Principal Mendez is thrilled to announce that Peirce received a $500 grant from the Kiwanis Club for books!
Ms. Mendez and 6th-grade teacher Ms. Puente met with Kiwanis Club members on February 22 and were honored to receive the grant. The purpose of the grant is to continue to cultivate a love for reading, at all grade levels, and to increase literacy development at Peirce. Ms. Puente and Ms. Jump will purchase the books for Peirce students at “Women and Children First," a bookstore on Clark Street in Andersonville.
The books will be distributed to students at the upcoming Family Reading Night Event, from 6:30-8 p.m. on March 30, 2011.
The grant also includes an eighth grade essay contest that is due on April 18th. The theme for the essay contest this year is: “An Influential Elder.” Winners of the essay contest will receive a stipend from the Kiwanis Club and will participate in a luncheon in their honor in May.
See you at Family Reading Night March 30th!
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