May 14 News

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A Note from Ms. Rached

Thank you so much to all of our families for supporting our Staff Appreciation Week and helping to show our team how much they are appreciated!

Our first Field Day this week was a success - thank you so much to our families for volunteering, cheering, and picnicking with us!

We have so many fun and exciting events on the horizon - details are always included on the events page - so you can always check there for details.

Last month, to celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month, I led Zoom assemblies for students, and highlighted some of important accomplishments and contributions of Arab-Americans. During this Zoom, students learned that the Arabic language is what unites the Arab world, and they learned about how Arabic has its own alphabet and goes from right to left across the page, and they made may connections to other languages which have their own alphabets, some connected to their own cultures, and some that they see around them. How wonderful to get to live in a city with such linguistic diversity, in we can hear so many languages and see so many different alphabets in our everyday lives!

To celebrate Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, students will be joining Zoom assemblies with Mr. Buckley, to learn about Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders. Our book of the Month this month is The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.

To celebrate Jewish-American Heritage Month (also in May), and learn about the accomplishments and contributions of notable Jewish-Americans, all students have been invited to contribute artwork to a single-issue school newspaper. The deadline for this has been moved to Tuesday, May 28. In addition, as an extension of Jewish-American Heritage Month, the fifth grade classes will be taking a trip t the Jewish-American Heritage Museum in early June to view the “The Courage to Act” exhibition.

Upcoming Events

📣 Spring Gala - TONIGHT May 14, 7pm, 390 Social

Our highly anticipated Gala is TONIGHT at 390 Social. You can still purchase your tickets online until 4p today or buy them at the door tonight and join us for some fun! All profits from ticket sales will go to support student enrichments and programming for next year!  A special thank you to our corporate sponsor Kristen Larkin of Compass!

Chess Tournament - May 19, 1-5pm

The Chess Tournament is open to all students in grades K-5.  For more information, check out our events page and register by May 17th.  And please volunteer to help during the tournament.

Family Workshop: Managing Anxiety and Dysregulation in School-Age Children - May 21, 6:15-7:15pm

This is an in person, care-giver workshop. Babysitting available. More details here.

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week was a success!

Thanks to all of your generous contributions, we were able to provide a packed week of gifts for the teachers and staff last week to show our appreciation for all that they do! Here’s a rundown:

  • Monday: “lucky bags” filled with gift cards and scratch offs

  • Tuesday: stocked teacher lounge with snacks and drinks

  • Wednesday: donuts, fruit, and coffee breakfast

  • Thursday: rosé wine and orchids, empanada lunch for the after school staff

  • Friday: made to order omelette breakfast with a raffle of gifts cards to local businesses

This was all possible thanks to your generous donations! Thanks for continuing to support our amazing school staff and teachers!

📓 ✏️ Order your school supplies for next year!

Save time, money, and stress! Order your school supplies through EduKit before June 30th and they will be delivered directly to school and set up in your child’s classroom before classes begin in September! How easy is that? Plus, a portion of sales benefits PTA programming. At checkout you have the option to add an extra donation to help buy kits for students in need. Check “buy school supplies” off your summer to do list today!

Science Week Egg Drop Volunteers  🏫 🥚

Interested in being part of a parent team that helps organize the Egg Drop this year? Are you available in person on Thursday, May 23rd? Reach out to Mr. Buckley to volunteer!

Help Us Grow: Join the Generations Fundraising Campaign at PS 154

Calling all Tias, Nonnas, Grampies, Opas, Aunties, Zaydes, Chachas, Granddads and Mimis – PS 154 needs your help! In April, the PTA will bring back our Generations fundraising campaign. Our goal is to help expand our “village” (and fundraising pie!) by inviting all those important people who love our kids to support our school. The best part? You don't even have to be the one to ask.

At Noon on Sunday, May 19th (nestled between the science fair and chess tournament), your child’s extended family members—from grandparents and cousins to aunts and uncles and close family friends—are invited to a Dessert Reception at PS 154, a chance for the kids to show their loved ones what they create and where they spend their days.

If you think your extended family would like to hear more about what’s going on at PS154 or where their important donations go, please fill out this form.

📚 Book Market - Call for Graphic Novels & Chapter Books! 📚 📢 📕

We are accepting graphic novel and chapter book donations (for all ages). Please bring your gently used books and drop them into the blue bins labeled “Book Market Donation Bins” on the stage in the MMR.

Do not donate other book types for the time being - other book genres will be donated externally immediately as we do not have capacity to take them.

Feel free to send back any graphic novels or chapter books previously sourced from the Book Market as well (if your child is ready to part with them!).

Jimmy Schementi

 
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