PCEC Newsletter | September 2016

From the

Parent Council Excecutive Committee

SA families Bensonhurst

September 2016 Newsletter

Morning Routine

All in the Family Laury Ann Hugs Mr. Poirier when she drops off her little sister on her way to class.

re-tie How to salvage a tie

1. If the knot is undone, separate the pieces

2. Loop the wide half and then the skinny half around the collar

3. Tuck the skinny half inside the loop

4. Tighten until the knot looks good.

Morning Meeting Scholars shake hands with staff, such as Ms. Garcia, every time they reach a new floor. (Climbing four flights of stairs becomes easier when there are people to greet you on every other landing.) Scholars have the option to take a breakfast with them to class from a table outside the Main Office. Ms. Calish helps one scholar as others settle in. Any work that is not completed before the morning meeting goes home with scholars. Mr. Carreker leaves enough of a gap between when the last students arrive and when his class gathers on the rug for morning meeting to allow time to eat and time for work.

—Story and Photographs by Madeline Vega

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Online!

Falling in love with reading and counting all the time are some of the topics covered in last years’ newsletters. Visit issuu.com/sabhsharing

sa-bh PCEC Madeline Vega President

Michael Curcio Vice President

Yuri Nazarov Secretary pcec@sabhfamilies.com www.sabhfamilies.com Connect with parents facebook.com/groups/ sabhparents Share with SA-BH staff facebook.com/groups/ sabhfamily

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September 2016 sun 28

mon 29

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wed 31

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fri 2 No School

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Outdoor Art Exhibit 10

LABOR DAY

No School Hajj begins

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Patriot Day Eid al Adha begins Grandparents Day

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Hispanic Heritage Month begins

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Medieval Festival 25

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International Day of Peace

First Day of Fall

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Day of Arafat

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Oktoberfest begins

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Selichot

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Path to Possible March

Fun Things to Add to Your Calendar A selection of events in and around Brooklyn to check out with your scholar Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit Sept. 3 - 5 and Sept. 10 - 11 Noon - 6 p.m. each day An art show on the sidewalks of University Place from East 13th Street to Waverly Place.

Free. wsoae.org Medieval Festival Sept. 18 - 11:30 a.m.

Step back in time with music and games at Fort Tyron Park.

Take the A to 190th Street.

Free. whidc.org/festival

2014 - No strollers allowed on the bus. we came on our own.

#PathtoPossible March Sept. 28 - 7:45 a.m.

Support school choice for all New York City parents.

More information to come.

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What Happens at a Rally?

Normally the newsletter’s back page is school-free, but this seemed an appropriate place to emphasize how important it is to support public demonstrations.

If you cannot attend, there is no need to disparage the rally.

The mood is a celebration of what we could accomplish with more government support.

Other adults volunteered last year to take scholars whose parents could not attend.

Thousands of adults and children in matching T-shirts makes a much stronger statement to civic leaders than simply using #PathToPossible.

—Madeline