Time: 7:00pm Doors open at 6:30pm
Cost: $5 in advance $7 at the door
Featuring Performances by...
- African Dance Group
- Dance Fusion
- Dynasty Steppers
- Literacy Theater Group
- P.S. 161 Band
- P.S. 161 Chorus
- Steel Orchestra
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Spring Concert!!!
Friday, June 22nd: Spring Concert at P.S. 161 Auditorium
Time: 7:00pm Doors open at 6:30pm
Cost: $5 in advance $7 at the door
Time: 7:00pm Doors open at 6:30pm
Cost: $5 in advance $7 at the door
Studentreasures® Celebrates Publishing its 10 Millionth Student Authors
Hello Parents/Guardians,
We are so proud to highlight this moment at P.S. 161 The Crown, please read.
CROWN HEIGHTS — First-graders at the Crown School were feted Tuesday as the pint-sized student-authors published the 10 millionth book of Studentreasures, a Kansas-based scholastic publishing company.
The five-line verses in "Our Cinquain Poems" might have come from any number of creative classes across the country, but most of the 25 books published by Crown School authors this year had a distinctly Brooklyn flavor. Titles on display at Tuesday's assembly included Coming to America and My Trip to Panama.
"I was elated when I learned we were the 10 millionth author," said Principal Michael Johnson. "The class is an integrated class — it just goes to show even students with disabilities can achieve great things."
First-grader Angie Rodriguez beamed as she read a poem about her mother from the hardbound book, which featured the student's writing and illustrations.
The Crown School is hardly the first among local schools to explore publishing as a means of engaging young writers, and Studentreasures is far from the only publisher catering to their needs. Immigrant students in an ESL class at the Kurt Hahn High Expeditionary Learning School also recently published a book of personal essays through CreateSpace.
In fact, on-demand publishing has exploded in recent years, both with viral successes like Fifty Shades of Grey, which was first published online as fan-fiction and later distributed by a virtual publisher before becoming a major market success.
Studentreasures, which offers free services to schools like P.S. 161, published more than a million titles in the past year alone.
Students from first grade class I-308 read from their book during a morning assembly attended by classmates and Studentreasures representatives Tuesday. The company also donated $1,000 to the school for library books.
"This school in particular is really engaged," said Studentreasures CEO Chad Zimmerman. "It's a lot of work."
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120619/crown-heights/crown-school-brooklyn-celebrates-student-authors#ixzz1yHHEIp6U
We are so proud to highlight this moment at P.S. 161 The Crown, please read.
CROWN HEIGHTS — First-graders at the Crown School were feted Tuesday as the pint-sized student-authors published the 10 millionth book of Studentreasures, a Kansas-based scholastic publishing company.The five-line verses in "Our Cinquain Poems" might have come from any number of creative classes across the country, but most of the 25 books published by Crown School authors this year had a distinctly Brooklyn flavor. Titles on display at Tuesday's assembly included Coming to America and My Trip to Panama.
"I was elated when I learned we were the 10 millionth author," said Principal Michael Johnson. "The class is an integrated class — it just goes to show even students with disabilities can achieve great things."
First-grader Angie Rodriguez beamed as she read a poem about her mother from the hardbound book, which featured the student's writing and illustrations.
The Crown School is hardly the first among local schools to explore publishing as a means of engaging young writers, and Studentreasures is far from the only publisher catering to their needs. Immigrant students in an ESL class at the Kurt Hahn High Expeditionary Learning School also recently published a book of personal essays through CreateSpace.
In fact, on-demand publishing has exploded in recent years, both with viral successes like Fifty Shades of Grey, which was first published online as fan-fiction and later distributed by a virtual publisher before becoming a major market success.
Studentreasures, which offers free services to schools like P.S. 161, published more than a million titles in the past year alone.
Students from first grade class I-308 read from their book during a morning assembly attended by classmates and Studentreasures representatives Tuesday. The company also donated $1,000 to the school for library books.
"This school in particular is really engaged," said Studentreasures CEO Chad Zimmerman. "It's a lot of work."
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120619/crown-heights/crown-school-brooklyn-celebrates-student-authors#ixzz1yHHEIp6U
Friday, May 25, 2012
Hello Parents,
Please contact us if you plan on contributing: ps161pta@gmail.com .
All financial Donations are Appreciated!!!
We are at the end of school year, and we want to finish it with a fun filled event. So on that note, we will be hosting our End of The Year Celebration “Family Day BBQ”. This event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 9th, 2012 at 11:00 am– 3pm in the backyard of P.S.161. We are asking those who will like to volunteer in donating goods for this day.
Items include:
Items include:
Cups, Paper Plates, Buns for Hot Dogs/Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Chicken for grilling, Corn on the cob for grilling, Fruit Salad, Salad, Water, Juices, Soda, Games
Please contact us if you plan on contributing: ps161pta@gmail.com .
All financial Donations are Appreciated!!!
Hello Parents,
We would like to congratulate the 2012-2013 PTA board: Mr. Demetrius Lawrence, President, Mr. Fred Baptiste, Vice President, Mrs. Alisha Lawrence, Secretary, and our new treasurer Ms. Dionne Willis. Our new parents for SLT; Ms. Dionne Willis, Ms. Dorcas Miller, Mr. Rosario Paul, and Mr. Fred Baptiste. We are excited about our new board members and the great things they will be contributing to building up our school.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
PTA Meeting!!!
Hello Parents,
I hope everyone had a great spring break!!! We will be conducting our next PTA meeting on April 19th at 6pm in our school's auditorium. We will be discussing our next fundraiser that is due to be a great success; also we will be having a couple of Officers from the 71st Precinct out to discuss community affairs. We dont want to forget our Principal Mr. Johnson will be honoring students who achieved in attendance, most improved, daily uniform, and any achievement that would merit for an award.
We will be having a steering committee meeting after the PTA for a few minutes to discuss details on the steering committees we have implemented for our team. If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please be there.
See you there!
I hope everyone had a great spring break!!! We will be conducting our next PTA meeting on April 19th at 6pm in our school's auditorium. We will be discussing our next fundraiser that is due to be a great success; also we will be having a couple of Officers from the 71st Precinct out to discuss community affairs. We dont want to forget our Principal Mr. Johnson will be honoring students who achieved in attendance, most improved, daily uniform, and any achievement that would merit for an award.
We will be having a steering committee meeting after the PTA for a few minutes to discuss details on the steering committees we have implemented for our team. If you would like to volunteer for this committee, please be there.
See you there!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
PTA Meeting!!!
Hello Parents,
We will be hosting our monthly PTA meeting on Monday, March 19th, 2012. We will begin at 6pm in the auditorium. This month we are celebrating Women's Month and will be giving all our 161 Women a special gift in honor of them. Also, students will be recieving awards for the month from our principal. Elections are fast approaching and we need a nomination committee in place. We will be selecting nominating committee people at our next meeting.
Come out and support your PTA!!!
Light Refreshments will be served.
We will be hosting our monthly PTA meeting on Monday, March 19th, 2012. We will begin at 6pm in the auditorium. This month we are celebrating Women's Month and will be giving all our 161 Women a special gift in honor of them. Also, students will be recieving awards for the month from our principal. Elections are fast approaching and we need a nomination committee in place. We will be selecting nominating committee people at our next meeting.
Come out and support your PTA!!!
Light Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Parent Leadership Conference
Hello Parents,
There will be a Parent Leadership Conference at Boys & Girls H.S.
There will be a Parent Leadership Conference at Boys & Girls H.S.
- Saturday March 10th 2012: The Parent Leadership Conference "What is sung in the cradle goes all the way to the coffin" Parents are the first teachers. There will be a list of Workshop topics (The New Common Core Standards, Helping your child succeed in ELA, Math, Science, The College Admission Process, Overcoming the challenges of single parenting, and much more.) Please see the attachment for more info. This conference will take place at:
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