Please click on the link for all updates to the Calendar for the month.
Please refer to the calendar above for the special events and important dates this occurring month at PS/IS 48.
Please send in your donatins for our 2025 Bread of Life Food Drive:
FoOd Items Needed for Our School By April 11, 2025
• Pasta : PRe K & Kindergarten
• Rice: 1st & 2nd Grade
• Peanut Butter: 3rd Grade
• cereal: 4th Grade
• Canned soups: 5th Grade
• Canned vegetables: 6th Grade
• Canned fruits: 7th & 8th Grade
If you haven't already, please take a moment to complete the 2025 NYC School Survey.
To date only 350 P.S./I.S. 48 families have completed the school survey.
Let's get those numbers up!
The easiest and fastest way to complete the survey is to Visit Here!
We appreciate your participation and partnership.
Trip Date: May 15, 2025
Trip Cost: $35.00
Trip Attire: T-shirt, shorts & Sneakers Only
Destination: Nansen's Lodge
Departure Time: 9:00 am
Return Time: Approximately 1:00pm
This trip includes Breakfast, Lunch and Ice cream.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As we continue to ensure the safety of all our students, we kindly remind you of the following important safety protocols.
1. School Bus Safety: In the mornings, please be mindful of the buses that pull up along PS 9. When bus stop signs are visible, it is important that all drivers come to a complete stop in all lanes of traffic. This is a crucial safety measure to ensure the safety of students who are boarding or disembarking from the buses. We ask all drivers to slow down in the areas around the school and be especially cautious during drop-off and dismissal times.
2. Safe Crossing Practices: Please remind your children of the importance of following crossing rules and using designated crosswalks when traveling to and from school. Pedestrian safety is a shared responsibility, and it’s essential that our students cross streets at appropriate locations and obey traffic signals.
3. Parking and Traffic Concerns: We also want to highlight the safety concerns related to double and triple parking, as well as blocking driveways or crosswalks. These actions create unsafe conditions for our students and other pedestrians. We ask all drivers to respect parking regulations and help ensure that traffic flows smoothly and safely around the school.
4. After-School Safety: As the weather becomes nicer, many students will be heading to the park after school. Middle school parents are especially urged to monitor their children’s whereabouts after school and ensure they are following safety rules while at the park. Remind your children to be aware of their surroundings and to always play responsibly.
Thank you for your continued cooperation in making our school and surrounding areas safer for everyone. Your attention to these safety measures is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Allison O'Donnell
Principal
Any middle school student that donates a food item to the food drive tomorrow, 4/10 and Friday 4/11 will receive PBIS points. Drop off your items to Mrs,. Corson in Room 321.
Thank you for supporting this important cause.
NOTRE DAME ACADEMY STATEN ISLAND
Spring in is the air! Please share the below 7th Grade Spring Open House information with your 7th grade students and their parents via all communication platforms. This is an excellent opportunity for your students to learn more about NDA!
Please contact Jessica Vulpis, High School Admissions Coordinator, with any admissions questions at jvulpis@notredameacademy.org
We look forward to meeting your students!
Sincerely,
Mrs. O'Brien
Principal
2025 BREAD OF LIFE FOOD DRIVE
FOOD ITEMS NEEDED FOR OUR SCHOOL
Please drop off in the lobby by April 11
Dear Families,
In the month of April, we will celebrate diversity. We will learn about world class fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. We will read an article from the National Women’s History Museum that honors the challenges and accomplishments that Ibtihaj Muhammad has experienced in her life.
Ibtihaj Muhammad is also a New York Times best selling author and many of our students have read her book, “The Proudest Blue”, so it is fitting to learn about her life. We are excited to begin this work with your child.
Thank you for your continued support and please reach out if you have any questions!
Dear Families,
We have some important news to share regarding the safety measures at our school. In line with our commitment to enhance security practices, all NYC Public Schools will have a Safer Access system installed during the 2023-25 school years. The Safer Access system is designed to strengthen our existing safety and security practices as part of the overall visitor protocols at our school.
What is Safer Access?
The primary objective of the Safer Access system is to ensure that all doors remain locked outside of the morning-entry and afternoon-dismissal periods. When school doors are locked, visitors wishing to gain access to the building will ring the intercom at the main entrance door (or ADA-accessibility entrance if applicable) and identify themselves before access is granted into the school building. Safer Access allows our dedicated staff assigned to the main desk (School Safety Agents and/or school staff) to be able to see and speak with visitors before granting them access inside. Please be assured that all visitors to our school will continue to be treated with courtesy, professionalism, and respect while awaiting entry into our building. In addition to enhancing safety, this system allows for easy access for first responders during an emergency.
We believe Safer Access will greatly contribute to maintaining a secure learning environment for our students and staff.
We look forward to the NYC Public Schools Safer Access system creating a safer environment for everyone. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your continued support in keeping our school community safe.
Warm regards,
Allison O’Donnell
Principal
PS/IS 48 is honored to have been recognized as a Kindness Certified School in 2025; Kindness Grows Here!
Principal: Ms. O'Donnell
Middle School AP: Ms. Corson
Elementary School AP: Ms. Iacoviello
Guidance Councilor & RFA Liaison: Ms. Reese
Parent Coordinator: Ms. Hionas
School Phone Number: (718) 447-8323
Fax: (718) 815-3956
Address: 1050 Targee Street, Staten Island, NY 10304
To contact individual staff members, please use the ParentSquare Staff Directory Page
Welcome to Middle School!
Please view the presentation from our
"Welcome to Middle School Transition- Family Workshop".
Communication
Parent/Guardian Communication will be using:
ParentSquare
Email Blast from our PTA
Operoo - an online system for communicating forms and information to our families. All documents will be sent out digitally through this system. Operoo will make it easy for you to receive forms and notices and keep your emergency cards up to date!
Contact Information:
Principal Allison O’Donnell
Assistant Principal IA PreK - 4 Ms. Iacoviello
Assistant Principal 5-8 Marilyn Corson
Parent Coordinator Maria Hionas
Guidance Counselor Christine Reese
Pupil Accounting Secretary Donna Cusick
Attendance Coordinator Diane Barone
My Student Account:
If you have not created an account on mystudent.nyc. Please contact Parent Coordinator, Maria Hionas for the creation code. On this site you can view attendance, grades, and more. This is where you will see your child’s report card in November.
Student Email Addresses:
All students will receive a NYC DOE email address this year
Important Student Information
Official School Hours - 8:00am-2:00pm
We are working to make this website easier to access for people with disabilities, and will follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. If you need assistance with a particular page or document on our current site, please contact us by phone (718) 447-8323, email or mail at PS/IS 48, 1050 Targee Street, Staten Island, New York 10304 to request assistance.
