Weekly Newsletter

COMING UP

June is a very busy time in school for all grades. Please keep up to date by looking at our calendar.

June 3 - Chess Tournament
June 4 - School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting, 4:30pm
June 4-6- 5th Grade Plays, Check calendar for times
June 5 - 4th Grade Trip to Philadelphia
June 5 - Dulaney Band Assembly
June 7 - School Closed for Students
June 8 - 2nd Grade Music Concert
June 11 - School Closed for Students
June 12 - School Spirit Week, (check backpacks next week for details)
June 12 - 2nd Grade Landmark Museum, 8:45am
June 13-14 - 3rd Grade Plays (during school day-time tba)
June 13 - PTA Executive Board Mtg
June 14 - 5th Grade Class Trip
June 14 - Father’s Day Cookie Sale
June 14 - Parenting & the Art of War - Parent Workshop, 6:30pm Buy tix here!
June 15 - School Closed - Eid al-Fitr
June 18 - 5th Grade Graduation, at the K280 auditorium, 10am
June 18 - School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting, 4:30pm
June 19 - 5th Grade v. Teachers Kickball Game
June 21 - K110 & K210 Stepping Up, 9:30am
June 22 - PTA General Meeting, cafeteria, 8:30am
June 22 - K101 & K201 Stepping Up, 9:30am
June 22 - Movie Night 6pm, details below
June 24 - Brooklyn Cyclones Game, 4pm
June 26 - Last Day! 11:30am Dismissal!
 

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FATHER’S DAY COOKIE SALE

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, during school hours

Custom decorated and individually wrapped cookies from Eleni’s Bakery. Four great designs to choose from! Each class will get a chance to visit during the school day. All profits go to benefiting PTA Programs.
$5 PER COOKIE
* Cookies are kosher, peanut and tree nut free, and made in a peanut and tree nut free facility. 
 

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PARENT TALK: PARENTING AND THE ART OF WAR

THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 6:30-8pm - Buy tix here!

The Social Emotional Experience (SEE) Committee of the PTA of PS 154 presents this talk by Neil Weintraub, LCSW (and PS 154 parent!)

Apply wisdom from Sun Tzu's 2,500-year-old military manuscript to contemporary parenting issues. Parents will discuss how to choose their battles and timing, how to avoid power struggles, and how to win without fighting.

Neil Weintraub is a Licensed Certified Social Worker with over 25 years experience working with children from diverse backgrounds in a variety of settings. He is a School Social Worker at an elementary school in Brooklyn. The father of three boys, he also spends his summer at a Sleepaway Camp in the Hudson Valley. Mr. Weintraub maintains a practice in Park Slope Brooklyn with a focus on Anxiety, ADHD, Autism, depression, and parenting issues. His other workshops include, "Helping Children Deal with Anxiety," "Everything We Always Forget about Memory and Other Executive Functions," "Parenting Boys" and "Independence, a Guide for Helicopter Pilots." He is also a PS 154 parent!

 AT PS 154 / 1625 11th Ave between Sherman & Windsor
TICKETS $10 / Open to the community
Thank you for understanding that this event is for adults only.

 

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MOVIE NIGHT - PETER RABBIT

FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 6:30pm

Surprise! We had so much fun at our movie nights, we want to have one last event before the school year is out. Join us at 6pm for open schoolyard play. The movie starts at 6:30pm. $5 suggested entry per person, plus pizza, hot dogs, drinks, popcorn, snacks and treats available for additional purchase.
 

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BROOKLYN CYCLONES GAME

SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 4pm

PS 154 and the Brooklyn Cyclones are inviting families to put the FUN back in fundraising for the annual, end-of-school year minor league baseball game at MCU Park in Coney Island!

2pm: Gates open, 3:15pm: Pre-game School Spirit Parade (line up in section 24), 4:00pm: Game starts!

Purchase tickets by MON, JUNE 18

  1. Go to https://groupmatics.events

  2. Enter the code: PS154

  3. Select the desired tickets from the menu

  4. Proceed to checkout

  5. Pay with your credit card

If you are NOT able to buy tickets online, please contact your event organizer Karen Sarraga Russell at (646) 775-8719 or PTA_Info@ps154.org and she will help you.