The Survey Response Rate is in and we exceeded our responses from last year for both teachers & parents:

56% parent response rate (236 parent surveys received)

94% teacher response rate (29 teacher surveys received)

This means Crazy Hat or Hair Day for PS 154 is on!  This Monday, June 24th, let your children pick out a crazy hat or spike up that hair.  Come and see what our teachers & staff turn up with too!

Thank you for giving us your feedback.  We are continually growing and changing.  The thoughts you shared in the survey will help us be the best school we can be!

Safety meetings are held once per month to discuss school safety procedures and improvements. Once per year, we invite PS 154 families to join us and offer any feedback they may have! Please see the flyer attached here for more information:

Town Hall Safety Meeting Flyer

The outlook is not good for our MMR for the rest of the school year.  The space continues to be off limits.  We are making other arrangements for all the events & programs that use the MMR.  Please touch base with your class parents or your teachers for information regarding specific events for your class and/or grade.

Poetry Night is on …

Calling all PS 154 Poets! Join us this Wednesday, June 12th, for the Sixth Annual PS 154 Poetry Night Reading in the lovely garden of Juice Pedaler (154 Prospect Park Southwest) https://store.juicepedalernyc.com/ .

Since the MMR is out of commission 154 parents and Juice Pedaler owners Deb Capone and Nicole Bilu have graciously offered to host the reading. This event is open to any PS154 student.  Please arrive at Juice Pedaler by 6:00 pm to register.  The reading will begin at 6:30.  We will have your child’s poem from the poetry magazine on hand, but all poems are welcome.  For more information or if you have questions, please contact Heather Swain heather.a.swain@gmail.com.

June is a busy month, so please check with your teachers & class parents for specific events for your grade.  Here are some important school-wide dates to remember.  (June’s newsletter to follow next week)

Monday, June 10th, 1/2 Day for students, dismissal at noon

Wednesday, June 12th, Poetry Night

Tuesday, June 18th, Field Day (get those permission slips in!)

Thursday, June 20th, Teachers/Staff v. 5th grade Kick ball game at 1:20pm

Wednesday, June 26th, Last Day of School, noon dismissal

We have some unexpected maintenance in our MMR.  A few ceiling tiles fell down.  Mr. Havlik and the custodial staff assessed the room and they felt it best for all to close the MMR.  This weekend, contractors will be in to take down all of the tiles and we should be back in the MMR on Monday.  The ceiling won’t be pretty, but it will be safe and usable.  The plan is to secure funds to redo the ceiling over the summer during the scheduled renovation.

If your class is scheduled for a Family Friday, please kindly wait in the cafeteria before being sent up to the classrooms.

Thank you for your patience while we renovate!

SAVE THE DATE!!!

 MONDAY, JUNE 10, 2013

CHANCELLOR’S PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

MAYORAL CANDIDATE FORUM

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

170 Central Park West at 77th Street

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Please RSVP  to Richard Bluttal at rbluttal@nyhistory.org 

The event will be moderated by Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New York Historical Society, a former Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at CUNY and recipient of many prestigious awards.

The purpose of this forum is to give candidates an opportunity to discuss the most important issue of education specifically in our city’s public schools.

No School Thursday, June 6, 2013
No school city wide for students this Thursday for “Anniversary Day”.

Family Friday, June 7, 2013
Our last Family Friday of the school year will be this Friday, June 7^th from 8:50am – 9:30am.  Please join us in the MMR for a few announcements before going to your classrooms.  If you are a 1st grade or Kindergarten family, please touch base with your class parent and/or teacher as the time and date for your Family Friday may have changed.

No Field Tests scheduled for PS 154 this year!
As you may have heard in the news, Field Tests will be given to some area schools.  Our school was not selected as a testing site, so no more testing for PS 154 this year!

Are you moving?
If you are moving, please make sure to bring in proof of your new address (ie. gas or electric bill) so we have your correct information in our computer system.  If you are moving out of the city and/or taking your child out of the school, you must complete a form in our main office and have the new school fax confirmation of registration to our main office.

No school this Monday, May 27, 2013 for Memorial Day

Enjoy the long weekend!

Our lost and found must go…it’s a bit overwhelming these days.  St. Mary’s will be picking up Tuesday, May 21st, so if you feel you’ve lost something and not yet found it, come to the MMR and check it out before it goes!

Thank you!

Check out our May Newsletter: