That's a wrap on the Pierce Debate Team's successful year!
On June 7th, the Pierce Middle School Debate Team participated in the Lumos June Invitational Debate Tournament. Students debated whether or not the National Security Agency (NSA) should end its surveillance of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Students used the Public Forum Debate format to discuss the positive and negative consequences of NSA surveillance. Students Jimmy Huang, Eliot Levinson, Freddy Mai, and Benjamin Rosenbaum competed in this tournament. This marks our sixth and final debate tournament for the 2024-2025 season.
The Pierce Debate Team looks forward to competing again next fall. Thank you to Mr. Faherty for all of his work with the Debate Team this year!
Viva la - American - Revolution!
Mlle McGrath's Collicot 3rd graders performed the American Revolution in French, complete with costumes and a set that they decorated themselves. They marched in on the red carpet to Revolutionary War music and performed for their families and other French immersion classes. They did a fabulous job!
The 8th Grade has landed in DC and they are off and running! Enjoy this sneak peek as their adventure begins!
The Massachusetts Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program’s Yard Sign Design Contest is a way for students to use their creativity to help promote safe roads for cyclists and pedestrians in their communities.
Congratulations to Pierce 6th grader Scarlett Doyle for being one of four students in Massachusetts whose submission was chosen as a contest winner from 700+ entries!
Congratulations to our MPS Retirees!
Last week the School Committee recognized our 2025 MPS retirees. Please join us in celebrating and thanking Marti O’Keefe McKenna, Lisa McDonough, Wendy Kelly, Jason Scherer, Bonnie Johnson and Christine Hodgkins for their service to the students and staff of the Milton Public Schools. We are grateful to each of these talented employees and wish them much happiness and health in their retirement!
You can read more about each of our retirees here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT2TLYoke3WzBon32OZEHnqgWuVW9mjCHxXRd4ZAuk_WBKOG-W2Jl_ftUoA6p1YFg/pub
Be sure to check out June's featured reader on the MPL's Dial-a-Story
- Cunningham's own Charlie Cipolla! Charlie treated his classmates in Ms. McClain's class to a live reading last week.
As a reminder, Dial-a-Story is a Milton Public Library service where folks can call 617-915-1915 anytime and listen to librarians read stories, tell jokes, and the like. The content changes monthly and includes guest readers - usually kids - who read a picture book in the Dial 6 slot.
Charlie is reading Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins, and June stories are posted now (they'll be live all month long). Please give a call and hear Charlie read his story!
It was an exciting week in science at Pierce last week! Grade 6 students dissected frogs and Grade 7 students walked to Turner's Pond as part of their Ecosystems unit. They went ponding, collecting and observing samples of aquatic life.
Huge congratulations to the entire cast and crew of MHS Theatre's fall production of Once Upon a Mattress on receiving 8 METG Musical Theatre Award nominations! Over 61 schools across Massachusetts participated, and they're incredibly honored to be one of just six productions nominated for Best Overall Production. Nominations include:
Best Overall Production
Best Makeup & Hair Design
Best Stage Management – Liam Corey
Best Performance in a Female Leading Role – Ruby Dolgon
Best Performance in a Female Supporting Role – Eilie Boylan
Best Performance in a Featured Role – Emma Nolan
Best Music Direction – Andrew Smith
Best Direction – Stephen & Laura Markarian
The awards ceremony will take place tonight, Monday, June 9 at Lawrence High School. Good luck to MHS Theatre!
Wednesday Night at MHS!
Glover had themselves a morning! More pics to come....
Best wishes to Mama Mallard and her crew!
Our MHS Class of 2025 has plans big plans - for travel, higher education, military service, work and more - in the coming year. We know they will do great things!
Check out some of the terrific colleges and universities our students were accepted to this year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vR7dPGtLcWvEo-JAFCkFd9cugxCcIzrEprjhMz7YTJk-CLX_8lMNjvpp8LySaz6oQ/pubhtml
Tucker Elementary School is thrilled to announce the ribbon cutting for their new mural!
The mural was created by Boston artist Lee Beard to commemorate Tucker’s 100th anniversary and celebrate Tucker’s abundant future . The public mural installed on the back facade of the school building was conceptualized by Tucker students guided by Beard who facilitated an artist residency in collaboration with Tucker Visual Arts teacher Jess Gillooly. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held as part of the school’s Spring Fair, which is an annual fundraiser for Tucker PTO and a time to celebrate the school community. This will take place on Saturday, June 7, 3-6pm. Admission is $10 per person and the ribbon cutting will take place at 4:30PM.
All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there!
The Pierce Pals Annual Bowling and Pizza Extravaganza was a big hit last week! What's not to love? Friends, bowling and pizza for the win!
Kudos to the Pierce students who participated in the National Latin and National Mythology Exams this year and a special congratulations to our proud award winners.
We had some Gold medalists this year on the Mythology Exam: 6th grade Naomi Chan and 8th grader Taylor Scully! Our Silver medalists were 7th grader August Tran on both the Latin and Mythology Exams, and 7th grader Evie Howells on the Latin Exam.
Well done to all!
Calling all MPS budding musicians ( incoming 4th graders and up)!
Be sure to attend our Instrument Lesson Info Session, June 11th 6pm at MHS. Students will have the opportunity to try out various instruments and learn from high school students about their own experience in the music program!
MHS Music is also holding an Instrument Drive - all details in the flyer.
Contact program director Rebecca Damiani with any additional questions: rdamiani@miltonps.org
Oh what a night! The Glover Art Show - complete with Glow Room - whas a smashing success! Thanks to Ms. McMenamy for her amazing work with our students!
As our seniors finish up their final week of classes, we prepare to welcome the Class of 2038! Look for the yellow "Welcome to Kindergarten" shirts around town.
Class of '38 - send your yellow t-shirt pics to pictures@miltonps.org!
The Pierce WWII History Club visited this week with 105 year old Arthur Medeiros, WWII Veteran of the Normandy landing and the Battle of the Bulge. The club members met with Mr. Medeiros, the recipient of three Purple Hearts and both Bronze and Silver stars during his service in Europe, to hear about his experiences as a veteran of WWII. Our students were so grateful to have this experience!
Presenting the MPS PE Picklers at Pierce!
(Now trying saying that 3X fast:)
The Art Show was a huge success this week at Collicot! The community submerged themselves in the Collicot coral reef as students displayed work representing art from all seven continents. Thanks to Ms. Bernini for the wonderful art and to Ms. Deitrich for organizing some beautiful entertainment from grade 5 singers!
