 This past Friday, we had the first Friday Match Night of our winter season. We had our BEST competition turn out! A big thank you to everyone who came out. Congratulations to Matia, Gemma, Mao, Malcom, Laila, Isaias, Timur, Frida, Persya, Jaime, and Mathew. They each stepped up and earned some very valuable match experience. Looking ahead, the 217 Hawks have another competition this Saturday! This tournament will be in West Orange, New Jersey at West Orange High School and is hosted by BEAT-THE-STREETS who are providing transportation and the entry fee for the tournament. Based on age and experience, the following student-athletes will represent PS/IS 217:
Tournament: (Wrestlers will be leaving from: 35th and 8th avenue in Manhattan at 9:35am) When: Saturday, February 3, 2018 Where: (West Orange High School) 51 CONFORTI AVE WEST ORANGE,NJ 07052 What to bring: Practice Gear (Shoes, Shorts, shirts) Food  PS/IS is hosting a wrestling dual meet on January 26th.
Please come out and support our team! Schedule 4:30pm: Roosevelt Island vs Renaissance 5:30pm: Leonardo Davinci vs Robert Van Wyck 6:30pm: Robert Van Wyck vs American Wrestling A. 7:30pm: American Wrestling A. vs Roosevelt Island Notes for wrestlers: In order to wrestle, students must be at least 65 pounds and be in grades 5-8. Students in grades 3 and 4 will wrestle at the discretion of the coach. All wrestlers are encouraged to attend and support the team. Wrestlers must arrive at 3:45pm with their shorts, wrestling shoes and shirts.  The New York International Children's Film Festival is coming up! February 23 - March 18 and the PTA earns money from each ticket purchased! The NYICFF was founded in 1997 to support the creation and dissemination of thoughtful and intelligent films for kids. Since then, NYICFF has grown from one weekend of films into the largest film festival for children and teens in North America. Screened over the course of four weeks at venues throughout NYC, the Festivalprogram - narrowed down from roughly 2,500 international submissions - includes 100 new films from around the world, representing 30+ countries in 15+ languages, programs for ages 3-18, 75 film screenings, 20 feature films, 6 unique short filmprograms (our most popular!), filmmaker Q&As, North American premieres, sneak peeks, special retrospectives, and Oscar-qualifying short film programs. There is truly something for everyone! To buy tickets: • Go to http://nyicff.org/tickets/ • VERY IMPORTANT: Select PS/IS 217 Roosevelt Island School from "Select Your School" drop down menu at the top of the page • Buy tickets! Our school receives $$ for every ticket you purchase! Hope to see you at the movies!  Come join fellow PSIS 217 families at Citi Field to cheer on the New York Mets & help raise money for our school! Purchase tickets HERE. WHEN: Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 1 p.m. WHERE: Citi Field (Corona, Queens) - we're sitting in Section 100 (where the 7 Line Army sits) COST: $42 per ticket - PLUS you can get a Mike Piazza jersey for ONLY $5 more! If you would like seats together with another group/family, please purchase the TOTAL number of tickets on ONE ORDER with all family names indicated in the comments, and include the appropriate amount of money. * Please note that tickets will be given out/sent home in April. * Tickets are transferable, but NON-REFUNDABLE. During check-out, please answer all of the questions so that your ticket order may be filled correctly! Thanks to the discounted group tickets offered by the Mets, the PTA receives $5 from every ticket sold! See you at the game! Save the date... and lend a hand! It's time to get ready for the Spring Fling & Silent Auction!1/15/2018
The PTA's 2018 Spring Fling & Silent Auction is coming up on Saturday March 24, from 4-7 p.m. This will be a fun family event, with a dance, food & great shopping - we already have JetBlue ticket vouchers, Carnegie Hall tickets, and many other items secured!! Last year the PTA raised approximately $19,000 at the auction, which helps enable the PTA pay for our school's enrichment programs, as well as supporting the science program, school library, and many other programs! But we need your help! Here are ways to get involved: CLASS BASKETS & PROJECTS We are asking all parents to contribute to create class baskets, which will be sold at the silent auction. Your class parent will be in touch with you shortly with more information. DONATIONS FOR THE AUCTION Donations for the auction can be anything - services, tickets, jewelry, designer handbags, a week or weekend in a vacation home, a gift certificate, etc.
VOLUNTEERING We need volunteers to help plan the dance, solicit items, and to help run this fun event. To get involved, please contact pta217auction@gmail.com. Thank you for your support! We look forward to seeing you at the auction!!
 Book of the Month continues at 217 with My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook. While reading this book students thought about self control. Have you ever had a feeling that you may erupt? Or the feeling of a rumble, grumble in your tummy or a jiggle or wiggle coming out of your body? If so, then you can relate to the main character Louis who struggles with self control. Told from Louis’ perspective this story provided a wonderful opportunity to teach the value of respecting others by listening and waiting for their turn to speak. Please continue the conversation about Self-Control at home! College Awareness Day aims to help students and families understand that their dream of college is attainable. Over the day teachers engaged in conversations and activities with students with the aim of inspiring their college aspirations! Here are some photos of students throughout the day: Recently, classes 401, 402, 405 and 501 participated in a workshop presented by the New York City Children's Theater called "Fair and Square".
Fair and Square is all about conflict among 5th grade friends and the appropriate ways to handle these types of conflicts. After losing the school spelling bee to Roberta another student, McKayla. accuses her of cheating. When Roberta learns that she might lose her coveted award she takes matters into her own hands, placing the two of them in serious trouble. Throughout the interactive drama and workshop, students explored themes of conflict management, actions, and consequences as well as peer pressure. The students were highly involved and added wonderful insight and their own resolutions for the actors. If your child would like to participate in the Talent show they can sign-up now! Space is limited and only complete applications will be considered. We also need parents who can who can help us ensure that this event runs smoothly and the kids have fun! Please contact us if you can help!   Hair Fairies conducted a school-wide lice check today, following their lice education presentation at this morning’s PTA meeting. All students and teachers were checked. Hair Fairies detected at least one child with nits from lice in 18 out of 25 classes checked. Although this is hard news to hear, knowledge is power. As a community, we all need to work together to detect and eradicate lice at 217. The DOE provides information about lice, and how to treat and prevent lice here http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/health/pediculosis/default.htm What can I do if my child has lice or nits? There are many services that will help you get rid of lice, or you can treat lice at home. Click here to view guidance from the NYC DOE or Hair Fairies also has education materials on their website, including videos on how to detect and treat lice, available at: https://www.hairfairies.com/lice-treatment-videos/ What can I do to check my child and/or prevent lice if someone in my child’s class has lice? Even if your child was not found to have lice or nits during today’s screening, if your child is in a class where lice was detected, a preventative wet comb-out is helpful! Please see the guidance from the NYC DOE . There are also many online resources that can help you become more educated about lice and how to detect it, treat it, and take steps to prevent it.  
The winter wrestling season begins this week with the first practice on Wednesday, January 10th.
Practices will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:45-4pm. Students from grades3-8 are welcome to participate if you are interested, please see Coach Luce for a permission slip. (If you wrestled in the Fall Season then you are ready to go!) Coach Xavier is looking forward to seeing everyone on the mats tomorrow! It's the last day for students to log reading minutes for the Read-A-Thon - we hope all our students have had a good time reading and remembered to write down their minutes! Please send in your forms along with money pledged by Tuesday, January 9th! Lost your forms? No problem - printable versions are here (you must return both forms!)
    New York City district schools will be OPEN tomorrow, Friday, January 5, 2018. All field trips requiring yellow school buses will be cancelled. All other programs and activities will be held as scheduled. Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) Customer Service Agents are available at (718) 392-8855 and via e-mail to answer questions and provide information for parents and schools: optnyc.org. We urge New Yorkers to exercise caution when going outside. Stay up to date on conditions throughout the storm. Sign up for direct alerts at nyc.gov/notifynyc and follow Notify NYC. Please contact NYC 311 if you have any questions.   New York City Department of Education: ⚠️ WEATHER ADVISORY: Due to expected severe weather conditions, all New York City public schools will be closed Thursday, January 4, 2018. After-school programs, adult education, YABC programs, and PSAL activities are also cancelled. New York City district schools will be open, Friday, January 5, 2018. All programs and activities will be held as scheduled. Thank you to all custodial engineers and custodial staff who have been out in full force to shovel snow, clear sidewalks, and ensure our buildings are ready for staff and students to safely return. Grades 3-8 has started Circuit Training this week! Students will participate in circuit training for the next 6 weeks.
Kindergarten - Grade 2 have begun working with parachutes. This is a 6 week physical education unit.
 As part of 217’s Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) program, 217 is excited to announce December's PBIS award recipients! The PBIS awards for December go to elementary students in each class who exemplified COMPASSION. Each month, as the PBIS curriculum highlights different core values - and awards will be presented to students who best embody and exemplify these traits. Themes will include respect, cooperation, forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, empathy, problem solving, self control, and confidence. K001: Blake Figuero and Alex Ma
K002: Aylah Ferran and Lael Daunivalu K003: Lina Beving and Madiyar Serikov K004: Lillian Wallace and Ansel Weingarten K123: Zackery Ferguson 101: Diego Mactavish Sanchez and Yui Nozaki 102: Matias Zambrano and Cecilia Barros 104: Riya Kalita Mukul and Sven Cornelissen 201: Nyssa Daunivalu and Zainab Younis 202: Ryoya Ebata and Chihiro Matsumura 204: Jane Breisky and Lukas Christ 301: Michaela Matkovic, Islam Hamasi, and Roman Chard 302: Mohamed Elakrmi and Emilia Garcia De La Concha 304: Dairinn Burrows and Freddie Streich 401: Tara Samuels and Gemma Bongiorni 402: Ayaru Temenova and Gael Curutchet 404: Sonia Kranich and Gus Hurwitz 405: Thea Spoorenberg and Malcolm Sweeney 501: Lily Kalb and Selena Ramirez 504: Juliet Arau and Mariam Toumi 601: Fernanda De Silva and Jenni Ngo 701: Tahrim Ahmed and Ananya Singhal 801: Reet Narang and Quinn Sielaff  In New York City, all children are eligible to attend PreK in the calendar year they turn 4 - if your child is turning 4 in 2018, take a PreK tour at PS/IS 217! Tours for prospective PreK parents will be held on:
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