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PS 372, 146 & 133 have a school diversity project on the participatory budgeting (PB) ballot in Brad Lander’s CD39! VOTING is April 7-15. Come out to vote for great community projects and spread the word about the PB process!! Please vote for our project so we can get funded. Please vote RIGHT NOW online. Kids age 11 and older can vote,…
On March 28, third and fifth graders were treated to a visit by the 2017 Caldecott award winning author Javaka Steptoe. Here’s a description of his book, “Radiant Child” Jean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But…
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Public Workshop #2 will provide another opportunity for community members to share their ideas to create diverse and meaningfully integrated and equitable middle schools. The goal of this workshop is to frame the conversation of diversity and equity by using the insights gathered from community members. This will allow the Working Group to begin to develop…
The Valentine’s Day Dance was a huge hit, thanks to co-chairs Michelle and Scotte, and also gym decorator extraordinaire Heather. The committee would also like to thank the custodial staff, Tony, Joe, Jose and Unyque; Krtistina for her amazing poster art, Tam for his work on the lighting and balloon drop and Jennifer for blowing…
The Readathon Committee would like to extend a big thank you to our community for a very successful mid-month Tally Day. Thank you to families for tallying minutes and returning logs, to teachers for spreading the word and enthusiasm, and especially to our Tally Day volunteers who worked hard all morning tallying reading log minutes,…
Welcome – Jessica Miksis, PTA Co-President Big thanks to the Arts & Science Day Committee (Sarah Collins, Nina Crews, Rafael Gomez Luna, Liza Gouger, Peter Kerlin, Brian Miksis). Activities included medical testing, slime, roller coasters, paper airplane engineering, stomp rockets, sound design, architecture, fidget spinners. Thank you also to Marquis Studio, Madeleine Solomon for her…
It’s time! NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2018 is just around the corner and will be showcasing the best new films for ages 3-18. The Festival is packed full of fantastic film programs for your family this year and, even better, our school earns $3 back for every ticket you purchase! Celebrate the best new international films…
Thanks to many hard-working volunteers, Arts & Science Day was a hit this year, with excellent activities and performances and a great turn-out. Volunteers ran tables for slime-making, Japanese calligraphy, paper airplane-engineering, fidget spinner physics, costume-making, gardening, architecture and more. Tiny Scientist was there to help kids make color-changing worms, there was a family band…
Do You Have A Great Idea That Will Improve Our School? We Want to Know! The PTA Call for One Time Grant Proposals Is Happening! The PTA is currently accepting One Time Grant proposals (formerly known as Mini-Grants) for the 2018 – 2019 school year. Parents, teachers and other staff members are invited to make…