William and Noha choose books from the RIF program while a documentary crew films.

Steven sits at a tiny table in the library reading his books.

First Fridays is Coming!

Please join us this Friday, June 1st, for this month's First Fridays.  We will be exhibiting our Civil War projects and poetry anthologies for you. See you at 8:50 am this Friday :)

More Green-Wood photos!

Courtesy of Shanthi's mother, Yas:

What a great shot of birthday boy Michael and his partner, Olivia!

The fifth graders listen to 2-203's plays.

5-307 listened to their buddies perform their plays.

Blame it on the Rain!

Our trip to Green-Wood was rained out by the massive storms that were dropping buckets on Brooklyn. Thanks to Steve for the yummy french fries, and for our parents and students for braving the rain!

The Ballroom Recital is Coming!

Please come celebrate the end of our school’s ballroom dance program with our 5^th grade ballroom recital! It is a very special event, and we hope to have all families in attendance!

Monday, June 4^th at

6:00 p.m.

in the Multimedia Room (MMR)

Students should be dressed comfortably but in clothing appropriate for a special event (wedding/church/graduation).

The ladies typically wear dresses and skirts (and shoes you can dance in) and the gentlemen typically wear slacks and button-down or polo-style shirts.  Feel free to ask if you have questions.

Dancers should arrive at 5:45 p.m. to line up in escort position. Please don’t arrive earlier than 5:45 p.m. as the PTA Afterschool will be dismissing at that time. The recital will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.  The recital lasts about ninety minutes.

Time to dance.

What a beautiful poster! 

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Class 5-307 surprised me with a wonderful celebration for my upcoming birthday! They even had Mr. Havlik and Mr. Ortiz in on it! Check out this beautiful cake courtesy of Aisha's mom, Kameka.

Can't beat a Hunger Games-inspired card!

Tori enjoys a muffin and one of Olivia's delicious chocolate pretzels.

The students brought in goodies to share.

Author Visit: Alexander Lagos!

Thanks to Alexander Lagos, author of Sons of Liberty, for visiting Class 5-307, sharing the process of creating his graphic novels and signing lots of autographs.  We had a blast! 

View our photos below, and visit http://www.thesonsoflibertybook.com/ for more information about the book series.

Alexander Lagos, author of Sons of Liberty, shows the class images from his graphic novel.

Alexander Lagos discusses the writing process with 5-307.

Alexander Lagos displays the cover images from his graphic novels Sons of Liberty and Sons of Liberty: Death and Taxes.

Alexander signs an autograph for Alexes.

From the Mothers Day plant sale.

From the Mothers Day plant sale.

From the Mothers Day plant sale.

Mother's Day Plant Sale - THIS FRIDAY - Class 5-307 is signed up for 9:30 - 9:50.  Please bring money that morning to buy a lovely plant for someone special!

Update:

*Our next library trip is this Thursday, May 10th, at 10 a.m.  Please remind them to bring their cards and books to school on that day.




*Civil War Projects are due Tuesday, May 29th.

*A note from Ms. Plunkett and Ms. Hanson on the science fair:

Science Fair Projects are due to be delivered to the MMR on Monday, May 14. Display boards are still available.  If your child did not get one, please have them see Ms. Guzzi.  Only students who signed up with Ms. Hanson can participate.

The Science fair will take place on May 14th and May 15 from 8AM - 3PM.    Families are invited to come May 15th from 5PM-7PM. 

Ryan shows his buddies how to make pompoms.

Class 5-307 and 2-203 make decorations for the Earth Parade.

The Earth Parade!

The Earth Parade!