PTA POST
2023-2024 School Year Vol. 24
Upcoming Dates
January 24: Kindergarten Round up 6:30pm
January 26: Parents Night Out at iCode
January 31: PTA Presents: STEM Family Night
February 7: PTA Meeting at 9 AM
February 19- 23: NO SCHOOL- Mid-Winter Break
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We are 1 week away from STEM night. Please remember, tickets are $5 / family and available on MTK ā purchase yours today! See you there!
Parents Night Out at iCode
Friday, January 26, 2024, 6PM ā 8PM ā iCode
Hey Pierce Parents! Enjoy a break after a long week while your kids have fun with friends at iCode on Maple Road in Troy. Cost is $30/child (includes games, snacks and drinks) with proceeds going back to the Pierce PTA, so everyone has fun while helping raise money for the PTA!! Open for Panthers & their siblings ages 5-14. Slots are limited - sign up here today!
PTA Presents: STEM Night at Pierce - Volunteers Needed!
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 5:30PM ā 7:30PM
Our PTA is SO EXCITED to bring this amazing family event to Pierce in January! Ann Arbor Hands on Museum, Robot Garage, and Michigan Science Center will all be coming to Pierce for an awesome evening of fantastic STEM activities. Tickets are $5/family and are available on MTK! We need many volunteers to make this event a success. The grade level with the most volunteers will be given a $100 gift card to spend as they see fit! High school students and grandparents are encouraged to volunteer as well. High school students can earn community service hours, too, so donāt delay, sign up today!
Reflections Update
Congrats to all our 2023/24 District PTA Reflections Winners! Best Wishes to all at the State Level! Insert Reflections Image
In-School Volunteer Needs
Front Office & Staff Support
Volunteers will be helping with teacher requests (copying, laminating, etc) along with miscellaneous front office tasks that are needed support regularly. We appreciate the help every school day! There are 2 shifts/day: mornings = 9AM ā 10AM & afternoons = 2:30PM ā 3:30PM. If you can help, please sign up here!
Other Information
Kroger Community Rewards
Did you know that you can earn money for Pierce while shopping at Kroger? Each year, our PTA earns around $500 from Panther supporters who have linked their Kroger card to our school.
To participate:
Create a digital account at www.krogercommunityrewards.com (you must have a digital account to participate)
- Link your Kroger Plus card number to your digital account
- If you use your phone number at the register, call 877-576-7587 to get your card number
- Sign into your digital account
- Search for Pierce Elementary (NPO #92727) ā be sure you select the right āPierce Schoolā as there are 2 listed
- If you see Pierce listed on the right side of your information page, you have enrolled correctly!
- Kroger cards must be re-enrolled every spring -- even if you were enrolled last year, you must sign up again annually.
Learn more by visiting the Treasurerās Corner page under PTA on MTK (Click Here). Thank you for supporting Pierce!
PTA Open Positions - We're Hiring š
For next school year, we have many positions currently filled by 5th grade parents who will be āgraduatingā from Pierce. Reaching out now allows time to shadow these chairs during the remainder of this school year. With that, we will be looking to fill the following positions:
Secretary:
- Secretary sits on the PTA Exec Committee and is responsible for recording meeting minutes at monthly PTA meetings. The secretary also manages volunteers for PTA events & communication between the PTA & the Pierce community (PTA posts, PTA-related social media posts, etc).
Reflections Lead:
- Reflections is an AMAZING National PTA Competition open to ALL students. Our current Reflections Chair will be leaving our school this year after seven years as the chair. We need a new lead for this program or it cannot be offered. The job requires organization, but no art background plays a role. This job requires about 25 hours of work spread out over 5+ months with the bulk of the time taken in mid-November as entries are collected and submitted.
Legislative Liaison:
- This position helps connect with all sorts of advocacy and legislative groups, reaching up all the way to the U.S. Department of Education and Michigan Legislature to understand what is happening that would affect students locally in our district. And then, from there, the idea is to pull that information back down to the local level, raising awareness and bringing people in our community to action.
Also, for next year, we are looking for someone to join our amazing treasurer, Jessica Valukas, in a co-treasurer position. This person would support Jessica in her role with the possibility of moving into the position when Jessicaās children age out of Pierce in a couple years.
Thank you to those who have reached out already on some of our open positions. If you are interested in learning more about any of these, please reach out to pierceelementarypta@gmail.com for more information. We appreciate your time and energy!
Accelerated Reader (AR)
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a PTA sponsored program to drive reading and reading comprehension for grades 2-5. For anyone who has achieved the āpurple starā, please send in a picture no bigger than 4 x 6 to the office so we can hang it up on AR Celebration Board outside the Pierce Library!
Also, note that AR T-shirts are available for purchase on Membership Toolkit. Once you have received notice that your child has reached that level, you can go on to MTK to purchase that. As always, please reach out if you have any questions! For more information and contact info for questions, please visit https://piercepta.membershiptoolkit.com/academics