Did you know the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970? Earth Day is about learning and pledging to build a healthier, more sustainable planet. The earth needs our help to thrive and there are many ways to do this (click this link to learn more). Choose one lifestyle adjustment to make the planet a better place this Earth Day and every day.
Here are a few books you can read with your kids:
- Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
- Save the Ocean (Save the Earth)
- Earth Day Every Day (Cloverleaf Books ™ ― Planet Protectors)
- What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet)
- WE ARE ALL CONNECTED: CARING FOR EACH OTHER & THE EARTH
- How to Help the Earth-by the Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
- Happy Earth Day! (Little Golden Book)
Volunteer Appreciation Week is also in April (April 16-22), and the theme this year is “Volunteering Weaves Us Together.” AEA families by giving of your time, talent and/or treasure, you have helped weave our school and community into a better place. We appreciate your engagement and commitment to our school. THANK YOU!
Congrats to our student council on their successful fundraiser!
Who is the student council?
The student council is comprised of four 5th grade students. For the 2022-2023 school year, AEA created its very first-ever Student Council Organization. For this organization, students from the 5th grade graduating class have come together to put their best efforts to make AEA school and community a place where students and families will never forget. Considering that the AEA school is a growing and developing school, Teachers and Administration have sought help from our wonderful students who have first-hand experience of growing at the AEA school. All 5th-grade students had the opportunity to decide if they wanted to run for a Student Council position. At AEA, there was a candidate debate/assembly for candidates to introduce themselves. AEA had an ‘Election Day’ in the school building, Grades 2 through 5 voted by paper for the person they wanted to elect for each position. Votes were tallied and winners were revealed. Our student council is looking to help the entirety of AEA by helping improve the academic and social experience for all students and staff. We are looking forward to all the wonderful ideas that our student council will implement to help improve our school.
Thank You
Dear PTA,
Yesterday, we received our paintbrushes from the wish list. Again, we appreciate your support and generosity! Thank you so much for donating to our Artist in Focus projects in first grade. These brushes will be put to great use.
The First Grade Team
To The PTA-
The Fourth Grade team wanted to extend a huge thank you for funding our New York Historical Society experience. The students met three times with a visiting instructor, who was able to bring history alive by bringing artifacts to our school. It was an incredibly powerful and positive experience, and we appreciate your support!
Best,
Erica, Rebecca and Sumaiyah (The 4th Grade Team)
We will be reviewing election information, our afterschool committee will present an update, and much more. We hope to see you there (virtually via Zoom)!
If you are interested in running (or nominating someone), please send nomination(s) to nominationsptaofaea@gmail.com and indicate the position of interest with each nomination.
Election will be held virtually during our May 11th general meeting @ 7pm. We will have the PTA election first, and then SLT seat election right after.
A big shout out to our nominating committee volunteers – Ali Civins, Henny Maddox, Vart Saroyan, and Lucy Han, for their ongoing work on ensuring we have PTA Board and SLT Officers for 2023-2024 school year.
May 7th, 2023 @ 1:40 pm – Baseball Fundraiser
If you would like to enter for a chance to be picked for the Mets trivia, please sign up here before April 17th.
Kindly send in your payment by 4/25/2023 in your child’s backpack and include “for the PTA” and your unique ID on the envelope. If we don’t get your payment by 4/25/2023, we will release your tickets to families on the waitlist.
If you would like to be placed on the waitlist for Mets tickets, please sign up here.
Reminder: you need the MLB App to receive your tickets. Only send in money if you pre-ordered tickets using this link. If you have questions about the Mets fundraiser, kindly email 303pta@gmail.com
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
Hello AEA families,
We are looking forward to celebrating our teachers and staff during teacher appreciation week (May 8th -12th). We would like to invite every child to participate in the activity.
Our theme:
“Thank you for helping us to grow”
We will be decorating a paper tree in the lobby. We are requesting that each child design a leaf for their teacher /staff member (write a message or just design the leaf – please include the child’s name and class on the front side of the leaf). Please send the finished product in a sealed envelope addressed to the PTA by 4/25/2023.
Please cut out any of the leaf templates to design and send back to the school in your child’s homework folder. We appreciate your participation and support.
We need you to help bring some of our PTA activities to life and all of us closer together as a community. Here are a few events where you can share your time and talent(s) while meeting new people.
- Teachers and staff appreciation week (May 8th -May 12th)
- Kona Ice
- End of year picnic (June 17th)
- 1st day school supply – unloading, sorting, and distributing to classrooms ( 1st week in September).
If you would like to volunteer for any of these events, please sign up using this link
- April 4th & 5th – No AEA after school clubs ( Tuesday & Wednesday)
- April 4th – Kindergarten offers available in myschools
- April 4th – REC meeting
- April 5th – SLT Meeting @ 7:30am
- April 6th – April 14th – Spring Recess
- April 17th – Summer Rising application opens
- April 19th & April 20th – ELA state test (3rd – 5th grade)
- April 20th – April PTA general meeting @ 7pm via zoom
- April 20th – NYC School Survey Closes. For more information click here. Use link to participate.
- April 21st – no School: Eid al-Fitr
- April 25th – middle school offers available in myschools
For questions, comments, and suggestions kindly email us @ 303pta@gmail.com
Yours in Service,
Your PTA Executive Board
Susanna Lee, Onome Atie-Egone, Latrice Pelissier, Louise Verga, & Vincent Roulot