Congratulations to our wonderful and talented students who successfully auditioned and performed at the UniverSoul Circus on April 25th at Baisley Park. The Theme of the performance, chosen by UniverSoul was “Kids Lives Matter”. The owner of UniverSoul Circus is passionate about highlighting the positivity of youth and dedicated the show to bring awareness to “Kids Lives Matter”. The performance was a combination of step, spoken word, and dance directed by Eric Normil-Mendez, Media Activity Specialist, Jasmine Warren, Dance Instructor, and Tiaura Nyla Townsley, Theater/Step Activity Specialist. Our star students who performed include Aniya Campbell, Actor, Dominque Jerome, Actor, Olanna Iwu, Actor, Noel Boone, Actor, Lemaj Engleton, Step, Rashad Townsley, Step, Malakai Pearson, Step, Mikhail Pearson, Step, Ryan Harvey, Step, Jasmine Davis, Dance, Mackenzie Breg, Piano,/Dance, Jennah Pickering, Dance, Elise Silva, Dance, Victorya Fentress, Dance, Damiyah Hilton, Dance, Ashley McClymont, Dance, Osazeme Ekhator, Dance, Jolie White, Dance, Savanah Salomon, Dance Taylor Thompson, Dance, Amiyah Dacosta, Dance.

We are extremely proud of our students for working diligently to memorize their lines and routines.

Performing LIVE at the UniverSoul Circus was a great experience for our students. You can watch a snippet of the performance below:

Our Winter Break Program was an excellent way for students to spend their vacation. During the morning session students completed vacation packets, prepped for the New York State Exam and completed science activities. During the afternoon sessions students participated in Sports, Step, Media, Theater and Engineering Club.

Georden Burton reviews his experience at the Winter Break Program:

“I spent my winter break in school and it was fun. The winter break program was at PS 15. We worked on our homework packets and test prep in the morning. At lunch, we were able to play on our video games. The clubs I attended in the afternoon were Sports and Media. In Media Club, I was able to interview other clubs and take pictures. We had a good time this week. Overall, my Winter Break was awesome.”

-Georden Burton, 3rd Grade

Earth Day is a holiday that started on April 22nd, 1970. It is about taking care of the environment while also discussing how to reduce pollution and prevent severe climate change. The government tries to avoid oil spills, polluting factories, power plants, raw sewage leaks, toxic dumping, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wild animals and plants, and the extinction of wildlife on Earth. People who celebrate Earth Day also try to preserve energy and prevent global warming. 2020 will be the 50th anniversary of the founding of Earth Day. Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson who died in 2005.

There was a boy who didn’t care about Earth.

He didn’t care that he threw his trash outside his house.

Then a knock on the door came. It was a girl named Danielle.

She told the boy he should never litter. In 2007, we Americans threw away about 570 billion pounds of garbage. We are responsible for 30 percent of the planet's total waste. The boy learned his lesson and picked up all his trash.

Source: http://www.toxicsaction.org/problems-and-solutions/waste

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Earth Day, Earth Day.

it’s the very best day and has the best weather.

We take care of the earth.

We go outside, and plant new trees.

Thank the Earth for all that it gives.

Earth Day, Earth Day we love you Earth day.

It originated on March 21, 1970.

We celebrate Earth day to understand the consequences of our actions.

Earth Day without you we would live in trash.

Earth Day is a day to say hooray

We can save the planet

And save the animals in it

We need to save the planet

So more generations can live in it

We can save the planet

But we can't do it alone

If we can do it together

Our world would be a better place