📚Secret Reader was a success! Thank you to all who have participated!

📑PTA Sponsored Read-A-Thon has begun and will continue until February 10th. Look for information to below.

🏀We will host our second basketball game on February 13th from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.. It will be against P.S. 31Q. See flyer below.

📢PTA Empower Our Children Donation Drive continues. These funds provide our students with enrichment opportunities that our school budget does not allow us to

📌Annex families- please consider volunteering for Stop-Drop-and-Go and/or lunch and recess.

🎇PTA is providing each student with five in class lessons facilitated by the New York Historical Society. Third grade continues their session this past week. The PTA also sponsored classroom visits from the Long Island Children's Museum for our PreK and Kindergarten students. Thank you PTA for providing this enrichment program for our students. See some photos below.

📢We will continue to send COVID-19 test kits home. Students received their test kits this past week.

Hello Annex families,

I am reaching out to you because we are in need of volunteers for Stop Drop And Go as well as lunch and recess.

For Stop Drop And Go even if you have some time after you drop off your own children it would be appreciated. We have more cars during the winter time and the little ones need more help getting out of the cars and putting on their backpacks over their heavy coats.

As for lunch and recess it’s from 11:40 AM to 12:30 PM. The kindergartners need assistance opening their lunches and juice boxes and need overall supervision. Any time you can give would be great. Per DOE rules anyone coming into the building has to be vaccinated.

We also allow trusted family members to volunteer as well.

If you have any questions, you can always email me. Thank you.

Jodie Goldberg, PTA co-president

Jodieps188qpta@gmail.com

The PTA will be holding a Friendship Sale on Tuesday, February 14th in the Main Building only.

We are looking for donations of toys or packaged sweets and treats, and we accept monetary donations as well.

If you have any gifts your children were given for birthdays or holidays that you've been holding on to we will gladly take those, too! Please do NOT send washed stuffed animals or used toys! Everything has to be new.

You can find toys and treats at Target, Walmart, Raindew, Michaels, Dollar Tree, Amazon, Oriental Trading.

For volunteers - we will be sending out a separate signup sheet next week.

Any questions you can email Jodie JodiePS188QPTA@gmail.com and Katy MrsDrLai@gmail.com.

Thank you!

PS188Q's PTA

Your donations help provide the enrichment activities, such as New York Historical Society, Yoga and Long Island Children's Museum programs. We need the support of the parents to continue these programs and provide additional enrichment and cultural opportunities.

This month, our Book of the Month is entitled A Ride to Remember. This book is about how Young Sharon hears the story of how she, after a series of protests to integrate the park, is the first African American to ride on the carousel at Gwynn Oak Amusement Park in 1963. This book highlights the following:

Social Emotional Learning Theme

Practice Empathy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Focus

Help students see the value of helping others through characters that lend a hand to those who need it.

DESSA Competencies Connection

Decision Making · Self-Awareness · Self- Management · Social Awareness · Personal Responsibility

The Student of the Month will be awarded to the students that displays strengths/skills in the DESSA area of self- awareness.

Please see the attached newsletter or check your child's backpack for the newsletter that was sent home last week. There are links and additional activities for you to do at home. Students will be reading this book throughout the month.

The Student Council would like to announce a “Souper” way to celebrate the Super Bowl. Please bring in a can of soup (or any other canned good or boxed food) between February 6th and February 10th and vote for the team you think will be this year’s SUPER BOWL winner. Place your canned good in the team boxed located in the main lobby. The collection of canned good will be donated to City Harvest. We hope you guess correctly.

Please follow this link, doodle4google.com to learn more about the Doodle for Google contest and to help your child submit a drawing if they are interested in participating in the contest. In the past we have had students in our school become regional winners!

Join Mrs. Perez-Fung for a parent workshop - What to expect? Friday, February 10th 9:00 a.m. in the main building library. Monday February 13th on Zoom

For our 3rd workshop, guest speaker Mrs. Debbie Hochrad, Parent Coordinator of M.S. 172, will go into more depth on expectations, smooth transitioning tactics and will provide you firsthand knowledge of what to expect.

In preparation for the 3K and Pre-K Application period opening tomorrow, Wednesday, January 25th, below are flyers for information sessions parents can attend to get more information on the 3k and PK process. Please note, PS188Q does not have a 3k program this year.

2023 Big Apple Award Nominations Are Now Open!

Who: Students, families, administrators, and community members can all nominate any public school DOE teacher for the Big Apple Award. You are encouraged to nominate a teacher!

What: The Big Apple Awards recognize and celebrate New York City teachers who make positive differences for all the students they teach. Has a teacher changed your student's life for the better? We want to hear from you!

When: The nomination window is open until February 28, 2023. After nominations are in, the selection process will begin!

Where/How: You can nominate a teacher by:
● Submit the teacher’s name and school to the DOE All Stars website:
○ https://doeallstars.schools.nyc/
○ Note: sign in as a Guest - you do not need a DOE login to nominate a teacher
through the portal

● Email bigappleteachers@schools.nyc.gov with the teacher’s name and school information

Learn about the Community and Citywide Education Council Elections!

2023 is an Education Council Election year. The 32 Community Education Councils and 4 Citywide Education Councils make important decisions regarding your child’s education.

Learn about the councils, the election and how to run for a seat on an Education Council by attending a virtual (Zoom) Campaign Information Session.

• Visit the Election Home Page for the complete schedule of Information Sessions, occurring daily throughout the Application Period, from January 9th - February 13th. You will also find eligibility requirements, campaign guidelines and more about the elections.
• A full campaign guide for parents is also available.

Interpretation is available

Questions? Email: Elections2023@schools.nyc.gov

• February 13th to 17th: Respect for All Week
• February 13th: P.S. 188Q vs P.S. 31 Basketball game @ 10:00 a.m.; K-103 and K-105 tennis trip to Cunningham Park; Middle School Meeting Session #3 @ 7:00 p.m. via Zoom; NYC School Survey begins
• February 14th: PTA Friendship Bake Sale; Parent DEI meeting via Zoom @ 9:30 a.m.; PreK Librarian in-classroom visit
• February 15th: 100th Day of School; 5th grade NYS Testing Informational Meeting @ 2:20 p.m. via Zoom; PTA Meeting 7:00 p.m. via Zoom
• February 16th: 1-118 Trip to Cunningham Park; 3rd grade NYS Testing Informational Meeting @9:50 a.m. via Zoom; PTA Fundraiser @ Blaze Pizza--see information above
• February 17th: K-104 and K-107 Tennis trip to Cunningham Park; Coffee and Conversations @ 9:30 a.m. via Zoom
• February 20th to February 24th: Mid-Winter Recess NO SCHOOL
• February 27th: Return to school
• February 28th: P.S. 221Q vs P.S. 188Q Basketball game @ 10 a.m. @ P.S. 188Q
• March 1st: Grades 1-5 Book of the Month assembly---wear P.S. 188Q trip shirt; PTA Sponsored NYHS begins for 2nd grade- Mapping My New York; PTA Sponsored Long Island Children's Musuem visits Kindergarten classes; SLT via Zoom
• March 2nd: PTA Sponsored Long Island Children's Musuem visits PreK classes
• March 3rd: Safety Meeting 7:30 a.m. via Zoom
• March 4th: PTA Sponsored Board Game Day @ Annex
• March 6th to March 10th Civics for All Week
• March 6th: PTA Sponsored NYHS begins for Kindergarten- Transportation Then and Now; PreK and Kindergarten Book of the Month assembly---wear your P.S. 188Q trip shirt
• March 7th: PTA Sponsored NYHS begins for 1st grade- Families Then and Now; Doodle4google entries due
• March 9th: 1/2 day for Parent Teacher Conferences; Parent Teacher Conferences 12:20-2:20 p.m. and 4:30-7:00 p.m.
• March 10th: Last Day of PreK application; End of marking period 2
• March 14th: Parent DEI @ 9:30 a.m. via Zoom
• March 15th: Spring Picture Day; PTA meeting via Zoom @ 7:00 p.m.
• March 16th: 1-119 Trip to Cunningham Park; 5th grade Dancing Classrooms in-person performance @ 9 a.m.
• March 20th: K-2 Virtual STEM night--more information to follow
• March 21st: 4th grade Dancing Classrooms in-person performance @ 9 a.m.
• March 23rd: 1-102 Trip to Cunningham Park; Report Cards released via NYCSA
• March 24th: In person Coffee and Conversation @ 8:30 a.m.
• March 27th and 28th: PTA Sponsored Planetarium in gymnasium
• March 30th: P.S. 188Q Blooms in-person Parent-Child workshop 4:00-6:00 p.m.
• March 31st: Last day of NYC School Survey
• April 3rd: PreK and Kindergarten Book of the Month assembly---wear your P.S. 188Q trip shirt
• April 4th: Safety Meeting @ 7:30 a.m.
• April 5th: SLT Meeting 6:30 p.m. via Zoom
• April 6th to April 16th: Spring Recess
• April 17th: Return to school