The ConVal School District has summer learning opportunities available for elementary and middle school students. The Title 1, Explore and Expand, and Middle School Summer Academy programs will run from July 5 through July 27, 2023.
During three or four days a week, students will receive 1.5 hours of academic support in both mathematics and/or readingfrom ConVal Certified Teachers and Tutors. An extra hour of the program is reserved for enrichment and exploration, including drumming and cartooning residencies. Additional details can be found in the signup forms that are linked below.
If your student attends AES, Pierce, FES or PES, please register using this link.
Susie Spikol, Naturalist from the Harris Center, came to visit grade 3 this week. She brought skulls from different animals for students to observe up close and draw. We then compared and contrasted the skulls by shape, teeth, eye sockets, etc. They had a lot of fun!
We hope you have weathered this storm. We are ready to welcome students back to school tomorrow, March 17, 2023. We will have a two hour delay and will follow our usual schedule for a delay, with arrival between 10:20-10:40 AM.
Due to the continuing hazardous road conditions in many towns, there will be some significant changes to bus routes. In many cases, buses can only travel on main roads; therefore, families will need to transport their children to the identified bus pick-up/drop-off locations, which can be found below as well as on the Conval district website and social media sites. Any student who cannot be transported to school by families or to the designated bus pick-up/drop-off locations will be considered absent excused.
Bennington/Pierce Bus Stops
Bus 20 - 10:15 AM
pick up along Rte. 202 from Ross Rd to the center of town.
Pick up along Rte. 31 to Mountain Rd
Bus 6 - 10:15 AM
pick up along Rte. 47 from Onset to Pierce School
Please contact the bus company by phone at (603) 924-9211 for any questions regarding the routes, if you have other questions or concerns please reach out to me.
Sign your child up for the Pierce Read-A-Thon today. Local community members, family and businesses can sponsor the school or a specific child to help support reading! https://youtu.be/lm9ZqVcn-Yc
Teachers at FES and Pierce are starting their shared book group centered on Building a Thinking Classroom by Peter Liljedahl. Prinicipal Gibney and GES Principal Roy (math coach) will be co-leading this professional development activity monthly.
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The Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock has announced the recipient of its 2022 Educator Of The Year award.
Jenn Sutton, who teaches 3rd grade at Pierce School in Bennington, was presented with the Award by Harris Center teacher and naturalist Susie Spikol. Among several other naturalist projects, Sutton's classroom has been chosen to nurture turtle hatchlings through the winter for a spring 2023 release into the wild; for more on the story, click here.
Assistant Superintendent Ann Forrest attended the awards ceremony as a representative of the SAU.
The Bennington Recreation Department will be holding a Trunk or Treat at Newhall Playing Field - Bible Hill Rd. from 2-5 pm on 10/29/22. It's a free community event that includes games, costume contests, trunk contests, scavenger hunts, candy, food, and kids' activities.
The baby turtles have come back to third grade. “Ms. Sutton’s third-grade class will have the chance to help them survive in the wild,” says Merrick Lyons. Felicity wants everyone to know that we will raise them all year.
They will be released to the wild in late May or early June. We will help them grow so they will have a better chance to escape predators. Everyone should know that these turtles are not our pets and people should never take animals out of the wild and keep them. They should not purchase animals as pets and then release them either. Ms. Sutton hopes that by raising these delicate wild animals, the students will learn how to research, collect data, and care for our natural world. “The turtles help us learn in so many ways, and it is our job to pay it forward and respect their local habitat.” A special thank you goes out to Susie Spikol of the Harris Center for Conservation Education for helping to provide us with this opportunity for a second year.
The ConVal School District has summer learning opportunities available for elementary and middle school students. The Title 1, Explore and Expand, and Middle School Summer Academy programs will run from July 5 through July 27, 2023.
During three or four days a week, students will receive 1.5 hours of academic support in both mathematics and/or readingfrom ConVal Certified Teachers and Tutors. An extra hour of the program is reserved for enrichment and exploration, including drumming and cartooning residencies. Additional details can be found in the signup forms that are linked below.
If your student attends AES, Pierce, FES or PES, please register using this link.
The ConVal School District has summer learning opportunities available for elementary and middle school students. The Title 1, Explore and Expand, and Middle School Summer Academy programs will run from July 5 through July 27,
Susie Spikol, Naturalist from the Harris Center, came to visit grade 3 this week. She brought skulls from different animals for students to observe up close and draw. We then compared and contrasted the skulls by shape,
We hope you have weathered this storm. We are ready to welcome students back to school tomorrow, March 17, 2023. We will have a two hour delay and will follow our usual schedule for a delay,
Sign your child up for the Pierce Read-A-Thon today. Local community members, family and businesses can sponsor the school or a specific child to help support reading! https://youtu.be/lm9ZqVcn-Yc
The Grade 1 teachers will be working with Mary Beth Banios, from Keys to Literacy thorughout teh year. The work is geared towards Foundational Literacy Skills
The Bennington Recreation Department will be holding a Trunk or Treat at Newhall Playing Field – Bible Hill Rd. from 2-5 pm on 10/29/22. It’s a free community event that includes games,
The baby turtles have come back to third grade. “Ms. Sutton’s third-grade class will have the chance to help them survive in the wild,” says Merrick Lyons. Felicity wants everyone to know that we will raise them all year.
