Parents Association Board Members 2013-2014:
Co-Presidents: Sau Yee (Lulu) Yuen
Co-Vice Presidents: Leslie Ng and Dorothy Shu
Co-Treasurers: Nathaniel Conan and Pooi C. Mok
Co-Secretaries: Xuan Sue Huynh and Sonali Mistry
Parents Association Events Coordinator: Lisa Wong
Parent Coordinator: Diane Chong
Parents Association Email: ps130mpa@yahoo.com
Parents Association Website: http://ps130pa.blogspot.com
Principal’s “Welcome Back to School” Message
*All events are fundraisers for the school. Volunteers are needed to help:
- Candy Sale – October 1st - 25th. Orders are due on October 25th.
- Photo Days – October 2nd & 3rd. Individual school and class pictures.
- Halloween Dance Party – October 25th. 6:30PM-8:30PM (Admission is $10 for adults
and children)
- Book Fair – November 8th -15th. Children can purchase books for their home
libraries. We will accept gently-used books as donations to sell to children who can’t afford
the new books.
- Annual Benefit Banquet – May 16th. This is our largest fundraiser and supports all of the
arts programs the children enjoy in school.
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Used books, empty toners, ink cartridges, cell phones (drop off outside the PA
room)
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Box Tops are collected in the box near the security guards desk. School gets 10 cents for every Box Top clipping submitted
- Target – Parents can help the school by using “Target” credit card at Target’s. Just designate
- “PS130 Manhattan” as the recipient and every time you use the Target card, Target will make a
donation of certain percentage to the school!
- Amazon – Go to PS 130’s website first and then access Amazon. The fundraising through
Amazon works the same way as the Target credit card. Once you register the school, each time
you buy through Amazon, a donation from Amazon is made to the school.
families will have to complete lunch forms.
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Unfortunately larger classes this year due to a very tight budget. This is because of the high teacher retention
rate (which results in higher salaries) and the fact that our school does not
qualify for additional funds because we are doing well. Classes from Grades 1 through 5 have been
organized with 32 students in a class and one class had to combine students
from Grade 1 and Grade 2 to form a “bridge” class. Instruction for these two lower grades is
very similar whereas curriculum and instruction for Grades 3, 4, and 5 are much
more specific because of testing.
The
school is asking the Parents Association to raise money for one teacher’s
salary so that we can “un-bridge” this class to make a separate first and second
grade class for these children. If we
can, the numbers in the regular classes on Grades 1 and 2 will be reduced from
32 to possibly 28-30.
-Good
news: PS 130 ranks 99 out of 2,264 elementary schools in NYS (top 4 ½%)!
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Because of the fact that this year’s State exams are expected to be more
difficult than last year, the school will be trying to provide additional help
to as 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students as
possible. As of February 1st,
kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders will not be coming to
Muffin Club. All teachers will be
helping 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to prepare
for the State Exams. Once the exam is
over, the school will resume Muffin Club for the lower grades. This extra help will be in addition to an
Extended School Day program (for children who scored a Level 1 and 2 on last
year’s exams) on Tuesdays and Thursdays that will start after the Parent
Teacher Conferences/Report Cards in November.
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ELA exam is before the Easter Break this year and the Math exam is after the
Break.
MISCELLANEOUS:
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Guest speakers from Fidelis and Eternity
Tutoring Center
