Dear AmPark Families, It's been a week of pure joy here at AmPark as we have wound down this wonderful year together. Thank you so much to all of you who came out and sung along for our Festival of Lights! It was so good to finally have families back and raising voices in song, all together once again. Congratulations to our BrainPower Wellness student leaders, and our 4th & 5th grade Young Artist performers who shone bright for the District 10 Superintendent at our CEC meeting on Tuesday. Today, on this last day before our break, we had so much to celebrate and whether it was Kindergarten cocoa parties or 4th grade gingerbread house building contests (complete with blueprints and schematics!), or drop ins from present bearing Scotty D Santa, his helper elf, and Hope, it's been a perfect way to round out 2023. Thank you all, you amazing families you, for your partnership and support in all that we do. To all who celebrate, we wish a Kwanzaa filled with light, and joy, a very Merry Christmas, and to everyone a happy, and healthy, New Year. From our AmPark Family to yours, may 2024 bring peace and love to our community and our world beyond. See you when school resumes on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024! AmPark January Events Calendar What's for Lunch This Month?
Happy Friday AmPark Families, We hope that many of you will come and join us to celebrate and sing along at next week's AmPark Festival of Lights Holiday Sing on Tuesday, December 19th. Please note the schedule adjustment that we have made to accommodate the anticipated group sizes for the morning and afternoon Sing sessions. These Sings will be taking place in person, with us all together in our Multipurpose Room. Please see the updated schedule here for the Festival of Lights Sings on 12/19: 8:20 - 9:00 - 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades 1:30 - 2:15 - PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades Come for the Sing and come back for the Community Education Council! AmPark will be hosting the December CEC meeting, here in the AmPark library at 6:30 PM on Tuesday the 19th! Our Superintendent and members of our District 10 team will be in attendance to also see performances and student leadership presentations by some of our very own AmPark Owls! We hope you can join us! As we close out December, we are celebrating the 7 Habits of The Leader In Me by focusing on this month's Habit: Put 1st Things First and our Word of the Week: Thankful Finally, please note that next Friday, December 22nd is the last day for the first session of the Empire Afterschool Program, including K/1 Basketball. Have you searched all over the house, the houses of friends and relatives, in the car, under the beds, in backs of closets, for that beautiful new sweatshirt... jacket... water bottle... hat... lunch bag... etc.? Well you haven't looked everywhere until you've looked here at AmPark!!! Please stop by our AmPark Lost & Found or ask your children to take a look because it's getting chillier everyday and the gorgeous layers of children's clothing are piling up here! Our AmPark PA has also established an IG page of Lost & Found items as a resource for you: https://instagram.com/amparkparentsassociation?igshid=MXRiY2poOXg3aGk0eA== Hello AmPark Families, We hope that many of you will come and join us to celebrate and sing along at next week's AmPark Festival of Lights Holiday Sing on Tuesday, December 19th. Please note that we have made a schedule change to accommodate the anticipated group sizes for the morning and afternoon Sing sessions. These Sings will be taking place in person, with us all together in our Multipurpose Room. Please see the updated schedule here for the Festival of Lights Sings on 12/19: 8:20 - 9:00 - 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grades 1:30 - 2:15 - PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grades Can't wait to sing out some holiday cheer with you all and be ready to sing along! While we have you, please note that there is an in-person Prospective Family Tour this Friday, December 15th and families are still welcome to sign up below: Click here to register:
AmPark Prospective Family Tours Tours will be held on... December 15th January 11th Dear AmPark, First, we wish a very Happy Hanukkah to all of our AmPark Family who celebrate! Please join our community for a wonderful winter wonderland walk and celebration, tomorrow December 8th! At 4:30 pm, students and families are welcomed to come together in the PS/MS 95 Yard around some yummy refreshments and good tunes, and then head out with AmPark supermom and educator, Mariana, for a winter walk in our beautiful Van Cortlandt Park. The walk will lead us back to AmPark where families can engage in a holiday/winter craft activity and some more musical merry-making until 6:00 pm. We so hope to see you there and thank you to our amazing AmPark PA for making this truly AmPark annual event a reality once again! To all AmPark 5th Grade Families: Middle School Applications and virtual auditions are due this Friday December 8th in myschools.nyc. If you need support, please reach out to our Guidance Team: Melissa Valerio mvalerio@schools.nyc.gov and Ana Veras averas3@schools.nyc.gov and we are happy to help! Kindergarten Applications Opened on December 5! Beginning December 5, families with children born in 2019 can apply to attend kindergarten for the 2024–25 school year; the application deadline is January 19. Please encourage all families with children born in 2019 to participate in kindergarten admissions, including families with children currently attending pre-K, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students with accessibility needs. Also note the following:
Interested in AmPark for K or other grades? Come by for a tour and sign up below! Interested in joining the AmPark Neighborhood School Family or know someone who is? Come on by for an AmPark Prospective Family Tour! We are very glad to be offering IN-PERSON prospective family tours this year, for all families considering AmPark Neighborhood School for their children. Just in time for the Kindergarten application window, AmPark will be swinging our doors open to families who would like to hear more and see more about all things AmPark. Please let us know you're coming by and complete the tour sign up linked here: AmPark Prospective Family Tours Tours will be held on... December 1st December 8th December 15th January 11th Roads to Success December Newsletter (in very fancy video form! : ) AmPark's December Events Calendar There is so much going on at AmPark in the month ahead! Please take a look below. December 5th, Remote Learning Simulation Day for Remote Preparedness November 30th, 2023 Dear AmPark Families, New York City Public Schools are dedicated to ensuring that every student can learn uninterrupted, including during disruptions caused by building closures. To accomplish this goal, we want to make sure that our students and staff are prepared for successful remote learning. NYCPS has developed a practice plan to support and improve schools' readiness in the event a transition to remote learning is necessary. AmPark Neighborhood School has been selected to participate in the first round of tech readiness activities on December 5th, 2023. What does that mean for your child?
Thank you. If you have any questions, please contact Bonnie, bdurgin@schools.nyc.gov, and Elvira, edejesus30@schools.nyc.gov, and always feel free to call the main office directly at 718-548-3451. Meena Lildharrie Principal AmPark Neighborhood School Interested in joining the AmPark Neighborhood School Family or know someone who is? Come on by for an AmPark Prospective Family Tour! We are very glad to be offering IN-PERSON prospective family tours this year, for all families considering AmPark Neighborhood School for their children. Just in time for the Kindergarten application window, AmPark will be swinging our doors open to families who would like to hear more and see more about all things AmPark. Please let us know you're coming by and complete the tour sign up linked here: AmPark Prospective Family Tours Tours will be held on... December 1st December 8th December 15th January 11th AmPark's 1st Climate Action Day will be on December 6th! Please see informational flyers created by our Student Wellness/Sustainability Committee below with more information. We have some AMAZING AmPark Owl Artists Representing at Saturday's D10 Arts Festival at In-Tech Academy!
We encourage all who can attend to go and cheer them on along with the 56 participating schools who have submitted both visual and performance art pieces. Anso & Josiah, we're so proud of you both already and know that you're going to absolutely shine! Break a leg gentleman! |