P.S. 188Q Weekly Newsletter
Week of October 17th to October 21st
😃We will be starting a student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion student group on the fourth Friday of every month at 7:30 a.m. Permission slips will be sent home.
📸School pictures are October 24th and October 26th. Send in your forms to order your school pictures!
🚩Middle School Application will open on October 26th. We will have an informational meeting during the day on Friday, October 21st from 9:00-10:00 a.m. and an evening meeting on Monday, October 24th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. See the email from Mrs. Perez-Fung for more information. Please see below for further information.
A Few Reminders:
📑Self-Sustaining Afterschool begins this week. If your child was selected, please be sure to pick up on time at 4:30 p.m.
🍁PTA Sponsored Fall Family Day is THIS Saturday, October 15th from 2-5 p.m. We hope to see you there!
🎃October 28th will be P.S. 188Q's Annual PreK and Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch at the Annex.
Thank you for your continued support. Reach out if you have any concerns or questions:
- Christina Figueroa, Principal CFiguer4@schools.nyc.gov
- Christina Nartowicz, Assistant Principal CNartowicz@schools.nyc.gov
- Myrna Perez-Fung, Parent Coordinator mperez-fung@schools.nyc.gov
PTA Sponsored Fall Family DAY THIS Saturday!
Thank You Parents for Decorating Our Annex for Fall
Middle School Open Houses for 5th Grade Families
Here is the information for the Department of Education Admissions information sessions:
All NYC families of current fifth-grade students are invited to join us for a live virtual information session about applying to middle school. After the presentation, we’ll respond to your questions. Each event will be virtual, so you can join from anywhere!
During each online event, we will discuss:
- How to access your MySchools.nyc account. MySchools is the Department of Education’s online school directory and application system.
- How to learn about your child’s middle school options.
- How to apply and how offers are made.
The content of each event is the same, but different interpretation services will be provided at different events, as follows:
- October 27, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Bengali, Korean, Spanish
- October 28, 1pm to 2pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Arabic, French, Russian
- November 1, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Chinese (Mandarin), Haitian Creole, Urdu
How to join:
- Each event will be hosted live. Join us on Zoom at the event’s start time here by clicking here: bit.ly/2022FallMSEvents.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: Check your email or schools.nyc.gov/Middle two business days before the event: we’ll send you a message that includes this same Zoom link and the password that you’ll need to join, as well as phone numbers to call for interpretation in provided languages.
Can’t attend, or want to learn more?
- Visit schools.nyc.gov/Middle. A captioned recording with translations will be available on our website two weeks after the first event.
What's Happening Around P.S. 188Q?
Kindergarteners are learning about how school can look different than what it looks like at P.S. 188Q
1st graders learned all about each other by identifying things they have in common and different
1st graders were detectives and found the doubles.
PreK students explored about what sinks and floats.
1st graders wrote "Small Moment" stories.
1st graders learned about how to use their "bubble gum brains."
PreK learned about how magnets work to move objects.
4th graders love playing basketball at recess!
Mrs. Block met with students interested in chorus.
2nd graders focused on solving math problems.
Students used TAG to reflect on their reading.
2nd graders checked in with each other to confirm their answers.
2nd grade students identified the important information in a word problem.
3rd graders learned to retell the important parts of a story.
5th graders love lunch time!
🗓Upcoming Events
- October 15th: PTA Sponsored Fall Family Day 2-5 p.m.
- October 18th: Morgan Library Trip- Class 4-318 and 4-316
- October 19th: Morgan Library Trip- Class 4-313 and 4-317; Self-Sustaining Afterschool begins; PTA meeting 7 p.m. via Zoom
- October 20th: Morgan Library Trip- Class 5-301 and 5-302
- October 21st: Morgan Library Trip- Class 5-303 and 5-304
- October 24th: Picture Day in the Main Building and Annex (schedule will be sent home); Middle School Information Session via Zoom 7:00-8:00 p.m.
- October 25th: PS/IS 266Q Open House Remote @ 5:00 PM
- October 26th: Picture Day in the Main Building (schedule will be sent home); Middle School Application OPENS
- October 27th: PTA Sponsored Mobile Ed Planetarium in the gymnasium for all students
- October 28th: PTA Sponsored Mobile Ed Planetarium in the gymnasium for all students; Pumpkin Patch at Annex for PreK and Kindergarten students
- October 31st: Halloween Parade 9:00 a.m. in school yards
- November 1st: Morgan Library in-classroom session for 4-313; 4-317; 4-318
- November 2nd: Morgan Library in-classroom session for 5-304; 4-316; 5-301; Coffee and Conversations with Mrs. Figueroa and Mrs. Nartowicz @ 10 a.m. via Zoom; SLT Meeting TBA
- November 3rd 1/2 day of school- students dismissed by 11:20 a.m.; Parent Teacher Conferences via Zoom 12:20-2:20 p.m. and 4:30-7:00 p.m.
- November 4th: Morgan Library in-classroom session for 5-303 and 5-302
- November 8th: Election Day- Students do not attend school; DESSA administration begins
- November 11th: No School Veteran's Day
- November 16th: PTA Meeting Virtual 7:00 p.m.
- November 24th-25th: Thanksgiving Break
- November 29th and 30th: Scholastic Book Fair