office@desoto130.org
Dear Parents and Guardians of Pre-K to 5 Graders,
The Parents Association plays an important role in our school by supporting the initiatives of the Principal and administration. The PA serves as the main information center for many parents unfamiliar with the Board of Education and our school. We are responsible for the many annual fundraising events, school parties, book sales, workshops and school fairs; which helps pays for all the art programs and administrative things that are not covered by the Board of Education or Department of Education (DOE). None of this would be possible without your participation and support.
There will be a Parents Association General Meeting for all in the auditorium on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 8:45AM. The topics to be discussed are:
Please join our meetings! Your participation and support play a vital role to our school and students. All PS130M parents and guardians are welcome! See you all at the meetings, held on the first Thursday of every month.
Thank you.
Parents
Association
Dearest Families,
We hope this message finds each of you doing well. Thank you all so much for your cooperation and patience and understanding with today's Pivot to Remote Learning. We had over 90% attendance today!
NYC Public Schools will resume in-person classes starting tomorrow, January 27, 2026. In-person classes will resume, and students are expected to attend school as usual. All programs, field trips, and activities will be held as scheduled.
Please stay warm and safe, everyone! We look forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow.
Sincerely,
PS 130 Hernando De Soto (Manhattan)
Dearest Families,
We hope this message finds everyone safe and staying warm. As you may have heard already, Mayor Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Samuels Announce Pivot to Remote Instruction for New York City Public Schools. As we mentioned on Friday, please make sure to follow your child's teachers' instructions with logging in and remote instruction tomorrow, as attendance will be taken. Please contact your teacher and office@desoto130.org if you have any issues.
Please stay safe, and take good care, everyone.
Sincerely,
PS 130 Hernando De Soto (Manhattan)
office@desoto130.org
January 2026
Dear Families,
As an immigrant myself, I know how essential our school communities are to immigrant students and families—and how much our immigrant students and families contribute to our schools.
At New York City Public Schools (NYCPS), we provide a robust, inclusive, and supportive education to every student and family, regardless of immigration status.
As a reminder, NYCPS does not provide non-local law enforcement with access to students, school facilities, or records unless required by law, and only after consultation with NYCPS’ lawyers.
In New York City, our schools are safe places for our children. If any student or family has questions or concerns related to an immigration incident, we encourage them to reach out to their school’s principal to be connected with the appropriate supports.
We also have many resources available to our staff and families through our Project Open Arms initiative, which provides support to immigrant students and their families. For more information, visit https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/know-your-rights/project-open-arms/
Additionally, NYCPS continues to partner with the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). We encourage families to use the MOIA Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or visit https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/ to learn more.
As your Chancellor, I am committed to ensuring our schools remain safe and inclusive spaces for students and families.
If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, please contact your child’s school physician, school nurse, or healthcare provider.
Sincerely,
PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting December 4, 2025
Attendance: Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Michelle, Mr. Fong, Ms. Thomas, Carmen, Yuki, Moe, Kevin and 10 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:50am
Mr. Fong – Thank you everyone for being here. Thank you to the PA. We applied for smaller class sizes; we will know more in the spring, if we get approved or not. The deadline was yesterday.
5th graders – Congratulations on getting applications in, deadline is December 12, 2025. Any questions to Ms. Mo, our guidance counselor or Ms. Leung, our parent coordinator? Mr. McQuire came in last week, on Friday, he will be sending out an email about our SLT meeting.
This years’ honorary for our annual banquet will be Assembly woman Grace lee & Chui Man Lai from NY Presbyterian community liaison.
Thank you.
Classes should be downed sized by 2028, they want k-3 at max size 20 and 4-5 max size 23. Next year they would like the schools to be 80% in compliance. Right now, some are under 20+ students, and some are over.
Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.
These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in November, 7 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!
II. This is the treasury report for review and approval; 8 people approved
the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you!
Today’s meeting will be short because we are heading to the VA hospital with Voices of 130.
These are the ongoing fundraising throughout the school year.
All the fundraising money goes to our kids and the art programs.
If you have any ideas, please let us know and we will see if we have the manpower to do it.
Bake sale is every month; to help fundraise, it’s mostly every 1st Wednesday of the month. Letters will go out every month when bake sale is near.
The banquet is on May 15, 2026, it is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. We are taking donations for prizes to raffle off. Please bring items you do not want or need that are still in the box. When tickets go on sale please see Lisa.
Closing time – 9:05am
