PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
一三零小學家長會
143 Baxter Street Room 101, New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212-226-8072
Parents Association General Meeting Minutes January 5, 2017
Parents Association Board Members: Co-Presidents: Nathaniel Conan &Monica Xue
Co-Vice Presidents: Xuan Sue Huynh & Leslie Ng
Co-Treasurers: Janney Chen & Hin Fen Zhang
Co-Secretaries: Rosalind Lee & Amy Lin
Parents Association Events Coordinator: Lisa Wong
Parent Coordinator:Diane Chong
Parent Association Upcoming Events:
Chinese New Year Parent Show – Friday February 3
Chinese New Year Parade for PS 130 Lion Dance Club – Sunday, February 5
Lion Dance Welcoming New Year – school main entrance – Thursday, February 9, 5:30 pm
Mid-Winter Break – Monday, February 20 - Friday, February 24 – School Closed
Parents Teacher Conference – Thursday, March 9, Dismissal at 11:30
NYS ELA State Test – Tuesday, March 28 – Thursday, March 30
4th Grade Saturday Institute – Saturday, March 18
NYS ELA State Test – Tuesday, March 28 – Thursday, March 30
Spring Recess – Monday, April 10 - Tuesday, April 18 – School closed
NYS Math State Test – Tuesday, May 2 – Thursday, May 4
Family/Health Fair Day, Saturday, May 6
Mother’s Day Sale – Friday, May 12
Annual Benefit for the Arts – Friday, May 19
Spring Book Fair – Monday, May 22 – Friday, May 26
Banquet Journal Ads – due Friday, March 17
Donations for Raffle Prizes Needed
Our Annual Benefit for the Arts will be held on Friday, May 19, 2017. This is the culmination of the year event where we celebrate our children and the arts programs of PS 130. We celebrate benefactors of our community and those who have helped our school to become great. This is our largest fundraising event where we raise funds for our arts programs like National Dance Institute, Rosie’s Theater Kids, Dancing Classrooms’ Ballroom Dance, Inside Broadway, Young People’s Chorus and Third Street Music School’s Violin program. These events are free to our children, but paid for by the fundraising from our own PA. The results of our fundraising have been incredible. Last year we had a net intake of over $100,000 which paid for all the extra programs for this year. We are hoping to do the same. So, join us to and celebrate the culmination of the academic school year and see our children perform with their perspective art programs; Drum and Fife Corps, National Dance Institute, Third Street Settlement (violin program), Lion Dance, and more.
Volunteers Needed:
Sewing collars on to graduation gowns
5th grade graduation group photo – Wednesday, March 15
Mother’s Day Sale – Friday, May 12
Principal’s Remarks and Announcements:
School website:
We want to thank Mr. Shi, computer teacher, for the upgrade of our school website. Please take the opportunity to visit the site. On the site, you can view upcoming PS 130 events and announcements. One great feature currently on the site is, “Parental Control for Kids’ Electronics”. There are links to our PS 130 PA Blog, NYCDOE homepage and the Inside Schools website. Our new website is a great resource of information for parents. Our school’s website is www.ps130m.org.
2017 testing:
Teachers are preparing our children for this year’s tests. In order for parents to assist their children, parents are encouraged to read more with your kids. Children should also be reading for longer periods of time without distractions.
- March 28 – March 30 – NYS ELA State Test
- May 2 – May 4 – NYS Math State Test
- April 10 – May 19: NYS English as Second Language Achievement test
- May 8 – May 19: Listening, Reading and Writing
- May 30 - June 5: NYS Fourth Grade Science Test (Written Test on June 5th)
Students are given as much time as needed to finish ELA and Math tests. If children are sick, there will be make-up days.
School Leadership Team
Our School Leadership Team consists of 5 parents and 5 members from our school. The meetings begin at 8 a.m. every month and are usually on the same day as one the monthly PA board meetings. These meetings are now open to all parents and the public.