Ms. Chin's Retirement Party

As many of you know, Ms. Shirley Chin, our beloved Teacher, Mentor and Assistant Principal of 30 years retired last year. We are having a retirement banquet in her honor to show our love and appreciation for all that she has done for our school throughout the years. The banquet will be held on Friday, November 6, 2015 at Jing Fong Restaurant located at 20 Elizabeth Street (between Bayard Street & Canal Street) from 6pm - 10pm.

Invitations have been distributed to each child by their classroom teachers. Please RSVP by October 19, 2015. There are still many seats available if any parents are interested in attending please come in to the PA, Room 101, to purchase the tickets.  

Please come and enjoy a wonderful celebration. There will be exciting entertainment from our Teachers, Drum & Fife, Chorus and PA members. 

75 Morton Envision Meeting

Dear Parents:

There is Envision Meeting on Monday, November 2,2015 at 6:30pm.  

Tuition -Free English Class for Adults

Dear Parents:

There is tuition free English class for adults.  All adults are welcome  

PS130 PA's Annual Benefit for the Arts May 27th

Dear Parents:

We will be having our Annual Benefit for the Arts Fundraiser to raise money to support our school's music and performance arts programs on Friday, May 27th, 2016 at Jing Fong Restaurant located on 20 Elizabeth Street New York NY 10013.

The arts program enables our children to be more confident about who they are and what they can become in the future. The programs help the children develop the skills and confidence they need to pursue their dreams and it is one of the reasons our students are so successful in middle school and beyond.

Please contribute by buying an ad in our Journal, making a monetary donation or donating a prize for our Raffle and Auction at the benefit. All of this will go towards supporting our programs for our children. All donations made to our PA are tax deductible since we are a not-for-profit 501 (c) organization.

Your generosity, no matter how big or small, will make a big difference in the lives of the children in this community!
Please reserve the date for our annual fundraiser!

On behalf of all the children, we thank you in advance for supporting the vision.

If there is any questions, please feel free to come to the PA Room 101.

ELECTION DAY - SCHOOL CLOSED -NOVEMBER 3

There will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 due to Election Day. We welcome your child back to school on Wednesday, November 4th.

Please go out and vote!

Dear: Parents 

There is family conference for children with disabilities on November 10, 2015 from 5-8:30pm . 

NYU Halloween Parade on Saturday, October 31, 2015

Dear Parents:

NYU is hosting an Halloween Parade on Saturday, October, 31 2015 from 1pm-4pm . Everyone can join the parade. Happy Trick or Treating

Halloween Dance THURSDAY OCT 29

Our annual Halloween Dance Party is Thursday, OCT 29th from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  We are very excited that our very own Mr Mendez will be spinning the beats. The dance party is open to all students, parents and friends.  Admission at the door is $10 per person for everyone.  Students in kindergarten to 3^rd grade will require an adult to accompany them at the party. Children are encouraged to be dressed in their costume. No masks or toy weapons please.

We will be selling snacks and drinks at the party. This is a fundraising event, all sales support our school programs, so come and celebrate with us and help support the school.

Thank you.

PS130M Parents Association

Green Team

Hello Parents:

Our Fourth Grade teacher Ms. Nicklas has worked with the community to keep the our school to safe energy ,water conservation and waste management.

PS 130 M.  Sustainability Mission Statement (2015-2016)

P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto School has been working vigorously to promote public awareness of sustainability in our school community. We will continue to implement our recycling program with more color-coded bins in all the classrooms, hallways, offices, playrooms, and  auditorium for recycling paper, cardboard, glass, metal, plastic and organic wastes. Our Green Team will bring more and more interested teachers, students and families into our monitoring and stewardship.   All the members in our community -- school administrators, teachers, school staff, custodian staff, students and families, are committed to keeping our school a "zero-waste" school and everybody will be working together towards the DOE’s goals for energy and water conservation, waste management, ecology, and the integration of sustainability concepts into the curricula.

We will 

         -- provide professional development to teachers on sustainability

         -- promote sustainability literacy and practices in our core curriculum

         -- build up school green team with more interested teachers, students, and parents     

         -- encourage creative ways to reuse, reduce, and recycle wastes

         -- set up evaluation tools to audit and improve energy conservation (water and 

             electricity) in our school building

         -- maintain our outdoor gardens and connect students with plants in our urban 

             ecosystem.

         -- create a safe, healthy, green environment for our community.

Middle School Tour

PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION

一三零小學家長會

143 Baxter Street Room 101, New York, NY 10013

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Dear 5^th Grade Parents,

The Middle School Fair will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2015,

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM; Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers Street.

Open House:

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3:30 PM

The Salk School of Science (MS 255) - 319 East 19^th Street

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 9:15 AM

Robert F. Wagner (JHS 167) - 220 East 76 Street

Wednesday, November18, 2015 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM (only for PS 130M students)

East Side Middle School (MS114) - 331 East 91^st Street

The following are middle school tours that have been given to us.  If you are interested, please sign up in the PA room.   The schools will only accept a limited number of parents. 

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (Students must have a level 3or 4 in ELA and Math State Test)

Manhattan Academy of Technology/Jacob Riis (PS 126) - 80 Catherine Street

Tuesday, October27, 2015

Simon Baruch Middle School (MS 104) - 330 East 21 Street

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Hudson River Middle School (IS 289/IS 89) - 201 Warren Street

NYC Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies (date to be announced for parents that speak Chinese only)

For the following schools, please go to their website to sign up for school tours:

Lower Manhattan Community Middle School (MS 896) – www.lmc896.org

The Clinton School (MS 260) – www.theclintonschool.net

Battery Park City School (IS 276) – www.bpcschool.org

Spruce Street School – www.sprucestreetnyc.org

School of the Future – www.sof.edu

Institute for Collaborative Education – www.iceschool.net

Quest to Learn – Q2L.org

NYC Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies – www.nyclabschool.net  (Tour dates 9/28, 9/29, 9/30, 10/1, 10/5, 10/6, 10/7, 10/8, 10/9)

October 22,2015 There is school for Pre-K

Dear: Pre-K Parents

Due to changes made by the Department of Education, there will be school for Pre-K students on October 22, 2015


Thank You 
Parents Association

UPCOMING DEADLINES

Please note the deadlines are approaching for the following:

Photo Deadline, Friday, October 23, 2015

Candy Sale Deadline, Friday, October 23, 2015.

Please make sure your child submit these items to their teachers by the deadline.

Thank you,

Parents Association

PS 130M De Soto School Earn An " All American Distinction School"

Dear Parents:

We just receive good new from Mrs. Woo informing MR. Fong  that our school had earn an " All American Schools " Distinction. 

Today's Daily News has an article that talks about how there are great schools in NYC and how they compare to schools around the world: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/vigdor-mcgee-excellence-aplenty-nyc-public-schools-article-1.2399117.

In the article, it says the following:

"If a school receives an A grade, it means its students are on par with schools from countries at the top of the international education rankings, like South Korea and Finland. Across the five boroughs, 30% of all elementary and middle schools earn an A, beating the national average of 26.5% as well as the New York State average of 22%.

SchoolGrades also draws special attention to what we call “All-American” schools. These are schools that are among the top 4.3% in the nation and serve an economically disadvantaged student body (schools with a free/reduced-lunch percentage at or above the national average of 48%). Only 579 schools out of the more than 70,000 nationwide earn this distinction. Of the 73 All-American schools in New York State, 72 are in New York City."

CONGRATULATIONS....PS 130 MANHATTAN IS ONE OF THOSE 579 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO EARN THE "ALL AMERICAN SCHOOLS" DISTINCTION!!! (please see the attachment I compiled for details).  WHAT A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!

As your former principal, I can't tell you how proud I am of all of you as you continue to bring honor to our school's name and to our community! 

BRAVO!!!

My very best wishes for continued success!!! 

Mrs. Woo

Anti-Bullying Seminar on Saturday October 24, 2015

Dear : Parents 

There is an Anti-Bullying Seminar on Saturday, October 24,2015. 

G & T Information Session

Dear Parents: 
There are G & T information Session available to all parents that are interested.

Thank You
Parents Association

Columbus Day - SCHOOL CLOSED - October 12,2015

There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, October 12, 2015 in honor of Columbus Day. We welcome your child back to school on Tuesday, October 13th

Dear Parents,

The phone number for the school is still down. Verizon is still working on getting it back up.
In the meantime, please call (212) 625-8346 and it will route you to the operator for the main office.

Thank You
Parent Association

Middle School Fair

To all 5th grade parents:

The following are middle school open house and middle school tours information:

Fair

The Middle School Fair will be held on Thursday, October 8, 2015, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM; 
Stuyvesant High School, 345 Chambers Street.

Dear Parents:

If there are any parents that have been trying to contact the school today and couldn't get through, we apologize. The telephone box in the neighborhood is down and has affected the school telephone line. Verizon is working around the clock to fix the box, hopefully it will be up and working by tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Thank You
Parent Association