Super Science Day for our Upper Grades

We are excited to announce 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Super Science Day on May 1, 2009. Currently our 3rd graders are studying energy in their classes. Third grade students will act as “scientists” as they conduct an innovative experiment on light. Currently our 4th graders are studying Properties of Water in their classes. Fourth grade students will act as “scientists” as they conduct an innovative experiment on water. Currently our 5th graders are studying Food and Nutrition in their classes. Fifth grade students will act as “scientists” as they conduct an innovative experiment on nutrition. We would like to extend an invitation to all parents interested in joining their child’s class on May 1st, as we engage in a fun filled scientific experiment in our classrooms.
Educationally,
Danielle Santoro
Assistant Principal

World Explorers Enrichment Clusters

All students are being asked to get their passports ready and pack their suitcases, as they get ready to explore new and exciting destinations. Each student was sent home with a travel brochure and asked to choose 3 locations they would like to “visit”! The travel slip is due back by Thursday, April 23rd with their three choices. We will begin our voyage on Thursday, April 30, 2009 and will meet weekly to learn more about the fabulous locations. When we return from our eight week excursion, we look forward to celebrating with our families and community with our international feast! Bon voyage!

New Character Theme: Citizenship

We have just began our last theme of character, Citizenship which encourages children to do their share to make the community a better place, and shows them that even kids their age have the power to make a difference. Here are some things you can do to reinforce the message.

• Have a family discussion about what things you can do together to take more responsibility for Make a plan and do it.
• Participate in a community service project with your children.
• Watch a television program together, and talk about ways in which the characters were either good citizens or bad citizens.
• When you do things that demonstrate good citizenship, be sure to point it out to your child. Your child will learn a lot from watching what you do.

Educationally Yours,
Danielle Santoro
Assistant Principal

Theater and Dance Academy

P. S. 132 is excited to announce that all 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes will begin an eight week musical theater residency with the Theater and Dance Academy (TADA) this month. Together with the classroom teacher, each class will have two artists, a choreographer and a music coordinator. The children will learn theater skills including dance and song. Our culminating activity will be a musical production on June 2, 2009. P.S. 132 is fortunate to have received funding from Project Arts to foster a love for the arts. We hope that this program will be a success!
Please see the schedule below:

Tuesday Schedule Thursday Schedule
3-209 Ms.Mogielnicki 5-301 Ms. Myers
4-212 Ms. Magee 3-210 Ms. Kennedy
4-213 Ms. Caraballo 5-102 Ms. Parsons
3-210 Mr. Bacchi 5-101 Ms. Strauss
3-201 Ms. Conti 4-211 Ms. Shoremas
5-206 Ms. Vazquez

Educationally Yours,
Danielle Santoro