From the
Parent Council Excecutive Committee
SA families Bensonhurst
December 2015/January 2016 Newsletter
What’s Inside 1 Opening Letter 2 Celebrate!
Using Evidence
Winter is Coming
3 Gon’ Give It to You
Desert Island
Faculty Purchases
4 Calendar of Upcoming Events at School and Around Town
sa-bh PCEC Polina Bulman President
Madeline Vega Vice President
Lana Dziouba Secretary
sabh.pcec@gmail.com Thank you Illona Brobitsky and Elena Gorohovsky! Send pictures or calendar events anytime to contribute_sabh@yahoo.com
scholars hug ms. robertson at the multicultural potluck, reminding us to hold on tight to all the magic we get to experience through sa-bh. photo by Kathy Freytor
We Love our school The other day I received an email requesting a graphic I made to help drivers understand how morning drop-off can run more smoothly. Another school is trying to emulate the SA-BH routine. I sent the graphic, but it’s not enough. We have a secret ingredient—and they can’t have her. Last year, Ms. Robertson had to be there to greet my scholar; her presence set the tone for the whole event. Parents simply feel better handing off their children to someone who exudes so much joy for each scholar’s arrival. At the beginning of this year, as parents of returning scholars stopped to catch up with each other during drop-off and watched Ms. Robertson scoop up inconsolable scholars, magically turns tears into laughter, the parents would ask each other, “What would we do without her?” New parents felt “it,” too. While it is unimaginable that we could lose staff members we love, special interest groups threaten the entire future of Success Academies. Our cozy community grows stronger as we stand together to fight for our children. A handful of last year’s teachers and staff left SA-BH to take on new challenges, but their absence is felt. What would we do with any of SA-BH’s familiar faces? If you love SA-BH, tell all your representatives in city, state, and U.S. government, but be sure to start with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan @arneduncan.