Tuesday, May 21, 2024

PS 130MPA - General Meeting Wednesday, June 5, 2024

 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, June 5, 2024 at 8:45AM . The topics to be discussed are:

o Principal welcoming

o Reading and Approval of Minutes

o PA Financials: May Treasurer’s Report

o Special Expedited Elections for 2024 2025 PA Board, SLT, and Title 1 PAC Chairperson

o Voting on budget for 2024 2025 PA budget & Fundraisers

o Upcoming events:

     - Thursday, June 6 Chancellor’s Day No School
     - Friday, June 7 Clerical Day No School
     - Wednesday, June 12 Bake Sale
     - Friday, June 14 Talent Show at 6:30 PM
     - Monday, June 17 Eid al Adha No School
     - Tuesday, June 18 Pre K graduation ceremony
     - Wednesday , June 19 Juneteenth No School
     - Thursday, June 20 5 th grade graduation ceremony
     - Tuesday, June 2 5 Kindergarten graduation ceremony
     - Wednesday, June 26 Last day of school

o Principal's remarks/announcements

o Any parent issues, questions or proposals

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.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

PS130MPA - Spring Book Fair Monday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 29

 

                                                        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:

Our Scholastic Buy 1, Get 1 FREE* Book Fair will connect your kids to fun books and inspiring characters — helping them become lifelong readers while doubling their reading fun! Not only will your child be able to choose from a wonderful selection of titles before summer vacation starts, they'll also get one free book for every book they buy!

The Parents Association will be having a book fair on Monday, May 20 – Wednesday, May 29. Your child’s teacher will inform the class about the date and time in which they will go down to the book fair. Please note that we need to charge sales tax on all book sales. Please account for this extra amount when you send money in with your child, at least $12.00.

If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Online Book Fair*. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Your online orders will also benefit our school. Online purchases are not eligible for Buy One, Get One Free pricing. 

Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and online shopping:

https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ps130m




Wednesday, May 8, 2024

PS 130MPA - General Meeting Minutes - Thursday, April 4, 2024

                                                                   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: Karen Ma & Joseph Li  
Vice-President: Ana Fung
Co-Treasurers: Gloria Tsang & Alice Chen                                                               
Co-Secretaries: Amy Hu & Lily Wai-Lee

Parents Association Events Coordinator: Lisa Wong
Parent Coordinator:  Diane Chong
Parents Association Email:                      ps130mpa@yahoo.com
Parents Association Website:                 http://ps130pa.blogspot.com 

Minutes to PS 130M General Meeting April 4, 2024

Attendance: Mr. Fong, Lisa Wong, Yvonne Moy, Amy Hu, Joseph Li, Lily Wai Lee, Ana Fung, Gloria Tsang, Jennie, Angela Mui, 8 other participants (see sign in sheet, in person)

Meeting Commence: 8:46 am
Translator: no need for translation for today’s meeting

Joseph Li – Co-President

Joe – Good morning, welcome back to April’s general meeting. My name is Joe and I have a 5th and 3rd grader here. Do we need any translation today? No show of hands.

Principal remarks:

Mr. Fong – Good morning, I’m grateful to our families, yesterday we had our NDI finale for our 1st graders. They did a great job, and we want to thank everyone for their support for the Arts.

There is a multi-language workshop on the intrepid for immigrant families on Wednesday 4/17/24 which is the same day as our bake sale.

At our SLT meeting I mentioned that 50% of our 100 5th graders got into their first choice. Ms. Levanoni, with her experience gave our 5th grade families a jump start by having a townhall meeting to inform families to go on and add their students to the waitlist of the schools they did not get into because its time stamped. The notice for Chinese translations goes out the following week which is a disadvantage to our Asian families due to the time stamp. Very grateful for Ms. Levanoni to giving our families a even start.

Next week, there is no school on Wednesday 4/10/24 for Edi. Next week our 3rd and 4th graders will take their ELA state exams on 4/11/24 and 4/12/24. Our 5th graders will take them on 4/15/24 and 4/16/24 on the computers for the first time. Some schools will be taking it earlier but luckily, we were able to elect to take them separately.

May 4th is our Health Fair, thank you to the PA for all their support. Next year we will continue to have 2 G&T kindergarten classes. Families have started to register already.

Next Tuesday Channel 25 and the mayor will be coming to our school to shoot footage of our students and school as a backdrop for their videos.

Thank you and let us know if you need anything. Parents’ Association opening & Review.

Joe - Let’s get started for the April meeting.

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

Review of the minutes & Treasury reports from our last meeting in March 2023.

  1. These are the minutes for review and to be approved from our last meeting in March; 8 people approved the minutes; minutes are placed on record and will be posted on the PA blog site. Thank you!

  2. This is the treasury report for review and approval; 9 people approved the treasury report. Thank you!

  3. This is our fundraising meter. We are at 42%; as you can see, we still need a lot more fundraising help from everyone to help us meet our fundraising goal to support all our Art programs.

1. PA _Fundraising for 2023-2024
        - Bake Sale
        - Candy Sale
        - Annual Ask
        - Photo Day
        - Scholastic Book Fair
        - Spirit Clothes
        - Holiday Show
        - Benefit Gala
        - Mother's Day
        - Handmade Bead Sale

We need new raffle prizes for the banquet so if there is anything you can donate, it would be appreciated, even gift cards or gift certificates.  Thank you.

Tickets for the banquet are on sale, come by to purchase tickets because they are going fast and space is limited.

All fundraising money goes to our kids and the art programs.

2. Upcoming events – April 2024.
            -  NDI – 1st graders finale – Wednesday, April 3
            -  NYS ELA test (3rd, 4th, and 5th graders – April 11 to April 16.
            -  Third street Music school – 3rd grade violin finale – Tuesday April16
            -  Bake Sale – Wednesday, April 17
            -  Inside Broadway – 2nd grade finale – Thursday, April 18
  • May 17, 2024, is our annual banquet, deadline to RSVP for the banquet and Journal ads for the banquet is Thursday, April 18.

3. The PA Funds these Programs and more
    Our Art Programs & est. costs (last year)
            -  NDI – 1st grade & 4th grade - $17,500.
            -  Inside Broadway – Pre-k to 2nd Grade -$18,480
            -  Third Street Music School – Violin (beginners & Advance) - $10,880
            -  Ballroom Dancing - $9,520
            -  School Chorus – Voices of 130
            -  Spirit of PS 130 – Fife & Drum - $8,400
            -  Young People Chorus (YPC) – $8,650
            -  PS. 130 Lion Dance - $3,900
            -  Rosie’s Theater Kids - $8,650
            -  Dance to Unite - $7500 

The PA also pays for some of the school supplies such as:
            -  Air conditioners and repairs - $11,000
            -  Office copier, toners, computers, and supplies - $12,00
            -  Student appreciation events - $12,000 (we currently have 580 students)

            Each grade gets to participate in a different art program.

            Upcoming PA board nominations and elections are coming up. Job descriptions & positions will be posted on our IG & opperoo.

            Anyone want to come and help me out?

            Lily – explaining our IG. It’s not an official school IG, it’s a PA IG informational page.

            Jennie – wants to know if it’s a private or public page.

            Lily – Some PA IGs is private, and some aren’t. We are using it as another tool of communication and it’s mostly informational.

            Parent – what’s good about the IG page is that we can see who’s following our IG page.

            Angela – we can see what other schools are doing and it’s actually a great way for parents to see what’s happening in the school. It can be a great way to promote community base events and the school because I did look up schools through social media when choosing a school. It’s great especially for the newer generation to see the activity in the school.

            Lily – everything is a work in progress, we will discuss further on how to use the IG page. We would most likely only post pictures of events and back or side profiles of our kids performing during our many art programs. So far, the general idea of the IG page is for sharing information, promotion, and to generate more traffic towards our school and its fundraising events and efforts.

            Any questions?

             You can stop by the PA anytime you have an idea or any questions or concerns.

             Thank you, we will see you all at next month’s meeting.

Closing time – 9:08am – next general meeting will be May 2, 2024. 

 

 


PS 130MPA - General Meeting Presentation - Thursday, May 2, 2024


 



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Thursday, May 2, 2024

PS130M Family/Wellness Day - Saturday, May 4, 2024

 

The Parents Association of PS 130M presents:

Wellness and Family Day

Saturday May 4, 2024, 11am – 3pm

PS 130M - The DeSoto School
(Hester Street between Mulberry and Baxter Streets) 

Activities for Children - “Bounce House” for young children, Arts and Crafts, Face/Hand Painting, Raffle and Prizes, Free Balloons, Literacy, Physical Education, Lion Dance

Big Brothers Big Sisters USA 
CaringKind, The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving – CaringKind 
 Charles B.Wang Health Center 
Fidelis Care 
Flushing Bank -
HealthNeed Medical Urgent Care  
IC Learning Center -
Dr. Mimi Lai, DDS
Manhattan Bridge Orthodontics
Martial Arts Family Studio 
Metroplus Health Plan 
New York Chinese School 
NYC SNAP 
NYC Poison Control Center 
NYP Lower Manhattan Presbyterian Hospital 
NYU Dental
Read Ahead -
Rotary Club of Chinatown -
Sons of American Legion Squadron 1291
 TES Learning Center
UA3 
VNS Health – Chinatown NNORC