D20 CEC Class Size Working Group Public Engagement Session
Community Education Council District 20th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209Tel: 718-759-3921 Fax: 718-759-3920 Email: CEC20@schools.nyc.govVisit us at: WWW.CEC20.org
415 89Community Education Council District 20th Street Brooklyn, NY 11209Tel: 718-759-3921 Fax: 718-759-3920 Email: CEC20@schools.nyc.govVisit us at: WWW.CEC20.org
415 89Title I Parent Advisory Council Meeting
The P.S. 102 Title I PAC is looking for volunteers to join their team. Come on out and learn how you can be involved in supporting your child’s education. The Title I Parent Advisory Council represents the Title I parent community. The Title I PAC participates with the School Leadership Team (SLT) in the joint review, planning and improvement of the school's Title I program, and the development, revision and review of the parent and family engagement policy.
When: Friday September 29, 2023 @ 8:45 am
Where: P.S. 102 Auditorium
All are welcome.
Our Enrichment teachers are hosting a meeting on Zoom to talk more about their programs. Please use the Zoom information below and log on during one of the available sessions. Both sessions will contain the same information.Topic: Enrichment Teachers -- Back to School Night 2023Time: Sep 14, 2023Session 1: 5:00 PMSession 2: 6:30 PMTopic: Meet the Clusters 2023-2024Time: Sep 14, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 976 5189 5094Passcode: 969802
September 2023
Dear Parents and Families,
Welcome to P.S 102! Our staff is excited to meet you virtually on Thursday September 14, 2023.
Two sessions will be offered:
Both sessions will contain the same information. You may choose the session time that works best for your family. To access the virtual orientation, you will need to be logged on to your DOE Google Classroom. Please check your child's message folder this afternoon for log-in information.
Additionally, if you wish to meet your child's cluster enrichment teacher, they will also be available for both sessions. The virtual link will be displayed in your child’s Google Classroom stream.
When you sign in during the designated times above, you will see a stream message that will invite you to join a session. Once you click on the link, it will bring you directly to the virtual orientation.
During this time, we will share expectations, review curriculum, and discuss school safety protocols. You are encouraged to log in to your child’s Google Classroom at your earliest convenience. Should you encounter any technical difficulties, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher prior to Thursday, September 14, 2023.
We look forward to a wonderful school year!
Thank you,
PS 102 Staff
See schools.nyc.gov/enrollment for more information
October is Bullying Awareness Month! Wear orange today.
Parents meet each Friday at 9am in the garden to work together to maintain the garden and to plan programming for students and families. We will not meet if raining, snowing or very cold and windy. If we need to cancel for any other reason, it will be noted on the calendar in advance.
New parents are always welcome to stop by for a tour and overview of our school gardening program. If you want to be involved but cannot make this weekly meeting, please reach out to Ms. Sheri at melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov
Celebrate our return to a new school year. Hispanic Heritage Month Theme!
More information to follow.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAFA82DAAF4C52-back#/
Tickets are on sale here: https://linktr.ee/ps102pta
Department of Health Staff conducts vision screening in our school library for all K and 1 classes this week. If your child does not pass the screening you will receive a referral notice home. If your child is absent this week, they will be tested by school staff later in the year. If you have questions about the screening please ask your child's teacher or reach out to Ms. Sheri at melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov.
We are pleased to offer Adult ESL Conversation Classes for PS 102 parents and caregivers. Please note - as per DOE regulation, all adults must present photo ID to enter the building each week. We will meet in the auditorium. This is an intermediate level conversation group and you can join at any time during the year. Everyone is welcome to come and try it out!
Please see the link for more classes in Brooklyn and resources.
Questions? Contact Ms. Sheri melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov
PS 102 PTA presents a Dance Party celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month. It will be Friday, October 6, Gym, 6-8pm. $5 ticket per student. Adults are free. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers needed! Free student ticket for volunteers. If families would like to make a food donation as a sale item, please contact the PTA directly at 102ptainfo@gmail.com. Tickets & Volunteering: https://linktr.ee/ps102pta
PS 102 PTA presenta una Fiesta de Baile celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Hispana y Latina. Viernes 6 de octubre, Gimnasio de PS 102, 6-8pm. Boleto de $5 para niños. Entrada gratis para adultos. Cada niño debe ser acompañado por un adulto. Se buscan voluntarios. Entrada gratuita para niños de voluntarios. Para donar alimentos para vender en la fiesta, por favor contactar al PS 102 PTA 102ptainfo@gmail.com. Boletos e información para voluntarios disponible aquí
LIST OF WINNERS ATTACHED!
9/14 Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences/Meet the Staff
9/15 Back to School Raffle Winners Picked
9/18 Charleston Wrap Fundraiser Starts
9/18 PTA Executive Board Meeting at 7PM on Zoom
10/6 Back to School Dance - Latinx Heritage Month (seeking volunteers and donations)
10/11 & 10/12 Picture Day (Not 5th grade Grad Photos)
10/23-10/27 Scholastic Book Fair
10/31 Halloween Hooplah
Family Days in the Garden return this fall beginning September 20th! Additional dates are posted below.
Sign up is required and an adult must accompany and supervise children. All dates will be confirmed by email by the day before and will be rescheduled if rain is likely.
Dress for possible mess and bring your own gloves if you prefer (or use ours - we have cotton and also disposable).
Feel free to bring a snack and water bottle.
Activities may include clean-up, planting, harvesting, watering, weeding, clipping, mowing, digging and enjoying our natural world. Bring a sketch pad/pencils or a camera if you like!
Feel free to bring/drop off veggie/fruit/bread/coffee grinds/tea bags/egg shells for our compost on these dates. (Please no meat/dairy or oils)
All family members are expected to participate - but you will be able to choose from a range of jobs from light duty to a garden workout.
Younger and older siblings are very welcome.
Please sign up by emailing melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov. Available dates:
Wednesday September 20
Wednesday September 27
Tuesday October 3
Tuesday October 10
Wednesday October 18
Monday October 23
Parents work together each Friday morning from 9:00 - 10:30ish to maintain the garden throughout the year. "Meetings" are informal - but we do use this time to make plans for the garden season and future programming for our students and families. Gloves and tools are available. These sessions are cancelled in the event of rain. If they are cancelled for any other reason, I will post on www.ps102.org as early as possible. Hope to see you soon!
We meet throughout the year - though our sessions are more brief in the winter months.
If you are not getting emails about the garden and would like to -- please ask me to add you to the list: melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov.
Katerina Ginnis -Papantoniou
Pupil Accounting Secretary
P.S. 102
211 72nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
kpapantoniou@schools.nyc.gov
718-748-7404 Ext. 2281
Fax: 718-836-9265
All students in Grades K and 1 (unless their parents opted out) received an enrollment packet and have been funded for their FREE $100 NYC Kids Rise Scholarship account! PS 102 Kindergarten and First Grade students already have saved $40,044 for college as of June 2023! If you haven't already done so, please go to nyckidsrise.org to ACTIVATE your account. Incoming Kindergarten families will receive more information on the program in October 2023. After activating the account and completing a quick survey - you will receive an additional $25 in the scholarship account. You will also be able to complete more activities for additional $25 bonuses - like opening or linking a private 529 savings account and adding any amount to that account. NYC Kids Rise even matches the first $100 you put in a linked account. If you have questions or need help to activate the account - please reach out to Ms. Sheri at any time.
Parent University offers lots of great FREE programs, courses and events to help you prepare your student for back to school this fall while giving you support as you return to work. Click the links below and enroll today. New courses are added weekly!
Need help? Visit us on YouTube for user tutorials.
See you on Parent University!
UFT Dial a Teacher is up & running for the school year. K-12 students and their parents or caregivers are invited to call 212-777-3380 or visit the Dial-A-Teacher website Mondays through Thursdays between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to get free homework help from a licensed teacher.
Many of the teachers are bilingual, so Dial-A-Teacher can assist students and families in 10 languages, including Armenian, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian-Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog.
In October we are reading:
Kindergarten: Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
Grades 1&2: Noah Chases the Wind by Michelle Worthington
Grades 3-5: The Shadow in the Moon by Christina Matula
In September we are reading:
Grade K: Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen
Grade 1&2: A Letter from your Teacher on the first day of School by Shannon Olsen
Grade 3-5: Listening with My Heart, a story of kindness and self-compassion by Gabi Garcia
In May we are reading:
Kindergarten: Saturday by Oge Mora
Grades 1&2: I Am Someone Else : Poems About Pretending collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Grades 3-5: Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
In April we are reading:
Kindergarten: Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers
Grades 1&2: Thank You Earth by April Pulley Sayre
Grades 3-5 Poems Aloud by Joseph Coelho & Daniel Gray-Barnett
In March we are reading:
Kindergarten: I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Grades 1&2: My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits
Grades 3-5: I Dissent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy
In February, we are reading:
Grades K-2 Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli
Grades 3-5 Say Something!, by Peter H. Reynolds
In January we are reading:
Grade K: POP! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
Grade 1&2: The Boo-Boos That Changed the World by Barry Wittenstein
Grade 3-5: Little Leaders - Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
In December, we are reading:
Kindergarten: How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
Grades 1&2: You and Me by Susan Verde
Grades 3-5: Lost and Found Cat by Doug Kuntz & Amy Shrodes
In November we are reading:
Kindergarten: Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
Grades K&1: Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon
Grades 3-5: enormous SMALLNESS, A Story of EE Cummings by Matthew Burgess
In October we are reading:
Grade K: Don't Push The Button by Bill Cotter
Grades 1&2: The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett & Gary Rubinstein
Grades 3-5: Lin Yi's Lantern, A Moon Festival Tale by Brenda Williams & Benjamin Lancombe
Leave your review and see a list of parent workshops presented in 2022/2023 here: https://forms.gle/2oymvaub4vcYJAPEA
Look for a notice to join our Title I Parent Advisory Council this fall to help choose how to spend parent involvement funds for this school year.
All families should access this account at schoolsaccount.nyc. If you have not yet signed up, or have problems accessing the account, please send an email with your child's name and class to melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov. This account allows you to see your child's state test scores, report card grades, attendance and fitness records and IEP. ( Please note: A separate myschools.nyc account is used when applying to middle school, high school, kindergarten, pre-K and G&T programs.)
All important messages are sent by email, text and phone via our school messenger system. If you are not receiving them, please send an email with your child's name and the address and/or phone you would like us to use to melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov. You can also correct your email and phone on your NYCSA account at schoolsaccount.nyc. You can opt in for text messages on your phone by typing Y or YES to short code 67587. All important messages will also be posted as announcements on our school web site as well. Thank you.
We are working to make this website easier to access for people with disabilities, and will follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. If you need assistance with a page or document on our site, please contact Margaret Sheri for help (718) 748-7404 x 2323, melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov.
Visitors who need to enter the building must show photo ID as per NYCDOE policy. For inquiries, please call our main office at 718-748-7404 or reach out via email to our parent coordinator Margaret Sheri at melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov who will direct your email to the appropriate staff member.