A.C.E. Academy for Scholars
Weekly Newsletter
May 25, 2020
May Monthly Theme: "Service"
"Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I learn."
~ Benjamin Franklin
Photo of the Week
This weeks photo comes from Alejandra in Kindergarten/CUNY Queens in honor of this month's theme - Service!
Bouncing Forward - Tips on Resilience
Check out the links below for tools and resources to help you and your scholar build resilience!
Building Resilience in Kids, What it Means and How to do it!
Helping Kids Bounce Back . . . . .and Forward!
20 Powerful Strategies to Build Resilience in Your Kids!
Growth Mindset: What You Need to Know
Reaching In . . . . Reaching Out Resiliency Resources for Parents
Resilience - Don't Let Things Get You Down
Songs of Resilience
- Musical story - Ruby Raccoon Looks for Good Things
Sing-a-long - Trouble are Like Bubbles - Musical story - Phoebe the Frog Flips Out
- Sing-a-long - Don't Flip Out
- Musical story - Mel the Moose
- Sing-a-long - Breathing Your Upsets Away
- Musical story - Barrie Conquers Gloomy Thoughts
Sing-a-long - Not Now is Not Never - Musical story - Serafina Spider Keeps Trying
Sing-a-long - Just Keep Trying - "Take Five & Thrive!" YouTube | mp3 | wav
Something to Put a Smile on Your Face - from LIU :)
Quarantine Recipe of the Week
This weeks recipe comes from Ms. Gore - P.S. 290Q School Counselor
Easy Skillet Lasagna
Ingredients
- Olive Oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, diced (or half of a large onion)
- 6 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 3 table spoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 24-ounce jar Marinara Sauce
- 11 short lasagna noodles (8 ounces), broken into pieces
- 4 ounces whole milk mozzarella, shredded
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- salt & black pepper
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon powder garlic
Ricotta Mixture Ingredients:
- 1 15 - ounce container whole milk ricotta
- 4 ounces whole milk shredded mozzarella
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano grated
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil
- pinch of salt & pepper
- For the ricotta mixture: Blend everything together until smooth and evenly combined then set aside.
- Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ground beef and break it up into small pieces with wooden spoon. While meat is still pink, season with crushed red pepper flakes, a pinch of salt and black pepper.
- Continue to cook until browned and then add diced onions. Then add granulated garlic and onion powder until meat is fully browned.
- Pour in balsamic vinegar, and stir to combine then stir in garlic.
- Pour marinara sauce over the beef mixture. Add 1 cup of water to marinara sauce jar, shake to loosen left over sauce and pour into beef mixture.
- Toss in the broken lasagna noodles, and push into the mixture to ensure they're submerged. Cover the skillet and allow to cook and soften for approximately 20 -25 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes to prevent noodles from sticking together.
- Once pasta is tender, taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
- Reduce the heat to low and layer the remaining mozzarella cheese over pasta. Dollop the ricotta mixture all over the top of the pasta and cover with a lid. Let the ricotta cheese mixture cook and melt for about 6 - 8 minutes.
- Garnish with remaining fresh parsley and basil. Let cool for 10 minutes and then serve.
Send us your favorite Quarantine Recipe to info@ps290q.com to feature in our weekly newsletter. Please put in the subject "Quarantine Recipe".
Wellness Wednesdays
Join us every Wednesday on Google Meet for a series of wellness sessions for the mind, body and spirit. Sessions are for whole family and will include yoga, mindfulness, exercise and healthy eating.
This Wednesday, May 27 @3:00pm
Go to link: meet.google.com/nrx-runm-yzr
Fun Free Things to do This Week
The #DoGoodfromHome Challenge!
For every kind act shared with #DoGoodFromHome Hasbro (Toy Company) will donate a toy or game to organizations providing care to the children of COVID-19 essential workers, up to 25,000 toys and games.
Join the Challenge: www.dogoodfromhome.com
Peaceful Pen Pals Project
At Kids for Peace, make new friends through letter writing. Their goal is to empower and mobilize youth to create peace through hands on service, global friendships and thoughtful acts of kindness! Parents/Legal Guardians can sign up to take part in the Peaceful Pen Pal Project and you will be matched with a child domestically or internationally similar in age.
Also find lots of fun resources and activities for families on their website at : https://kidsforpeaceglobal.org/peacefulpenpals/
Nikon Online School
ARTWORK OF THE WEEK!
S.T.E.A.M. Corner
NOTEworthy.....
Victoria, Kindergarten/CUNY Queens sharing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"!
Photo Update
Free Meals
The New York City Department of Education is committed to making three free meals available daily for any New Yorker. Any New Yorker who wants one can get three free meals a day at more than 400 Meal Hubs across the city.
***IMPORTANT NOTICE: PS/IS 49 HAS REOPENED AND IS SERVING MEALS AGAIN.
- Meals can be picked up at all Meal Hubs 7:30 am to 1:30 pm, Monday through Friday
- Meals Hubs will operate for children and families from 7:30 am to 11:30 am, and for adults from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
- No one will be turned away at any time
- All adults and children can pick up three meals at one time
- Vegetarian and halal options available at all sites
- No dining space is available, so meals must be eaten off premises
- Parents and guardians may pick up meals for their children
- No registration or ID required
To find a location near you, go to https://www.opt-osfns.org/schoolfoodny/meals/default.aspx#Result
Or
for additional resources go to https://portal.311.nyc.gov/category/?id=311-22
2020 Census
The results of the 2020 Census will help determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding flow into communities every year for the next decade. That funding shapes many different aspects of every community, no matter the size, no matter the location.
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