COMING UP
Apr 24 - Deadline for Field Day t-shirt orders
Apr 24 - SLT, 4pm
Apr 25 - Armory Day - (Volunteer) We need help after 11:30AM
Apr 26 - Poetry Night!
CANCELLED--Apr 27 - Diversity Committee Meeting, more info below
Apr 28 - STEM Day (4th & 5th) - Volunteer by emailing tmuth@brooklyn.cuny.edu
May 2-4 - Math State Tests for 3rd - 5th grades
May 5 - Family Friday-Seed Planting
May 5 - Jump-A-Thon
May 8 - Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week (more info to follow)
May 13 - PTA Fun Run
May 20 - Spring Fling
EARTH DAY PARADE from today will be rescheduled! Date TBD.
Show your Appreciation for our Crossing Guards Here:
Crossing Guard Appreciation Survey
GET READY FOR PS 154 POETRY NIGHT!
Wed, April 26, 6:30pm
ALL students are welcome! They can read their own poems or their favorite poems. Please sign up in advance by emailing Fiona McBain. If you want to sign up the night of, COME EARLY!
BUY YOUR CHILD A FIELD DAY T-SHIRT!
ORDERS DUE MON, APRIL 24!
The PTA is ordering new t-shirts for ALL students and staff to be worn on Field Day, May 26. They represent our official debut as The Windsor Terrace Raccoons! You should have received a backpack flyer about this. If not, you can find it here. Order online here by Monday, April 24!
5K PTA FUN RUN IS MAY 13!! BUY A SHIRT THIS YEAR!
This District 15 event in Prospect Park is a way to contribute to equity and have fun. NEW THIS YEAR: We designed wicking athletic T-Shirts. Register and buy a t-shirt here by April 24!
50/50 MEGA-RAFFLE
We’ll draw the winner at May Family Friday! $100 per ticket & only 300 will be sold community-wide. It’s a 50/50 raffle with 50% to the winner & 50% to 154 PTA Programs. That means we'll be collecting up to 30K to be split between the winner and the PTA, and you stand to win up to $15,000!!! Get details and purchase here.
THERE IS STILL ROOM IN A FEW AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS FOR SPRING!
MineCraft Modding / Tues, 4:30
Ballet, Storytelling, Web Design / Wed, 3:00
Camp Half-Blood Adventures in Mythology, Pokemon, Yoga / Thurs, 3:00
See details and register here.
PTA DIVERSITY COMMITTEE UPDATE
We are cancelling the Diversity Committee meeting previously scheduled for Thursday April 27, as subcommittees continue to make progress on issues at separately scheduled meetings. Want to get involved in the work of the Diversity Committee? Visit our webpage, or reach out to the following people to get involved in subcommittees:
Teacher-Related Initiatives (professional development): Parent Amy Brill
Teacher-Related Initiatives (curriculum): Parent Anne Lanier
Community and PTA Outreach: Parent Zoë Kashner or Parent Coordinator Debby Wattenbarger
Student Body or Staffing Diversity: Principal Eric Havlik
Also, at our 4/20 PTA general meeting, the parent body voted to fund an evening parent workshop on how to talk to children about race. Check upcoming newsletters for an announcement about date and time once it is scheduled.