peirce school family newsletter - may 2019

Greetings Peirce Families,

The May Parent newsletter contains a lot of information, please be sure to check out the following topics in the body of the newsletter below:

• SY19-20 Budget - passed by the Local School Council at the April meeting
• Updates to Move-A-Thon - May 17th
• Playworks Community Kickball Game - May 3rd
• SY19-20 Enrollment Information - happening now
• Volunteer Celebration - May 31st at 8:15am
• Kindergarten Orientation - May 31st at 9:15am
• Summer Programs
• MAP Testing

Upon arriving from Spring Break, Aspen launched - the new student information management system. The change from Aspen has resulted in a few challenges for parents in accessing the student portal - check this FAQ guide for information on what to do if you are having difficulty accessing your students information. Please remember that having access to the student portal is the method which parents will be able to use in order to find out classroom placements for the 2019-2020 school year.


Thank you to Hopleaf! Peirce Day at Hopleaf was held on April 28th and was another successful fundraising event. Peirce is appreciative of this partnership - Michael Roper & Louise Molnar have been longtime supporters of Peirce School - through their support along with Friends of Peirce students have benefited from arts partnerships, sports programming, technology, school beautification projects, teacher stipends, field trips, lockers and so much more! Be on the lookout for additional lockers to be purchased for middle school along with refillable water bottle stations.


If you have been on the playground you will notice the structure for our newest Bricolage to be constructed above door #4. Be on the lookout as students work alongside of Green Star over the next month and a half to reveal our 3rd exterior Bricolage! Funding for this project was secured through the Alderman's Office - please thank Alderman Osterman when you see him.


Happy Spring!
Lori Zaimi
Principal

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