edu!

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Thank you for supporting!

Please join us on Friday, May 26th to celebrate you, our volunteers. You're support for events and Peirce are what help to keep Peirce running. We couldn't do this without you! Please click here if you would like to RSVP. We hope to see you there.

Do you have a child who will be attending Peirce in SY24?

This form is to only be filled out if your child will be entering Peirce School for the first time. Kndg.-7th grade parents that already have their child(ren) attending Peirce do not need to re-register. Someone from the main office will be contacting you via email with enrollment forms.

If you have received an offer from the Office of Access and Enrollment (GO CPS) you do not need to fill out this Google form. A separate email will be sent to those families at a different time.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczeBpwhPJTF9Y5ARi9FIM7zy0pkrFGBSMYOnhG5isH37xkWA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

We are planning for the upcoming school year. If you are planning to move during the summer and need to transfer your child to another school, please fill out this form ASAP, so we may prepare the necessary paperwork. This form is only for students currently enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten through 7th grade.

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Peirce received funding to run a summer camp that will combine fun academic opportunities alongside enrichment and physical movement.

Cost: Free to current Peirce Students

Grades: Current Kindergarten through 7th Grade Students

Dates: Tuesday, June 27th through Friday, July 28th

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 9:15am - 1:15pm

*Programming will not run on July 3rd or 4th.

*Interest form is due by 3pm on Friday, May 5th

*Hard copies of this form will be coming home on Monday, April 24th

Please indicate your interest in participating by completing one form per student. Space in the program is limited and families will be notified of acceptance by Friday, June 2nd.

Questions about summer programs can be sent to Lynn Carro at lcarro@cps.edu or by calling 773-534-2440.

Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-MdvifwGuemSMCWOFBGHr2lOBhZHGA9IsFA6oyIn_O3h4ig/viewform

Peirce Families - as we begin planning for next school years after school programs, we would like to expand our fee based offerings. Examples of fee-based programs are American Eagle, Young Rembrandts, iCook, etc. These outside groups will generally run an after school class from 3:00 - 4:00pm one day a week for a small fee. If you have suggestions for additional fee based programs that you would like to see offered, please email those names to Lynn Carro at lcarro@cps.edu. All programs must be approved CPS vendors in order to run programs on site.

Each year a group of staff members has the privledge of attending the Gust Foundation Professional Development Series on Inclusive Practices. The sessions happen approximately once per month for the entire school year. Through this professional development we learn how to better implement inclusive practices and the co-teaching model in our school and classroom. This years group included Ms. Gibson, Ms. Golumbeck, Ms. Kurtovic, Ms. Salgado, Ms. Kifarkis, Ms. Wagner, Ms. Moncher, Ms. Makowski, Ms. Pulgar, and Ms. Lebovitz.

Click here to learn more about the Gust Foundation.

We understand the importance of balancing different aspects of our lives—intellectual, physical, and emotional—to achieve well-being for ourselves and others. We recognize our interdependence with other people and with the world in which we live.

What can you do at home???

~Create a daily schedule that includes time for school work, outside physical activity, arts and music, rest, balanced meals.

~Allow time for a variety of activities daily with your children (school activities, indoor play, outside play, active play and quiet activities)

~Model doing a little bit of everything in front of your child: play, learn, exercise, rest, eat healthy foods

~Praise your child for demonstrating a balance lifestyle

~Visit many different places to learn: libraries, museums, nature trails and nature preserves, parks, Historical Parks

~Explore different hobbies: yoga, jogging, knitting, cards, marbles, collecting stickers

Some fun Spring Activities to develop a balanced attribute

There's a Clever Chalk Game That Will Help Your Kids Learn Their Sights Words

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Consider these chalk art ideas for taking the fun to the next level — just right for amateur artists of all ages.

How To Plant Spring Flowers With Kids

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Teach kids about gardening and nature by growing flowers this spring.When you think spring, the first thing that pops into your head is probably flowers. Once the snow melts and nature comes back to life in your backyard, it's time to plant your spring blooms. Planting flowers with kids is ...

The BEST homemade playdough recipe - I Heart Naptime

www.iheartnaptime.net

This is the BEST homemade playdough recipe - make it in less than 5 minutes for under a $1 and have it last for months! It is so soft and squishy and cuts perfectly with cookie cutters.

Build a Meal Game for Kids- Have Fun Creating Balanced Meals Virtual Food Game, Choose Healthy Foods for Meals and Snacks

www.nourishinteractive.com

Travel with Kevin from the kitchen, school cafeteria and grocery store as he races the clock to build the perfect meal. Good luck!

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MAY 23 IS PEIRCE DAY AT REPLAY ANDERSONVILLE.

100% OF THE DAY’S PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO SUPPORT PEIRCE!
No tickets to buy or auction to attend. Just enjoy food and fun. Last year we raised $5,000. Funds raised support our kids with library subscriptions, the school musical, arts partnerships, and more.

OPEN: NOON–CLOSE
KID FRIENDLY HOURS: NOON–6:30PM

Friends of Peirce is again participating in the Andersonville Midsommarfest this year! We are seeking volunteers to serve beer at Midsommarfest on Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11. Midsommarfest Beer Tent Volunteering is a 21+ opportunity. Tips earned by participating nonprofits are shared and distributed as a donation to the organizations based on how many volunteers participate. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4EA5A92EA3F85-fopbeer.

The direct link to the registration request form: https://forms.gle/mUV8J376uZWbkZeb7

Current families received the link in early March and were given priority registration. New families can start being registered on May 3rd.

• Family Handbook
  
• PK Handbook
• Specials Schedule - see when your child will have Art, Dance, Drama, Music, PE & Spanish
• Meal Viewer (English | Spanish)
• Booklist
• Accommodations for Meetings (Right side)

If you hear about harm that has happened in the school community, you can report in a variety of ways:

1. Contact any school administrator - contact information found on the staff directory
2. Incident Reporting Form
3. Suggestion Box
4. Report to CPS directly

Peirce Google Calendar

CPS Calendar

May

19th Move A Thon - Rain Date

19th Parent Basketball League, 6:00pm

23rd New Family Orientation, 9:00am

23rd 5th/6th Sports Banquet, 5:00pm

24th 7th/8th Sports Banquet, 5:00pm

25th Local School Council Meeting, 6:00pm

26th Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30am

26th Parent Basketball League, 6:00pm

29th No School - Memorial Day

June

1st Equity Committee Meeting, 7:00pm

2nd Parent Basketball League, 6:00pm

2nd 8th Grade Graduation

6th Racial Equity Parent Group Meeting, 7:45pm

7th Last Day of School

7th Kindergarten Sing, 9:00am

June 26th - July 28th Summer Program, TBA

July

13th LSC Organizational Meeting, 6:00pm

August

17th Back to School Festival & Meet your teacher, 3:00 - 5:00pm

17th New Family Orientation, 3:00pm

21st First Day of School, 8:00am

CPS Calendar for SY24

Email: lzaimi@cps.edu
Website: peirce.cps.edu
Location: 1423 W Bryn Mawr Chicago, IL
Phone: 773-534-2440
Facebook: facebook.com/peircecps