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As part of 217’s Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) program, 217 is excited to announce October's PBIS award recipients! The PBIS awards for October go to elementary students in each class who exemplified COOPERATION.
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: Jade Young & Aiden Matias K002: Michael Coleman & Aleena Haque K003: Scotlyn Griffin & Anton Cardinal K004: Elina Smith & Sakina Salehmohamed K123: Jaylen Reyes 101: Langston Forbes & Anasha Afsana 102: Annabelle Ward & Amelah Dzuherovic 104: Aila Schrider & Nico Stegner 201: Andrea Tevi & Mackenzie Chestnut 202: Julie De Koop & Sonni Warsing 204: Nina Durkovic & Walker Hurwitz 301: Pedro Sales, Luca Starace 302: Emilia Garcia & Mohamed Elakrmi 304: Idan Nutkevitz & Gulshan Aachol 401: Wd Hamasi & Shawn Sire 402: Mao Ogawa & Mario Zambrano 404: Sola Nakaguchi & Ella Argaluza 405: Emilie DeKoop & Sebastian Fridman 501: Lola De Luka & Jaime Diaz 504: Sadie Siragusa & Alexi Stegner  Decked in orange, 217 students, faculty, and staff create a peace sign to celebrate Unity Day on October 25th. Our Hawks are united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. We choose kindness.
The MakerSpace is back up and running on the 217 playground! Every second week, 217 students enjoy the opportunity to get creative and explore making with different materials and techniques.
With the help of Cornell Tech’s Niti Parikh, our MakerSpace Co-ordinator, along with Cornell Tech students and members of the Teacher Support Team, students are encouraged to design and experiment as they engage in building, inventing, and learning basic engineering concepts.
Our young Hawks are looking to break records during the next 3-4 weeks of our Fitnessgram Testing. The NYC Fitnessgram is an annual fitness assessment aimed at helping students develop goals for lifelong fitness and good health. The test consists of a pacer run, push-ups, sit-ups and flexibility in the lower back. Our 4th grade students were all smiles during their 1st year completing the Fitnessgram Assessment, while 3rd graders get a taste of the Fitnessgram Assessment in preparation for their 4th grade test next year.
PS/IS 217 has joined the A+ School Rewards fundraising program. Earn points for 217 by shopping at Peapod (online) and Stop & Shop (in store). Each purchase earns points that are converted to cash for our school!
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At the end of the program, PS/IS 217 receives a cash reward check that will be used towards the needs of classrooms in our school - please support us and JOIN! For assistance or questions please contact Susy: susy.delcampop@gmail.com The Book of the Month tradition continues at 217! Coinciding with Unity Day, and supporting our PBIS character trait of the month - Cooperation - this month's book, Enemy Pie focuses on how perceiving people based on a single impression can often be misleading. In the book, the main character claims that Jeremy Ross is his enemy and doesn’t invite him to his birthday party, because Jeremy had laughed at him when he struck him out in a baseball game. The main character’s dad convinces him that, in order to get rid of his enemy he just needs to make an enemy pie and share it with Jeremy. While hanging out and sharing the ‘enemy pie’ (which is really a delicious pie), they bond and become friends. After reading Enemy Pie, classes discuss the moral of the story - how first impressions aren’t always correct and not to judge someone based on first appearances.  PS/IS 217 Middle School students visited Cornell Tech today for the 4th Annual Let's Code Roosevelt Island! Over sixty Cornell Tech graduate students were there to work with them as they learn to use Javascript to edit news videos they recorded.
 It was fantastic to see the excitement and enthusiasm of so many young readers this week at the book fair! Thank you to parents for accompanying your children or sending in money for shopping, helping teachers fill their classroom wish lists, and buying many, many books - it was a great success! If you couldn’t make it to school for the book fair, or missed out on a particular book, it is not too late! The Book Fair is open for shopping online through October 14th: http://onlinebookfairs.scholastic.com/default.aspx?f=3767368 We’d like to give a HUGE thank you to the Book Fair Team made up of over 20 parents - all of whom came in throughout the week to run the book fair, and help so many young shoppers! The book fair couldn’t have happened without you! Josie, Jenny & Olga Book Fair Chairs  Picture Day is coming up - on Friday, October 27! To complete your order, please return the flyer and order form that was sent home with your child. Be sure to enclose your payment or online payment code.
PLEASE do not leave payments in the main office - elementary school students should give their payment directly to their classroom teacher. This is to ensure the classroom teacher knows which students are to be photographed! Order online: https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/ Picture Day ID: OV387079Q0 Seniors: All 8th graders will be photographed in cap and gown for the yearbook. Parents will receive a proof and may purchase senior photographs online. Volunteers Needed! If you wish to help with picture day, please contact Ms. Seliger in the Main Office. Parents are needed to help students with lineup, cap & gown, photo prep, etc.  National Bullying Prevention Month is a nationwide campaign founded in 2006 by PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center.
The campaign, held during the month of October, unites communities around the world to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. A signature event during the month is Unity Day - on October 25 - when everyone is encouraged to wear and share the color ORANGE. Unity Day is a time for everyone to come together – in schools, in communities, and online – and send one large ORANGE message of support, hope, and unity to show that we are together against bullying and united for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.  In November, parents and guardians of our students are invited to classrooms to see student learning in action! Parents and guardians of Grades K, 1 & 2 are also invited to an Open Music Class in the auditorium prior to visiting classrooms! As we anticipate big crowds, and want to accommodate all attendees, we request that only parents/guardians attend. Please see the schedule below.
NOTE: to ensure the safety and security of all students, video or photography is not permitted in the classroom. Open School Days Schedule: November 14 -17, 2017 Grade K: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:35 Grade K Open Music Class - Auditorium 9:15 Set Up Feast 10:00-10:45 Grade K Thanksgiving Feast Cafeteria Grade 1: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 8:35 Grade 1 Open Music Class - Auditorium 9:15 - 10:00 Visit Classrooms 101: Homeroom Rm 221 102: Homeroom Rm 209 104: Art Rm 170 Grade 2: Thursday, November 16, 2017 8:35 Grade 2 Open Music Class - Auditorium 9:15 - 10:00 Visit Classrooms 201: Homeroom Rm 205 202: Homeroom Rm 208 204: Homeroom Rm 305 123: Homeroom Rm 222 Grade 3: Friday, November 17, 2017 8:35 Grade 3 Open Music Class - Auditorium 9:15 -10:00 Visit Classrooms 301: Homeroom Rm 304 302: Homeroom Rm 321 304: Homeroom Rm 314 Grade 4 Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 8:35 - 9:15 Open Classes 401 Math: Cantor Rm 421 402 Science: Murphy Rm 313 404 Math: O’Connor Rm 414 405 ELA: Rubenstein Rm 413 Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 8:35-9:15 Open Classes 401 ELA: Sanchez Rm 418 402 Lib: O’Hagan Rm 260 404 Art: Follansbee Rm 170 405 Tech: Collazo Rm 404 Grade 5 Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 8:35 - 9:15 Open Classes 501 ELA: Chan Rm 419; 504 Math: Ditaranto Rm 314 Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 8:35-9:15 Open Classes 501 Math: Ditaranto Rm 314; 504 ELA: Chan Rm 419 Grade 6/7/8 Thursday, November 16, 2017, 8:35 - 9:15 Open Classes 601 SS: Buttermilch Rm 408 701 Math: Sorokurs Rm 409 801 ELA : Andrade Rm 405 Friday, November 17, 2017, 8:35 - 9:15 Open Classes 601 Math: Sorokurs Rm 409 701 Science: Wong Rm 308 801 SS: Buttermilch Rm 408 We look forward to seeing you at Open School Days!  Fifth Grade Parents are invited to a workshop on Tuesday 10/17, 7:45-8:20am in Room 419. Teachers will discuss Close Reading & Narrative Writing. Students are welcome to join.
Over 500 members of our school community came to enjoy themselves at the Monster Bash and we raised over $6500 for our school! Thank you to our wonderful crew of parents, teachers and school staff who volunteered their time to make this event happen!! Special thanks to Theresa Canning-Zast for making our event look fabulous, Irena Durkovic and Susy del Campo Perea for securing us delicious food donations, and Andrea Siegel, Aphrothiti Hanrahan, Rachel Dowling and Niti Parikh for their help with games and decorations, Nathalie Chetrit for creating our flyers, and our PTA Executive Board. And special thanks to our event chair, Tracey DeBenedictis, who went above and beyond to make the event a success! We are grateful to all of the local businesses who donated to our event-please stop by, thank them and show them your support! THANK YOU: Wengerd Farms Roosevelt Island Firefighters Riverwalk Bar and Grill Oxygen Eventworks Chelsea Choreography Dawn Jones Entertainment Bread & Butter Market Fusion Salon NYPL Trattoria Pizza Wholesome Factory Roosevelt Island Starbucks's Gristedes Costco The Pillai Family 217 Bake sale team 217 Pop Stars Team 217 Event volunteers |
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