October is a special month at AmPark! For more than 10 years, The AmPark Neighborhood School, has proudly been part of March for Babies. We encourage families to donate to this important cause. You can help us by donating & joining us to celebrate at the AmPark March of Dimes WonderWalk Costume Parade & Pumpkin Blaze on October 31st @ 8:45am! AmPark Owls are also encouraged to create signs for the march. Donate here: https://www.marchforbabies.org/Fundraising/Team?teamId=768665&teamEventId=3006565&      For more than 10 years, The AmPark Neighborhood School, has proudly been part of the movement to create positive change for moms and babies everywhere, especially those most at risk. With preterm birth and maternal death rates continuing to rise, we’re committed to raising funds so that every family gets the best possible start. You can help us by donating here & joining us to celebrate at the AmPark March of Dimes WonderWalk Costume Parade & Pumpkin Blaze on October 31st @ 8:45am! Our Owls will be marching around the block and we would love to have families cheer us on the parade route (Hillman to Sedgwick to Gouverneur to VCP South, and back again)! Together we are part of a movement to make America a more equitable place and ensure that every mom and baby is healthy. Thank you for your support!
 From WITS Chef Victoria: October 2024 Dear AmPark, The signs of fall are all around us. We need only to tap into our senses for the signs: a jacket to guard against the morning chill (touch), sidewalks are full of leaves crunching under our feet (sound), bright orange pumpkins have appeared on stoops and in apartment windows (sight), cinnamon and nutmeg scent the air from fall coffees, teas and baked goods (smell) and, finally, the taste of delicious, crisp, freshly picked apples (taste)! Did you know our own state of New York grows more apple varieties than any other state? We have nearly 700 growers and 10,000,000+ trees! And the best apple is a fresh apple. In the fall, apples are at their peak freshness, whether at a local store or Green Market. In fact, apples are abound at GrowNYC’s (www.grownyc.com) Norwood Farmstand, at E. Gun Hill Rd and DeKalb Ave, every Thursday from 9:30-2:30. This green market features fresh food from local farmers and accepts cash, credit, SNAP/EBT, Healthfirst OTC Plus, WIC and Senior FMNP coupons. Get in a 1⁄2 mile walk and get some seasonal fruit and veg - exercise and healthy food all in one! As a tip on which apples might be best for you and your family, here is a guide to the most tart to most sweet. An apple a day really can help keep the doctor away! Chef Victoria Wellness in the Schools 
 Happy Friday AmPark Families, Please find AmPark's events calendar for October below. Ever have the problem of losing your paper copy of the school calendar to the bottom of a backpack or having it fall off the fridge and go missing? Well, you can ALWAYS find both our events calendar AND double check what's for lunch each day on our AmPark Calendar Page here. With so many wonderful things going on this month from our Hispanic Heritage Sings, to our AmPark DoubleGood Popcorn Fundraiser, to Picture Days, and the March of Dimes WonderWalk & Costume Parade + Pumpkin Blaze... there's a lot of joy to keep track of! Please see more details on all of these events and more, below. Wishing you a wonderful weekend! AmPark's October Events Calendar  Whats for Lunch?    
  For more than 10 years, The AmPark Neighborhood School, has proudly been part of the movement to create positive change for moms and babies everywhere, especially those most at risk. With preterm birth and maternal death rates continuing to rise, we’re committed to raising funds so that every family gets the best possible start. You can help us by donating here & joining us to celebrate at the AmPark March of Dimes WonderWalk Costume Parade & Pumpkin Blaze on October 31st @ 8:45am! Our Owls will be marching around the block and we would love to have families cheer us on the parade route (Hillman to Sedgwick to Gouverneur to VCP South, and back again)!
Together we are part of a movement to make America a more equitable place and ensure that every mom and baby is healthy. Thank you for your support!
  Please join us via zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97638341383?pwd=9tyKbFn2eBBnaaxaU3jvetbd4GC6pW.1 Meeting ID: 976 3834 1383 Passcode: 417271  Únase a nosotros a través de zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97638341383?pwd=9tyKbFn2eBBnaaxaU3jvetbd4GC6pW.1 Meeting ID: 976 3834 1383 Passcode: 417271  September 2024 Dear AmPark: Wellness in the Schools (WITS) is ready to begin yet another year partnering with the AmPark community! Since 2013!!, WITS has been working together, alongside staff members, parents and caregivers to further lift up health and wellness at AmPark! As WITS continues to grow, and the students we teach grow along with us, it is both a comfort and honor to be able to come back to AmPark year after year. This year we have three new recipes that we will make with students during WITS Labs, our seasonal culinary and nutrition education classes, in November, January and April. We have plans to spend time on adult engagement, holding workshops for the parents and caregivers of the community. Additionally, we continue to have a strong fitness program and our coaches will collaborate with students and educators to facilitate movement and mindfulness breaks in classrooms and PE using our partnership with EXOS. Take a peek at our website for more info on the program and our always delicious, simple and affordable recipes. https://www.wellnessintheschools.org AmPark's students will all be chefs from November 13th-15th when we dive into making Apple Citrus Pico De Gallo in the K Cafe with WITS Chef Victoria! We look forward to a productive, collaborative year. Be Well, Eat Well, WITS Team Please join the CCSE for a Town Hall with Chancellor David C. Banks on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 6:30 PM at The Clinton School, 10 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003. To register and submit questions for the Chancellor, please click on link: https://learndoe.org/cec English Conference Line: Dial 929 205 6099 and enter Webinar ID: 161 101 6562 Spanish Conference Line: Dial 646 964 1167 and enter Meeting ID: 160 759 8991 Mandarin Conference Line: Dial 646 828 7666 and enter Meeting ID: 160 007 2661 Bangla Conference Line: Dial 646 828 7666 and enter Meeting ID: 160 062 1338 Citywide Council on Special Education 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 511 Long Island City, New York 11101 [email protected]   Happy Friday AmPark Families, Thank you so much to all of the families who joined us last night for our in-person Back to School Curriculum Night! It was wonderful to see so many of you and share so much good news from AmPark. In addition to classroom presentations from our amazing teachers with overviews of the year ahead, many of your stopped in to sing, dance, and yoga with Josh & Caitlin and hear from our guidance staff, our Parent Association Executive Board, as well as our AmPark Administrative Team. Our Principal, Ms. Meena, proudly shared that our AmPark Owls absolutely rocked the ELA and math exams last year, with overall scores that rank AmPark Neighborhood School #4 in ELA and #2 in Math in District 10! Whooooo's proud of these brilliant and hardworking Owls? We most certainly are!! Speaking of pride in our AmPark Owl's accomplishments, during his presentation, our music teacher, Josh, shared a video of our 4th graders bringing the house down on the big stage at the Bronx Borough Arts Festival this past June. We are so, so proud of this performance and the brilliant, gorgeous, and incredible talent that was on display for all of the Bronx and beyond. Please take a look at our resident rockstars in action here: Bronx BAF 2024 AmPark's Orff & Vocal Ensemble  In more musical joy news, Josh also shared links to the musical mathematical magic that are his Skip's Counting Jams. If they're not already, your Owls will be coming home and singing them soon, so please check out these amazing and now adorably animated songs that support mathematical fluency as well as toe tapping and shoulder shaking on Josh's YouTube Channel here: Skip's Counting Jams!   
 Lehman College Art Gallery is an AMAZING resource for art in our community and offering many FREE Family Programs this fall. Please click here for the Lehman College Art Gallery Free Family Fall Programming website with free tickets to workshops and gallery offerings.  With the rising rates of depression, anxiety and suicide among our youth, it has never been more critical to establish the foundation for mental health in early childhood. How is mental health nourished from the start? How can parents and caregivers build resilience at every stage of young children’s development? The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health invites you to join us for an expert panel with our two new members, The American Academy of Pediatrics and Sesame Workshop, discussing:
To view event information and register for this event, please use the navigation above. The deadline to register is Monday, October 7, 2024. Webcast details will be shared before the event. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.   |
