Pierce PTA Post

Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! Our room parents & teachers have planned lots of exciting activities for our students on Friday. We are so grateful for our families for supporting these activities!

Wishing everyone a safe and fun Mid-Winter Break! Please read below for many exciting activities happening when we return on February 24!

· Next meeting is Wednesday, March 5th, 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!

February 5th PTA Meeting Minutes: https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/assets/03810/2-5-25_minutes.pdf

PTA Executive Board Positions Open for 25-26 School Year:

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer

The 5th graders are selling bagels to raise money for their promotion party as well as to support the PTA. For a single payment of $20, a plain bagel from New York Bagel will be delivered to your child’s classroom each Friday morning for 12 weeks beginning February 28th. Order by Wednesday, Feb 26 at 9PM to ensure delivery for the first week.

New York Bagels guarantees bagels are from a Tree Nut and Peanut-free facility. Please direct any questions to Jeanette Faria (jeanette.faria@gmail.com).

Order your bagels today on MTK! https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/289112

March is READING MONTH and the PTA is looking for a few parents to volunteer to decorate the various specials doors, as well as school support staff doors.

If you are interested in volunteering to help decorate, please clink the link below. We are likely looking to put up the decorations sometime the week of Feb 24. THANK YOU!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A044BAAAD2AABF85-54998621-march

Get ready! The Scholastic Book Fair is coming our way (YAY!). Choosing their own books empowers kids and inspires them to become bolder, prouder, and stronger readers – AND, as always, every book they buy earns rewards for our school.

The book fair will take place in the Pierce Media Center from 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm (with a break from 4:00 pm– 5:00 pm) on March 19 and 20 during Parent/Teacher Conferences.

Volunteers are needed to help during the book fair with purchases & assisting families in locating books. We also need help setting up the book fair on March 12, and taking it down on March 21. If you are able to help, please sign up below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48ABAD22A0FDC25-55057401-spring

The BPS middle and high schools are partnering with BBCC to provide an engaging parenting event on 2/27. All are invited to attend.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckfcLTs3eCjB2S0IKatp4yzDYIm5X1oxuK76KtaDac6y1kRA/viewform

FODL has two community events scheduled for the spring. Please see below for the details.

Wednesday Feb 12th at 7pm - Joel Pearlman will be presenting virtually on building personalized plans of support for families with a loved one with special needs.

Wednesday March 12th at 6:30pm - Leah Marchetti will be presenting in person on how to expand your child's language through different processing methods. This talk will be in person at the BCS Media Center.

The pierce Parent book club has chosen the book, Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids for our winter reading. More details to come!

https://a.co/d/bdf3Ji9

Accelerated Reader (AR) is a PTA sponsored program to drive reading and reading

comprehension for grades 2-5. Students MUST have earned ONE point during every harvest this year in order to be eligible for the end-of-the-year AR party.

For anyone who has achieved the ‘purple star’, please send in a picture no bigger than 4 x 6 to

the office so we can hang it up on the AR Celebration Board outside the Pierce Library!

*Not finding a book your student has read? Clink the link below to view approved AR books. Link 3: https://www.renaissance.com/resources/suggest-ar-quizzes/

As always, please reach out to PierceElementaryAR@gmail.com if you have any questions! For more information, please visit Link 4: https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/academics

Yearbook sales will begin on February 24th! (There have not been any sold earlier this year)