Kids Collect at City Reliquary

In the Fall of 2008, the City Reliquary embarked on an ambitious project with our school through a grant from Councilmember Diana Reyna. The City Reliquary's Inspector Collector, Harley Spiller visited our 5th-grade classrooms and worked with the students and their teachers, to build collections of cool stuff mostly related to New York City. Each child turned a cardboard box into a "reliquary" and gathered small objects that told their stories. These student-made mini-museums of objects near and dear to their hearts will be on view to the public for one month at City Reliquary. Opening Reception will be on Wednesday, December 17th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The reliquaries will be on exhibit every Saturday and Sunday until January 11th. The City Reliquary is located at 370 Metropolitan Avenue near Havemeyer Street.

TADA Performances

Our first and second grade students have completed their residency with Theater and Dance Academy, TADA this week. Our performances will take place on Tuesday, December 16, 2008. First grade will perform at 9:00 a.m. and second grade will perform at 9:45 a.m. Our first graders will perform songs from the musical, Peter Pan. Our second graders will perform songs from the musical, The Sound of Music. We hope to see you there!

Food Drive!

Just a reminder! This week is Kids Can Help Week. P.S. 132 is holding a week long Food Drive. We are looking for donations of any of the following items: canned fruit, canned vegetables, plastic jars of peanut butter, packaged macaroni and cheese and packaged hot or cold cereal. Please send in your donations to the main office from December 1 - December 5. We look foward to another successful food drive.
Thank you for your continued support.

Update on our One Day Serv-a-thon

I wanted to provide an update regarding our one day serv-a-thon. We are happy to announce that our packages have been shipped. After researching various delivery options, we located a post office branch that has been a tremendous help to us. A warm thank you goes out to The United States Post Office-Dyker Heights Branch. The incredible staff at the Dyker Heights branch has offered to ship our packages free of charge. The workers organize fundraisers to assist in raising finances necessary to cover shipping charges for packages sent overseas to our soldiers.

I am also thrilled to report that one of the soldiers, Carlos Santos received his care packages. We received a letter from his family expressing his gratitude and joy. It is a wonderful to know that we have made a difference in the life of a soldier serving our country.

Walking for World Peace

On Sunday, October 26th, P.S. 132 was invited to attend a very inspiring event. Danny Garcia, founder of the Global Walk Foundation, ended his walk for peace from Washington D.C. to New York City at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. Danny completed 25,000 miles of walking for peace, the length of the circumference of the globe! In partnership with our after school program, Where Peace Lives, Danny walked to let the world know that together we are taking a stand for the children of the world to be able to live in peace, and to be able to create peace within themselves and to build peace with those around them. Gianna Sampogna and Theresa Fevola represented our school at this incredible celebration. Gianna shared her feelings about being a part of the program, Where Peace Lives. We were truly inspired by Danny's words and actions that day. We look forward to working with Where Peace Lives again this year.

Broadway Comes to P.S. 132!

Our Theater and Drama Academy, TADA has begun their musical theater residency with our first and second grade students. Students will learn the skills necessary to participate as musical theater performers. Each session begins with vocal exercises, acting games, stretching and dance. Our first and second graders will also learn musical numbers from some of our favorite Broadway shows. In December, our first and second graders will perform for their families and friends. We hope to see you then!

Community Service Event - October 6th

We are excited to announce our first community service event. On October 6th, our school will participate in a “One Day” serve-a-thon to kick off our year of service. Each class will be creating a care package that will be sent to our troops who are serving overseas. We are reaching out to our parents and community to donate items for these special care packages. Please send your donations into school by Friday, October 3rd. Our hope is to send these care packages to P.S. 132 family members and friends who are currently serving in the military. Through this project we know that our children will gain a deep understanding of how community service affects our society and the world.
Thank you in advance for all of your support and donations.
Danielle Santoro
Assistant Principal

Literacy Compacting has Begun!

Literacy Compacting has begun for our second and third grade students this week. Students were assessed through running records and comprehension assessments. Each child was then placed into the appropriate literacy group based on their reading levels. Students will receive two periods of literacy instruction daily. If you would like to learn more about this incredible program, please join us on Friday, September 19th at 9:00 a.m.

Thank you,
Mrs. Santoro