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IMPORTANT DATES
June 7 - School is Closed for Students
June 8 - Wagon Road Trip for 5th Grade Students
June 8 - Equity Meeting (virtual), 4:30pm
June 8 - PTA Executive Board (virtual), 6:30pm
June 9 - School is Closed for Students
June 10 - 3–5th Grade Media Arts Outdoor Film Festival
June 11 - PS 154 @ Brooklyn Pride Meet-Up, 6PM
June 15 - 5th Grade Ballroom Performance, 6pm
June 16 - 5th Grade v. Teacher Kickball Game!, 9am
June 17 - 5th Grade Graduation, 9:30am
June 20 - School Closed - Juneteenth Observed
June 21 - SLT Meeting (virtual), 4:30pm (check calendar for details)
June 22 - PTA General Meeting, 8:45am in the school yard
June 23 - Kindergarten Stepping Up
June 27 - Last Day of School! (dismissal is at 2:50pm as usual)
First day of school for next school year is September 8, 2022. Calendar for 2022-2023
SCHOOL UPDATES
EGG DROP WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
We had a great Egg Drop challenge last week! It was so fun to see all of the submissions. The students did an amazing job with their designs. We have a whole new generation of engineers ready to work on the next challenge! We selected one project from each grade that both survived the fall and most closely followed the challenge guidelines. We will give special recognition to those entries as well as ALL of the students who participated. Thank you all for supporting this experience!
Special recognition goes to:
K - Leo guy (101)
1 - Alex Matar (202)
2 - Lukas Byla / L. Varriale (206)
3 - Talulah Papa (301)
4- Annaliese Ginsberg / Penny Siegel (308)
5 - Ryan Shaw-Hayes / Elizabeth Smith (307)
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PS 154 @ BROOKLYN PRIDE
We will be having a PS 154 Pride Meet-Up at the Old Stone House Park on 5th Ave, prior to the Brooklyn Pride Parade on June 11. Families will have the chance to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride together, and then join the parade at 7:30. Come for the meet-up and/or the parade! We will have Pride-themed face-painting and other fun! Please reach out to our Equity Team Michael or Leila if you’d like to help with planning this event!
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OUTDOOR LEARNING GRANT
We are partnering with the National Wildlife Federation to plan and build an outdoor learning space in the Windsor-side front yard of the school. Our fourth and fifth grade classes will be surveying the yard and designing the space, which will be enjoyed by all of our students! If you would like to be involved with this project, please reach out to Leila Rached.
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SCHOOL GARDEN
Our beloved school garden has been getting so much TLC these past couple of weeks. An enormous thank-you to Desiree Byker and the Garden Committee for weeding, clearing, planning, and planting! If you’d like to be involved, please reach out to Desiree.
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ARE YOU LEAVING PS 154?
If you are moving away or changing schools (and your child is not in 5th grade currently), please call the office to let them know so we can start planning for next year. Please call 718-768-0057 and press 0 for the main office any weekday before 2pm.
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MASK BANK: PLEASE DONATE MASKS IF YOU HAVE EXTRA
We are running low in our Mask Bank, so if you have any kid-size high-filtration masks to donate, we will gladly take them. If you need a mask, you may pick up what you need for your student(s) from Debby (Sherman side of the building) any school day between 8 and 8:30am.
Mask donation: Weekdays before 2pm, in the main office
Mask pickup: Weekdays between 8 and 8:30am at Sherman entrance
SCHOOL-WIDE REMINDERS
All students/staff/visitors must complete their health screening at home every morning before they arrive in school. Click the link here: Online Health Screening. Paper copies will be made available at school if needed.
Please notify Debby Wattenbarger as soon as possible if your child tests positive for Covid-19 or is exposed to someone who has tested positive.
Please complete your Covid-19 Testing Consent Form and return it to the main office. Forms were sent home this week for students who are missing consent. You can also provide consent online - go to schoolsaccount.nyc. Log in with your own email at the screen that looks like the DOE student login, then select the blue "my student" button. The link to the Covid-19 Testing Consent is at the top of that page.
All families must complete the Family Income Inquiry Form, which helps schools receive money for their programs regardless of if they qualify for free or reduced lunch. No need to sign up for school breakfast or lunch.
Complete the Emergency Blue Card here: Emergency Blue Card. We still need you to complete the entire form even if you updated this in your NYCSA. Please return the form to the main office, or email to fancona@ps154.org
PTA UPDATES
SPRING GALA: AUCTION EXTENDED!
Our Spring Gala fundraiser was a huge success, and we all had a blast!
We had so many amazing last-minute additions to our auction (umm…Yankees 360 Sky Suite?!), so we’ve extended the bidding till TONIGHT AT 11:55pm!
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CYCLONES GAME
We are rescheduling the PS 154 Cyclones outing for Sunday, June 26th at 2pm. Join us to watch them take on the Jersey Shore BlueClaws!
If you can't make it that day, you can exchange your tickets for another date. If you'd like to join us, please fill out this Google Form so we can plan for the correct number of tickets in the ticket block. Tickets will be exchanged that day at Will Call into our new ticket block. Any questions? Email Sarah Gartenberg: sarah.gartenberg@gmail.com
COMMUNITY
PROSPECT FARM OPEN GARDEN DAYS
Saturday, June 4th, and Sunday, June 5th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Open Garden Days at Prospect Farm will feature garden tours and crafts for kids and adults – all for free – this Saturday, June 4th, and Sunday, June 5th, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wear a mask and maintain social distance when visiting the farm.
Food scraps can be dropped off for composting this Saturday and every Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to noon (and every Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.).
Only bring for composting the items listed below. Remove all stickers, rubber bands, twist ties from produce, and staples from tea bags before you dump them.
Accepted:
Fruit and vegetable scraps
Coffee grounds and filters
Paper tea bags
Egg and nut shells
Food-soiled paper towels and napkins
Bread and grains
Shredded newspaper
Sawdust and wood shavings from untreated wood
Stale beans, flour, and spices
Cut or dried flowers
Houseplants and potting soil
Feathers
BPI-Certified compostable plastics
NOT accepted:
Meat or fish scraps
Cheese or dairy products
Fats, grease, oil, or oily foods
Cat or dog feces
Kitty litter
Colored or glossy paper
Sawdust made from pressure-treated plywood or lumber
Coal or charcoal ashes
Non-compostable materials like plastic, metals, or glass
Diseased or insect-infested houseplants and soil
Biodegradable plastics
Welcome to the Prospect Farm, a non-profit, cooperative project in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, owned by Tom Angotti and Emma Matos, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community.
Since March 2010 Prospect Farm has been a community project development toward producing healthy local food as an alternative to industrial food. Our objective is diversity in food production and membership. We are slowly creating healthy soil through our community composting project and farm without chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
Prospect Farm is a community association with membership open to all. Members improve and farm the land and sustain ties with local residents, businesses and organizations. We support the Brooklyn Food Coalition and other initiatives for food sovereignty and food justice.
Location:
1194 Prospect Avenue (map)
between Seeley and Vanderbilt streets
https://www.facebook.com/ProspectFarmBK
https://prospectfarm.org/
prospectfarmbk@gmail.com
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TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PRESENTS: FAMILY FUN BIKE RIDE IN PROSPECT PARK
June 4 - 10am to noon
Please join this free Family Bike Ride in Prospect Park co-organized by PS 154 parent Sal Garro and neighbor Lenny Sandlar.
Local families with children of all ages will meet at the Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance of Prospect Park, ride up the Prospect Park West bike lane, enter the park at 3rd St, bike the loop together at a leisurely pace, and then gather for snacks and activities on the lawn behind and near the Picnic House.
This event is hosted by Transportation Alternatives and co-sponsored by Councilmembers Shahana Hanif, Crystal Hudson and Rita Joseph, as well as a number of community groups.
To review the route and/or register for the free event, visit here: https://bit.ly/TAFamilyFunRide.
Contact Sal (salvatore.garro@gmail.com) or Lenny (lenny.sandlar@gmail.com) with any questions.
