Happy First Friday of Summer AmPark Family! Just reaching out with a short post to share a few fabulous things as we head off for some serious summer... We had such a lovely opening of the doors to our newest AmPark families today, by way of our New Families Orientation Session. Our newest Owls read "In My Heart" with Ms. Melissa Valerio and Ms. Donya and drew the things in their hearts as they enter this next exciting chapter in their lives. Francisco, Elvira, Sandra and I got to greet all of their lovely parents and tour the school. Thank you so much to Tina & Elora for representing the AmPark PA today and all that you do to support everything Ampark. As we shared with our new families, we are actively enrolling students in 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th grades throughout the summer, so please spread the good word about AmPark if you know anyone who might be looking for a new and wonderful school community. They are welcomed to reach out to Elvira, Bonnie, & Meena throughout the summer months for more information. Below, please find information about a FREE soccer league being offered by our good friends at Asphalt Green. I know a few of our Owls are signed up already and we hope that it's a really fun way to get outside and play with the awesome coaches there. You might even spot our own Coach Craig there this summer! : ) If you're looking for a cool "AmPark teachers are FAMOUS!" moment, you can catch our very own Ms. Tahese (with some familiar Owl student faces) on Let's Learn on Channel 13 this summer! On the dates below, Ms. Tahese will be featured in Let's Learn Lessons at 11am EST. Outside of the WNET viewing area, check local PBS stations schedules for air dates. All episodes, as well as discrete segments, will also be on the website, letslearn.org, available to stream on the broadcast dates listed above. If that's not enough AmPark this summer, you can always check in with an adorable cartoon Josh (just look at him up there!) on his Skip's Counting Jams YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@SkipsCountingJams.
Did you know that the Six's, Nine's, Twelve's, Two's AND Four's songs are out?! Get there and sing them proud you amazing Owls you! We'll be back and singing in the music room together again, in a blink. Until then Owls, we love you, we miss you, and we'll see you soon! Go Sharpen that Saw!
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Happy Last Friday of the 23-24 School Year AmPark! We had such a gorgeous day filled with the rites of passage of our AmPark Owls. In the morning, we celebrated our 5th graders with a ceremony that began with a processional through hallways full of cheering students and beloved former teachers, and led to a morning of even more love, celebration, and appreciation for our now 6th graders, and the beautiful families who have helped them rise so gracefully on to this next chapter in their academic lives. Our day culminated with a ceremony that marked the promotion of our Kindergarteners to the First Grade. It was a very full circle moment to have those new First Graders singing the AmPark Neighborhood School song with Josh, where our graduating 5th graders had sung it only an hour before. Each of our now 1st grade Owls was celebrated for their unique gifts to our community and the leadership they lend to their classes. For both ceremonies, the multipurpose room has never looked so beautiful and so full of joy. Thank you to all of our deeply dedicated families who lent their time, energy, and artistic efforts to making this morning an unforgettable moment for everyone. Huge, huge shout outs to both Ms. Caitlin, Mr. Josh, Ms. Elvira, Ms. Irys, the 5th grade and Kindergarten teaching teams for their herculean efforts getting all of this magic together for our students and our community. Next week is it folks! Please be reminded that Wednesday, June 26th is the last day of school for all students, and that it is a full day. On Friday, we will be having our New Families Orientation to give our newest Owls a glimpse of the school year to come, just a couple of months away. Wishing a beautiful weekend to all! New Families Orientation, Friday June 28thDear New AmPark Families,
Before we head off into summer and in order to give all of our new students a chance to get more acquainted with AmPark, we welcome you to an orientation session on Friday, June 28th! During this orientation, families will have an opportunity to hear about AmPark and get a tour of the school. Please know that this is not a meet the teacher, as meet the teacher/back to school nights will happen closer to the start of the school year. This event will be very similar to our AmPark tours back in the fall and winter. There will be 2 sessions offered on Friday; one at 9:00 and one at 10:15. The sessions will be approximately 45 minutes and the same information will be shared in each. We hope that this orientation will allow our incoming students to get a sense of what they can look forward to in September and the school year ahead. (It will be here in a blink!) Please complete the form linked here: AmPark New Families Orientation 6/28, to let us know that you're planning to join us, and for which session. We hope to see you there! Hello and Happy Friday AmPark Families,
Thank you so much to our amazing 5th grade families for absolutely TURNING OUT to cheer on and take red carpet photos of your gorgeous 5th graders as they headed out to the dance today. The support you have given to creating absolutely unforgettable moments like these this year cannot be appreciated enough. It was a perfect day and thank you for making it so. Graduation is next week! On June 21st both our 5th graders and Kindergarteners will be celebrating their moving on up to middle school and first grade! The 5th grade ceremony will begin at 9am and the Kindergarten ceremony will follow at 12:30. Both events will be in AmPark's Multipurpose Room. Elvira is sending out E tickets to families, so please be on the look out for that information. On the horizon, we'll be having our New Families & PK/K Orientation on June 28th. Ahead of that event for newly registered families, we also share the registration flyer below to please share with anyone who may be interested in AmPark for their children. While our K seats do tend to be full, we have seats available in nearly every other grade. Please share this flyer far and wide, and for any interested families reading this now, please do not hesitate to reach out to contacts listed here on our At A Glance & FAQ page. Monday, June 17th there is no school for Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all who celebrate. On Wednesday, June 19th, there is no school in honor of Juneteenth. Happy Juneteenth to all! Finally, wishing a very Happy Father's Day to all of our AmPark Dads, Granddads, and Dad figures. We hope that you have a Father's Day filled with love and family. Happy weekend to all! Hello AmPark Families! The day we've all been waiting for is here! Tonight is our big AmPark Spring Concert! Today's weather looks to be just about perfect for an outdoor evening of music and dancing with all of our fabulous AmPark Owl singers and artists! As an AP lucky enough to be down the hall, listening as your children practice with Josh, I can tell you, you're in for a true treat tonight because they are so ready and sound absolutely AMAZING! Please be reminded of a few important details for tonight:
June 6th Remote Learning/Emergency Preparedness Exercise On June 6th, we will be supporting the city-wide test of Emergency Readiness with Remote Learning by asking all of our students to log in with their teachers from 9:00am-9:25am. As June 6th is a student non-attendance day, this is not mandatory, however it will help to test our city-wide systems in the event that we do need to pivot to remote learning. For this reason, we hope all students will participate. At 9:00am, students are asked to log in to TEACH HUB to access their Google Classrooms and meet with their teachers for a quick check in activity, until 9:25. To Log In to TEACH HUB for the Remote Learning, Emergency Preparedness Exercise for Students:
If you have trouble logging in because of an email or password issue, please go to the DOE Student Accounts Page linked here to retrieve your student email and/or reset your password. Are you in need of an evening of creative fun with your family?
Then come to the Family Arts Night next Friday, June 14th here in the AmPark Multi-Purpose Room! We will be led in an art activity by our resident Lehman Artist Crystal Benitez. Light refreshments will be provided and all AmPark families and students are welcome to join in the fun! Good Evening AmPark Families, We had a very AmPark-magic filled day here at AmPark. It began with a beautiful cultural celebration by our 5th grade including thoughtful and carefully created student identity projects, staff and students modeling traditional dress, delicious food from all over the world, and live musical performances by some of our AmPark rock stars. Thank you to Ms. Williams, Ms. Sarar, Ms. Lewinson and our incredible 5th grade families for your support and cheering your students on. It was amazing to see so much vibrant cultural pride in our community. The celebration continued this afternoon with the ribbon cutting for our newly completed, student designed and created, 2nd and 3rd floor murals! Our resident Lehman College Arts Gallery Artist, Crystal Benitez, was on hand to share with families about the murals and the art students have created throughout her residency at AmPark. We had a wonderful turn out of families to officially "welcome" this public art into our AmPark home. Thank you to Ms. Caitlin and Ms. Ashley for guiding our artists along during this after school program. Check out the murals and student artwork in the slideshow below. Please find our calendar for June, including the AmPark Spring Concert next Wednesday below! All AmPark Owls who are coming to perform, please wear your AmPark swag in honor of the occasion! And if the sound of art celebrations has you wanting to get creative, the calendar also has our Family Art Night event (with Ms. Crystal!) on June 14th. We'll be making interactive mandalas and cannot wait for the Zen creativity of it all! Also below, find details for tomorrow's carnival celebration from 11-3 here in the 95 Yard and we hope to see you there! AmPark's June Events Calendar What's for Lunch in June?
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