Important Dates
January 6 - Read-a-thon begins
January 7 - PTA Exec Board Meeting, 8am
January 8 - School Tour (FULL - contact dwattenbarger@ps154.org)
January 14 - School Tour (FULL - contact dwattenbarger@ps154.org)
January 15 - School wide Pajama Day!
January 16 - PTA Meeting, 6:30pm
January 20 - School is closed for Martin Luther King, Jr Day
January 21 - 2nd - 5th Grade Armory Visit (Sign Up)
January 23 - Drumming Share for 3rd & 5th Grade (during their scheduled class time)
January 24 - Read-a-thon Ends
January 28 - Workshop: Recognizing & Managing Anxiety, 6:30pm
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GENERAL REMINDER
SCHOOL STARTS AT 8:20am
This means students should be in the school yard or the cafeteria by 8:20am. Please do your best to have your children to school on time. When students arrive late, they have to wait in line to sign the late book, and they miss valuable settling in time in the classroom. In addition, these morning interruptions delay the whole class and take time away from the fun of learning for everyone.
PS 154 School Spirit Day
PS 154 Shares and Cares Pajama Day
Wednesday, January 15
Please have your child come to school wearing their cozy pajamas. Let’s show we care and share by participating in our Pajama Drive. If you can, please send in brand new pajamas (for adults, young adults, and/or children ages 5 and younger) with tags and in the original packaging. There will be a collection box in each of the Kindergarten classrooms. We’ll be sending the pajamas to a local family shelter.
Save the date for the next school spirit day! On Friday, February 14, we will wear RED/PINK to show how much we LOVE PS 154!
COMMUNITY INFO & EVENTS
Behavior and Emotional Skills Training (BEST)
Friday, January 10, 2020
The Child Mind Institute’s Student Success Program is thrilled to offer a FREE one-day parent and caregiver training. Behavior and Emotional Skills Training (BEST) is open to parents and caregivers of elementary school children, and typically costs $600 per participant. This program is FREE! Lunch will be provided. During BEST, parents and caregivers will learn strategies to increase positive behaviors, manage misbehaviors, and connect with other families and caregivers for continued support.
BEST Details: Friday, January 10th, 2020, 9:00am-2:00pm
PS 130 K – Lower School | 70 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn NY 11218
Please see the flyer attached here.
BEST Families may enroll by completing the sign up form online here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lip3iLGWBB1-0sHMEfR3MCwFeyueZ2F5by8TFszblJI/edit
GIRLS LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS FOR GIRLS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS
This Winter at PS 321
Girls Leadership's acclaimed workshops equip girls with the skills to exercise the power of their voice. Join us and learn how to communicate your feelings, navigate conflict and share mistakes.
Grades K and 1
TOOLS FOR SUNNY & CLOUDY DAYS WITH FRIENDS
$205 per girl and grown up pair*
Saturdays, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
9:30 am to 10:30 am @ PS 321
It’s never too early to start to learn and practice social-emotional intelligence skills. Girls and grown-ups will bond and explore healthy relationships through exciting interactive games and engaging stories. Pairs will build the foundation of a common language to advocate for themselves and understand true friendship behaviors.
REGISTER HERE
Grades 2 and 3
NINE TOOLS FOR TRUE FRIENDSHIP – PART I
$235 per girl and grown up pair*
Saturdays, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
11 am to 12:30 pm @ PS 321
Like any pursuit—soccer, dance,etc.,—developing social-emotional intelligence and learning authentic self-expression takes practice. Through fun and interactive games and discussions girls and grown-ups will learn and practice how to explore and share feelings, communicate authentically, and make healthy relationship choices.
REGISTER HERE
Grades 4 and 5
4 STEPS FOR GETTING WHAT YOU NEED – PART I
$235 per girl and grown up pair*
Saturdays, 1/11, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8
9:30 am to 11 am @ PS 321
Fourth and fifth grade are often the years in which girls experience significant shifts in their self- confidence and increasing social pressures to conform. It is this transitional age where girls’ voices tend to become silenced. Girls and Grown-ups will practice using the skills of assertive self-expression through activities, discussion, and paired scenarios. The workshop gives pairs the opportunity to have fun, to bond, and to work together to explore the importance of healthy and productive conflict.
REGISTER HERE
*Scholarships are available upon request at registration. No one will be turned away.