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Monday, February 8, 12:20-1:20 PM, Outer Cafeteria: Grade 3 Running Club continues. Please don’t forget to send your runner(s) in with sneakers and with their completed and signed permission slip, if you forgot last week! Boys run first, while the girls eat lunch. At 12:50 PM, the groups switch. Thanks again to all our volunteers. We wouldn’t be able to do this without your help.

Monday, February 8, 4:30 PM, Room 318: Diversity Committee Meeting. Please join us as we begin to plan our big event for the year.

Tuesday, February 9, 8:45 AM, Auditorium: Grade 1 Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music Orff Share. Friends and family are invited to watch and listen to their little musicians in action. Please don’t forget your recording devices!

Wednesday, February 10, 8:45 AM, Room 318: Parent Enrichment Series continues with a discussion, led by Tina Strafaci and Roseann Giglio, focusing on girls with references to Rachel Simmons’ book, The Curse of the Good Girl.

Wednesday, February 10, 3:00 PM, Main Office: Deadline to Register for the PS 29 Annual Talent Show. Students in Grades 3-5 are invited to participant. Please drop your completed and signed registration form into the box marked “Talent Show”, located in the main office. Please direct your questions to Lisa VanTassel at jasonlee1964@aol.com.

Thursday, February 11, 8:40 AM, Room 116: Meditation Group led by PS 29 Parent Stephen Park.

Thursday, February 11, 8:45 AM, Auditorium: Grade 2 and 3 - Special Assembly on Haiti led by returning special guests Joel Malebranche and PS 29 Parent Dylan Westfeldt.

Thursday, February 11, 11:20 AM, Room 409: February is Children’s Dental Health Month. To recognize this, Dr. Lisa Bienstock of Pediatric Dentistry, will lead a Teeth and More Brown Bag Lunch Seminar for twenty-four Kindergarteners. Invitations will be backpacked home with students who volunteered to attend during their lunch and recess periods.

Thursday, February 11, 5:00 PM, Room 318: School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting.

Friday, February 12, 3:00-5:00 PM, Auditorium: ‘The Cast’ Grade 5 Acting Club.

Wishing you all a wonderful and safe Mid-Winter Break (February 15-19). School resumes on Monday, February 22. Enjoy your week off with family and friends!

Families as Learning Partners

Friday, February 5 at 8:40 – 9:15 AM in your child’s classroom

Pre-Kindergarten: Math Partners

Kindergarten: Social Studies Partners

Grade 1: Non-Fiction Reading Partners

Grade 2: Realistic Fiction Celebration

Grade 3: Chinese Watercolors

Grade 4: Personal Essay Celebration

Grade 5: Fantasy

PS 29 PTA – sponsored Parent Coffee to follow in the Outer Cafeteria at 9:15 AM
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Midwinter Recess is only two weeks away! Do you know what your kids will be doing? Today is the deadline to register for the all-new PS29 PLUS Winter Camp 2010! Please click HERE for the schedule and HERE to sign up. Kids Club is available each day from 3-6 PM.

**Pre-K siblings of K-5 campers are also eligible to enroll.**
Questions: PS29PTA@gmail.com.
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Monday, February 1, 9:00-11:00 AM, Main Office: Kindergarten Registration for 2010-2011 Begins. Please note that Pre-Kindergarten registration will start on March 1 – details to follow upon receipt from the NYC Department of Education.

Monday, February 1: Deadline to Register for the PS29PLUS Mid-Winter Holiday Camp (February 15-19). To enroll, please visit www.TinyURL.com/Camp29.

Monday, February 1, 12:20-1:20 PM, Outer Cafeteria: Grade 3 Running Club Begins. Please don’t forget to send your runner(s) in with sneakers and with a completed and signed permission slip! Thank you in advance to PS 29 Parent Stephanie Manske for leading and organizing the Club and to Grade 3 parent volunteers who have signed on to make this possible.

Tuesday, February 2, 12:20-1:20 PM, Room 409: PS 29 Parent Shana Schoepke returns to lead her Working in TV and Movies in the City Brown Bag Lunch Seminar to 22 Grade 5 students. Invitations will be backpacked home with students who volunteered to attend during their lunch and recess periods.

Wednesday, February 3, 8:40 AM, Room 116: PS 29 Parent Book Club.

Thursday, February 4, 8:40 AM, Room 116: Meditation Group led by PS 29 Parent Stephen Park.

Friday, February 5, 8:40-9:15 AM, in your child’s classroom: Families as Learning Partners. Coffee gathering sponsored by the PS 29 PTA to follow, in the Outer Cafeteria.

Friday, February 5, 3:00-5:00 PM, Auditorium: ‘The Cast’ Grade 5 Acting Club.

Special Request on behalf of the PS 29 Faculty and Staff Book Clubs (Begins Monday, February 8): If anyone has copies of the following books and is willing to part with them until late March, please do let Frank Thomas or Nina Chan Jalowayski know or simply bring the book(s) directly to the Main Office. Also, please don’t forget to write your name and your child’s classroom number on the inside cover! Thanks in advance.

Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level by Sally E. Shaywitz
Comprehension through Conversation: The Power of Purposeful Talk in the Reader’s Workshop by Maria Nichols
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Trouble with Black Boys: And Other Reflections on Race, Equity, and the Future of Public Education by Pedro Noguera
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough
The Intelligent Eye: Learning to Think by Looking at Art by David Perkins
Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
When Your Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Please mark your calendars and have a terrific week!

The Kindergarten application period for the 2010 - 2011 school year begins on Monday, February 1. Starting February 1, families may go directly to their zoned school and/or other schools for which they are eligible to apply. At the schools, parents/guardians will be asked to complete application materials and show proof of residence and proof of birth for their child. WHEN YOU COME TO APPLY AT PS 29, PLEASE BRING YOUR CHILD(REN) WITH YOU (between 9:00 - 11:00 AM, Mondays - Fridays).

All students must apply to attend kindergarten at New York City public school in September 2010.

This includes:

Zoned students
Students with disabilities
Students with siblings already enrolled in a public school
Non-zoned students
Students currently attending a pre-Kindergarten program

Key Dates:
February 1 – March 12: Kindergarten Application period when families complete application materials at school(s).
March 22: Schools notify families regarding Kindergarten placement offer.
April 12 – April 23: Kindergarten pre-registration period.

Eligibility:
Children who were born between January 1 – December 31, 2005 and who are residents of New York City are eligible to apply and attend a New York City public school Kindergarten program during the 2010-11 academic year.

Admission Priorities:
The priorities for admission to Zoned Schools are:

Zoned students with verified siblings who will be enrolled in grades K-5 in the school as of September 2010;
Zoned students without siblings applying to their zoned school;
Non-zoned students with verified siblings, who will be enrolled in grades 1-5 in the school as of September 2010:
1. Within District first, and then
2. Out of District; and
3. Within District first, and then
4. Out of District

Non-zoned students without siblings:

Priorities for Admission to Non-Zoned Schools are:

Eligible students with verified siblings who will be enrolled in grades K-5 in the school as of September 2010; and
Other eligible students without siblings

We look forward to helping you throughout the admissions process! For more information, please visit the Elementary Admissions Page on the DOE Website.

Elementary School Enrollment Team, ES_Enrollment@schools.nyc.gov, 718.935.2009

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Midwinter Recess is only two weeks away! Do you know what your kids will be doing? Today is the deadline to register for the all-new PS29 PLUS Winter Camp 2010! Please click HERE for the schedule and HERE to sign up. Kids Club is available each day from 3-6 PM.
**Pre-K siblings of K-5 campers are also eligible to enroll.**
Questions: PS29PTA@gmail.com.
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Monday, January 25, 8:40 AM: Tello’s Egg Delivery.

Tuesday, January 26, 8:40 AM, Auditorium: Jan Poppendieck, author of Free For All: Fixing School Food in America, visits PS 29 to take us on an eye-opening journey into our nation’s public school kitchens. Join us to learn how you can help improve it!

Wednesday, January 27, 6:30 PM, Auditorium and Outer Cafeterias: Winter Arts Celebration featuring the PS 29 Advanced Band, Band, Chorus and a School-wide Art Exhibition. Participating band/chorus families, please remember to bring your cookie contribution for the post-performance fun! All band members are requested to arrive at 6:00 PM for tune- and warm-ups. Please don’t forget about the performance dress codes!

Thursday, January 28, 8:45 AM, Room 318: PS 29 Speech-Language Pathologist, Amy McNeal will lead a workshop on speech, language and the importance of playing with sounds to promote reading skills while encouraging new vocabulary with children.

Thursday, January 28, 8:40 AM, Room 116: Meditation Group led by PS 29 Parent Stephen Park.

Friday, January 29, 8:15 AM, Auditorium: Grade 5 Parent and Caregivers Year-End Activities Planning Meeting. Please join us to help make it all possible for our soon-to-be graduates!

Friday, January 29 is also Photo Retake Day, 9:00 AM, Auditorium. If you would like your child’s individual photo retaken, please return the original picture package on Friday. Please keep the class picture. Class pictures will not be retaken. If your child was absent on the original Fall Photo Day, this is the day to be photographed! Retake Day will begin with the Grade 5 Yearbook Class Photo.

Please mark your calendars and have a terrific week!

Please use this link to the online donor form for the Silent Auction. You can also find the auction form and solicitation letter on the Forms page of the school website. (You do not need to log in to access this page.) The link is also fixed in the website post of the previous email. Thanks again for your help with this very important fundraiser!
On an entirely separate fundraising note, the PTA has already raised a whopping $750 in baked goods and hot coffee sales for the Doctors Without Borders effort in Haiti. Thank you very much for your generosity and kindness!
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The PS 29 PTA will be holding its annual Gala on Friday, March 5^th at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
Our very festive Mardi Gras-themed event will also host one of our biggest fundraisers, our Annual Silent Auction. Each year we ask parents to donate or source the donation of items to this auction.
In past years, parents, friends and staff have donated the following:

GIFT CERTIFICATES (for services, restaurants, merchandise, etc.),
TICKETS (to the theater, movies, sports, etc.)
MEMBERSHIPS/SUBSCRIPTIONS (to museums, health clubs, magazines, etc.)
CORPORATE GIFTS (gift baskets, hotel stays, books, sports equipment etc.

Be creative and imaginative, donate your talent… Use your connections…Don’t be shy!
Work someplace exciting? Donate a “behind the scenes” tour.
Are you a photographer? Donate a photography session.
Are you a chef or caterer? Offer to prepare a meal or host a cooking class.
Are you a travel agent? Donate a trip or NYC hotel accommodations.
Are you a lawyer, accountant, carpenter, tech expert? Donate services.
Love to knit or sew? Offer to make a sweater, scarf, baby blanket, etc.
Love to bake? Offer a homemade cake of the month!

Donations will be accepted via any one of the following:

Complete the donation form HERE and place it in an envelope marked “SILENT AUCTION” and place in the auction bin, Main Office.
Complete form electronically and email it to ps29auction@gmail.com.
Upload your donation directly at www.TinyURL.com/29Auction.

Please note that we ask that donations be valued at $50 or more.
Deadline for donations is February 26, 2010
We are also looking for a team of parents to help solicit donations in the neighborhood. If you are interested in meeting neighborhood merchants or have a personal contact or relationship, please let us know at ps29auction@gmail.com. We welcome and would be very grateful for any and all assistance that you wish to offer.

If you have questions or would like to volunteer to help please email PS29Auction@gmail.com or call Jeanmarie Giordano (917) 952-3106 or Sarah Sellers (917) 544-4105.
Sarah Sellers will meet with volunteers both before and after tomorrow's PTA General meeting at 7 PM, and on Friday morning, Jan. 22, in outer cafeteria, Baltic Street side, from 8:00 AM-8:50 AM. Note: There are still plenty of ways to help even if you are unable to solicit items during the day!

Thank you in advance for helping to make the 2010 Silent Auction a great success!!
Jeanmarie Giordano and Sarah Sellers
Auction Chairs
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The PS 29 PTA will host a coffee and bake sale during drop-off on Tuesday, January 19. The proceeds will benefit earthquake victims in Haiti through Doctors Without Borders. Please come and enjoy a breakfast treat or a hot cup of coffee.

If you are interested in baking, please do! Please bring your goodies in by 8:15 AM. Any remaining items will be brought to the upper grade skating party later that evening. If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Seares at 917.497.5004.

Students are excited about their own contribution through a Coin Harvest. They made signs and hung them throughout the school this morning! Collections will begin next Tuesday.

Finally, we are pleased to report that an impromptu coffee sale took place today to benefit the same cause and organization.

Thank you in advance for your continued support of the PS 29 community and beyond. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

PS 29 Admissions Process for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten:

Pre-Kindergarten Admissions Timeline:
Activity: Date (2010)
Pre-Kindergarten Application Period Begins;
Directories and Applications Available March 1
Pre-Kindergarten Information Sessions March
Pre-Kindergarten Application Period Ends April 9
Pre-Kindergarten Offer Letters Distributed to Families May 31
Families Pre-Register at Schools June 7 – June 18

K-5 Admissions
Your zoned elementary school is determined by your home address. If you are uncertain if PS 29 is your zoned school, click here, call Maureen Monaco, PS 29 pupil secretary at 718.330.9277 or call 311.

Kindergarten Admissions Timeline:
Activity:	Date (2010)
Kindergarten Admissions Period Begins	February 1
Kindergarten Admissions Period Ends	March 12
Schools Notify Families of Kindergarten Offers	March 22
Families Pre-register at Schools	April 12 – April 23

What to Bring:

When you come to PS 29 to register (between 9:00-11:00 AM on Mondays-Fridays), please bring your child with you. You also must bring the following documents:

Proof of residence. Any two of the following documents:
- A residential, unpaid, utility bill (gas or electric) in the resident’s name issued by National Grid, Con Edison, or the Long Island Power Authority (for the Rockaways);
- Documentation or letter on letterhead from a federal, state or local government agency, including the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), City Housing Authority, Human Resources Administration (HRA), the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), or an ACS subcontractor indicating the resident’s name and address; must be dated within the past 60 days
- An original lease agreement, deed, or mortgage statement for the residence
- A current property tax bill for the residence
- An unpaid water bill for the residence;
- Official payroll documentation from an employer such as a form submitted for tax withholding purposes or payroll receipt; a letter on the employer’s letterhead will not be accepted; must be dated within the past 60 days
Child’s original birth certificate or passport
Child’s immunization records
Child’s latest report card/transcript (if available)
Child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) and/or 504 Accommodation Plan (if applicable and available)

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For those who were unable to attend, please feel free to visit the links listed below and read through the attachment with important information relating to bullying vs. conflict and child abuse.

Respect for All Brochure
Child Abuse Prevention Resource List

Please also check our PS 29 Community Bulletin Board and Neighborhood Resources within the PS 29 website for further information. To access these sections of our website, please log in and click on the \"School Directory: Find Teachers, Parents and Activities and View All Classrooms and Groups\" box under the peach colored \"School Contacts\" tab under your child(ren)'s name(s).
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To enroll your child, please go to TinyURL.com/Camp29. Credit cards are accepted. You can also complete the form included in the online brochure and leave it with payment by check in the Kids Club/After-School mailbox in the school's main office. Checks should be made payable to PS 29 PTA.
To see the camp brochure click HERE and for schedule click HERE.
The camp will run during regular school day hours: from 8:40 am to 3:00 pm. In addition, Kids Club will be offered from 3 pm to 6 pm.
PS 29 teachers are excited to be sharing a wide range of activities with your children each day, including arts and crafts, sports, science experiments, drama, reading, karaoke and cooking.
Enroll by the day or for the week. Final deadline for camp registration is February 1st.
Please register by tomorrow for the 10% discount. The vacation is only one month away!
Thank you!
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Community members can help children in Haiti by making secure online donations to UNICEF.
For the Red Cross, you may give online or, quicker still, text \"HAITI\" to \"90999\" to donate $10 (to be charged to your cell phone bill). It just takes a moment, and will help save lives.
We will also launch a coin harvest. If anyone has a large plastic jar or two that they can bring to school today, please email PS29PTA@gmail.com.
Thank you!

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$\"Notify$

Notify NYC is the City of New York’s official source for information about emergency events and important City services. What you need to know, when you need to know it. Notify NYC will provide expanded information on school delays, closings, and early dismissals!

To receive school notifications and alerts, register for Notify NYC or modify your existing account to add the address of your child’s school to your areas of interest. Registration is free and simple.

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How could proposed amendments made in 2010 affect your child's school lunch?
What can you, as parents, do to help improve school food?

Join us on January 26 in the Auditorium, 8:40-9:30 AM
For a discussion with Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All: Fixing School Lunch in America

Hosted by PS 29's Food and Farming Initiative
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I will be co-leading an enrichment cluster with 3-5 graders building a hydroponics window farm at PS 29 and am in need of a few key materials - if you have any of the following and are able to donate them, please bring them in to the PTA Room (133):

-1.5 liter water bottles
-1 gallon water bottles
-Air Pump (120 volts, 3/5 watts)
-Air Needles

Thank you!
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We are thrilled to offer 28 different Cool Clusters! Students have made their top three choices and this next cycle will begin on Wednesday, January 13 at 8:40 AM. Please visit our website to view the attached Enrichment Clusters menu. We hope this will help to stir some additional interest and ideas for our spring cycle for our Kindergarten students.

Thanks again for your continued support!
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$\"Go$

Part I of the \"How Boys and Girls Think and Learn Differently\" series

will focus on boys.

Come and watch video excerpts from Dr. Michael Thompson's \"Raising Cain\" and participate in an open discussion led by Tina Strafaci, L.C.S.W. and

Roseann Giglio, PS 29 Family Worker.

Part II: \"The Curse of the Good Girl\" by Rachel Simmons is scheduled for

February 10.
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A couple of important notes below - please read!

There's still time for a 2009 tax-deductible donation to the PTA at TinyURL.com/29Give. It only takes a minute, and benefits over 670 children! Thank you!

Please click HERE to download the brand-new PS29 PLUS Winter 2010 After School Program Course Catalogue. Registration will take place at 6:00 PM SHARP on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. Courses start on Monday, January 11th and will run for nine weeks. PS29 PLUS is a robust on-site after-school program offering a wide range of courses, taught by our own teachers as well as professional partners such as Vision Education & Media (RoboFun Lego Robotics), The Piano School of New York, Let’s Play Chess, and Juguemos a Cantar. PS29 PLUS offers a trimester schedule, and approximately 60 courses per academic year. We're pleased to note that we've held Kids' Club prices steady for the past three years (despite increases in costs to the PTA).

The PTA is also pleased to introduce our first PS29 PLUS Holiday Camp for the Midwinter Recess, February 15-19, 2010, as a service for busy and working parents (with options to register by the day or week.) Click HERE to see the catalogue and HERE for the schedule. We’re happy to offer online registration for your further convenience, and discounted early registration. Please click TinyURL.com/Camp29 to register.

All information is posted on the home page of PS29BROOKLYN.org. (You do not have to log in to access.)

Again, best wishes for the New Year and a huge thanks for all that you do for our children and their school!
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Starting February 2010, the PTA Afterschool Program will be sponsoring Holiday Week Camps at PS 29 for the mid-winter and spring vacations. You can now pay online with PS29's secure payment system.

Each day of the winter holiday camp, Feb. 15-19, will have a theme and a variety of fun activities taught by PS 29 teachers, including drama, cooking, sports, singing, circus arts, and arts and crafts. The program will be available to all K through 5 students. Parents can enroll their child for 1-5 days.

Before 1/15, the fees are $72.00 per day and $324 per week for one child. From 1/15 through 2/1, the rates are $80.00 per day or $360 per week for one child. Registration closes February 1.

Please go to the PS29 website and click on the \"Store\" link or follow this link:
http://ps29brooklyn.org/store/early%20reg%20holiday%20camp.html
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Panepento.
Special thanks to Susan Panepento, Marion Gropen, and Providence Hogan for getting camp and the online payment system off the ground.
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Wishing you and your family a wonderful, relaxing and safe holiday break! See you in 2010!

Happy holidays from all of us at PS 29!
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Pre-Kindergarten Admissions Timeline:
Activity:	Date (2010)
Pre-Kindergarten Application Period Begins; Directories and Applications Available	March 1
Pre-Kindergarten Information Sessions	March
Pre-Kindergarten Application Period Ends	April 9
Pre-Kindergarten Offer Letters Distributed to Families	May 31
Families Pre-Register at Schools	June 7 – June 18