Pierce PTA Post

We loved seeing all our Panthers and families out at last Thursday’s Fun Run! This year’s fun run was a huge success! Thanks to the Pierce community and our sponsors, we surpassed our fundraising goal of $10,000 and were able to raise $23,000! The funds raised will continue to allow Pierce and the PTA to provide academic enrichment programs such as math pentathlon and accelerated reader, family events such as carnival and trunk or treat, and school enhancement initiatives such as teacher grants. A portion of these funds will also go to Variety, a local children’s charity.

Thank you to Mr. Chalker, Katie Kolo - PTA Wellness Chair, and all our PTA volunteers for making this annual event another wild success! A special shout-out to all our sponsors for supporting our students! Way to go Panthers!

· TODAY! Wednesday, October 2, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM in the Computer Lab (parents need to check in at the front office before heading to the meeting for a name tag - drivers license/ID is required)

· PTA Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month

· ALL parents are welcome to attend any PTA meeting. Younger siblings are welcome, and parents are welcome to show up after 9AM if preschool drop-offs or other schedule needs make it hard to be there right at 9AM. We would love to have you!

Please join us on October 10th and 11th, 10am-7pm. 15% of purchase benefits Pierce Elementary School.

Let's enjoy the 4pm DCFC game on Saturday, 10/18, with other Pierce Panthers while getting a % of our tickets donated back to our PTA!

· Discounted Ticket link

· Parking Area (To purchase parking click here) Address: 9101 Joseph Campau Ave, Hamtramck, MI 48212) Then come down Roosevelt Street to Gate 2

Looking for a fun monthly activity for your Kindergartener? Join the Girl Scout Daisy troop at Pierce! Please visit this sign up sheet to indicate whether your daughter is interested in joining the troop, as well as interest in becoming a troop leader!

K through 5 students are invited to participate in Math Pentathlon. We get together weekly before school and play board games designed to enrich sportsmanship & critical thinking. All divisions will meet before school on Wednesdays.

To register for Math Pentathlon, please attend the FINAL parent meeting to learn about the program and sign up.

FINAL Parent meeting date

Tuesday, October 8th 6:30pm

*meeting will be held in the Pierce Commons

Participants in the program will have the opportunity to attend the national Math Pentathlon tournament held locally at the end of the season. Please visit here for more information. Any questions can be directed to piercemathp@gmail.com. Pierce club sign up will take place at the parent meetings.

Everyone is invited to the BPS Board of Education Candidate Forum. The forum will be held on Monday, October 21st at 7pm in the Groves Little Theater. The link to learn more about the candidates can be found here. If you would like to submit questions prior to the forum, please fill out this form.

The 2024-2025 Reflections theme is Accepting Imperfection!

Entries are due to the Pierce Office on November 7 and November 8. Pierce Reflections Information & Student Entry Packet

CONTACT If you need further information, please contact Jacob Bayer (jacobbayer@gmail.com).

RECOGNITION WITHIN THE SCHOOL

Certificates for participation and prizes for top honors; - Awards celebration with Mrs. Trudel and members of the PTA; - Only the artwork will move on; travel is not required for the competitions.

PIERCE PTA CELEBRATION

Pierce PTA will host a Pierce Reflections Recognition event for all students who submit an entry.

· Accelerated Reader (AR) testing for this school year is officially OPEN! The AR testing website can be accessed here. If you have any questions about your student's login info, please review AR program information here.

· The first harvest period closes on October 16th, and students MUST have earned points during every harvest this year in order to be eligible for the end-of-the-year AR party. · For more details about the AR program, please visit the PTA Academic Enrichments webpage.

For any questions about AR, please e-mail PierceElementaryAR@gmail.com.

Please send us your photos for the opportunity to be in the yearbook! We need your pictures from Back to School, Carnival, Fun Run, Centennial Celebration and other in-school events. Send photos to PierceElementaryYearbook@gmail.com to be considered.

One of our biggest needs each year is daily help in our school library. Before you volunteer in the library, we ask that you attend a 25 minute training session. Once you are trained, you'll be sent the Sign Up Genius to sign up for slots. There are 5 open slots/school day (2 in the morning, 1 midday, 2 in the afternoon) and you are welcome to sign up for as many or few as fit your schedule.

Currently, we have training sessions scheduled on select Thursdays. No need to sign up ahead of time, please just check in at the office & head to the library that morning. Training dates are scheduled as follows. Please reach out to pierceelementarypta@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Monday, October 7th 8:50-9:15am

Monday, November 11th 8:50-9:15am

Do you have Halloween costumes at your house that you can no longer use? Please consider bringing in any gently costumes to the Pierce Office. We are looking to revamp our Halloween costume collection.

Any families that need costumes, please contact Angela Geisler.

• UPDATED DATE: Tuesday Oct 15th 6:30-7:30 - Audra Holdorf, the new Special Services Director, will be introducing her staff and do an overview of the services they provide at BPS.

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• Thursday Nov 7th 6:30-8pm - Minoti Rajput from Secure Planning Strategies will join us to discuss financial planning for kids with special needs.