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BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR THE STAFF TALENT SHOW!
Tickets are on sale for the Staff Talent Show. Students may purchase tickets from Anne Pejovich in Room 144 during homeroom or after school. The show is Thursday, February 2 at 6:30pm, and it will sell out – don’t miss it!
Payment may be made by cash or check (made out to 'BTW MS 54') - Students $10, Adults $20.
MS 54 Auction March 3rd
AUCTION TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!
Purchase advance auction tickets online here.
The printed invitation will be mailed within the first few days of February.
DONATIONS: We Will Survive! with the support of our Booker T. Families – but we need your help and we need it now so we can all Celebrate on March 3! MS 54 is counting on each family to bring in at least one donation – only 5 weeks to go! Hustle out and get a donation! Try your health club, your Pilates studio, your yoga studio, your hairdresser, your manicurist and your `doggie salon.' We want sporting events, a vacation in Bermuda, a snowboard, a pair of skis, a week at a dude ranch, theater tickets, fabulous NYC restaurants, a massage at a beautiful spa, or a couple of nights at a four-star hotel!! Think big and think now! Carry donation forms with you everywhere – most people are happy to help when they hear the beneficiary is a public school!
DESSERTS: How Sweet It Is that our dessert committee already has 12 parents baking desserts for the auction! Now we just need 15 more! Step up to the dessert plate if you are a real baker!! Please - no store-bought items for this crowd. It's our big night out so let's show off our culinary skills in every way that we can.
WINE: The Saturday Night Fever is our signature drink for Studio MS54 – but we still need wine! Fine, fine wine. We have everything else donated! Just 6 cases of good red and white - or prosecco!
VOLUNTEERS: Can you spare an hour now? Or on March 3? Contact us to volunteer your time and talents!
Please contact auction@ms54pta.org and tell us what you will do to help!
Save the date! Studio MS54 Saturday, March 3rd at Landmark on the Park.
For all Auction Solicitation and Donation forms and a list of donors, go to the Auction Page.
Join us on Tuesday evening, January 31 at 6:30 pm for a little "Night Fever" and our final auction meeting of the month! Bring a little nosh or bottle of something with you, please! RSVP for location details.
We can still use new members to help with planning!FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Plans are underway for 2012! We could use your help organizing the Staff Talent Show, March Madness Basketball Tournament, Spring Walk-A-Thon, Soul Cycle event, and much more! If you have questions, or can give some help to the ongoing Grants Committee, please e-mail: Liz Bruder-Frydman.
For more information, go to the Fundraising page.
New York International Children's Film Festival
The New York International Children's Film Festival's winter schedule is jam-packed with great films!
Better yet, NYICFF will donate $2 to MS 54 for every ticket purchased through the link below:
- Go to www.gkids.com
- Click on "Tickets"
- IMPORTANT: Scroll down to select MS 54 Booker T Washington Middle from the "Select My School" menu.
- Purchase tickets -- and earn $2 per ticket for MS 54!
NYICFF is also offering discounted rates on Winter Break Workshops
For more information and to register, follow the instructions below:
- Go to www.gkids.com/workshop
- Choose a workshop and click the “register” button
- On the Ticketweb purchase page, apply access code SCH2012 (Important!)
- Proceed to checkout and finalize purchase
Register by February 3rd and receive $50 off!
STUDY ISLAND
This year MS 54 has begun using an online reading and math program called Study Island.
The program has several dimensions. There is test preparation, class work review and remediation. Some teachers will be assigning specific students review topics to work on either at home or at school during Early Academy. Other teachers will be using it in class.
For more information on this program, click here.
Free ESL Afterschool class at MS 54
Our Afterschool program is now offering a free ESL Class to students and family members of Booker T. The class will focus on learning to read and speak English. It will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00-5:00pm in Room 326. Contact Anne Pejovich to register or with any questions.
Free Flu Shots Now Available for Students
The William F. Ryan Community Health Center's School Based Health Program is offering the seasonal influenza (flu) vaccine - at no cost - to any student who is registered with the School Based Health Center. The vaccine is recommended for all people over 6 months old. If you are interested in having your child receive the flu vaccine at school, please download and complete the screening & consent form, and have your child return it to his or her teacher now. Additional details and Ryan Center contact information are here.
High School Application Process and Information
Letters to 7th and 8th Grade Parents: Download the letter from Dr. Elster to 7th Grade parents discussing important criteria reviewed by high schools in the application process.
8th GRADE FAMILIES: As of Friday December 16th, all 8th grade students will have received a receipt indicating their high school choices. Please be sure to review these receipts, and, if you wish to make any changes, you may so indicate at the bottom of the page. Please note that no changes will be made without a parent's signature. Also, several students' receipts have notes indicating some possible suggestions by the guidance counselors. Please consider these suggestions carefully. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Barbara von Zerneck at MS 54 before the winter vacation to let her know: 212-678-2861, ext 3023.
School Lunch Information and Fee Schedule
All students need a lunch pass to get lunch from the cafeteria. Lunch passes are on sale during homeroom.
Students who would like to purchase food or milk from the cafeteria have several options outlined in the School Lunch Information Form
For SchoolFood lunch and other menus and information, click here.
Parent Contact Information
All current MS 54 Parents are requested to complete the online contact form so that we have an electronic version of your contact information. Please do this NOW, so that our information is as complete as possible! Click here to access the form.
Sign Up for Email Notifications & News from the Department of Education
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Get greaking News (snow alerts and other important notifications) sent to you as soon as they're issued, or sign up for weekly or monthly newsletters with the latest DOE news, programs, and events.
You can also sign up to receive important infomation by text, Twitter, email and more at www.nyc.gov/notifynyc
Connect with District 3
Want to be connected to what is going on in District 3? Join the District 3 Yahoo Group for updates and important info. To subscribe to this group, send a blank email to district3parents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Community Education Council (CEC): You can also stay current on education issues by attending District 3 CEC meetings. This body of elected parent representatives holds public monthly meetings at rotating D3 locations. Their calendar, duties and news are online at www.cec3.org. The CEC actively encourages community participation on its Multilingual, Middle School and Overcrowding/Charter committees.
District 3 DOE web page: csd3.nycdoe.org.
View your child's 2011 ELA and Math test results via ARIS parent link or NYC DOE website
On August 8, the NY State Dept. of Education officially released the 2011 NYS math and ELA test results. You can review District and Borough test results by all students, English Language Learners, special education status, ethnicity and gender by going to: http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/data/TestResults/ELAandMathTestResults