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We are looking for parents to help us with book fair set-up, man the cash registers, sort and stock books, and of course helping students find books within their budgets at the Book Fair! (PreK-2nd grade students are always excited to have a parent with them at school - we encourage you to join them rather than volunteering during their class visit!) If you can help for a shift please sign up at: www.tiny.cc/217BookFairSignup  The Hawks 217 Wrestling team got off to a great start for the year on Friday's home meet. Thanks Coach Xavier for mentoring our mighty Hawks! Shop @ the 217 Store to order youth-sized PS/IS 217 school shirts for School Spirit Day (Friday, Nov 2)! Please note:
 Come cheer for the 217 Hawks' Wrestling team at their first match of the year! When: Friday, October 19th, 2018 Where: PS/IS 217 Gym Time: 4:00PM *Match nights typically end around 7:30pm* Go Hawks!   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. We encourage you to wear orange at school, at work, or wherever you are on Unity Day - Wednesday, October 24th. Unity Day is a time for everyone to come together – in schools, at work, 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.  What an amazing turnout at the Monster Bash - we hope you enjoy the photo gallery below! A HUGE THANK YOU to the dozens and dozens of Teachers, Staff, and Parents who volunteered their time and talents!! Over the past few weeks and today, more than 120 parents and staff have been involved in planning, preparation, designing and constructing the amazing backdrops and games, baking, popping, setting up, decorating, manning all the different games, activity and food tables at the event, and then helping pack it all away again! It was an amazing team effort! WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!!! We'd also like want to thank the many local Roosevelt Island businesses who volunteered, donated goods, and sponsored activities to support this event!  Thank you Elizabeth Bian, Alexandre Tolipan, and the many other parents who shared their photos with us! Today's weather is cool, but clearing! Grab your sweaters - the MONSTER BASH is TODAY! Pre-purchased tickets can be picked up this morning ouside school, or from 2:30 at the school gate this afternoon! The Gate opens at 3PM. There have been questions about costumes - no costumes necessary today - save your costumes for October 31st!  Due to Monster Bash setup, K-3 classes will be dismissed across the street at the Capobianco Field. See below for a map that will show you where the classes will be standing for dismissal. Should your child's dismissal plan be altered for this day, please send a note to your classroom teacher as soon as possible. All dismissal notes should be sent in by 10/11.   ONLINE-ONLY PRICES FOR THE MONSTER BASH END TONIGHT!
 Door Prices: Admission - $15 per child Food & Activity Tickets - $1 each! **Children under 3 years and adults are free.  PICK-UP PRE-PURCHASED TICKETS: Tickets purchased online will be available for pick-up at 8:25am on Weds, Thurs, and Fri mornings this week. (Please allow 1-2 days after purchase date.) We cannot send home tickets in backpacks. Tickets can also be picked up at the event entrance from 2:30pm onwards Friday. The gate will be opened at 3pm.  A lot of valuable information about school procedures, classroom practices, and curriculum were shared at this mornings 1st Grade Gab!
If you have a student in PreK, 2nd, 4th or 5th grades save the following date for your Grade Gab! (Classrooms 8:40-9am for family activity; Cafeteria 9-9:30am)
If you have questions for your child's Grade Gab, please email them to jallen27@schools.nyc.gov. Middle School Grade Gab dates are coming soon!  We need more parents to sign up and help at the Monster Bash!! We want this event to be full of fun and laughter for all our kids and we can't do that without you! Whether you pair up, split a shift with a friend, or it's just you - please sign up to lend a hand! Scenes from the 2017 Monster Bash: Parent and Teacher volunteers made this an amazing event for our kids!
 We have an SLT vacancy for a parent representative that needs to be filled!*
An election will be held at the November 7th PTA meeting. If you would like to make a nomination, please email pta217@gmail.com by October 27th. *for the remainder of the current term (until June 30, 2019). What is the SLT? School Leadership Teams (SLTs) are vehicles for developing school-based educational policies, and ensuring that resources are aligned to implement those policies. SLTs assist in the evaluation and assessment of a school’s educational programs and their effects on student achievement. SLTs play a significant role in creating a structure for school-based decision making, and shaping the path to a collaborative school culture. New York State Education Law Section 2590-h requires every New York City Public School to have a School Leadership Team. In addition, Chancellor’s Regulation A-655 (CR A-655) establishes guidelines to ensure the formation of effective SLTs in every New York City public school. SPECIAL ONLINE-ONLY PRICES UNTIL OCTOBER 10:
 We still need parent volunteers! Pair up, or split a shift with a friend - sign up to lend a hand! Sign Up to Volunteer Here!   Thank you to Wengerd Farms, the Roosevelt Island Fire Department, and the New York Public Library (Roosevelt Island Branch) for their support and contributions! Please contact the Fall Festival Committee Chairs - Tracey DeBenedictis & Janet Griffin at Team217info@gmail.com. This past Wednesday, the 8th grade class was lucky enough to attend WE Day - an annual celebration that brings together over 200,000 people across Canada, the US and the UK, and features an amazing lineup of world-renowned speakers and performers. This years line-up included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Martin Luther King III, Yuan Manuel Santos, Nas, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among many, many others. The WE movement is all about young people learning to develop good citizenship skills, and enabling and empowering them to take action and be change-makers both locally and globally - we are sure that our 8th grade class left WE Day full of inspiration to make a positive impact and make a difference! Teachers have requested that all Grades 4-8 students have a planner ready to use by October 1st! If you still don't have one, there is still time to purchase the PS/IS 217 2018-19 Planner. From October 1st we are opening Planner sales to ALL grades while supplies last! Order Now!!! If you would like to purchase one, please send in an envelope:
Once ordered, please allow 1-3 days for orders to be delivered to classroom teachers.   Last years test results for Grades 3-8 have been released.
Notices with instructions on setting up your mystudent.nyc account were sent home this week - please contact Ms Lauraine if you need further help!  The Monster Bash is coming up on SOON! Save the date and join us for a fabulous afternoon of fun, games, crafts, boucy houses, great food, henna tattoos, music, and prizes!!
Buy your tickets at the SPECIAL ONLINE ONLY price of $10 per child!
Sign Up to Volunteer Here! This entire event is run by volunteers and we need as many people to help as possible - please sign up for a volunteer task! Thank you to Wengerd Farms, the Roosevelt Island Fire Department, and the New York Public Library (Roosevelt Island Branch) for their support and contributions! Please contact the Fall Festival Committee Chairs - Tracey DeBenedictis & Janet Griffin at Team217info@gmail.com |
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