Pierrepont School
Union Middle School Orientation
Please see the attached information from Mr. Schweitzer about the Union School Orientation for 6th grade students and parents. Also attached you will find a form to use as a reference when selecting your child's course requests. Course requests should be submitted through your child's PowerSchool account under class registration. Scheduling for Grade 6 students will begin on March 3rd with Mrs. Antoniello.
9th Annual Literacy Fair
This school year, Pierrepont School will be hosting its 9th Annual Literacy Fair. The goal is to get our Pierrepont Elementary students excited about reading and provide an opportunity to share one of their favorite books with the rest of the school in a creative way. The reading fair also gives students an opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of the parts of a book and the components of a story. Today, students can access the literacy fair packet on the "Pierrepont Media Center Google Classroom." Students will be asked to select a book and create a storyboard telling the main points … [Read More...]
Engineering a Finger: Where Science Meets Creativity
The students in Mrs. Colucci's and Mrs. Barone's science classes are learning about the skeletal and muscular systems. With our Mystery Science program, we built a robot finger out of paper and string, and compared it to our human fingers.
This project especially highlighted our PORG quality of creativity as students considered ideas for how to make the finger stronger, or to combine the fingers to use like a hand. Critical Thinking skills were also encouraged as students compared our model to the development of … [Read More...]
Inclement Weather
Should a one-session day be called because of inclement weather, students in 4-6 will be dismissed at 12:20 p.m. It is imperative that your children know the procedures you expect them to follow upon leaving school. The “Connect 5” system will notify parents by contacting phone numbers and/or email addresses currently on school records. Each Pierrepont Family received a “Connect 5” call earlier this year during our test run. If a phone or email contact has changed and the school has not been notified, the system will not be able to alert you to an emergency closing. Please keep the … [Read More...]
One Session Day – December 23, 2025
Please note that Tuesday, December 23rd is a one session day. Lunch will not be served but students can bring a light snack. All students will be dismissed at 12:20pm. The school library and computer lab will be closed after school on Tuesday, December 23rd and all after school clubs will not meet that day. Happy Holidays! … [Read More...]