Support Classroom Libraries - Peirce Teacher Wish List & Order Form

May 3, 2012 Family Reading Night from 5-7pm

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Peirce Teacher’s Wish List

Through the support of Women and Children First Bookstore, we have created a Wish List with our Peirce teachers for classroom libraries.

Teachers have provided their "wish list" of books, mostly according to grade level or middle school level. Books can be purchased via the order from before the May 3rd Reading Night, the night of Family Reading Night event, and through Friday, May 4th.

 You can order during Family Reading Night or submit your orders in sealed envelope directly to the office or have your student give it to the teacher.

 * NOTE: if your child’s teacher is not listed below, please feel free to purchase a book(s) for another teacher.  All our children will benefit.

Peirce Wish List Order Form & Teacher Wish List, Page 1 - double click to enlarge.

Page 2 - Teacher Wish List - double click to enlarge

Page 3 - Teacher Wish List - double click to enlarge

Family Reading Night Coming to Peirce

Donate Used Books to Peirce for the Book Give Away

The Barrels are in the Peirce lobby
awaiting used book donations. 

Last year Peirce parents/community donated many books to supply our Book-Giveaway.  During the school-wide Reading Night event, six table-fuls were available to Peirce students, PK-8th grade, for browsing.  We hope to provide the same for our upcoming Reading Night in early May.


Wanted: Used childrens/youth books of any kind.


Please drop-off books in the Peirce lobby, barrels have been provided to collect the books.  

The Book Donation Barrel for Reading Night is awaiting your gently used books. 

Thank you to Rooms 101 & 110 for decorating our collection barrels.  

And thank you to Tony Chavez for the barrels.  

Dream Big Drama Program for Kinder - 2nd Grade

Broadway Kids is a Kindergarten - 2nd grade Drama Enrichment program that is provided by Dream Big Performing Arts Workshop and held as an afterschool program at Peirce. 

For 7 weeks students will sing, dance & participate in theatre games as they are exposed to the dramatic arts.  Fliers went out to K-2nd grade, or find the flier/form attached below.


Program fee is $80.  
Students enrolled in the Free/Reduced Lunch program the fee is $40.
The afterschool class is offered on Wednesdays or Thursdays beginning April 25th.
Time: 2:45 - 3:45 pm.
For more enrollment details: see form.

Dream Big Program Form (double click to enlarge image)

Peirce Teacher Luncheon - Volunteer A Dish

The community of Peirce parents and caregivers, through the MPTSO (Multi-lingual Parent Teacher Student Organization) has always provided mid-afternoon lunch for teachers and other Peirce staff on Report Card Pick-up Day.  

This day is a long day for staff and they have always appreciated lunch as a “thank you” and to keep the day on track.  

Last report card pick up day in November, 2011 we tried something different and asked for parent donations of food (home-made or bought).  It was a huge success!  The staff LOVED the food items and really appreciated parent efforts.  So we're doing it again and the MPTSO is requesting donated items from parents.  You can choose to make a dish/item or purchase it.  Either way, we really are thrilled if you can help.

Please bring the item in a disposable (throw away) container to Peirce School cafeteria on Report Card Pick up Day:  April 18, by 2pm. The teachers and staff will eat around 3pm.    The item should serve about 10 people.  We will provide serving utensils.

If you can help, reply to Solveig Roverud at chicagosol@sbcglobal.net and the dish category you will provide.  I am hoping to get 10-11 parents per item.

The items to bring are:           RICE DISH

                                                SALAD (green, pasta, hearty with protein)

                                                 CHEESE OR DELI MEAT ASSORTMENT

                                                FRUIT (cut or ready to serve)     

                                                DESSERT

Thanks for your time and your donation!  

Voila ! A Closet Becomes A .....

dressing room.  On the very first day of Spring Break a few Peirce families rolled up their sleeves to clean out & organized a storage closet that can now be used as a dressing room.  Supporting both the performance efforts of our student productions and our Peirce circus troupe.

Led by parent, Beth Tenney and her daughter, Madison; space was created, debris was discarded and a few "treasures" were unearthed.  

This Peirce painted sign was found.  

Found in the closet was a beautiful, hand-painted sign that was provided around the time Peirce was designated an International Studies school.   Does anyone have a recollection of where it hung?  It seems to be dated about 1994, before the new addition was built in 1999.

Wooden kindergarten chairs from the early 1940's were stored.

 Fairly well preserved wooden chairs, that appeared to be designed for Kindergartners were also stored in the closet.  Some of the chairs are dated back to early 1940's.  What a find!

The Tenney's, Bigg's & Alana families helped tackle the closet cleaning.

The spring cleaning and reorganization of this large closet is definitely a first step in turning it into a useful room for our student performances.  There are a few ideas that need talented, skilled parents to help bring to life.  Can you help us figure out how to hang mirrors & lights for a make-up area? Donated materials such as countertops, benches would improve the utility of the space.  

Let us know (email PeirceParentsGroups@gmail.com) if you can help us continue the transformation of the closet.