FEBRUARY 2020 12 Student of the Month Grades 2 & 3 The Bully and the Beast – Parent Workshop @ 8:15 AM 13 Student of the Month Grades 4 & 5 13/14 Lunchtime Valentine’s Day Bake Sale 14 Second Friday – Grades 3, 4 and 5 @ 8:15 AM 17 Presidents Day – School Closed …
Due to Midwinter Recess, please remember that there will be no Saturday School for the next two Saturdays: February 15 and February 22.
Discovery Zone After School – Fall Edition is ending this week. Discovery Zone After School classes will still take place on Wednesday, February 12 and Thursday, February 13. There will be no Discovery Zone on Friday, February 14! The Spring Edition of our Discovery Zone After School Program will start upon returning from our …
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“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” – Mark Twain February is National Random Acts of Kindness Month. It is the perfect opportunity to discuss with your children what respect, kindness, compassion or empathy are and how these should be the norm in everyone’s life. If you are walking the …
What a perfect time for a great workshop! Right in the middle of our Respect for All Week, we invite all of our families to attend The Bully and the Beast, a bullying prevention parent workshop taking place this Tuesday, February 12 at 8:15 AM in the PS 217 Library (Room 307). Bullying can threaten …
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The Valentine’s Day Bake Sale is back in a new format. This sweet event will take place on Wednesday, February 13 and Thursday, February 14 during the lunch hours (10:40 am – 1:30 pm) in the PS 217 Cafeteria. Each grade will shop the sale during their lunch hours according to each grade’s lunch schedule: …
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A Sweet Fundraiser for PS 217! The Parents Association of PS 217 is offering you another sweet way to support our school by selling truly delicious chocolate bars to relatives, friends and neighbors. If you wish to take chocolate bars home to sell, you MUST FILL OUT and SIGN the form provided in your child’s …
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It is again that time of the year when families, teachers and students in grades 6 – 12 take the NYC School Survey to share feedback about their schools. As one of the nation’s largest education surveys, this survey feedback can help improve your child’s learning environment. You can take this year’s survey between February …
Brooklyn Public Library is offering parents a FREE program to help improve their child’s reading skills called Team Up To Read. The eight (8) week program is being hosted at 12 different library branches across Brooklyn and each week will focus on a different skill such as reading comprehension and fluency. This program is mostly suited …
Looking for something fun, exciting and educational to do with the kids during the upcoming February Break? Look no further. The Intrepid Museum is bringing back its Kids Week! Science, technology, engineering, arts, math and FUN take center stage at the Intrepid Museum from February 15 to February 22. All Kids Week activities are free …
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