June 2006 – 10/2

JUNE DATES TO REMEMBER:

June 8: Brooklyn Day – NO SCHOOL

June 9: Spring Reading Workshop – Grade K-2 Parents at 8:45 in the library!

June 10: Relay for Life at Ft. Hamilton HS Track – come out and support the PS 102 team! 3pm-10pm.

June 12: Clerical ½ day – 11:30 dismissal

June 12: CEC Meeting – PS 200, 1940 Benson

Ave.,7:00 p.m. in the auditorium.
June 18: ♥♥♥ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY ♥♥♥
June 28: Last Day of School! – 11:30 dismissal

Please see the June PTA Calendar or your child’s teacher for grade-specific year-end events, and the DOE website: www.nycenet.edu for a 2006/2007 school year calendar.

Have fun this summer, but please don’t forget that your children should keep their brains working to avoid “summer slide.” You will receive a letter home soon with instructions on accessing Everyday Math games on your computer, and you will also get summer reading lists from your child’s teacher. I’d also like to suggest:

Ø http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices.html from the International Reading Association

Ø http://www.ala.org/ala/librariesandyou/recomreading/recomreading.htm

Ø http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org from our own Brooklyn Public Library. Brochures for the Summer Reading Program are available at the Bay Ridge Branch and in the lobby. A summer reading program for adults is also new this year!

Volunteer of the Month

Stefania Sirota was honored this May at the annual Volunteer Breakfast, as the first recipient of the Christine Alfaro Learning Leader of the Year Award, established in memory of Ms. Alfaro – a wonderful teacher and strong supporter of parent volunteers. Stefania is the proud mom of Sean, a graduating 5^th grader, and Isabella, who is finishing first grade this year. She is a very energetic, insightful and capable woman who is renovating her new home, pursuing a degree in teaching from Bank Street College and giving three mornings a week as a Learning Leader tutor to a group of PS 102’s fifth grade students. After starting in September with a student she tutored last year, she wanted to do more and working with teachers, formed a group of 4 ELL students – meeting three times a week to learn English and then prepare for the State Math tests. Her students have formed a close bond with her and have been made remarkable progress. As a second project with Learning Leaders, Stefania volunteered as one of three volunteers to pilot a new program the Mighty Readers Book Club – a group of 12 students who have been meeting once a week over lunch this spring to discuss short multicultural stories. Stefania also ran the PTA Used Book Drive in December, has helped out at events, with Vision Screening and she painted the beautiful welcome banner for the Grandparents’ Day Event on May 2^nd. Stefania is always willing to help and share her time and talents with our students. If you meet this lovely, generous parent volunteer – please give her a great big

THANK YOU!

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JUNE QUOTE:

“If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”

--Rachel Carson

FATHER’S DAY LINKS:

http://www.holidays.net/father/index.htm

http://hometown.aol.com/funology1/fathers.htm

Please see the school website for more articles in

English and Spanish from Parents make the difference! www.schools.nycenet.edu/region7/ps102/parentarticles

Our subscription runs from September-May, but back articles and Summer Activity Calendars for June, July and August can be linked to from this site.

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þ PS 102 IS RECYCLING þ

USED PRINTER CARTRIDGES & CELL PHONES This is a fundraiser for the school and benefits our environment – please don’t throw these items away – save them and bring in to PS 102 – a collection box is in the main office. THANKS!!!!

Thanks…

To the PTA for a successful plant sale – the plants were so lovely this year!

To Ms. Mealing, Ms. Syrdahl and Ms. Famoso and all the talented writers, stars, crew and musicians who created and performed in this year’s original opera “Lost and Found”. WOW!

To Ms. Stanton for arranging for the Midori and Friend Cinco de Mayo concert – over 120 people attended!

To Ms. Janice Geary, Ms. Carnie Haberman, Diane Castignani of IS 259, Ida Tam and Donna Borgia of IS 30, Carla Palumbo of IS 187, Margo Kelley of IS 201, and Cynthia McMahon of PS/IS 104 and our own Ms. Fasanelle and Mr. Spata for presenting at the Fifth Grade Articulation meeting on May 3^rd.

To Anna Hom for arranging the Dynamite Youth Community’s Drug Awareness program for fifth graders and the parent workshop!

TO THE GRANDPARENTS’ DAY COMMITTEE!

CONGRATULATIONS -

To the Class of 2006!!!!!!!!

I have had a great time getting to know many of you and I look forward to seeing you enjoy all the activities planned this month by your teachers, the G.O., Ms. Famoso and The PTA. I wish each of you the best of luck in middle school and know you will do well. I would also like to thank and congratulate all of our 5^th grade parents, teachers, Ms. Fasanelle and Mrs. Dovi for preparing our graduates to move on. A special thanks to our “graduating” 5^th grade parent volunteers – I hope you will continue to stay involved as your children grow. You have helped make PS 102 a great school for all of our children in so many ways – large and small – and your support will be greatly missed.

Samia Amino Amina Asad Brenda Estrella-Jones Joanne Farley Debra Gaygusuz Ana Guzman Fatiha Karb Elizabeth Maldonado

Ramon Maldonado Marilee Pettet

Ivonne Rojas-Dominguez Ingrid Roman

Maureen Sherry

Please have a great summer and feel free to contact me if you have questions or suggestions for next year! ---Margaret Sheri, Parent Coordinator