New School Foods Meal – Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese

Greetings PS 101 Families:

The Office of School Food is working to create new lunch recipes for students within the NYC Department of Education. PS 101 students (chosen by lottery) will be taste testing a new dish during lunch on Thursday, May 23rd to determine if it should become part of the regular rotation of meals.

The new dish that students will be sampling is Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese. Please see below flyers for more information and a QR code you can scan to help name this new dish!

image of new Office of School Food dish Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
image of QR code to name new Office of School Food dish
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Early Childhood Dance Festival

Dear Early Childhood Parents/Guardians:

On Wednesday, May 29th, we will host our annual Early Childhood Dance Festival for grades Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second.

Get ready for a spectacular show to see our stars shine on the PS 101 outdoor stage! Our early childhood students are ready to perform for all of you. Please join our early childhood classes for a special event to celebrate music and dance, to inspire you, and bring us back to 1984! This year marks 40 years in music for many popular singers, bands and genres. This year’s theme, 1984 – 40 Years in Music, will have you dancing in the audience, so come and join in the fun!

Wednesday, May 29th – SAVE THE DATE as students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first and second grade will perform their dances and share in the festivities:

SCHEDULE:

-Prekindergarten/Pre-k Families only: 9:00 am start time

-Kindergarten/Kindergarten Families only: 9:30 am start time

-First Grade/First Grade Families only: 10:00 am start time

-Second Grade/Second Grade Families only: 10:30 am start time

ORGANIZATION:

For organizational purposes, parents will assemble on Bay 35th Street and may only enter and exit from the Bay 35th gate schoolyard. Only parents with children in the performing grade will be allowed in the schoolyard. The 24th Avenue gate will not be used. 

Students are to come to school as regularly scheduled for 8:00 am start time.

At the conclusion of the showcase, students will immediately return to their classrooms to resume the instructional day. Students cannot be signed out after the dance festival, as it is a regular school day of instruction.

We hope you can save the date and join in the fun! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Parent Coordinator, Ms. Bing Xing Lin at 347-563-4680 or via email at BLin9@schools.nyc.gov. 

Sincerely, 

Gregg Korrol

Principal

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becoming your best self workshop

Beyond Parenting: Creating your Best Self

As parents, we put our children first. However, aside from being a parent, we each have our own lives, dreams, and goals. Whether it is getting healthier, feeling more peaceful, a business goal, a relationship goal etc, it is very important we reclaim the part of who we are to create the loving and fulfilling life we dream of for ourselves. When we take care of ourselves, we become better in every area of our life including becoming better parents.

On Friday May 24th at 9am (doors open 8:45am), Join Mr. Korrol for a Special Coffee with Korrol focusing on a self-development mindset and ensuring we are doing what we need to personally, to be the best version of ourselves possible. 

To join, you must register in advance: You can register for this workshop here
This workshop is open to all PS101 parents (including future Kindergarten parents who have already registered their child for the school). This is an interactive workshop.

*Please be advised this meeting will not be recorded or posted.

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Grade 5 NY State Science Exam on May 15, 2024

Dear Grade 5 Parents:

Please be advised, on Wednesday May 15, 2024 our Grade 5 students will participate in the NY State Science Exam.

This exam will be administered as computer-based testing (CBT) as the NY State mandate dictates for all Grade 5 exams. Some students may be testing on paper due to IEP/ELL accommodations. The test is untimed and students will have as long as they need to complete the exam.

Please ensure your child gets sufficient sleep the night before and comes to school ready for the exam. We are excited to watch our Grade 5 students shine!

Please let us know if you, or your child, have any questions!

-Grade 5 Team

-PS 101 Administration

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PTA Bake Sale on May 14th

Greetings PS 101 Families:

Our PTA will be hosting a bake sale on May 14, 2024 during all three student lunch periods. All proceeds from the bake sale will go towards the upper grades field day and tie-dye events.

Please show your support by donating store-bought, pre-packaged goods for students to purchase after their lunch. You may bring in your donations to the PTA room by May 13th, either during morning drop-off or before 10:30 am.

LABEL your donation with student’s name and class, and he/she will receive a voucher for a FREE item at the bake sale!

Thank you for your continued support!

image of PS 101 Bake sale flyer on May 14th, 2024
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Reminder: PTA Mother’s Day Boutique Starts Tomorrow!

Dear Parents & Guardians,

It is the time of year to celebrate and show appreciation to the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends
and important women in our lives. The PTA will hold a Mother’s Day Boutique sale as an opportunity for
your child to shop Mother’s Day presents for that someone special.

The Mother’s Day Boutique will be open from Thursday, May 9th through Friday, May 10th and there will be items moderately priced from $1 – $8 (bracelets, pendants, costume jewelry, keepsakes, plaques, flowers, etc.). Please send your child to school with spending money placed in a sealed envelope with your child’s name, class and labeled for Mother’s Day Boutique. We will open our boutique throughout the day and call each class down to shop.

All funds raised will go toward student events and/or instructional supplies for the school. If you have
any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our Executive Board or stop in at any time.

Sincerely,
P.S. 101 PTA

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REMINDER: Parent-Teacher Conference on May 9th

Greetings PS 101 Families:

Thursday, May 9th is a newly added Parent-Teacher Conference added onto the NYC Department of Education calendar this school year. We will have ONE evening session for parent conferences.

You will have the opportunity to set up a virtual/tele-conference with your child’s teacher on Thursday, May 9th from 4:30pm-7:30pm.

~Conferences will be scheduled by your child’s teacher: Evening Session ONLY from 4:30-7:30pm.

~If you don’t have an appointment, contact your child’s teacher through Google Classroom or REMIND today.

~If you are unable to participate in Parent-Teacher Conference, please know you can contact your child’s teacher and arrange an appointment during parent engagement time on Tuesdays, after 2:20pm, unless otherwise indicated.

As a reminder, the final marking period report cards will be distributed via hard copy on our last day of school, June 26th. Report cards will also be posted in your child’s NYCSA. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Parent Coordinator, Ms. Bing Xing Lin at 347-563-4690 or via email at BLin9@schools.nyc.gov. 

Sincerely,

Gregg Korrol

Principal

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FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit

Dear Upper Grade Parents:

We are pleased to welcome back the FDNY to expand on their January visits to individual classrooms in which they provided fire safety education lessons. On Thursday, May 16th and Friday, May 17th, the FDNY Smoke House will return for their annual visit to provide a fire safety learning center for our upper grade students, featuring firefighter-led presentations in a fire simulator theater. The FDNY Smoke House is a roving teaching tool with fog machines in a darkened hallway simulating a scene children could encounter if their home were to catch fire.

The goal of the Fire Safety Education Program is to eliminate residential fire deaths in New York City. Fire deaths have dropped steadily during the past decades and studies have shown that there is a direct link to strong public education programs. The goal of FDNY instructors is to continually educate the public with critical lifesaving strategies that focus on fire prevention, with a special focus on the city’s most vulnerable populations and at-risk communities.

The FDNY Smoke House will be parked outside our main entrance for the students to enter/exit, along with FDNY fire instructors educating our youngsters. Each class visit should last 10 minutes.

If you wish for your child NOT to participate in this FDNY learning experience with entering the Smoke House, please inform your child’s teacher, via REMIND message or a hand-written note.

If you should have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s teacher, or feel free to reach out to our Parent Coordinator, Ms. Bing Xing Lin at 347-563-4680 or via email at BLin9@schools.nyc.gov.

Sincerely,

Gregg Korrol

Principal

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