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Help Coordinate Visiting Scientist Day!
Hi Everyone! We are looking for one or two science-loving parents to help plan and coordinate our "visiting scientist day," which takes place during the week of May 22-26 (Science Week at 154! - more info in that soon). Responsibilities include being the primary point person for scientists who sign up and helping to coordinate the schedule and bios, and probably entails a total of 3-4 hours of work, spread across a few weeks. You will be working with a 5th grade parent who will show you the ropes. Although this event is for 4-5th grade students, we'd love to have some lower grade parents helping to plan it with the hopes of continuing in the role for a few years. Please reach out to Visiting Scientist Day Coordinator Christine Ponder if you’re interested in taking on this role!
DONATE GOODS & SERVICES
Help us Raise $! What can you give? Who do you know?
PS 154 raffles and auctions, held during events throughout the year and especially at our Spring Auction, help our school flourish. We raise thousands of dollars for our school through the generosity of parents, local businesses and New York City institutions. Donors receive publicity, a tax deduction, and the goodwill and gratitude of our parent community.
Restaurant gift certificates, store gift certificates, vacation rentals, backstage passes, private tours, sports tickets, memberships, birthday parties, camps, art, signed books, first edition LPs, exquisite jewelry, holiday gift items, designer goods, kids’ and baby wear — all make great contributions.
We need YOUR help to make our raffles and auctions great. Please consider donating an item or experience. Ask a friend, too. Or please pass a name or idea along by using the form below, and we can get in touch.
VOLUNTEER FOR A COMMITTEE
Please consider joining a committee. Each of our committees makes a vital contribution to our school. If you click on the name of each chairperson, you can contact them via email to be included in that committee. All committees welcome new members!
After School Committee
Chaired by Claudia Freeman
The committee will work together to establish curriculum and policy for the after school program.
AuctionS & SPONSORSHIPS Committee
Chaired by Alice Lincoln
This committee works year-round to solicit auction items from families at the school, local businesses, as well as national businesses. This committee work can be done via email, and there are also roles that involve walking around and speaking with (friendly!) local businesses.
Communications and Marketing Committee
Chaired by Nora Zelevansky and Chadwick Smith
The committee will work with board members, events and program planners to produce print and electronic material for dissemination to the PS 154 community. One committee member will be in charge of updating the website as needed. The committee will also manage our PS154 School Store.
Enrichment Programs Committee
Chaired by Cara Zwerling
The committee will work together and with the parent body to identify enriching experiences, such as assemblies, author visits, and in-class programs, that the membership would like to add to the educational experience of students at PS 154.
EQUITY Committee
This committee collaborates with PS154 staff to help shape professional development, curricular choices and parent workshops that focus on enhancing our collective understanding of diversity and equity.
If you would like to participate in our Equity work, please reach out to Mr. Foreman or Mr. Buckley (mbuckley@ps154.org).
Event Planning Committee
Chaired by Grace Caccia
This committee will work together to guide the efforts of sub-committees to plan and execute events that raise funds for PTA enrichment programs and help build a spirit of community at PS 154. Help out with food, crafts, raffles, auctions, and more. The committee will recommend a calendar of events for the school year and work with the Membership Coordinator to recruit and organize volunteers to participate in the events.
Fifth Grade Graduation Committee
Chaired by Chino Okonkwo
The committee will work with the 5th grade parents and school administration and faculty to identify, plan, and execute the activities related to 5th grade graduation, and work within the PTA framework to establish a budget for 5th grade activities.
Fundraising Committee
Chaired by Renanit Levy and Samantha Marks
This committee works to ensure the continued success of existing efforts for the Annual Fund, the Generations Campaign, Grants, Sponsorship and Free Money. The committee will also consider and make recommendations to modify existing fundraising efforts and to consider new fundraising opportunities.
Movie Night Committee
Chaired by [Open]
Help choose the movie for our three movie nights, and assist with movie night operations.. Movie nights take place three times each year, in the early evening hours at our school. We need ticket takers, food servers, an emcee, shoppers, and more to make these fun community events happen.
Garden Committee
Chaired by Matt Reeck
Help care for our beautiful school garden, and lead projects in your child’s classroom around planting, harvesting, and eating fresh vegetables.
Committee to support students with special needs
Chaired by [Open]
Advocate for children with special needs by supporting them, their parents, and their teachers within the school community. Suggest PTA programming that helps students with special needs and benefits all children. No special skills are needed on your part—just a willingness to learn about children’s needs and speak up for them.
Social Emotional Learning, a.k.a. “SEL” Committee
Chaired by [Open]
The Social Emotional Experience, aka “SEE,” Committee is a sub-committee of the School Leadership Team, comprised of both parents and P.S. 154 staff. The purpose of this committee is to communicate about the social-emotional needs of the school community as a whole, and to encourage initiatives that support social-emotional learning in our children. Members can be actively involved in discussions and initiatives or simply stay informed through our Google Group.
The SEE committee uses the following definition of social emotional learning: “Social Emotional Learning is intended to teach children specific social-emotional skills like self-awareness, self-management, empathy, perspective taking and cooperation. In short, these are lessons of emotional intelligence.
SuSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
Chaired by [Open]
The Sustainability Committee will work to support environmental responsibility and sustainability within the school campus and community.