Pro tip: Use the “events” and “calendar” buttons above and on the ps154.org homepage to quickly access information about upcoming events.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMISSION APPLICATION
Middle School Application is now open. You can go to MySchools.nyc and create a MySchool account with the creation code sent home in welcome letters. Please review and make sure that your child's personal information is correct. Then start researching Schools, adding and ranking them. Check MySchools calendar for Middle school tours. Please join us for our Middle School Workshop on November 1, 2022 at 6pm Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/92810508057?pwd=NGRyQWcxbGI2RzlzeldIVmNwM0lxUT09
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE NOVEMBER 3rd
Dismissal for all students at 11:50AM
Afternoon conferences: 1:00-3:00 (or 1:30-3:30, as determined by classroom teacher)
Evening conferences: 4:30-7:00
Conference sign-ups have been shared with families.
See you at the Winter Fair!
Details drop next week, but for now we can divulge three words: hot chocolate bar.
Mark your calendars for December 10, 2022 for the PS154 Winter Fair! Join us for our annual celebration of winter’s icy serenade with food, music, amusements, prizes, and crafts. Do us a favor – just go ahead and say “Alexa, add an event to my calendar.” (It’s fun even if you don’t use a digital assistant.)
We need volunteers to help plan and make every aspect of the event a success. Join the Winter Fair Planning Committee now!
FEBRUARY AUCTION
Speaking of fund-raising events, – If you can help out with auction planning, we welcome your planning expertise and/or any items you wish to gift for our February Auction. Start helping now and join the Auction Planning Committee! You can donate items or services through this link as well.
MAKEUP SCHOOL PICTURES (AND SIBLING PICTURES)
Makeup picture day will be on November 17. We will also be offering sibling pictures on that day. We will send out a sign-up for sibling photos closer to the date.
FREE MONEY
Need labels to keep your kiddo’s clothing out of the lost and found? Check out our Free Money page for Mable’s Labels and other companies and organizations that offer incentive programs to earn money for the school.
Boo Bash Update
Thank you all for making Boo Bash a howling success this year! Our classic attractions were joined by new ones (such as the MIND READER!) and it's almost SCARY how much we raised for the school: a record $29,000!
This would have been impossible without our tireless volunteers and donations from parents and local businesses. Even folks who hadn't signed up for shifts stepped up to help out whenever needed and stayed late to help clean up. Thank you to everyone who helped and attended for making this year's Boo Bash HORRIFICALLY successful.
And most of all, thanks to Karen Tingley for always making Boo Bash such a special event for our community!
Thank you to all of our volunteers!
Chair of Decorations: Frank Ricci
Chair of Food: Tara Cafaro
Photography: Jason, Teri, and MacKenna Roth
DJ: Francis Garcia
Cotton candy: Steve Trifon and Jessica Waverka
Presale ticket prep: Alyson Clark-Garvey
Creepy Garden installation: Mark McLeod
Online store sales: Stefanie Schiada
Bake sale: Danielle Mendez
Activity prep: Leslie Bishop, Amy Tanaka, and their helpful children and friends; Heather Millen
Bill Podurgiel, Jolen Anderson, Andrea Matar, Chad Colby, Claudia Freeman, Claudia Kalis, Cori Cunningham, Francesco Brazzini Brazzini, Frank Ricci, Heather Millen, Jessica Olshen, Judy Singer, Meibis Lopez, Sapna Advani, Sarah Vining, Aimee Davis, Amanda Kluxen, Daniel Davidson, Mark Mcleod, Matilda Curley, Monica Worthington, Nicole Andersen, Oscar Milledge, Aimee Davis, Brooke & Finley McKee, Melissa Murphy, Shannon Smith, Dani Kim, Tana Wojczuk, Amy Tanaka, Leslie Bishop, Amy May, Andrea Matar, Danielle Mendez, Elisabetta La Tanza, Geina Keller, Michelle O'Dea, Shari Liev, Susan Machover, Tara Cafaro, Dawn Nader, Ivy Garr, Kyoko Mizote, Lauren Arana, Lucy Segelin, Nika Kaminski, Parker Contento, Bee Allred, Philippe Krasnov, Alyson Clark-Garvey, Anna Katsnelson, Bill Elliston, Cara Zwerling, Don Nguyen, Renanit Levy, Stacey Bro, Elizabeth Johnsen, Adaline Petersmith, Charles Bissell, Matt Marlott, Renato Guy, Sarah Shears, Daniel Nachimson, Svetlana Parilova, Noa Heyman, Andrew Paryzer, Maya Swedowsky, Rob Townend, Alina Hurtado, Anna Carlson, Jane Bliss Birk, Renanit Levy, Warren Beishir, Ashley Boyle, Isabella Vargas, Kento Carrera, Molly Egan, Sabrina Baronberg, Shelbey Sigel, Andrew Weiner, Jessica Waverka, Natalie Kaminski, Steve Trifon, Teri Ferguson Roth, Jason Roth, Jesse Taylor-Waldman,Melissa Brown, Theresa Shaheen, Lily Nguyen, Oli Naughton, Kamala Carethers
And special thanks to PS 154 parents Hayley and Lindsay McGrath for their VERY generous donation of the sweet treats from Fferrin’s of Brooklyn; to Windsor Farms, Terrace Bagels, Lady Bird Bakery, Sugar Sweet Sunshine, Krupa, Uncle Louie G., and Connecticut Muffin for food donations; and Poetica Coffee for keeping us caffeinated! We’re so grateful for our local businesses and supporters! We’d also like to thank the school staff: Jen Acevedo, Officer White, Jack Internicola, Hector Pena, Dominik Fusco, Kenneth Sandiford, Barbara Guzzi, and of course Leila Rached for their support leading up to, during, and after Boo Bash. We couldn't do this without them!
LUNCH FORMS
Help our school get funding by filling out your lunch form athttps://www.myschoolapps.com/
PS 154 BOOK MARKET
We are excited to announce a new project! Building off the success off our ‘new-to-you” book exchanges over the last couple of years, the PS154 Book market will be permanently housed in the MMR, ad will be stocked with gently-used books donated by families. Students will take class trips to the Book Market, and will be able to choose a book to keep. We need your help!
Help stock our shelves! Donate books in good condition by bringing them to the MMR stage between 8:00 and 8:30 on Monday mornings. Boxes/bags of books should be clearly labeled “Book Market”.
Help organize books! Email Sabrina Baronberg to sign up to volunteer to sort label and shelve books.
COMMUNITY CORNER
The Brooklyn Music school is hosting their annual Halloween costume contest and talent show on Sunday, October 30th from 3:30-5:30. Flyer and the eventbrite link attached below
The BMS Monster Bash! Tickets, Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 3:30 PM | Eventbrite