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• End of Clubs Dates

  Please note that the ending dates for NYCID After School Clubs (Fall 2018 Session) are as follows:

  • November 20 – Soccer Shots
  • November 28 – Chess Club and Literacy Club
  • December 4 – Bricks for Kidz and Fencing 
  • December 5 – Dance
  • December 7 – Art Club (4 to 6), Girl Scouts (5 to 6), and Cooking (K to 2) 
  • December 13 – Art Club (1 to 3), Martial Arts, and Girl Scouts (3 to 4)
  • December 14 – Crossfit

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• Reminders and Updates

  School Updates:

   

  • Following our members’ feedback/support to change our monthly meetings’ time from 7:30pm to 6:30pm, a motion was presented during our November 14^th meeting to amend the PTA bylaws accordingly. The final vote will be held during our December 12^th meeting at 6:30pm. Once passed, the new change will go into effect immediately. We hope that the earlier time will prove more convenient for our students of month and will encourage more members to attend.

  • During our November 14^th PTA meeting, the Nominating Committee held an expedited election to fill the position of Recording Secretary on the PTA Executive Board and nominations were taken directly from the floor... Following the election, we are happy to announce that our new PTA Recording Secretary is Mrs. Jennifer DeCicco, the newest member of the PTA Executive Board.

  • Our school’s Food Drive ends November 16^th. The school is collecting non-perishable food items and toiletries to benefit Project Hospitality, an interfaith effort sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, and caring for people with HIV/AIDS. Please consider giving a helping hand to those in need this Winter. Also, participating students will receive one ROAR buck for every donated item.

  • Parents of Pre-K to 5 grades students: the school will celebrate Open School Week on November 19^th and 20^th. Parents are invited to their child’s classroom to see the educational process for themselves. See attached scheduled for when you can visit your child’s classroom. Keep in mind that all parents/guardians must sign in at the security desk before proceeding to the classroom.

  • School will be closed for Thanksgiving Recess on November 22^nd and November 23^rd. Classes will resume on November 26^th. We wish all our PS/IS 48 families a Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Our Holiday Fair has been moved up to December 5^th and 6^th to allow students of all faiths the chance to shop for family and friends before the holidays. Flyers for the event will be sent home shortly. In the meantime, the PTA is in need of volunteers to work the event, as well as help organizing items in the days leading up to the fair. Anyone available/willing to help, please email the PTA at ps48pta@ps48r.org with your contact information and time/date you are available.

  • If you haven’t done so already, please submit your Lunch Form by December 29^th. All NYC public school students receive FREE breakfast and lunch now. In order to make the program a success, the DOE requires that ALL PARENTS, regardless of income, complete a Schools Meal Form so that schools can get access to federal funding for this program and others. You can submit the form online, or ask the Main Office for a hardcopy.

   

   

  General Information:

   

  • Fall Leaf Collection will be held on November 17^th and December 1^st. Staten Island residents can place their leaves in paper lawn and leaf bags or open, unlined containers for collections, then set them out at the curb by 4pm. The DSNY will start collecting the leaves the next day. Click here for more information and to find stores that sell lawn and leaf bags.

  • Guggenheim Family Open House will be held on November 18^th, at 1pm to 4pm. This FREE event is open to all families from Learning Through Arts Schools. For more information, see attached flyer, call 212-423-3561, or email learningthroughart@guggenheim.org.

  • November 24^th, at 11:30am, the Greenbelt Nature Center is hosting Con Edison Family Science Saturday for young science fans (ages 5–7). This FREE program connects families with younger children to the wonders of hands-on science. To complete each experiment, participants must work within their family unit, with parents/guardians assisting and guiding their children. November’s theme is “Sounds of Science”: Quiet or loud, deep or high-pitched. There are all types of sounds around us. Let’s make some noise as we see, hear, and feel vibrations! To register, call 718-351-3450 or email naturecenter@sigreenbelt.org.

  • November 28^th, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and TYSA (Tackling Youth Substance Abuse) will sponsor a drug awareness workshop at Petrides High School, 715 Ocean Terrace, Building B, Room 102/104. The workshop will be held at 6:30pm to 8pm and will be a good resource for parents of students in grades 6–8. To RSVP, please call 718-987-0197.

  • NYC Winter Lantern Festival will be held November 28^th to January 6^th at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Seven acres will be lit up by 40 LED installations that stretch up to 30 feet tall. The LED lanterns will be accompanied by live performances of traditional Chinese dances and art, as well as a variety of vendors. Click here to purchase tickets.

  • Notify NYC is a dedicated emergency notification office which constantly monitors emergency activity in New York City and the metropolitan area. Notify NYC is just one way the City of New York communicates urgent information to city residents. Click here to sign-up to Notify NYC.

   

   

  Important dates to keep in mind…

  • Nov. 16: Career Day – Dress as your favorite career and earn 5 ROAR bucks (spirit days)
  • Nov. 16: Project Hospitality’s Food Drive ends
  • Nov. 19–20: Open School Week for Pre-K to 5 grades (various times, see attached schedule)
  • Nov. 21: Country Day – Wear your favorite flannel/boots and earn 5 ROAR bucks (spirit days)
  • Nov. 22–23: School closed – Thanksgiving Recess
  • Nov. 30: November's Family Fun Night has been CANCELLED

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• AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CANCELLED ON 11/16

  Notification issued 11-16-2018 at 10:30 AM. The New York City Department of Education announces afterschool programs will be cancelled today, 11/16. Field trips using yellow bus service will be cancelled. PSAL games will be cancelled and are being rescheduled. Public Hearings will be cancelled and are being rescheduled.

  For more information, please visit NYC.gov/schools or NYC.gov/311.

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• Parent - Teacher Conferences

  Reminder that tomorrow, Thursday November 15^th, is early dismissal for ALL students at 11:20am. All after school clubs and activities are cancelled to accommodate Parent Teacher Conferences. 

  Parent Teacher Conferences will be held over two sessions: afternoon session from 12:20pm to 2:20pm; and evening session from 5pm to 8pm.

  Lost and Found clothing items will be available in the Main Lobby. If your child lost any item, please stop by and see if you can find it there.

  Also, we want to remind parents that Lunch Forms are due by December 29^th, either online or ask the main office for a hardcopy. Lunch forms need to be submitted regardless of income and the school is aiming for 100% participation.

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• Updates and Reminders for November

  School Updates:

  • Another successful Fall Festival is in the books! Thank you to everyone who came to support our school, those who volunteered their time to help out, and for all the generous donations. A special thank you to our Fall Festival Coordinator Kerin Hilton, as well Kim Spagnuolo, for their amazing efforts. We hope everyone had a great time!

  • Congratulations to our 5^th grade student, Maksim K, top seller at our World’s Finest Chocolate Bars Fundraiser and winner of the X-Box One! And thank you to everyone who participated; your support was greatly appreciated.

  • Fall Picture Day is November 8^th for Pre-K to 4^th grades and November 9^th for 5^th to 7^th grades. You can send payment with your child (checks payable to Lifetouch) on their Picture Day, or shop online for more looks and digital products. Our school’s Picture Day ID is: AL208218Q0.

  • The Fall Book Fair will be held on November 13^th and 14^th during school hours, as well as on November 14^th evening following our PTA monthly meeting. Please keep in mind that NYS taxes will be added to everything sold at the Fair.

  • The feedback we received from our members shows an overwhelming support to changing the PTA monthly meetings’ time to 6:30pm, instead of the current time of 7:30pm. Therefore, our PTA monthly meetings will be moved up one hour to 6:30pm on November 14^th. During the meeting, a final vote will be held to amend the PTA bylaws and make the change permanent. We hope to see you all at the meeting for this important vote.

  • The PTA’s current Recording Secretary has elected to step down and the position could not be filled by succession. Therefore, the Nominating Committee will hold an expedited election to fill the position of Recording Secretary on the PTA Executive Board during our November 14^th meeting at 6:30pm. As per PS/IS 48’s bylaws, any parent/legal guardian of a student currently attending PS/IS 48 is eligible to run (with the exception of school employees). Anyone who wishes to run MUST attend the November 14^th meeting, where nominations will be taken directly from the floor. If multiple candidates run for the position, written ballots will be used, tallied, and the results will be announced before the end of our meeting. The PTA encourages everyone to attend this important meeting, and anyone considering running for the position to review our PS/IS 48 PTA bylaws and Chancellor’s Regulation A-660 beforehand.

  • November 15^th will be a half-day; all students will be dismissed at 11:20am. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held over two sessions: the afternoon session from 12:20pm to 2:20pm and the evening session from 5pm to 8pm. Please note that there are no appointments for the Atlas Academy, and that Middle School teachers’ conferences are limited to 5 minutes. NYCID, SONYC, COMPASS, and all clubs will be cancelled that day. More information to follow soon.

   

  General Information:

  • Staten Island Fall Food Truck Festival at the Staten Island Mall will be held on November 3^rd and 4^th, from 1pm to 10pm, at 2655 Richmond Avenue. The price is $5 for an all-day admission per adult, kids 12 & under enter free. The event will include food trucks, inflatable rides for the kids, DJ & live entertainment, etc.

  • Daylight Saving Time ends on November 4^th. Don’t forget to set your clocks back 1 hour at 2am on Sunday, or before you go to bed on Saturday. This is also the perfect opportunity to change the batteries on      all your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

  • New York City Marathon will be held on Sunday, November 4^th. More than 50,000 runners are expected to take part in the world’s largest marathon; and road closures are scheduled for all five boroughs to accommodate participants from 125 countries to partake in the 26.2-mile course. There will be four wave starts for runners, preceded by starts for professional wheelchair athletes, handcycles, and some professional athletes. The first start time is at 8:30am, while the last wave goes off at 11am. With Staten Island serving as the starting line, expect closures on the VNB and the SIE for several hours on November 3^rd and November 4^th…  The VNB will be completely closed to all traffic on November 4^th, from 7am to 3pm. On November 3^rd, the VNB’s Upper Level will be closed in both directions at 11pm, and will remain closed until 3pm on November 4^th. Bay Street and Lily Pond Avenue exits of the SIE will be closed from 3am to approximately 3pm on November 4^th.

  • For students in Pre-K to 2^nd grades, the deadline to sign up for the Gifted and Talented Test is November 9^th, 2018. The test will be administered in January 2019.

  • Staten Island Tech HS will host the AIA Spaghetti–Marshmallow Building Contest on November 13^th at 6pm for 2^nd to 8^th grade students. Awards of $200, $100, & $75 gift cards will be awarded to the top three entries in each category with additional prizes being awarded for honorable mentions. Best in show prize award will be: Oculus Rift Touch Virtual Reality System and a $200 Gift card. In addition to the competition, the event will serve as a mini Open House for SITHS’s STEAM Programs.

   

  Important dates to keep in mind…

  • Nov. 4: Daylight Saving Time ends
  • Nov. 6: Election Day – Students not in attendance
  • Nov. 7: 3^rd grade Veterans Day Celebration, followed by Veterans Breakfast in the library
  • Nov. 8: Picture Day for Pre-K to 4^th grades
  • Nov. 9: Picture Day for 5^th to 7^th grades
  • Nov. 12: School closed – Veterans Day observed
  • Nov. 13–14: Fall Book Fair during school hours, and following PTA meeting on Nov. 14^th
  • Nov. 14: SLT meeting at 5pm, followed by PTA meeting (EXPEDITED ELECTIONS) at 6:30pm
  • Nov. 15: Early dismissal at 11:20am, followed by Parent-Teacher Conferences at 12:20–2:20pm & 5–8pm
  • Nov. 16: Career Day – Dress as your favorite career and earn 5 ROAR bucks (note date change from Nov. 9 due to Picture Day)

   

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• PTA Executive Board Opening

  The PTA’s current Recording Secretary has elected to step down and the position could not be filled by succession. Therefore, the Nominating Committee will hold an expedited election to fill the position of Recording Secretary on the PTA Executive Board during our November 14^th meeting at 6:30pm. As per PS/IS 48’s bylaws, any parent/legal guardian of a student currently attending PS/IS 48 is eligible to run (with the exception of school employees). Anyone who wishes to run MUST attend the November 14^th meeting, where nominations will be taken directly from the floor. If multiple candidates run for the position, written ballots will be used, tallied, and the results will be announced before the end of our meeting. The PTA encourages everyone to attend this important meeting, and anyone considering running for the position to review our PS/IS 48 PTA bylaws and Chancellor’s Regulation A-660 beforehand.

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• PTA Meeting for November will be held at 6:30 p.m.

  Our PTA monthly meetings will be moved up one hour to 6:30pm on November 14^th. During the meeting, a final vote will be held to amend the PTA bylaws and make the change permanent. We hope to see you all at the meeting for this important vote.

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• PBIS Support

  This year we are excited to continue our positive behavior supports (PBIS) program to acknowledge when students are making good choices each day.  As members of our school’s community, we graciously ask that you join us in supporting our students’ positive choices.  We would welcome and truly appreciate your item donation or a connection to someone who could support our efforts of one or more item(s) in the form of new merchandise, gift certificates/cards (Amazon), services, vouchers, etc. (No cash money please).  We would welcome donations to our Donors Choose projects listed under Mrs. Reese at www.donorschoose.org. Donations will greatly add to the success of the recognition program, the future of our school, and the lives of our students.  

  How does the program work?

  • Students are awarded ROAR bucks for commendable behavior or achievement.  With these bucks, students are able to select from a variety of rewards each containing different point values. For example, students can earn supplies, homework passes, snacks, small toys etc. as well as raffle tickets for larger rewards.

  How can your donation help?

  • It provides motivation for students to work toward a goal
  • It helps students understand the connection between positive choices, hard work and rewards.

  *Please send any donations labeled with your child’s name and class, Attn: PBIS/Christine Reese 

   or donate to our Donors choose projects at www.donorschoose.org/creese

  We hope that you will consider donating to such a worthy cause--our children! Your generous commitment to a donation or support in connecting with someone who can make a donation is sure to enhance our program. We sincerely appreciate your consideration to make a donation in support of our students.

   

  With sincere gratitude,

  Allison O’Donnell

   

  The PBIS Team

  Zev Angelou, Brenda Carpenter, Justina Carpenter

  Jeremy Scheer, Alexandra Simeone, Nafia Skara & Christine Reese

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• Proposed Time Change for PTA Meetings

  We are writing to advise of a potential time change for our monthly PTA meetings starting November 14^th, 2018. 

  We have been receiving feedback from parents that the existing time of 7:30pm is too late for some families to attend our monthly meetings.  We have taken that feedback into account and are considering changing the time moving forward to 6:30pm. 

  We are looking for additional feedback to ensure that this time works better for most families than the existing time of 7:30pm. Please reach out to the PTA by November 1^st, 2018 with any feedback on the proposed time change.  We can be reached via email at ps48pta@ps48r.org or you can feel free to write back to us on a note and put in an envelope labeled PTA. 

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• School Spitit Friday - Jersey Day!

  On Friday 10/26/18, wear your favorite sport team's jersey!

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