Our First Buddy Meet-Up!

307 met with their buddies from 2-206 - Ms. Ancona and Ms. Valerio's class.  They created sketches together of some of their favorite things.   We had a great time!

More Election Footage

The Mock Election is next week!  302 spent a lot of time fine-tuning materials in class today.

Looking at "Vintage" Campaigns

Fifth graders studied and described the artwork of past presidential candidates - like FDR and Nixon, and recent candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.

The Election Has Begun!

The 5th Graders have begun creating platforms and campaign materials for our mock election.

Armory Day

Hi Families!

Check out some shots from our first Armory Day of the school year.  Thanks, Ms. Moore!

First Family Friday!

Thanks for joining us, families!  The bags that you created for Gods Love We Deliver turned out beautifully.

Curriculum Night & Free Writing Rubric

Families - Handouts were distributed to parents at Curriculum Night, or sent home with students the next day.  The handout details the Writing and Social Studies Units of Study, as well as descriptions of 5th grade writing levels, how we grade and how you can help. You can view the handout by clicking HERE!

Also, please note that students have at least one page of Free Writing due every Tuesday and every Wednesday.  Guidelines for Free Writing can be found on the Free Writing Rubric in the back of your child's Free Writing notebook.  To see a copy of the rubric, click HERE!

Curriculum Night Handout

Free Writing Rubric

Hilde Lysiak's Orange Street News

Here's a link to the news website we looked at in Writing today:
https://orangestreetnews.com/

Research Our Candidates!

Republican Nominee - Donald J. Trump

Democratice Nominee - Hillary Clinton

Green Party Nominee - Jill Stein

Libertarian Party - Gary Johnson

Middle School Directories

The 2017 Middle School Directories went home in backpacks today (9/21).  They are filled with information on the courses and activities that each District 15 school offers. Please review them with families so you are in-the-know!

You can also download a PDF copy of the directory HERE!

Curriculum Night - 9/29

Please join us for 154's Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 29th.  Notices will be going home shortly, but here is the most up-to-date schedule:

Fifth Grade

(5:00-5:30pm) Cluster Teacher Presentation in MMR (Art, Theater, Science, Computer, PE)

(6:00-6:30pm) Visit Cluster Classrooms

(6:30-7:00pm) Meet in Homeroom Class

(7:00-7:30pm) Meet in Subject Area Classrooms

(7:30-8:00pm) Visit Open Classrooms

Calling All Snacks!

Please send in extra snacks for our students.  We have nut and dairy allergies, so fruits (including tiny watermelons), crackers and pretzels are best. Thanks in advance.

Community Code Skits

Check out some of 307's skits based on our school's Community Code.  They were so much fun to watch!

It's About to Begin!

Welcome back, students! We've missed you, and we can't wait to usher you into your senior year at PS 154.  We'll see you in the schoolyard at 8:20 on Thursday, September 8th!