Upper Nyack Elementary School SCOOP

PLEASE SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS AS WE BUILD CONSENSUS AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL ADMIRE.

We would like our UNES DIVERSITY MURAL to make our community proud and represent the magic that is Upper Nyack. The steps leading up to this stage in the creation of our mural mockup included surveying staff, students, and parents, in addition to having our building equity team gather, review and provide their insights into the artwork. That feedback was provided to the artist and he synthesized that information to create the mockup below. After taking a look at the pictures below, please take a moment to provide positive and constructive feedback in this survey. CLICK HERE FOR THE SURVEY

The mural is set to be painted by our students in grades 3-5 from June 12-16. It will be painted on plywood and installed on the large blue wall in the back of the All Purpose Room. The mural is designed to be 8 feet high and 32 feet wide. If you look at the pictures below, the top picture is a close up view to get a sense of the details, while the bottom picture is the same but shows how it will look on the blue wall.

In order to provide feedback to the artist and allow for time to adapt, please provide feedback BEFORE THIS FRIDAY, MAY 26.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Please mark your calendars that the Nyack Public Schools will be closed on FRIDAY, MAY 26.

The district sent out the following message:

Please be advised that Nyack Public Schools will now be CLOSED on Friday, May 26, 2023 due to unused Snow Days in the 2022-23 school year.

GRADES 4 & 5 SPRING CONCERT

The Music Department happily invites you to our Spring Concert for Grades 4 and 5 on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 9:30 AM at Upper Nyack Elementary School. The performance will be in the multi-purpose room and will be in person. Please remind children to dress in black and white.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER SENT OUT TO FAMILIES

SPIRIT DAYS ARE COMING

The fifth grade Spirit Committee has requested a few more spirit days before the end of the year. Specifically, they will occur on June 1, 2 and 5. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER. Please share this info with your students.

New UNES PTA EXEC BOARD

Please join me in congratulating our new PTA Executive Board who were elected last Wednesday night.

Cynthia Bing - President
Denise Charles - Co-VP
Meghan Donovan - Co-VP
Audra Jones - Communications Secretary
Sean Hundtoffe - Treasurer
Patti Hill - Recording Secretary

Goosetown is Coming - Saturday 6/10 from 11am-2pm

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOSETOWN FLYER. We hope to see you there!

FIELD DAY IS COMING!!

The staff and students of the Upper Nyack Elementary School would like to invite you to join us on Friday, June 2nd for our annual Field Day. (Rain Date - Monday, June 5) We ask that you send your child to school that day wearing their designated team color which will be communicated by teachers when the date approaches. You are invited to come and watch your child compete in events at the upper field behind the school.

The schedule is as follows:

9:00 AM Opening Ceremonies & Parade
9:30 - 11:00 AM Events for students in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades
11:15 - 12:00 PM Lunch for grades K, 1, and 2
12:05 - 12:50 PM Lunch for grades 3, 4, and 5
1:00 - 2:45 PM Events for students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A LETTER REGARDING FIELD DAY.

5th Grade Graduation and Kindergarten Moving Up

Please be aware that we are planning kindergarten moving up on June 14 at 9:30am in the gymnasium. We will be holding 5th grade graduation on June 16 at 9:30am in the gymnasium.

Due to space limitations, we will only be able to accommodate 2 people per student at these events. Soon, you'll be receiving two tickets to your child's event in backpack mail. We are sorry that we cannot accommodate more people, but space simply will not allow us to exceed two tickets per student.

As we know that sometimes grandparents and other loved ones wish to see the ceremony, we are working hard to make arrangements to livestream the event. More info to come soon.

Summer Camp Offerings

For those of you looking for summer camp opportunities, my staff has pulled together some options that might be of interest to you to check out. PLEASE CLICK HERE for a list of local camp opportunities compiled by our FRC program coordinators. Also, check out the links below for some tech focused options curated by Mr. Gianakouros, our STEAM Teacher.

St. Thomas Aquinas STEAM Camps

Virtual Camps

id Tech Camps Virtual

Chromebook Collection

Our technology department will be collecting student Chromebooks at the end of the year. For your future planning, on Friday, June 16th - Students will stop taking home Chromebooks so that they can be collected the following week.

ARCHIVES ON OUR WEBSITE

There are archives of my community newsletter on the UNES WEBSITE - CLICK HERE, as well as on the UNESPTA Website (coming soon). If you can't find the old newsletters and are looking for info - you can find that info in these two places.

Mark Your Calendars!

Tuesday, May 23 - Busy Bridge Presentation in gymnasium @ 9:15 (K-2 ONLY)
Thursday, May 25 - Grades 4 & 5 Concert
Saturday, June 3 - African American Day Parade and Festival
Tuesday, June 6 - 2nd Grade Trip to Bear Mountain
Tuesday, June 6 - SENIOR CLAP OUT 9-9:15am
Tuesday, June 6 - 5th Grade Greatest Showman Talent Show @ 6:30pm in APR
Wednesday, June 7 - Grade 4 Learning in the Parks field trip to Hook Mountain
Thursday, June 8 - 5th Grade DARE graduation in the gymnasium @ 9:30am
Friday, June 9 - Grade 3 Concert in APR at 9:30am
Saturday, June 10 - Goosetown Block Party
Sunday, June 11 - Rockland PRIDE parade
Monday June 12 - Grade 5 Field Trip to Kruckers
Monday, June 12 - Fractured Fairytale Performance for grades K-2 in APR
Tuesday, June 13 - Fractured Fairytale Performance for parents in APR