Important Dates
TONIGHT!! September 20 - Parents v Students Kickball Game, 6pm
September 23 - PTA Meeting, 6:30pm in the MMR
September 24 - SLT meeting, 4pm
September 27 - 1st Grade Author Visit
Sept 30 & Oct 1 - School Closed
October 4 - Movie Night, 6pm
October 9 - School Closed
October 10 - Picture Day
October 11 - Family Friday, 8:35am - 9:15am (meet us in the MMR)
October 14 - School Closed
October 16 - PTA Exec Meeting, 6:30pm
October 19 - Boo Bash, 4:00 - 8:00pm
General Reminders
Do not park around the school in teacher parking. Please make room for your teachers to park so they can come into the school building on time.
No Double Parking! It is illegal and dangerous, even for a few seconds. If you are driving, please consider parking a block or so away and walking to drop off and/or pick up your child(ren).
Dismissal is the same rain or shine. Please keep the doorways clear and pick up your children only when they get to their line spots.
Morning Volunteers!
The School Yard is Closed to parents starting at 7:40am. We need volunteers! You can sign up to help here: Morning Volunteers
Diversity Potluck & Parents vs. Kids Kickball Game
TONIGHT!! Friday, Sept 20 6:00 - 8:00PM
Please sign up to bring a dish or help run the potluck. And come watch the game!
First PTA General Meeting of the Year
Monday, Sept 23 6:30 - 8:00PM
Please join us for our first PTA General meeting of the year. We will cover:
PTA plans for the year
budget review
election
The election will round out our Executive Committee that serves our PTA.
We need to elect FOUR Member-at-Large positionsfor our Executive Committee. These positions are held open specifically for new parents at our school. They are a great way to learn about everything the PTA does to support our school and students.
We will also elect members to our open positions of Technology Chair, Community Events Chair, and Auction Chair. We are happy to have candidates for each of those roles, but we encourage all interested parties to run for any position available. You can nominate yourself or a friend from the floor!
There will also be many committees you can sign up for to contribute in that way. We want to have everyone included in any way they feel comfortable, and we can never have enough volunteers! If you have an idea for your involvement that you don't see here, email us!
SPEAKERS
There will be brief updates from Principal Foreman, our Parent Coordinator, Debby Wattenbarger, Executive Committee members, and we will end the evening with a short talk from our SEL (Social Emotional Learning) Committee Chair, Jane Bliss Birk, on the topic of Social Emotional Learning - Emotional Intelligence.
The meeting starts in the MMR at 6:30pm and Jane's talk will begin around 7:15pm.
CHILDCARE DURING THE MEETING
For a suggested donation of $5 per child to cover costs, there will be babysitting for school-aged children. Children will be given pizza and supervised by Ms. Guzzi in the cafeteria, or if weather permits, in the schoolyard. If your child prefers to stay with you, that is absolutely fine also.
Hope to see you there!
Around the Community
Participatory Budgeting
Participatory Budgeting NYC (PBNYC) Cycle 9 is in its ideas phase! To learn more about Participatory Budgeting and submit ideas, we encourage community members to attend a Neighborhood Assembly (listed below). I hope to see you and the school community at one of our idea collection events.
Let us know you’re attending by clicking Going on the Facebook event page, which also includes information about other D39 sites Council Member Brad Lander and I will pop-up to collect ideas.
Neighborhood Assemblies
Monday, September 23, 2019, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
PS 230, 1 Albemarle Road
Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue
If you are unable to attend, submit your school’s ideas online, in our Participatory Budgeting website: https://pbnyc39.com/idea-collection/
