New Online Calendar
You can now view the P.S.8 PTA Online Calendar by clicking here. There will always be a link in the right column (look and you'll see it now).
Posted on: June 25, 2008.
Clowning Around!
Story by: Georgie Stout
Photos by: Nathalie Schueller
Parents and friends came together last Tuesday to watch a hilarious performance by about 100 Kindergarten students in "the Clown Olympics" at the PS8 auditorium. Students donned costumes, hats and face painting, carried props and performed all kinds of crazy tricks for over an hour. The performance was a culmination of a workshop by the Circus Arts and Clown Theatre Workshop, run by Marquis Studios and clowns Fred Collins and Luanne Dietrich, known as TwoTooFar.
Continue reading: "Clowning Around!"
Posted on: June 24, 2008.
Teachers and Students Collaborate on Original School Play, SOLDEA ISLAND
By Victoria Olsen, 4th-grade parent, and Amanda Seiden, 4th grader
You may have noticed the energy in the halls on Tuesday afternoons...or Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays too... .For weeks now 75 students from 3rd through 5th grades have been working with seven teachers on an original play called Soldea Island, written by Robert Weinstein and based on an illustrated story by drama teacher Noelle Gentile. Directed by Ms. Gentile and 4th-grade-teacher Angie Nelson, the play is the school's first theatrical production in years and it is built on teamwork.
Continue reading: "Teachers and Students Collaborate on Original School Play, SOLDEA ISLAND"
Posted on: May 27, 2008.
IT'S FREE!...IT'S EASY!...And It May Become Addictive! What Is It???????
It's Boxtops and you can find these on many of the products in your own home (see the attached list). Starting Wednesday, May 21st through Wednesday, June 11th, we are launching the Blastoff for Box tops competition. The class who collects the most Boxtops will win a Popsicle party and thirty minutes of recess time!!!
Continue reading: "IT'S FREE!...IT'S EASY!...And It May Become Addictive! What Is It???????"
Posted on: May 21, 2008.
The 11th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW)
Food allergy management affects almost everyone in the PS8 community, directly or indirectly. Childhood food allergies are increasingly prevalent. Reactions can be mild, but they can also escalate to a life-threatening medical emergency, in minutes.
Continue reading: "The 11th Annual Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW)"
Posted on: May 12, 2008.
100 Paddlewheeler Festival 2008 Photos
Whether you were able to make it to Paddlewheeler or not, you'll enjoy these photos of the event, kindly taken by PS8 dad Aki Tuccu.
Continue reading: "100 Paddlewheeler Festival 2008 Photos"
Posted on: May 12, 2008.
Students Can Enter Architectural Photography Contest
All students / Deadline: June 13
All New York City public school students (grades pre-K-12) are invited to submit architectural photographs of their school for a citywide exhibit titled "PS Architecture: Through the Lens of a Student Photographer." There will be one winner for elementary, middle, and high school from each borough and one citywide grand prize winner from each school level.
Continue reading: "Students Can Enter Architectural Photography Contest"
Posted on: May 1, 2008.
Want To Help PS8?
Sign Up Now As A Nominee For The 2008/9 PTA Executive Board
The time has come for us to elect the PTA Executive Board that will serve the PS8 community from July 1st 2008 to June 30th 2009. Elections will take place at the May 29th PTA General Meeting.
There has never been a better time to support the school by becoming a member of the PTA Executive Board. PS8 needs our help now more than ever; next year we have the double-whammy of no Magnet Grant and the prospects of DoE budget-cuts. (That's why developing the PTA's preliminary budget for 2008/9 has involved examining a PS8 wish-list of over $300,000 worth of programs, investments and initiatives -- more than we have ever raised or spent.)
Continue reading: "Want To Help PS8?
Sign Up Now As A Nominee For The 2008/9 PTA Executive Board"
Posted on: April 29, 2008.
PAST FEATURES:
PS8 PTA Introduces New Logo
April 29, 2008
Nominations for School Leadership Team (SLT)
April 28, 2008
Scholastic Book Fair Returns To PS8
May 2nd & 3rd
April 23, 2008
The Wildlife Conservation Society
visits PS 8
April 22, 2008
Understanding Enrichment Programs:
An Essential Guide For Parents
April 16, 2008
PS 8 will have Pre-Kindergarten classes in September
April 16, 2008
PS 8 PTA Proudly Presents the
2008 Paddlewheeler Festival
April 15, 2008
PS8 Community Springs Into Auction
April 12, 2008
The Resource Outlook For Our School
And The PTA
April 3, 2008
PS 8's Annual Spring Auction is April 10th
March 23, 2008
PADDLEWHEELER FESTIVAL 2008
March 23, 2008
JAZZ MUSICIAN JEFF NEWELL LEADS NEW RESIDENCY AT PS8
March 23, 2008
2008 "Quality Review Report" Gives PS8 Thumbs-Up
March 10, 2008
The Art Of Real Estate
February 28, 2008
Life After the Magnet Grant
February 27, 2008
Enrichment at P.S. 8
February 27, 2008
Portraits by Van Gogh? Collages by Basquiat? Nope, it's all the work of P.S.8 first graders!
February 10, 2008
PS8 Fourth Graders visit The Lion King
February 6, 2008
The Rotunda Gallery is having a 24-week residency at P.S 8!
January 29, 2008
G'day From Down Under
January 29, 2008
PS 8 Third Graders in the NY Times
January 27, 2008
Bach. Beethoven. Bravo, Bargemusic!
January 23, 2008
The Box Tops for Education Campaign has Begun!
January 16, 2008
Holiday Cheer at the PS8
Holiday Dance Performance
December 21, 2007
Potluck Potshots
December 19, 2007
Holiday Fun!
December 18, 2007
You Are Invited To
The 2007 PS8 PTA Potluck Dinner
December 6, 2007
Holiday Deals that Benefit PS 8
November 30, 2007
Read-a-thon Assembly
November 27, 2007
Thanksgiving Breakfast at PS 8
November 27, 2007
PS8 Alumni Reunion
November 20, 2007
Read-a-thon Comes to a close!
November 19, 2007
Pre-K Farmer's Market Field Trip
November 7, 2007
PS 8 Read-a-thon Progress Updates
November 6, 2007
DOE Progress Report Grades
November 5, 2007
PS 8 Read-a-thon 2007 Is A Hit!
October 25, 2007
PS 8 Read-A-Thon 2007 begins Oct 18th!
October 16, 2007
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS START OFF YEAR WITH A BANG!
October 2, 2007
Welcome Back!
August 31, 2007
The Earth-Protectors Auction
June 26, 2007
2007 PADDLEWHEELER FESTIVAL A HIT!
May 18, 2007
SPRING 2007 AUCTION
RAISES $22,000 FOR PTA
April 14, 2007
Puppetry Program - March 2007
April 8, 2007
PS8's General Appeal Fund Raising
April 6, 2007
Steamin' Ahead!
February 24, 2007
BARGEMUSIC PERFORMS AT P.S. 8
January 23, 2007
PS 8 CELEBRATES 4th ANNUAL FIRST DAY CELEBRATION!
September 11, 2006
OUR SCHOOL IS COOL! Ice Cream Party
June 9, 2006
Another Successful
PaddleWheeler Festival!
April 17, 2006
PS 8, The Robert Fulton School,
proudly presents the
March 28, 2006
Making Magic!
P.S. 8 Raises $16,000 at the Movies
December 3, 2005
MAKING MAGIC &
THE P.S. 8 FILM PROGRAM
October 6, 2005
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA"
RETURNS TO P.S.8!
September 15, 2005
Welcome Back - Fall 2005!
August 31, 2005
Our Magnet Grant at Work
June 21, 2005
Paddlewheeler Becomes a Heights Tradition
May 5, 2005
Currents is now in print!
January 19, 2005
Bloomberg Visits PS 8
November 1, 2004
What do you want to be for Halloween?
PS 8 Students Tape Good Morning America Spot
October 26, 2004
The Autumn Chill Means it's
Back to School at PS 8
October 22, 2004
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
FOR THE FIRST OPEN HOUSE
October 18, 2004
Welcome Back 2004-2005!
October 18, 2004
