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.

RAVEN Theatre Benefit for 4th Grade Enrichment Program

RAVEN Theatre in Edgewater is staging The Price

Each year, the Raven Theatre brings its TAKE FLIGHT enrichment program to Peirce with teaching artists working in all 4^th grade classrooms.   TAKE FLIGHT provides students with an opportunity to learn the basic principles of theatre, and to use theatre tools as a means of improving life skills. It builds confidence, self-esteem, teamwork and creative thinking skills.

This community partnership is very important to the school in general and it is obviously a great opportunity for 4th grade students. Every spring, the Peirce parent organization hosts a fundraiser to help support the program for the following school year.  

On Sunday March 25th, Raven Theatre will give a "private" performance of Arthur Miller's "The Price".  The proceeds will go toward funding TAKE FLIGHT at Peirce.  This event, however, doesn't begin to cover the costs of the program. Raven uses our fundraiser to demonstrate to its large donors that the constituency being served is engaged and supportive.  

Please join us for this wonderful community event.  Buy a ticket for yourself, your neighbors, your friends and join us at Raven Theatre

Details:                       Sunday, March 25

2:00 – coffee & sweets reception

3:00 – performance

Tickets are $25 each

Raven Theatre

6157 North Clark Street

No tickets will be distributed.  We will maintain a guest list.  

Contact: Kim Biggs at 773-271-6370 or Kim@KimBiggs.com

The Price production at Raven Theatre

Open House for Prospective Parents

JOIN US for our Prospective Parent Open House

When ?: Tues. March 27th

Time ?: 9:15 a.m.

Where?: Peirce School 

Meet our teachers, principal & parents.  Tour our building, ask questions and learn about our school.  Please RSVP with the school office at 773.534.2440. 

Giordano Dance Performance - Free Tickets to Peirce Students/Parents

Giordano Dance Company provides science enrichment through dance & movement to Peirce students.  In collaboration with our Science department,  dance is used to demonstrate the physical sciences, biology, study of human anotomy & physics.  For many years Giordano has supported the education of Peirce students with this extraordinary partnership. 

Giodano continues to give to our community .... Peirce students and family members can receive free tickets to the Passion & Fire Show on March 9th 2012.  The performance is at  the Harris Theater @ 8pm.  Contact Ms. Leventis, middle school science teacher (vmleventis@cps.edu) if you are interested.

Peirce Career Day - Share Your Path, Challenge a Student to Focus on Their Future

The 2nd annual Peirce Career Day is April 12, 2012.  Leveraging from it's inaugural success, Ms. Foss & the faculty team have put together a website to share the Peirce Career Day information & facilitate sign-up.  Many parents participated last year - sharing experiences in nursing, social work, retail, small business enterprises, food service & law to name a few.  Even a professional athlete joined the discussions.  All careers & experiences are welcome.  


For Peirce Career Day info, visit: http://peirceschoolcareerday.weebly.com/about.html  

Think back to the sixth grade.  What did you envision your life would be like when you grew up?  Did you ever think that you would be where you are now?  Who were the people that helped set you on your course in life?   

We would like to offer you an opportunity to be that person that plants a seed in a young person’s mind at e Peirce Middle School Career Day on Thursday, April 12, 2012.  We are inviting professionals in a wide-range of careers to share how they achieved their goals and to meet with students to discuss their career plans.   We are also looking for parent volunteers to recruit speakers and to help on the day of the event.  

We hope you will consider joining us!  Visit the Career Day website for more information and to register as a speaker or volunteer: www.peirceschoolcareerday.weebly.com.  We will be awarding prizes for the best recruiters, 

including top recruiter, most interesting career, and most famous person.  

Thank you,

Ms. Foss, Middle School Coordinator

jafoss@cps.edu

Peirce International Dinner Picture Album

If "pictures speak a thousand words" than these wonderful shots will tell the story of our recent (January 2012) International Dinner.  Celebrating the food, customs, entertainment from selected countries around the globe. 


Enjoy our slideshow..... 



Many thanks to our talented and dedicated parent photographers - Heather Gregg & Christine Pinalto ( http://christinekay.com/ ) who captured the evenings' smiles, laughter & community.  Thank you! 

Global Menu, Peirce Community, Ethnic Journey's... Peirce International Dinner

Peirce School provided an international taste to the 350 attendees of the International Dinner held on January 26th.  


As a way to celebrate the "country's of study" and further experience and learn about other heritages and  nations - the parent organization, MPTSO, joins forces with students, teachers, administration, and ethnic local restaurants to provide a wonderful multi-ethnic celebration. 

In order to host and provide an authentic taste to all, we Peirce receives much support and generosity from local businesses.... please be sure to thank them for their support when you visit - 

Anna Held Florist & Cafe

Kate's Famous Cookies

Bolat

Hema's

Huey's Hot Dogs

Milo's Pita Place

Harvest Time/Edgewater Produce

Mei Shung

Thank you to Little Linguists Academy for sponsoring the Chinese Egg Rolls.

More than 350 parents and students enjoyed food from Brazil, India, Iraq, China, South Africa, Spain and the United States. It was a great event!

A few parents have taken pictures of the event.  Please consider sharing yours - feel free to post any online albums or send pictures to PeirceSchoolParentsGroups@gmail.com.

Kate Merrill (parent) and students prepare decorations. 

The Peirce Community enjoys the evening.

The menu was yummy. 

Myra Alana (parent) and students work on decorations.

Students create decorations for the dinner celebrating different countries.

The cafeteria was filled with Peirce community members enjoying the themes of the evening.

 

The Peirce community enjoys the International Dinner. 

Mr. Soto (Art Teacher), students & Beth Mroz (parent) support the decorating efforts.

Artwork displayed for the dinner.

Dinner is served in a truly multi-lingual spirit.

Artwork in the Polish tradition is displayed.

Families enjoy the International Dinner. 

 

Project work celebrating an assigned country. 

Middle school students explore Chinese math 'tangrams'  

Scissor-work in the Polish tradition. 

The Iraqi table is "dressed" in the national flag. 

Artwork on display.

Brazilian flag is displayed on the table.

The table dressed in the flag of the United States.

An Iraqi flag in progress.

The cafeteria tables get "dressed" in different flags for the evening.

Student projects are on display for the evening.

Student projects celebrating India.