Attention All Actors!

The school play "The Adventures of Charlie Brown" will hold its auditions after school Wednesday, November 5th in the MMR.

The Penny Harvest is On!

Please sift through your change jars and piggy banks for pennies. The pennies our school collects will go towards community and global issues - the classes that bring in the most pennies will decide how to spend the money, as well as receive a pizza and ice cream party. The Penny Harvest will continue through Thanksgiving.

Thanks!

Boo Bash!

Please join in our celebration of Halloween at P.S. 154 PTA's annual Boo Bash. We will be gathering in the yard behind the school at 5:15 for a costume parade, with a pizza party following inside the school at 6:00 p.m. From 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. you can show off your groovy moves during the Dancing Bash, with family-friendly music DJ'd by Kenny B. Jammin'.

Other activities include:
*Pumpkin Patch
*Seasonal Crafts
*Face Painting
*Ghoulish Guests
*Tricks and Treats Galore!

Admission is $5 per person, which includes a slice of pizza and a craft or pumpkin.

ELA Predictive

Students will perform their first ELA predictive on Wednesday, October 22nd. The predictives are tests that assess students in literacy and find areas in which they are strong and areas in which students could benefit from more instruction.

Middle School Fair Tonight!

Please join us for the middle school fair in the MMR from 6 - 8 pm. You will hear school representatives discuss the application process, curriculum and programs for their schools.

Other important info:

Middle School Dates:
Early December: middle school directories and applications given to families
December 2-11: Middle School Fairs
January 9: Middle School Applications Due
Early May: Decision letters sent to families
May 15: Appeals due to elementary schools
Mid-June: Appeals decision letters distributed to families

5th Grade Meet and Greet

Come meet the other 5th grade parents in the MMR from 6:30 - 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 14th.

Nickelodeon's You Pick the President

Along with the rest of our Election Links, which are on the right hand bar of this blog, Nick News gives you information on the Presidential candidates and issues, along with a tutorial on how a person becomes the President.

Learn more at Nick News.

Middle School Fair - Next Wednesday, October 15th ONLY!

There will NOT be a middle school meeting on October 8th - it has been rescheduled for Wednesday, October 15th from 6-8 p.m.

No School - Yom Kippur

P.S. 154 will be closed on Thursday, October 9th, in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday.

Middle School Fair

Middle School Parent Coordinators will be at P.S. 154's Multimedia Room on Wednesday, October 15, 2008, to share information about their school's programs and enrollment procedures. Please join us - light refreshments will be served.

PTA Meeting

There will be a PTA Meeting on Tuesday, October 7th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Multimedia Room. All of the nighttime PTA meetings offer childcare, homework help and pizza for the children at $3 per child. Please join us!!!