BOX TOPS NEWS

 

I’d like to thank all of those parents and staff who have been working hard cutting out all of those box tops. This is an ongoing effort and so far we have about $40 in box tops just from about 2 months alone! Please keep cutting them out and sending them in with your child. The next deadline is in the middle of March 2008 for the school to get a check in April. I would really like the school to earn a lot through these so the PTA can get some nice stuff for our children to use in school. Please make sure the box tops are not expired before sending them as the Box Top place will not accept them if they are out of date. I appreciate all that you can send in to help our kids. Also, check out the Box Tops website as they have contests weekly and monthly where each person can enter and try to win from 10,000-25,000 box tops for our school. There’s no purchase necessary and you can get coupons, recipes, and activities from there also. Also, if you check out the Market Place tab on the Homepage of the box tops website, there are stores that you may be shopping from online that donate a percentage of your purchase to our school. Just log onto www.BoxTops4education.com and enroll to support our schools because our kids are important too!! Thank you all and enjoy the holidays. There will be another boxtop flyer sent home shortly for December. Keep snipping and sending!! Thanks!!!-Sonja Bushey

Holiday Fair Information

HOLIDAY FAIR                                                                                                               Location: 91 Henderson Ave. (Corner of Lafayette)                                                             Date and Time: December 4th between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and December 5th between 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. and between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Parent to Parent Workshop

 

The New York State Education Department Regulations for Students with Disabilities has undergone significant changes that are currently in effect.  If you have a child who has an IEP for a classroom placement or related services, These changes will effect the development of the IEP!

Parent to Parent New York, Inc.

 

 Thursday, November 29th 10 a.m to 12 p.m.

 

Hosting a Workshop on

 Changes to Procedural Safeguards

 & New State Regulations

 

 

Location: IBR, 1050 Forest Hill Road

Contact: Parent to Parent (718) 494-4872

Childcare is provided with prior registration.

The Wednesday Bakesale has been POSTPONED

The PTA Bakesale scheduled for Wednesday, November 28th has been cancelled. Instead, the PTA will be working to put together the Auditorium for the Holiday Fair next Tuesday and Wednesday, December 4th & 5th. If you have any raffle basket items, or items for sale at the White Elephant table please bring them in to the Main site, 91 Henderson Ave. We will be decorating all week.  

NEED ANSWERS? Come to the Autism Workshop at the Main!

 

Feeling overwhelmed? Do you need answers to your questions about Autism? We have an expert from the DOE (Stephanie McCaskill) who will be available to take your questions on Friday, November 30th at 9:00 a.m. This meeting will be held at the Main site, 91 Henderson Avenue at the corner of Lafayette. Bring any concerns or questions. There will be information about Sensory Issues, Behavioral Problems, Social Scripts, Skill Building and Expressive Language Building. Please call Kirsten Rorke (Parent Coordinator) @ (718) 816-8897 to RSVP because Ms. McCaskill has FREE TEACHING DEVICES TO HAND OUT – and we need a final number of attendees.

Holiday Fair Planning Meeting

On Tuesday, November 27th @ 9:30 a.m. at the Main Site we will be holding our next Holiday Fair Planning Meeting. We will be discussing our plans, and making decoration and raffle baskets. Bring any raffle basket donations or any white elephant table donations. 

Picture Day for the Main Site and Petrides

On Monday, November 26th, we will have PICTURE DAY for the kids at the Main Site and from Petrides. The Petrides students and teachers will be bused over to the Main Site at 9:30 a.m. They will arrive around 10 a.m. and leave around 11:15 a.m. Since they have to be bused, the PTA is throwing their six classrooms a Pizza Party back at Petrides. The photos will be taken in the Auditorium at 91 Henderson.

Siri Kagan, PTA President on Meeting with Joel Klein RE: Overcrowding!

Anyone who would like to attend the Monday, November 26th, at 5:45 p.m. Policy on Education Panel Meeting at the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan is invited to attend. We are going to raise our concerns regarding overcrowding at our school.

The 11/26 meeting is at an impossible hour for so many of us. It’s SO important to be there in force, though. If only a few people show up it’s easier for us to be ignored & much harder for us to get press coverage.

Please try to arrange to be there if at all possible, but don’t forget: if you know anybody who lives or works in Manhattan, why not ask if they can come in your place? Anyone who loves your child can stand up for their education!

Thanks for all you do,
Siri Kagan
(917) 558-3316

November PTA Minutes

PTA General Membership Meeting   11/15/07

 

Officers Present: Siri Kagan, Ida Gilman and Laura Strohm

PTA members introduced themselves.

Reading of last month’s minutes was waived and a copy was passed around for review.

Treasurer’s Report- read by Ida Gilman, please see attached.

 

Holiday Fair: Volunteers are needed.  The Fair is 12/4 from 10AM to 1PM and 12/5 from 6 to 7:30 PM.  Last year we had everything donated and this year we are trying a consignment shop.  Whatever we don’t sell, we do not have to pay for.  The next committee meeting is 11/19 @ 9AM at the Main site. 

 

Picture Day is 11/26.  It is the Monday after the Thanksgiving break.   Class Act Photography.  Do not dress the children in green.  Paperwork is to go home in the backpacks today.  The Petrides’  children will be bussed over to the Main site and then treated to a pizza party for lunch.

Pot Luck dinner tonight.  We will have a jazz band and a karate demonstration. 

Year Book:  We are trying to have a year book for the entire school this year, but thus far there has been little response from the teachers as far as sending in pictures etc.  The year book will be available for purchase at the end of the year.

Camp Day: 1/26/08, Saturday,  11AM to 3PM in NYC .    Information on summer programs for children with disabilities is provided.  See attached.

Overcrowding Issue: Kathleen Grimm says that our proposed addition is being considered for the 2009 budget.   We say this is too late.   We will be presenting our case to Joel Klein, the schools chancellor on 11/26 at 6PM at the Tweed Courthouse at 52 Chambers Street NYC 10007.  Please come and bring large photos of your child!  Please ask friends or relatives who are already in Manhattan to shop up as the larger our representation, the better our point will come across.

Box Tops:  Please send them in as they must be sent in by March’08. Check your expiration dates. 

Box Tops website has stores that give a percentage of your purchase back to the school.

Announcement:   A Poetry society does a reading every 2 months for adults.  They want to donate their November proceeds to us.  Thanks to Kirsten Rorke, our Parent Coordinator.

Meeting adjourned.  Minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Strohm.

Autism Workshop with Stephanie McCaskill – November 30th

Autism Workshop with Stephanie McCaskill – The Department of Education is presenting an important workshop on Sensory Issues and Communication Skills with Autism expert Stephanie McCaskill. It will be on Friday, November 30th @ 9 a.m. in the Mini Building at our Main Site, 91 Henderson Ave. (On a personal note; I attended this workshop at PS 25 in October and it was one of the best Autism workshops I have ever attended.) RSVP Kirsten Rorke (718) 816-8897 to receive some of the free teaching devices.