June Peirce School Family Newsletter

Greetings Peirce Families,
As we enter our last month of school, I would like to thank Peirce Families, Staff, Community Members and most importantly our students for a wonderful year. Despite the many challenges we faced with budget cuts, threats of a teachers strike and the instability in our government finances, Peirce school continues to thrive. Below highlights a few of the many great things happening at Peirce over the last year:

• Peirce School moved from Level 1 to Level 1+ on the CPS School Rating Policy.
• We received the “Established” rating for our work with Social Emotional Learning and Student Supports.
• We are very proud of our commitment to the arts - this year we were able to expand our arts partners with the support of Friends of Peirce and Hopleaf. 
• Technology increased and we are now 1-1 with Chromebooks to students in 3rd-8th grade, Kindergarten-2nd grade received additional iPAD carts and Chromebook carts.
• Travel opportunities were expanded for middle school students - 24 seventh and eighth grade students attended the first ever Peirce trip to Washington D.C. and for the first time ever, 7th grade students participated in a 2 night trip to Lorado Taft.
• Elliott Topp was the first Peirce student in the last 30 years to make it to the Citywide Spelling Bee!
• We expanded our parent education opportunities - hosting sessions led by Peirce staff and parents related to IB, Special Education and Restorative Approaches to Discipline/Student Supports.
• The Cubs did win the World Series this year, a historical marker for all of us to remember!

Happy Father’s Day to all Peirce Dad’s! Cheers to the final month of school - make every day great!

Warmest Wishes,
Lori Zaimi

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