Curriculum Night at PS 154

Our school's curriculum night will be next Wednesday, September 30th, from 5:30 - 7:25 p.m. (a note went home today with students!). Curriculum night is a chance to find out more about what your child will be learning and doing throughout the school year. There will be two sessions, so that parents with children in multiple grades can attend more than one session.

The schedule is:
5:30 -6:00 Meet and Greet in MMR
6:00- 6:40 Session One (In Classrooms)
6:45 - 7:25 Session Two (In Classrooms)

We hope to see you there!

Class Parents for 5th Grade

We are currently looking for volunteers to be class parents for the 5th grade. If you are interested, please talk to your child's teacher.

Thanks!

Green Workshops for Kids

Green Brooklyn - Green City 2009

The Council on the Environment of NYC is holding a Green Brooklyn Fair this upcoming Thursday at Brooklyn Borough Hall. This event is FREE, and includes a greenmarket, recycled art making and interactive booths featuring ways NYC is becoming a more sustainable community.

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn
Opening remarks at 11:30am, fair 12pm-6pm

Free and open to the public!

40 interactive exhibitor booths featuring hands-on activities for kids and adults alike!

Workshop Line-Up

State of the Climate: 12pm-1pm

Green Your Business: 1:30pm-2:30pm

Local vs. Organic: 3pm-4pm

For more information visit CENYC.com

Congratulations!

Miles Asher Greller was born at 2:57 am on September 20th - Best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Greller! (sidenote: Miles shares a birthday with Mrs. Milledge's son!)

Green at School

Back to school is time to follow the 3 Rs. National Geographic Kids has some tips to stay green at school:

• Ride your bike or walk to school.
  
• Use last year's school supplies.
• Buy a canvas and cardboard binders instead of plastic.
  
• Buy recycled paper.
• Use reusable water bottles instead of plastic.
• Use a lunch box, not paper bags.
• Donate last year's clothes instead of throwing them away.
• Buy online to avoid driving.
• Buy organic food.
• Turn your computer off when you're not using it.
• Decorate your lunchbox.
• Make your own bookmarks.
• Organize a clothes swap with your friends.
• Carpool to sports.
• Use refillable pens and pencils.
• Reuse your backpack. Decorate it with cool patches.

Scholastic Book Orders!

Dear 5-307 Families,

I have exciting news. You can now place your Scholastic Book Clubs orders online!

Browse all the great monthly Book Club selections at low prices and order online. Plus, our class earns a FREE book every time a parent orders online.

Here’s how it works:

1. Use the information below to access the Scholastic Book Clubs Web site.
2. Browse the titles with your child and place your order with your credit card.
3. Your order will come to me, and your credit card payment will go directly to Scholastic’s secure server. There’s no need to send money to school.
4. After I submit the entire class order to Scholastic, your order will be delivered to our classroom for your child to take home.

To get started, go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password in the sign-in fields on the right side of the page. Note: You do not need to create your own user name and password.

www.scholastic.com/bookclubs

User Name: MsFought

Password: bookorder

Ordering online is the most convenient way to use Scholastic Book Clubs. You can order anytime, right up until the online order due date. You’ll also get instant access to over 500 additional titles plus online-only specials and discounts.

And don’t forget: Every time a parent places an order online, we earn a FREE book for our classroom library!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Melinda Fought 5-307

The First Day

It was great meeting and getting to know all of you today! What a fabulous first day of school!

Fifth Grade Teachers