PS 130M - General Meeting - Wednesday, April 1, 2026

 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
Email: ps130mpa@yahoo.com Website: ps130pa.blogspot.com

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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 Wednesday, April 1 at 8:45AM. 

The topics to be discussed are:

• Acting Principal welcoming

• Reading and Approval of Minutes

• PA Financials: March 2026 Treasurer’s Report

• Upcoming Events:

•  Spring Break – Thursday, April 2 – Friday, April 10
•  NYS ELA test (3rd, 4th & 5th Grade) – Tuesday, April 14 & Wednesday, April 15
•  Deadline for 23rd Annual Benefit Banquet (RSVP & journal ad submissions) – Friday, April 17
•  Third Street Music School - 3rd Grade Violin Finale Performance – Monday, April 20
•  Bake Sale – Wednesday, April 22
•  NYS Math test (3rd ,4th, & 5th Grade) – Tuesday, April 28 & Wednesday, April 29
•  2nd Grade Inside Broadway Finale Performance – Thursday, April 30
•  Family/Wellness Day – Saturday, May 2
•  Bake Sale – Wednesday, May 6
•  Parents Association General Meeting – Thursday, May 7
•  Mother’s Day Sale – Friday, May 8
•  23rd Annual Benefit Banquet – Friday, May 15
•  Scholastic Book Fair – Monday, May 18 – Friday, May 22

• Acting Principal's remarks/announcements

• Any parent issues, questions or proposals

Please come to our meeting!

Thank you.
Parents Association

PS 130MPA - Bake Sale - Wednesday, March 18. 2026

 

PS130M PA - General Meeting Minutes - February 5, 2026

                                                                         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

Email: ps130mpa@yahoo.com       Website: ps130pa.blogspot.com

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Parents Association Board Members:           

Co-Presidents:  Joseph Li  & Kevin Cheng

Co-Vice-Presidents: Manya Ellenberg & Moe Kyaw

Co-Treasurers: Alice Chen & Angela Mui                                                              

Co-Secretaries: Amy Hu & Tammy Yin

Parents Association Events Coordinator: Lisa Wong

Parent Coordinator:  Ana Leung

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Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting February 5, 2026

Attendance: Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Michelle, Kevin Cheng, Tammy Yin, Moe, Ms. Thomas, Carmen, Yuki, Ana and 5 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)

Meeting Commence: 8:50am

Joe – Good morning, did everyone sign in? Happy New year! Chinese New Year is coming.

Kevin – Agenda

Welcome Principal Mrs. Beena Thomas.

Mrs. Thomas- Hi everyone, I’m the interim acting principal. Thank you for being here. Can you believe I’ve been here for 12 years as assistant principal. Mr. Fong and started here together as he was principal and I was assistant principal and I am happy to continue to serve you.

A recap of events that took place – we had the D2 Coffee/ Conversation gathering. We had a good turnout. We welcomed our guests with lion dancing and ending the event with Voices of 130. Thank you to the PA for setting everything up. We talked about hopes and dreams. Thank you, Kevin, for including what the district sent into the slides. The biggest things they mentioned were safety, academics, social & emotional health, enrichment, and afterschool. Here at PS.130M, I think we do that. Thank you, PA., for getting and supporting all our enrichment programs we have. We are grateful as a school to have all these art programs.

Testing dates are out – The State ELA test will be on 4/14/26 and 4/15/26 for grades three to five on the computers. The State Math test will be on 4/28/26 and 4/29/26 for grades three to five. The DOE Science test will be on May 12th for 5th graders.

NYSESLAT will be on May 5,6,7; it’s still on paper and this test will be for English language learners. It’s estimated that about 120 – 125 students will take this test.

We got an email regarding our NY State accountability, it’s based on last year, all of D2 got LSI – which is in good standing. We don’t want to be in the red or yellow (where the state gets involved) In the green – it means the kids are doing good (where we would get local support). Rest assure, we are doing well.

Thank you.

Joe - Reading and approval of minutes and Treasury reports, upcoming events. Parents’ Association opening & Review.

Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.

1. These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in January, 11 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!
2. This is the treasury report for review and approval; 11 people approved the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you! 

We have 4 more months to meet our goals.

Thank you, Yuki & Carmen, for helping with Read-a-thon to bring in more funds while encouraging our students to read more.

Kevin – 4 months, hopefully we will make our goal- $30k on average to reach our goal, with your support hopefully we will get there.

Yuki – what’s your biggest fundraiser? Joe – we get sponsors, our banquet.

Kevin – Every month is different- our annual banquet is our biggest; our door is always open for new ideas and support.

Carmen – Hi, last year we started a program the PA sponsor the fundraiser to promote reading. We pass out reading logs. Our goal is to have the students get pledges for their reading time. They can ask their parents, family members, and friends so that they can win prizes. Top fundraising class will get a YAYA tea party and the class with the top minutes read will get a pizza party from Grand Street Pizza. Top student fundraiser will get a $25 Yaya gift card, and the top 3 readers will get Stuffies blind bag from Anime Claw, there is also a participation raffle as well. Lower grade parents can read to their child and that would count towards their minutes read. Last year it got competitive. Any questions

Yuki – the mystery reader – this is to support the teacher regarding this event, if the teacher wanted someone to read to their class. A parent could also donate to the class.

Parent – how do they log in their minutes?

Carmen – they all receive a paper packet with a reading log. We hope everyone will be honest. Thank you.

Joe – I know other students who also sponsored their friends, my daughter donated last year. I believe we raised about $6k.

Carmen – last year everything was short notice, and it was on a shorter span of time.

Kevin – these are our upcoming events

Upcoming events – February 2026.

• -  Read-a-thon – Monday, 2/9/26 to Tuesday, 2/24/26
  -  Bake Sale – Wednesday, 2/11/26
  -  Mid-winter recess – Monday, 2/16 to Friday, 2/20/26
  -  Lion dance welcoming the New year – Wednesday, 2/25/26 – PS. 130M main entrance
  -  Lunar New Year Show – Thursday, 2/26/26
  -  Chinese New Year Parade – Sunday, 3/1/26
  -  PA - General Meeting – Thursday, 3/5/26
  -  23rd Annual Benefit Banquet – Friday, 5/15/26

Kevin – As we celebrate respect for all and kindness week; I like these proxy words – Love, respect, kindness, and naturing. Valentine’s day also represents all these things. This month’s bake sale will represent this.

Lunar New Year – as a tradition our lion dance will open up the new year outside our main entrance at 5:30pm on 2/25/26.

Joe – Lion dance opens up the New Year to scare away the bad luck and bless the school, the principal’s office, the main office.

The Lunar New year show will showcase Voices of 130, YPC, Drum & fife, and Violin.

Parent – who performs at this event?

Joe – Each teacher chooses the event that they want to perform in.

1. PA - Fundraising for 2025-2026

            -  Bake Sale

            -  Candy Sale

            -  Annual Ask

            -  Photo day

            -  Scholastic Book Fair

            -  Spirit Clothes

            -  Holiday show

            -  Benefit Gala

            -  Mother’s Day

            -  Handmade Bead Sale

            -  Readathon

        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.

        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, if you have any unopen items, you don’t want or need, bring them into PA room 101.

Kevin – any questions?

Joe – any ideas?     

                         

2. The PA Funds these Programs and more; here are all the costs of the arts programs the PA funds, as you see all the art programs are not cheap. All our fundraising efforts go back to the school and our students. 

        

    Our Art Programs

         -  NDI – 1st grade & 4th grade - $15,325

         -  Inside Broadway – Pre-k / K/ 2nd Grade - $13,440

         -  Third Street Music School – Violin (3rd grade & Advance) - $10,050

         -  Ballroom Dancing - $9,520

         -  School Chorus – Voices of 130 - $0

         -  Spirit of PS 130 – Fife & Drum - $8,800

         -  Young People Chorus (YPC) - $9,900

         -  PS. 130 Lion Dance - $4,275

         -  Rosie’s Theater Kids - $15,000

    The PA also pays for some of the school supplies & special events such as:

         -  Air conditioners and repairs - $11,000

         -  Office copier, toners, computers, and supplies - $12,000

         -  Student appreciation events (we currently have 520 students)- $18,000 

 

Joe – these programs get more expensive each year.

Kevin – these enrichment programs are very rewarding.

Yvonne - These are actually last year’s prices so this year it will be higher. 

Joe - Here are all the fun pictures from the banquet. You can see we also have our local seniors who perform at our banquet.

Kevin – We are preparing the banquet invitations so they will be going out soon. This event looks fun; I’ll probably buy a table or 2. Bring your family and friends.

Joe – we still need some raffle prizes. We also have pages in the banquet journal for purchase. You can put your class picture on there or your business.

Kevin – donations forms are available, for those who want to sponsor.

This will be the 5th graders’ last performance, so you know they will bring their A game to the banquet.

Moe- what and who performs?

Joe – All our art programs will be performing but the teachers will choose and finalize it.

Lisa – at the end of March, I will get a list of who performs.

Kevin – There are Lunar new year lanterns and beads for sale, handmade by Lisa. Each lantern takes 2 hours to make and the hand-crafted beads too.  I’m getting 3 or 4 of them. Hurry before they are sold out. 

Joe – any questions or fundraising ideas?

Parent – when are graduation pictures taken?

Lisa – by the end of March.

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Thank you for coming.

You can always come by the PA room 101 to chat with us, come to with any ideas, suggestions, or issues; our door is always open. You can also reach us by emailing us at PS130mpa@yahoo.com or by phone – 212-226-8072 ext. 101 or reach Lisa at 917-821-7056 or visit our blog site at http://ps130pa.blogspot.com/ & Instagram Http://www.instagram.PS130MPA for more information. 

Closing time – 9:25am 

 

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DOE - New York City public schools will be closed on Monday, February 23, 2026

Snow Alert

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New York Int'l Children's Film Festival - is only 10 days away! Announcing our 2026 shorts lineup!

They're here! Announcing our 2026 Short Film Lineup

We are absolutely thrilled to announce this year's lineup of stunning, silly, innovative short films. Our shorts programs are beloved (and Oscar®-qualifying) for a reason: it's the best way to get a taste of the Fest, and your chance to catch a ton of new films and filmmakers in one sitting! Can't decide what to see? Get a peek at all that's in store with our feature trailers! Better still, grab an all-access Festival Pass and see everything. View Lineup

 

Shorts for Tots

                

Recommended ages 3–6
Created for our youngest and first-ever moviegoers, beloved by grown-ups as well.

Short Films One

Recommended ages 5–10
Shorts for the (slightly) more seasoned moviegoer.

Short Films Two

Recommended ages 8–14
Learning the ropes on the apricot farm. Getting everyone to pose for a picture. There are all sorts of ways to grow up in Short Films Two.

Short Films Three

Recommended ages 12+
Shorts for our older crowd: tweens, teens, and grown-ups.

Heebie Jeebies Shorts 

Recommended ages 9+
Wild, spooky, freaky, and bizarre…prepare to have your mind blown.

Girls' POV Shorts Film

Recommended ages 9+
Not just for girls! These shorts feature stories of girls breaking the mold.

Celebrating Black Stories

Recommended ages 8+ Ride a horse downtown, search for the lost refuge of freedom fighters, or take in an unexpected houseguest. In other words, celebrate the joy, resilience, and complexity of being young and Black. ¡Hola Cine! Recommended ages 8+ Celebrate the many Latinx cultures, histories, identities, and languages with family, growing pains, and plenty of music. Centerpiece: Native Stories Recommended ages 8+ Stories that blend the past, present, and future to take a look at the varied lives of young Native and Indigenous people as they live them today. Student Showcase Recommended ages 12+ Join us for a showcase highlighting a new generation of talented student filmmakers and animators from universities in NYC and around the world. VIEW COMPLETE LINEUP

PS 130M - Wishing Our PS 130M Families a Healthy and Restful Midwinter Break Next Week!

Dearest PS 130 Families,

We would like to wish everyone a peaceful and healthy Midwinter Recess next week, as schools will be schools will be closed from Monday, February 16th to Friday, February 20th, 2026.  We welcome everyone back on Monday, February 23rd.

We also want to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year this coming Tuesday, February 17th! For those who are celebrating, we hope that you are able to spend this joyful time with family and friends and reflect on the blessings of the past year.

We look forward to all the celebrations and festivities at our school and in our community these coming weeks!

Wishing peace, health, and prosperity to all in the Year of the Horse! The horse symbolizes strength, speed, freedom, and independence. The Fire Horse, appearing once every 60 years, is associated with passionate, bold, and transformative energy. 

Sincerely,

Ms. Thomas

 

Beena Thomas
Acting Principal
Public School 130 Manhattan
143 Baxter Street
New York, NY 10013
212.226.8072 ext. 5122/2090
PS 130 Hernando De Soto (Manhattan)

office@desoto130.org

Mini Horse at MOCA - Wed Feb 18

 

PS 130MPA - Bake Sale - Wednesday, February 11, 2026

 

PS 130MPA - General Meeting Minutes - January 8, 2026

                                              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

Email: ps130mpa@yahoo.com       Website: ps130pa.blogspot.com

__________________________________________________

Parents Association Board Members:           

Co-Presidents:  Joseph Li  & Kevin Cheng

Co-Vice-Presidents: Manya Ellenberg & Moe Kyaw

Co-Treasurers: Alice Chen & Angela Mui                                                              

Co-Secretaries: Amy Hu & Tammy Yin

Parents Association Events Coordinator: Lisa Wong

Parent Coordinator:  Ana Leung

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Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting January 8, 2026

Attendance: Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Michelle, Kevin Cheng, Manya Ellenberg, Alice Chen, Tammy Yin, Mr. Fong, Ms. Thomas, Carmen, Yuki, Ana and 6 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)

Meeting Commence: 8:45am

Joe – Good morning, our Co-president Kevin will talk.

Kevin – Hi everyone, I’m Kevin, the Co-president. The reason why I joined the PA, it started due to me growing up in the public school system. I wanted my kids to join private school in the 1st& 2nd year of their school life. Private schools are half the size of this school. I love this community, the school, and the PA as well. For Kindergarten, private school is expensive. Now that I have a second kid, I said let’s try public school. I did my research and found PS. 130M with the PA open blogspot which has all the enrichment programs and logs of information on events that happen in the school. The enrichment programs are comparable to the ones that are offered in private schools. Luckily, I found this school, and we love it so far, so here we are.

Mr. Fong – Give a hand to Kevin. This is my last PA meeting; I have been here since 1997. I will still be around to help behind the scenes. I wanted to share our District 2 community meeting which will take place at our school on January 30, 2026, which will also be my last day at PS. 130M. Principals at PS. 1, PS. 2, PS. 42, PS. 124, PS 126, MS. 131, PS. 150 will all be here for the meeting. Everyone in the community has been invited, we hope all of you can come. There will be some refreshments. The chancellor wants to hear from the parents. We used to have 1000 students and now we have 500 students; the community has changed. If you would like to attend the D2 community meeting, please RSVP so we have some sort of head count. Thank you, my door is always open and Ms. Thomas.

Kevin – I’m going to hang on to your model Mr. Fong; “to lead is to serve”. Thank you. I will follow that model. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him.

Agenda –
Reading and approval of minutes and Treasury reports, upcoming events. Parents’ Association opening & Review.

Here are last month’s meeting minutes to be reviewed and approved. They will be posted on the PA Blog site.

1. These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in December, 11 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record. Thank you!

2. This is the treasury report for review and approval; 10 people approved the treasury report. The Treasury report is placed on record. Thank you!

These are the ongoing fundraising throughout the school year.

Kevin – I have a preview of the holiday show, I hope everyone came to see it, if you didn’t this would be a great time purchase the USB for the holiday show that just passed. Moe, a PA member, and her husband worked very hard to provide a new way to record our holiday shows. If you’re interested, you may purchase the newly recorded USB from Lisa in the PA room. You could buy a few of them and pass them out to family and friends.

We are currently at 40% of our goal amount, let’s try to reach our goal and beyond. This all helps with all our enrichment programs.

1. PA Fundraising for 2025-2026

    -  Bake Sale

    -  Candy Sale

    -  Annual Ask

    -  Photo day

    -  Scholastic Book Fair

    -  Spirit Clothes

    -  Holiday show

    -  Benefit Gala

    -  Mother’s Day

    -  Handmade Bead Sale

    -  Readathon

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.

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, if you have any unopen items, you don’t want or need, bring them in; you can even donate a car.

Joe – we recently did a popcorn fundraiser, how many of you bought and how did you like it?

Yuki – how did we do? Regarding sales.

Amy – not sure how well we did but my daughter loved the popcorn with chocolate drizzle on it.

Lisa – we get 50% profit. 

Kevin – any questions? 

Joe – any ideas?

2. The PA Funds these Programs and more

Here are all the costs of the arts programs the PA funds, as you see all the art programs are not cheap. All our fundraising efforts go back to the school and our students.

    Our Art Programs
        -  NDI – 1st grade & 4th grade - $15,325

        -  Inside Broadway – Pre-k / K/ 2nd Grade - $13,440

        -  Third Street Music School – Violin (3rd grade & Advance) - $10,050

        -  Ballroom Dancing - $9,520

        -  School Chorus – Voices of 130 - $0

        -  Spirit of PS 130 – Fife & Drum - $8,800

        -  Young People Chorus (YPC) - $9,900

        -  PS 130 Lion Dance - $4,275

        -  Rosie’s Theater Kids - $15,000

    The PA also pays for some of the school supplies & special events such as:

        -  Air conditioners and repairs - $11,000

        -  Office copier, toners, computers, and supplies - $12,000

        -  Student appreciation events (we currently have 520 students)- $18,000

Kevin – At my first meeting I was baffled about the cost the PA covers for the school. I thought the DOE covers the school supplies, ACs, and copiers. I guess this is just the way things are, more of a reason to fundraise harder to ensure our children get what they need to learn in a comfortable environment.

        Upcoming events – January 2026                                                                                       

             -  Bake Sale – Wednesday, 1/14/26

             -  PS 130M school tour – Friday, 1/16/26

             -  D2 Community Coffee & Conversation Event at PS 130M – Friday, 1/30/26 – 8:45am to 10:30am

             -  PA - General Meeting – Thursday, 2/5/26

             -  23rd Annual Benefit Banquet – Friday, 5/15/26

Joe - Here are all the fun pictures from the banquet. You can see we also have our local seniors who perform at our banquet. Over the holidays we went over to the senior center on Grand St. to have our Voices carolers sing to them.

Kevin – I was honored to be able to attend. I grew up in a traditional Asian family, and my family was working in the restaurant, so we didn’t really celebrate the holidays. It was touching and amazing to be included in this holiday cheer.

Please subscribe to our Instagram account. Http://www.instragram.PS130MPA

Kevin – I’m an older millennial and Lisa our matriarch our chief in command are new to IG (Instagram) but we would like to promote the school on it. We would share snippets of what the school has been doing. I think it’s a great way to showcase the school in an amazing way.

Any more questions? Thank you for coming.

You can always come by the PA room 101 to chat with us, come to with any ideas, suggestions, or issues; our door is always open. You can also reach us by emailing us at PS.130pa@yahoo.com or by phone – 212-226-8072 ext. 101 or reach Lisa at 917-821-7056 or visit our blog site at http://ps130pa.blogspot.com/ & Instagram Http://www.instragram.PS130MPA for more information.

Closing time – 9:15am