Our February 2016 movie night was a great success! Here are some pictures from the event.
Scenes from Movie Night
Monthly Archives: February 2016
New Talent Show Date
AmPark’s Got Talent has been rescheduled for Friday, March 11. Please make a note of it!
Next movie night
Thanks for your votes, kids! We’ll be watching Hotel Transylvania 2 on Friday, February 26. All families are welcome!
Donate your books!
The PA is collecting gently used children’s books. You can drop off your donations at the main office. Books will be resold at our Superhero Book Fair at the end of the month. Proceeds will go toward funding events for the rest of the year. Collection is until February 29th.
Readers Needed!
AmPark is hosting our first National African American Read-In on Tuesday, February 23rd!
The National African American Read-In is the nation’s first and oldest event dedicated to diversity in literature. It was established in 1990 by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English to make literacy a significant part of Black History Month. This initiative has reached more than 5.5 million participants around the world.
During the Read-In, each class will listen to a text written by an African American author or on a notable African American figure or event.
We are looking for guest readers to volunteer to read to a class. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact Kelly Lennon-Taharally at Kelly@amparkns.org as soon as possible. All volunteers are welcome!
For more information visit: http://www.ncte.org/aari
Lunar New Year Family Celebration
Saturday, February 20, from 11-4, go bananas for the Lunar New Year at MOCA, the Museum of Chinese in America! Celebrate Chinese and Chinese American traditions and folk arts with zodiac themed arts and crafts, festive music and dance performances, teaching artist demonstrations, storytelling, and much more monkey business!
Tickets: $10/person; $8 for all MOCA Dual and Individual Level Members; Free for MOCA Family Level Members and above, children under 2, and Cool Culture families
Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013
(b/w Howard & Grand Sts; one block north of Canal St)
WITS January 2016 Community Letter
Greetings Parents, Partners, and Administration of AmPark!
This month of January is going so fast, before you know it we have another break coming. If you haven’t noticed, we are back in business; our Tower Garden is up and running again.
The Wellness Committee’s tasting will happen this month. After the survey conducted in the Cafeteria, we found the following results; favorite vegetable is Broccoli and favorite fruit is Banana. These results will be the focus of our lunch tasting.
Science Fair Instructions
It’s never too early to start thinking about the AmPark Science Fair! Please take a look at the Science Fair Family Guide and the 2016 Science Fair Family Guide Student Sheets and begin planning your poster today.
AmPark Spell Check
The students of AmPark Neighborhood School will again have the opportunity this year to participate in our 2nd annual Spell Check. The Spell Check event benefits students by providing them with an opportunity to improve spelling skills and benefits the entire school community by retaining 100% of the funds raised.
Talent Show Postponed
AmPark’s Got Talent, originally scheduled for February 5, has been postponed. We’ll announce a new date as soon as it has been scheduled. Keep on practicing, and we’ll see you soon!