2012
September 20 @ 7.30pm
October 16 @ 7.30pm
November 20 @ 7.30pm
December 18 @ 7.30pm
2013
January 15 @ 7.30pm
February 12 @ 7.30pm
March 19 @ 7.30pm
April 9 @ 7.30pm
May 21 @ 7.30pm
June 18 @ 7.30pm
For meeting agendas, financial records, and minutes: Minutes
Meeting Agenda Submissions:
Agenda items must be received via email at agenda@ps98pta.com at least 7 days prior to the meeting date.
Dear PS98 Parents,
The goal of Children’s Programming is to present engaging, interactive Residency and/or Assembly programs to the students through out the school year.
Yesterday we hosted Wildlife Encounters: Australian Animals.
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, www.omahazoo.com
The children learned about Australia and its many interesting residents and their habitats.
They saw 7 animals: emperor scorpion, bearded dragon, blue tongued skink, sugar glider, snake neck turtle, carpet python and a baby red kangaroo named Toughie. It was quite a sight to witness Toughie hopping up and down the aisles of the auditorium much to the amazement and joy of our children.
Last week we hosted Midori & Friends: Voices of Inspiration.
www.midoriandfriends.org,
Voices of Inspiration are a premier international vocal group based in New York City.
The workshops and concert deepened the children’s understanding of Black History Month through the context of music. It metaphorically relates to Mr. Adams’ theme of “The Stories In Music” and helped the children feel the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as aspects of this American experience in song.
In the month of November, 2012 we hosted the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers.
www.thunderbirdamericanindiandancers.wordpress.com
Thunderbirds are the oldest Native American Dance company founded in 1963.
Their goals are to preserve and perpetuate the cultures of the American Indian people through songs, dances and traditional dress. The children were wowed by the spectacular dance of the hoops and all the extravagant ceremonial “costumes”. They related to us that we are ALL native americans.
Darren Sardelli, the Funniest Poet in School (www.laughalotpoetry.com) visited us in October, 2012 based upon a recommendation from one of our great PS98 teachers.
Darren Sardelli is an ward winning poet and children’s book author whose goal is to inspire children to start writing poetry. He is influenced by Dr, Seuss and believes in writing down your ideas every day. He brings poetry to life by performing his funny poems to the audience which demonstrates how dynamic writing can be. The children interactively created impromptu poems with Mr. Sardelli though the use of rhyming techniques and showed them how make a poem surprising, humorous and exciting. He was the perfect guest for the Douglaston School of Literature!
Children’s Programming would like to thank you for your generous Membership Appeal contributions which pays for these programs. We appreciate your continuous support.
Sincerely,
Children’s Programming
PS98 PTA
programming@ps98pta.com
Dear PS98 Parents,
Science Lab with the Maritime Explorium (Hofstra Univ.), funded by the PS98 PTA is a resounding success. This program would not be available to our children without your generous Membership Appeal contributions.
Thank you for your support!
Lab 1 (Color without Crayons)- Chemistry
sessions finished on 1/17, 1/28
The children explored the fascinating world of indicators. Cabbage juice was used to demonstrate dramatic color changes in the presence of acids or bases.
Lab 2 (Clean Up Time)- Chemistry
sessions finished on 2/4, 2/7
This lesson invited the children to explore the chemistry of substances through the challenge of creating unique and safe cleansing products to make tarnished pennies sparkle again.
Lab 3 (Squeaky Clean Water)- Engineering
on 2/25, 3/7
The children will be asked to construct, experiment, control and gauge variables, compute distance, determine particle size and sequence a series of activities in order to get clean water.
*Please note that the children design their own experiments and keep track of their findings through drawings, sketches, writing, graphing and/or discussions.
The PS98 PTA would like to thank you for volunteering to help in these lab sessions. Please arrive 10 minutes early and plan to stay 10 minutes after the lab is over in order to insure a proper transition.
Thank you for all you do.
PS98 PTA Executive Board
contact@ps98pta.com
Dear Parents,
District 26 Superintendent’s Office along with Ed Braunstein have confirmed that PS98 will be open for school tomorrow. See you then!
Stay safe.
Sincerely,
PS98PTA Executive Board
