The MS67Q boys basketball team will be holding tryouts on the following dates:
6th and 7th Graders– Wednesday, November 27 (2:30-4:00pm)
8th Graders (and remaining 6th and 7th graders)- Wednesday, December 4 (2:30-4:00pm)
All students interested in trying out for the team, MUST complete a tryout consent form. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS. These forms can be picked up from Room 139 or printed from this email AND ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
If you are interested in purchasing a graduation ring from SMOOTH Sportswear, a representative from the company will be meeting with students during our 8th grade lunch/recess period in our school cafeteria tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 to take ring measurements, orders and payments. Please see attached flyer HERE and letter HERE with additional details. Please note, checks or Money Orders must be payable to Smooth Sportswear.
Get your tickets to the Winter PTA Fundraiser and Fun Event – ‘Twas Night Before Cirque du Soleil event at MSG NOW!
On the evening of December 14th, many will ride the LIRR Polar Express into the Madison Square Garden Theater, NYC to see ‘Twas The Night Before… by cirque du soleil. This adventure is not a supervised event nor considered a school event, but rather a fun wholesome family event. It will follow the Douglaston Village Winter Festival that takes place that afternoon at the Douglaston Station Plaza (next to the LIRR Station). We have 63 tickets on hold with LIRR daily r/t tickets included in this purchase.
Please get your ticket requests in by Friday, October 25th to secure your transportation/theater tickets as once these seats are sold, we cannot guarantee additional accommodations. Theater tickets are located in section 202, rows x-z. This is a small theater and there really isn’t a bad seat in the house. It is a day that will get you in the holiday spirit for sure!
Please see the flyer HERE for more information and ticket purchase form.
We hope all
your children are well-adjusted to school, and you are enjoying the fall
weather full of ambiance.
Lots of
events coming up!
1) MARK your calendars for the October PTA Meeting – with a panel
featuring former MS67Q students and parents from various high schools (both public and private). Come by and enjoy
this very popular event the PTA puts together every year so our parents and
students can learn more about the featured high schools.
Monday
October 21, 2019 at 7PM in the school auditorium
Special High
School Panel Presentation: Students/Parents from Various High Schools
(So far,
confirmed: St. Mary’s, Molloy, Bronx Science, Cardozo, Stuyvesant. High School
of American Studies at Lehman College, High School of Math Science &
Engineering at City College)
2) Future PTA Meetings Dates:
Nov. 7; Dec. 5; Jan. 9; Feb. 6; Mar. 5; Apr. 2; May 7; June 4.
3) Please note that the 6th
Grade Coffee and Conversation with the Principal has been rescheduled
for Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9AM in
the school cafeteria. The previous date was Friday October 11.
4) Send in
your Box Tops by October 25, 2019! Send them in with your kids- there are Box Top collection
boxes in each homeroom.
An easy way to raise money for the school- they are located on items we use daily! We have already raised close to $100! With your help, we can easily exceed our goal. Please see HEREfor more information.
A HUGE recognition and thanks to 8th grader Douglas
Trosten and his parents (Steven & Jane Trosten) for collecting and
sending in YET AGAIN over 1,000 Box Tops!
(What is their secret to such success???)
5) Lunch Hour PTA Ice Cream Sale Dates: The kids LOVE their ice cream and the PTA is able to raise a whole lot of funds for the kids’ programs/teams. These are the sale dates. Please sign up HEREif you can volunteer to help sell the ice cream during lunch hours.
Oct.
17; Nov. 7; Dec. 5; Jan. 9; Feb. 6; Mar. 5; Apr.2; May 7; June 4
6) SAVE the date! Winter PTA Fundraiser and Fun Event – ‘Twas Night Before Cirque du Soleil event at MSG! December 14, 2019 @8PM. Please see the flyer HEREfor more information and ticket purchase form. Forms are due 10/18.
7) For additional October school events, please see the Family CalendarHERE.
8) Your children should have brought home PTA’s Welcome Packet, and PTA Membership Letter & Donation Form. If you need another copy, they could be found on our website HERE.
Keep
those PTA Membership donations
coming in! Our funds do GREAT
things at our school for our kids. Send in your donations by October 18th and qualify for special prizes as outlined in the membership letter.
9) And, as always, please take advantage of visiting our excellent (and very much live) MS67Q PTA websiteHEREfor up to date information shared with us by the school.
Referring to my previous letter dated September
10th, since the Washington D.C. senior trip is
an overnight, out of the city trip, parents/guardians who are interested in
having their child attend must participate in a mandatory information session.
For your convenience, one early morning and one evening session was available
to choose from.
We will
offer one final session on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019 at 9 AM in
our school auditorium. If a parent or guardian did not attend any one of the
information sessions, your child will not be able to attend this trip.
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact me by phone at (718) 423-8138 or by email at Tlampoutis@schools.nyc.gov.
As a reminder, you can access the NYC High School Open house schedule on the NYC Department of Education website. To access the calendar, please follow these steps:
Please note the following key upcoming dates concerning the SHSAT and LaGuardia High School auditions:
October 10 is the deadline for:
Families to register for the SHSAT and LaGuardia High School auditions in the family-facing MySchools site, myschools.nyc.
Counselors to submit 504 Plans for students with existing 504 Plans who will be taking the SHSAT and/or auditioning for LaGuardia High School.
Non-public school staff to submit IEPs, IESPs, and any other documentation pertaining to testing accommodations for students who will be taking the SHSAT and/or auditioning for LaGuardia High School.
Test and audition tickets will be available approximately two weeks after the registration deadline. The High School Enrollment office will notify schools and families when tickets can be printed from MySchools. Tickets will include the test/audition date, arrival time, and location. In the meantime, families can review the test and audition dates in the Specialized High Schools Student Handbook: https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/specialized-high-schools (links to the handbook in 10 languages are at the bottom of the page).
As a reminder, if you would like your child to participate in the senior trip to Washington D.C. in May, please plan to attend one of the following information sessions next week in our school auditorium:
Monday, October 7th at 6:00 PM
Tuesday, October 8th at 7:00 AM
If you have any questions or concerns please contact me by phone at (718) 423-8138 or email at tlampoutis@schools.nyc.gov.
