PS 130M - PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting December 1, 2022
Attendance: Mr. Renny Fong, Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Gloria Tsang, Yanna Xu, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Karen Ma, Alice Chen, and 20 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)
Meeting Commence: 8:50am Translator: Ms. Karen Ma
1. Parents’ Association opening & Review a. Joseph Li – Co-Presidents
Good morning, thank you for coming out on this cold day. Welcome back to our general meeting for December.
i. Here we have the minutes from our November general meeting for review and to be approved. It will be posted on the PA blog since once its approved. 3 people approved the minutes, minutes are placed on record on the PA blog site.
Karen – asks if there are any questions? No.
ii. Here we have our financial treasury report from our December general meeting for review and approval. 3 people approved the treasury report, the treasury report will be posted on the PA blog site.
Karen – asks if there are any objections? No.
2. PA _Fundraising for 2022-2023
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- Bake Sale
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- Candy Sale
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- Annual Ask
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- Photo day
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- Scholastic Book Fair
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- Spirit Clothes
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- Holiday show
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- Benefit Gala
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- Mother’s Day
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- Handmade Bead Sale
The banquet is one of our biggest fundraisers, please save the date 5/19/23. The annual banquet is our main donations, and we need your support with Ads sales and raffle donations. If you have any questions, please come into the PA office, and ask.
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Parent question – What is the annual ask? The annual ask is the letter that went out at the beginning of the school year.
Parent follow-up question – is the annual ask tax deductible? Yes, the donation is tax deductible.Any questions, please stop by the PA office and contact Lisa & Yvonne.
Parent follow-up question – is the annual ask tax deductible? Yes, the donation is tax deductible.
Any questions, please stop by the PA office and contact Lisa & Yvonne.
Upcoming events –
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- Bake sale – Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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- Holiday Caroling by Voices of 130 - Tuesday, December 13 & Wednesday,
December 14, 2022 – 8am to 8:20am on Hester Street
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- 5th grade Ballroom promenade – Friday December 16, 2022
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- Holiday show – Wednesday December 21, 2022
Joe – come support the voices of 130, come stop by and keep them warm.
Parent – the holiday show, is it for all the classes?
Karen – The teachers will let you know if their class is a part of the holiday show.
Joe – Bring in old, new, 10 years old gifts for donations. LOL parents who know restaurants; ask for gift certificates or gift cards. Lisa Wong will be selling raffles and if you have any questions please ask Lisa. A letter will going out soon. -
- The Annual Banquet is on 5/19/22
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4. More ways to support the PA.
- Corporate matching programs
- Support our numerous fundraisers such as bake sales and seasonal sales
- AmazonSmile – Go to Settings ->AmazonSmiles->Choose”Ps 130-M Parents Association on app.
5. PA contact information
- Email - PS130mpa@yahoo.com
- PA room – 212-226-8072
- Blog site – http://ps130pa.blogspot.com
Thank you this concludes our meeting. Happy Holidays!
We now welcome Mr. Fong, our principal.
6. Principal’s remarks
a. Mr. Renny Fong – Thank you to the PA.
Every 5th grader has Rosie theater kids’ program. It was started by Rosie O’Donnell, so that every 5th grader can experience Broadway’s song & dance. Last week I went to a special show, there is a documentary on paramount + and I got to see our alumni on the documentary with actor B.D. Wong. B.D. Wong is a board member of RDK, he known for being on a lot of shows but mostly for Law & Order.
Mr. Fong shows us a slide of who is on the advisory board, points out Zi Ying Cao. Ms. Cao is an analyst for BNP Paribas CIB, she is an alumni of RTK. She got a scholarship through RDK all the way through high school. She lives in Essex area and now an investment banker. She was the first kid who got over $100,000 for college scholarship. This is the power of arts; some kids didn’t know they can shine like this and know she is a board member.
There is a performer that is still in RTK that attends Lower East Side prep high school, he is trying to get more Asian kids into the program.
AAPI – an alumni came back from Pepsi Cola to bring in Artwork with our second graders.
DOE – is going to have Asian American Islander Pacific curriculum. One class is going to polit this program. The Chancellor may come to our school to listen to Voices of 130. The Arts shows you how much it can do for the kids. Thank you for all supporting it.
Last time I was in a conference, and they introduced the book “Mircale Morning”. I gave as copy to the staff so that they can read it and share it. Since reading this book I have been waking up earlier than his family, where its still dark and I have been doing my peloton app for 20 minutes. I’ve been doing this to better myself, his family, his school, and his students. Please take care of yourself.
Covid is still here, my son got it in the summer then my wife and other son got it 10 days before Thanksgiving; luckily, they were still able to enjoy Thanksgiving. So please take care of yourself, this weather doesn’t help either.
Thank you and congratulations to the 5th graders for applying for Middle school. The deadline was supposed to be today.
Parent – said the deadline has been extended to the 5th.
Thank you, Ms. Levanoni and the PA for helping in this process.Elementary school & G&T is upon us, it used to be 2 separate applications but now its on the same application. You can apply for both G&T and regular and rank your schools. Last time you only get excepted to 1 program for the school. In the past it was unfair to be pulled out from 1 school to another or another class, so they put it on 1 application. This just came out yesterday. Thanks to parents like Jenny for e-mailing me last night & our secretary Ms. Ellis just notified us as well.
Closing time – 9:20am – next general meeting is Thursday 1/5/23
