Important Dates
November 2 - Kristin Chenoweth auction closes, 11:00am
November 5 - Election Day - No School for Students
November 11 - School Closed for Veteran’s Day
November 12 - SLT Meeting, 4:00pm
November 13 - PTA Executive Board Mtg, 8:00am
November 14 - Parent Teacher Conferences - ½ Day: 11:30am Dismissal
November 18 - PTA Meeting, 6:30pm
November 20 - School Tour for 2020 Families, 9:00am (Contact dwattenbarger@ps154.org)
November 24 - Sustainability Committee Park Clean Up (details below)
November 26 - PTA Middle School Parent Panel
November 28 & 29 - School is Closed for Thanksgiving
Stay up to date with the efforts of our school’s leadership team. Click here for the latest information.
Blue Cards
We need you to update your Blue Cards online each year, even if nothing has changed or you completed one when you registered.
Complete it today: Blue Cards
Kristin Chenoweth’s For the Girls Auction
Open now, through Nov 2 at 11:00AM
Through Kindergarten parent, Rhiannon Marusarz, we were lucky enough to meet acclaimed award-winning director, producer, writer, and performer, Richard Jay-Alexander. Richard is currently directing Kristin Chenoweth’s limited engagement Broadway show in celebration of her new album, For the Girls.
Richard and Kristin are teaming up to offer a FIRST CLASS experience of For the Girls to raise money for our fantastic school! Learn more HERE!
Box Tops Submissions are due!
Please submit any clippings you have to Ms. Guzzi's office in the MMR by Mon, Oct 28.
Going forward, Box Tops submissions will be digital, and families are encouraged to download the BoxTops app on their phone to simply scan their receipt, which will tally all participating Box Tops items for our school's earnings. No more clippings and no more mailings!
Sign up on the app is easy: just create an account and connect to our school on the app (listed as “P.S. 154 The Museum Alliance for Science and Technology”). You can read more about it here.
Parenting Book Club, hosted by SEL Committee
Wednesday, December 4, 6:30-8:00PM, FREE
This book club will serve as a safe, supportive discussion space for parents to learn new parenting philosophies and tools, and to share their parenting challenges and successes within the context of a chosen book. Participants will share a common desire to learn and possibly practice new ways to improve their relationships with their children. The books chosen will be aligned with the mission of the PS 154 SEL Committee: to support the social and emotional learning of our children and of those who teach and care for them.
Book: “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk,” Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish. Join us as we discuss one of the most helpful parenting books of all time.
Click here to learn how to buy the book with a discount from Terrace Books.
Community News
NYPD Update
NYPD informed all schools that there has been an increase in AIRPOD robberies within the confines of the 72 PCT. Please be vigilant during your and your children’s commute to and from school. NYPD is working diligently on apprehending the perpetrators; please click here for more information.
Community Events
World Culture Festival: Dance! At the Met
Saturday, Oct 26, 12:00-5:00PM
Explore how artists find inspiration and express themselves through movement. Experiment with motion through performances, storytelling, interactive gallery activities, and artist-led workshops. For all ages. Free but space is limited; first come, first served.
Click here for more information: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Public Hearing
Tuesday, Oct 29, 6:30PM
Neighborhood Advisory Board Brooklyn 7 & Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez invite you to a very important Public Hearing on Federal Funding for Community Social Services for low income individuals and families in our neighborhood.
Come, Speak and Be Heard!
• What are the Most Urgent Needs in Your Neighborhood?
• What Kinds of Programs Would Address Those Needs?
Location: P.S. 1 @ 309 47th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11220
See Flyers: Chinese, English, Spanish
Women in Business: An Evening of Insights and Inspiration
Monday, Nov 4, 5:00-8:00PM
Join Chase for an opportunity to network with — and learn from — other women in business. This event will feature a panel conversation of notable women leaders, who will discuss the successes and challenges they’ve faced over the course of building their careers and growing their businesses.
Following the panel discussion, stick around for a networking reception and an opportunity to receive 1:1 business consultations from The Acceleration Project. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Free; registration required.
VOTE!
Tuesday, Nov 5 (early voting: Oct 26-Nov 3)
Election Day in New York City is November 5, and all registered voters in the city are eligible to participate. For the first time, voters can participate in early voting from October 26–November 3, at select polling sites. More information, including a guide to what is on the ballot, is available at voting.nyc. (A letter went home in backpacks too.)
Middle School Admissions Forums
You can find out more about the Middle School process in District 15 by attending one of the Middle School Forums.
Please see the flyers for more details: Chinese, English, Spanish