PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Minutes to PS
130M General Meeting
May 5, 2022
Attendance: Mr. Renny Fong, Damian
Driver, Kathy Leung, Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Gloria Tsang, Yanna Xu, Amy Hu,
Sally Chu, and 9 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:50am
Translator: Ms. Nicklas
a. Welcomes everyone and introduces
the executive board members
b. Reminds everyone that we all volunteer
our time and work to support and carry out administration goals with
fundraising, meetings, and time. Our job is to carry out the visions of the
administration.
2. Damian – reviews upcoming
event dates for May
a. Bake Sale – Wednesday – May 4,
2022
b. Mother’s Day sale – Friday –
May 6, 2022
c. Family day/ Health fair – Saturday
– May 7, 2022 (Rain or shine) our first one in two years; since Covid- 19.
d. Book Fair – Monday to Friday
– May 9 to May 13, 2022 (spring book sale special – Buy 1 book get 1 book free
of less or equal price.)
e. NDI Finale – 4th
graders – Tuesday - May 17, 2022, at 6:30pm – in person
f.
NDI
Finale – 1st graders – Wednesday – May 18, 2022, at 9am – in person,
1 parent per child due to the increase in Covid -19 cases.
g. P.S. 130 Benefit Banquet –
Friday – May 20, 2022 (our first time in two years since Covid – 19.)
h. Rosie’s Theater Kids Finale –
Thursday – May 26, 2022, at 9am – in person
i.
Memorial
Day – No School – Monday May 30, 2022.
j.
REMINDER
– all in-person events, parents must show actual vaccination cards, or the
excelsior app. Pictures of your vaccination cards are not acceptable.
3. Review April 7, 2022, Minutes
– Does not need to be voted in. Approved
and placed on record. Any questions? No. ok.
4. Review of April 7, 2022,
Treasury Report – approved and placed on record. Also posted on PA Blog. Any
questions? No, ok.
5. Reminder that May 20, 2022,
is our annual school benefit banquet – $2 - Raffle tickets for the banquet are
being sold by Lisa & Yvonne in the morning. Gifts are Gifts cards and an iPad
so far. All proceeds help benefit the students with the many Arts programs P.S.
130 offers, such as Inside Broadway, Rosie Theater Kids, NDI, Violin, and so
much more.
b. Making tax – deductible cash
donations to our website on our PA. Blog (site listed below in section c.) or
you can bring the cash or checks directly to the PA.
6. Ongoing fundraisers
a. PA Blog: http://ps130pa.blogspot.com/
b. PA PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1380464
c. Donors Choose: http://www.donorschoose.org/school/ps-130-hernando-desoto/52?teachers=true
7. June 3, 2022 – Friday, will
be our last general meeting of the school year. There will be a notice going
out 10 days before the meeting the voting of the board for the 2022 -2023
school year.
a. Available positions for June
2022 – President & Co- President
Treasurer & Co- Treasurer
Secretary & Co – Secretary
b. When school starts Vice
President & Co- Vice President positions will be nominated in September.
c. A reminder – signing up for
the board requires a lot of commitment and time. We do not get paid, we are
volunteers. We volunteer easily 10 to 15 hours a week and much more during
holidays and peak fundraising events. All Board members must be able to learn
and be in compliance of A-660 and we are
here to support the visions of the administration for the school.
8. Principal’s Remarks
a. Mr. R. Fong – Thanks Damian
and Ms. Niklas for translating and the PA for their support. Let’s give a hand
to all the board members does for our school. My son does not attend PS. 130
but I have not seen so much volunteerism in any school PA. Thanks to Lisa,
Yvonne, and the board and their countless hours.
b. This week is teacher
appreciation week. I’m so lucky to work here because I wake up and I just think
I’m so lucky to have such great teachers, parents, and kids.
c. If I can make it through
summer rising this year it will be my 25th year here, I’ve been here
since 1997.
d. Summer rising – sorry we have
no control over this, they gave us 300 seats this year and within 20 minutes
all the spots were filled. P.S. 130 was open to all the schools. Everyone wants
to come here. Thank you for making its such a good school. The 300 seats are
filled by some P.S. 130 students, and some are all over, even some from Staten
Island.
i. There
were only 8 schools in District 2 and only 2 schools in Chinatown that are open
for Summer Rising. P.S. 2 had 500n seats and even those filled up fast. They
had more seats due to them working with more CBO programs such as YMCA, CPC,
etc… Getting a seat for summer rising felt like trying to get tickets for a
concert.
e. Thank you everyone for
supporting our Benefits for the Arts, it brings so much joy & social
development.
i. Today
I’m dressed up because at 11am ABC will be here to interview me for “Dance 2
Unite”. They will be filming in our auditorium. Dance 2 Unite used to be an
afterschool program but this year we have it for all the 3rd
graders. We partnered with them for social development along with dance. ABC is
following Dance 2 Unite because they are talking about bullying amongst other
things in life.
ii. Before
you leave you can see the 3rd grade classes in the auditorium.
f.
Thanks
to parent’s support and suggestions on Impact Coach Network (ICN)They had a big
competition and won the Manhattan cup for P.S. 130. It’s the first time for us
and they will be bringing it in tomorrow; its like the Stanely Cup. Thanks to
Sally and other parents for bringing chess back. My goal is to bring it to
everyone. A 2nd grader competed in Chicago in the Nationals and won
3rd place – Go Dragon of P.S. 130.
g. NDI & Ms. Bradford was
invited to perform for the Chancellor & Mayor for AAPI Month.
h. More in person events to come
to see how hard our kids are working. We
have NDI with the 1st graders on 5/18. Due to covid numbers going up
again, only 1 parent would be allowed. NDI 4th graders is a
fundraisers event on 5/17 at 6:30pm.
i.
There
was an event for APEX for Youth – a mentor program, they were able to raise 1
million dollars in 20 minutes. That’s the convenience of PayPal and links to
show how much people are willing to show their support for the students and its
really about networking and who you know. At this Apex Gala I ran into one of
our old students, Carmen Li, she’s a mentee. She was presenting an award to
Aileen Goo, the Olympian that was born and raised in American but represented
China. This all starts from programs and the Arts from P.S. 130. Aileen is only
18 years old, and she bought her mom and dad and por por (grandma) to the
event. It was touching to bring her family support and showing appreciation to
her parents.
j.
At
home Covid Testing kits – we just got 2000 more kits, the kids will get 4 test
kits to use as needed.
k. Thank you everyone for your
open communication; the last 2 years have been difficult, but we are navigating
it together.
l.
Tomorrow
is our Mother’s Day sale. Lots events coming up and to get ready for this
month.
m. The health fair is this
Saturday, if it rains it will be held indoors in the playroom with all the
windows and doors open. We had to open a permit to close Hester Street that’s
why we cannot change the date.
n. Thank you, Ms. Nicklas and
everyone.
Closing time: 9:39am
Next General Meeting: Friday, June 3, 2022, at 8:45am
