Important Dates
January 31 - TONIGHT! - Microplastic Madness with Q&A, 6:00pm
February 3 - Registration Opens for Broadway Jr. After School Club, 9:00am
February 5 - World Read Aloud Day
February 7 - Family Friday, 8:35am
February 7 - Movie Night, 6:30pm
February 11 - PTA Meeting, 8:30am
February 11 - SLT Meeting, 4:15pm
February 11 - 2nd - 5th Grade Armory Visit (Sign Up)
February 12 - Workshop: Martial Arts as a Focus Tool, 6:30pm
February 17 - February 21 - School Closed - MidWinter Break
February 24 - Pennies for Patients Kick Off Assembly
February 25 - 2nd Grade Monster Monologues, Times and Classes TBA
February 26 - 2nd Grade Monster Monologues, Times and Classes TBA
March 4 - PTA Executive Board Mtg., 8am
March 5 - Parent Teacher Conferences, 11:30am Dismissal
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PS 154 Presents a Special Movie Night
screening of Microplastic Madness
Friday, January 31 (TONIGHT) 6:00
movie will begin at 6:30PM with an introduction by Brad Lander
Stay for a Q&A with the filmmakers after the movie!
FREE (with registration)
Please join us for a very special Movie Night at PS 154!
We’re screening Microplastic Madness (trailer) for our local community — PS 154 families, PS 10 families, PS 130 families, and the community at large. Please reserve your FREE tickets today, to ensure your family gets to see this special film.
BROOKLYN KIDS TAKE ON PLASTIC POLLUTION WITH CAFETERIA CULTURE
After School special registration
Spring Session Broadway Jr. Club with Child’s Play NY
Mondays, 3:00-4:30PM
February 24 - June 8 / Performance June 8
for grades 1-3
Tuition: $395 / Registration Opens Feb 3, 2020 at 9:00AM via JackRabbit
Adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit comes A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS. Based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books, the jazzy, upbeat score bubbles with melody. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. Throughout the year, two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.
A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS is a great first choice for young performers, with plenty of ensemble roles, accessible music and minimal sets and costumes.
Jocelyn Greene founded Child’s Play NY in 2009 as a way to transform theater education in her community. She drew from her work as a student (MFA, NYU Graduate Acting, BA, Wesleyan University), an actor (The Public Theater, NYSF), and a teacher (Will Power to Youth, Oddfellows Playhouse, Epic Theater) to develop the rigorous curriculum and imagination-based games that ignite the program today. Jocelyn and directs 100s of students each year in dozens of productions from Shakespeare to Sophocles.
Movie Night: The Lion King
Friday, February 7, doors open at 6:00
movie will begin at 6:30PM
$5 suggested donation/$1 concessions
Please join us for a cozy Movie Night at PS 154! We’ll be enjoying the live-action Lion King, and raising funds for our school!
SEL: Martial Arts — A Timeless Approach for Focus and Self-Control
Wednesday, February 12, 6:30PM
FREE/$5 babysitting with RSVP
What comes to mind when you think of martial arts? Perhaps you think of Bruce Lee or imagine various forms of fighting, or you think of it as a kind of physical exercise. Maybe you even wonder if training in martial arts encourages kids to fight more?
Did you know that it’s proven to be an effective mental training tool that can improve a child’s ability to focus? There are many other benefits for our children that many parents simply don’t realize.
The martial arts community is focused on respect, safety and trust. Kids gain confidence, practice self-discipline, improve social skills, and train both their bodies and minds.
Training in martial arts has been proven to:
Reduce children's tendency to bully others.
Make kids less violent.
Improve children's academic performance in school.
Increase mental focus.
Motivate children to strive for excellence - which can help them in all areas of their lives.
Professor Laurel Carroll is the co-owner of Sun Dojo Martial Arts & Fitness and is the Head Junior Instructor for kids ages 4-15.
Parents, we need your help! The Teacher Appreciation Committee is ready to start planning lots of special treats and experiences for Teacher & Staff Appreciation week in May. We have some great plans in store for spoiling our teachers, and we need more hands to help us put our plans into action. No amount of time is too small. Some of the jobs on this committee are minimal and we can fit each task to meet individual schedules.
We need volunteers to:
keep track of parent donations for our 2020 budget (this is all on your own time...if you are familiar with online bookkeeping, this will be easy and straightforward)
work at school with kids on decorations/cards for teachers
stock the teacher lounge with all of their favorite snacks and beverages
manage one day of teacher massages at PS 154
collect notes from parents sharing how a teacher(s) have touched their lives
co-chair the Teacher Appreciation Week committee
Got ideas to add? Please join us and share (but be prepared to execute the idea as each idea is only as good as the actions taken to see it through).
If you are interested, please email Lisa Rochlin.
COMMUNITY INFO & EVENTS
SUMMER CAMP EXPO AT PS 261
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020
Visit PS 261 Saturday, Feb 1st from 11 am to 2 pm for a free camp expo! Face painting, balloon art, glitter tattoos, and food! Come out of the cold and start planning your summer. 30 camps and a babysitting app! Open to all.
Don't forget about Camp Summer Friendship right here at PS 154 for rising K through rising 3rd graders.