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Apr 3 - Committee to Support Students With Special Needs meeting, 8:30am (details below)
Apr 4 - Parenting Skills Presentation (details below), 7pm
Apr 4 - Armory Day - (Volunteer)
Apr 7 - Family Friday, 8:30-9:15am
April 10 - April 18 - SPRING BREAK
Apr 20 - PTA General Meeting - Nominate someone for the Exec Board!, 8:30 am
April 21 - Earth Day Parade, 8:45am
Apr 25 - Armory Day - (Volunteer)
Apr 26 - Poetry Extravaganza!
Apr 27 - Diversity Committee, 6:30 pm
Apr 28 - STEM Day (4th & 5th)
SUMMER FRIENDSHIP CAMP
REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 1
Our beloved PS 154 After School Program is creating a new summer camp for rising kindergartners and 1st graders. This is an adorable opportunity for our newest citizens to make friends and acclimate to their new school, and rising 1st graders will enjoy staying in a familiar environment with schoolmates. Learn more here!
AFTER SCHOOL SPRING CLUBS
REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 3, 9am
The Spring enrichment club catalog is now available here. Register via JackRabbit starting April 3 at 9am. Spring clubs begin the week of April 24th. Questions? Email Heather Swain, the Creative Director of After School.
COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS MEETING
MON, APRIL 3, 8:30-9:30am
Join chairperson Nicole Brier and the committee for a meeting at Founders Workspace at 553 Prospect Ave (near 10th Ave). If you plan to attend, please reach out to Nicole.
PTA EXEC BOARD & SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM NOMINATIONS
THURS, APRIL 20 8:30am
PTA EXEC BOARD:
We have a number of open positions! Won’t you please help out? We currently have NO nominations for our two new Treasurers, a Chair of Operations, a Chair of Marketing and Communications, a Secretary, and a Chair of After School. Also—you can run for ANY position, regardless of whether nominations have been submitted already. More information about the nomination process is here, and more information about each position is here (starting on page 6) Questions? contact Jane Bliss Birk, the chair of our Nominating Committee.
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM (SLT) COMMITTEE:
Parents, teachers and administrators work together on School Leadership Teams (SLTs) to make important decisions about their schools. This is a school steering committee that identifies and discusses issues such as curriculum, school procedures and policies, and future growth. It is composed of the principal, the PTA president, a United Federation of Teachers representative, elected parents and teachers who meet monthly. Meetings are open to all. There are three open positions on the SLT for the 2017-2018 school year. Your obligation is to attend a monthly meeting at 4pm on rotating weekday afternoons. Please come to the April 20 8:30am PTA meeting to toss your name in the hat if you’re interested. Questions? please contact Debby Wattenbarger, and if you already know that you want to be nominated, contact our Nominating Committee Chair Jane Bliss Birk.
DISTRICT 15 CEC ELECTIONS - SUPPORT NICOLE BRIER!
154 Mom Nicole Brier is running for District 15 Community Education Council in a very tight race so she can work hard to support all families in our district. Please take a minute to learn more here about what you can do to support her candidacy.
