A.C.E. Academy for Scholars
Weekly Newsletter
June 15, 2020
June Monthly Theme: "Path to Excellence"
Photo's of the Week
Do you know who these masked teachers are ?????
It's Ms. Pine, Ms. Mallin & Mrs. Jimenez!!!


All parents/guardians of students in grades 3-K to12, and students in grades 6-12 are invited to take the survey. The survey is available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu.
Click above to see the Virtual PTA Meeting Minutes from the June 11th Meeting.
Below are Tips & Resources presented at the June 11 Virtual PTA Meeting Presented by our Counseling Team - Ms Rodriguez PS290 Social Worker and Ms Gore, School Counselor
Children's Mental Health Recognizing the effects of a crisis in our scholars and how to support them. Click above to view the Presentation from Counseling Team -Mrs. Rodriguez, School Social Worker and Mrs. Gore, School Counselor | Coping Skills for Kids Teach kids coping skills with these printables to help you teach kids how to cope kids deal with difficult and overwhelming feelings like anxiety, anger and stress. Click here for the printables. | Caring for Yourself and Your Family Find tips and resources for parents & caregivers times of stress and uncertainty at https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring |
Children's Mental Health
Click above to view the Presentation from Counseling Team -Mrs. Rodriguez, School Social Worker and Mrs. Gore, School Counselor
Coping Skills for Kids
Click here for the printables.
Caring for Yourself and Your Family

Quarantine Recipe of the Week
This weeks recipe comes from one of 4th Grade Parents -Mr. Laboy
STUFFED PEPPERS
Ingredients
1: 2 cups of cooked rice.
2: 4 peppers (green or red)
3: Spaghetti sauce.
4. Shredded Mozzarella cheese.
5. Medium pack of ground meet
Directions
- Cook your rice to your liking.
- Place the ground meet in a pan. Slow cook. While cooking, add 1 spoon of sofrito, 1 envelope of sazon, half table spoon of paprika, sprinkle some garlic powder, 2 cloves of garlic, and sprinkle onion powder.
- Once ground meat is cooked add 1 cup of spaghetti sauce.
- Add half cup of mozzarella cheese.
- Then add the rice to the pan and mix together.
Preparing the pepper:
- Cut top of pepper at least 1 inch from the top. So not throw away the top.
- Clean the inside of the pepper removing everything inside. Wash out pepper.
- Add the rice and ground meat mixture into the pepper.
- Add half spoon of sauce on top and sprinkle some cheese on top and cover.
- Baking the pepper:
- On a oven pan spread the rest of your sauce in it. Spread the sauce. Place each stuffed pepper into the pan.
- Place pan into the oven and bake for 39 to 45 minutes.
- Once done take out of oven. With a spoon, take sauce from the pan and put on top of your pepper.
Bon appetit!
Coffee & Conversation
Tuesdays, June 16th & 23rd @ 5:30pm meet.google.com/nnp-mkym-mgv
Single Parents Group Meeting
Friday, June 19th @ 7:00pm on Google Meeting ID: meet.google.com/sor-yjdt-bxv
Get ready for Family Virtual Field Day this Thursday, June 18, 2020! Click button above for details.
Fun Free Things to do This Week
Living History @Home: Celebrate Juneteenth with NYHS! Take a virtual field trip to King Manor Museum on Wednesday, June 17, 1:00 to 2:00pm, and join New York Historical Society's Living History coordinator, Cheyney McKnight, as she prepares a Juneteenth feast over a period-correct fire pit on our front lawn. Learn how to make Marcus Garvey salad, barbecue ribs, strawberry pie, and more with kid-friendly recipes! This program is FREE and will be hosted on Zoom. To register click here. King Manor Museum is the Historic home of Rufus King: Founding Father, framer of the Constitution, and early voice in the anti-slavery movement. To learn more about King Manor Museum go to: https://www.kingmanor.org/ | Queens Botanical Garden Presents: Science on the Sidewalk: Leaf Rubbings & StampsMake art with the help of leaves! Rebecca and Miles show you how to make leaf rubbings and stamps on this episode of Science on the Sidewalk. For more activities, crafts and stories for families go to : www.queensbotanical.org/qbgathome | Childrens Museum of Art - Resources for At-Home Arts Education Keep arts education thriving in your home! Check out these fun resources offered FREE of charge and affirm CMA’s mission of making the arts accessible to all children and families. Get fun daily art projects, how to projects/activities, reading list , daily art challenges, art curriculum, and more! Go to : https://cmany.org/resources/ |
Living History @Home: Celebrate Juneteenth with NYHS!
To register click here.
King Manor Museum is the Historic home of Rufus King: Founding Father, framer of the Constitution, and early voice in the anti-slavery movement. To learn more about King Manor Museum go to: https://www.kingmanor.org/
Queens Botanical Garden Presents: Science on the Sidewalk: Leaf Rubbings & Stamps
Make art with the help of leaves! Rebecca and Miles show you how to make leaf rubbings and stamps on this episode of Science on the Sidewalk. For more activities, crafts and stories for families go to : www.queensbotanical.org/qbgathome
Childrens Museum of Art - Resources for At-Home Arts Education
Check out these fun resources offered FREE of charge and affirm CMA’s mission of making the arts accessible to all children and families.
Get fun daily art projects, how to projects/activities, reading list , daily art challenges, art curriculum, and more! Go to : https://cmany.org/resources/
ARTWORK OF THE WEEK!

S.T.E.A.M. Corner
NOTEworthy.....
Children's Rights Song by Vera from 3rd Grade - Fordham
Click above for Mental Health Resources for all New Yorkers
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.