PTA Newsletter No. 5 - 11/13/23
Dear BNS Families
There are so many ways to get involved this month, from bake sales to chorus to mindfulness! Also, please note that our next PTA general meeting is Tuesday, November 21nd at 8:20 a.m. in the Health Studio, room 124. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Your BNS PTA
Click here to read our latest Letter from Leadership
No School 11/23 and 11/24 for Thanksgiving Break 🦃
Please note that there will be no AfterSchool or Workshops on Wednesday 11/22
BNS Farm Stand
Our Farmstand is growing! We are able to offer more produce practically at cost to our community. Due to growing demand we have also extended it to 5pm!
Therefore we NEED help! Please consider volunteering next week to help Nili set up between 12- 2 pm.
We will also need help with selling between 2-3PM.
Contact Nili at oniilionilo@gmail.com if you can volunteer next week!
Family Movie Night is coming Friday December 1!
On Friday, Dec 1st, the BNS Auditorium will be transformed into a movie theatre, complete with freshly popped popcorn! GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!!
Families will be able to meet and mingle and enjoy pizza in the cafeteria before the show! Pizza will be served at 5:30pm. Movie will start at 6pm.
We will even have face painting available with very special "Elemental" themed design options! (If you would like to volunteer for the face painting team, please contact our Face Painting Team Leader Andrea grandecapone@gmail.com)
Tickets are pay what you can afford and ALL are welcome from our school community - you can even bring friends who don't attend our school!
Please select all that you will want from the menu below to help us plan and order supplies accordingly!
Very important: ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT 18+. This is not a drop-off event and there will be no childcare, no going direct from aftercare, no children unattended. NO EXCEPTIONS.
If you have any questions, please contact PTA Co-President Elena elenatatelmt@gmail.com
If you would like to volunteer at the event, please sign up here
https://www.konstella.com/app/school/5bf31afde4b0dcc4a138cf23/signups/6539377147fc23ace6e5351
Community Arts Workshop
Learn How to Mend
Join us on Thursday November 16 in Room 102 from 8:20-9:30am for a morning of learning how to mend with local material artist and BNS parent Taryn Urushido who will teach or guide you through basic mending skills. Come learn (or practice!) how to mend, plus take home skills that you can practice with your kids!
Please bring an item to mend: child’s pants, your own tote, a coat, any item with a specific need to mend! You can also bring anything that you would like to sew with the group.
Absolutely NO art experience is necessary, just a desire to create and collaborate. Everyone is welcome!
About the BNS Arts Committee:
If you're interested in creating or participating in arts-related programming, please join other passionate families who want to bring more arts enrichment to the school through the PTA.
Created by celebrated crochet artist Taryn (Organ) Urushido (parent of Azusa, 1st grade), and co-led by Mahshad Vakili Hall (parent of Ruby, 2nd grade), the Arts Committee hopes to create events and opportunities for parents and families to participate in the enriching and inspiring art of handmade craft, and bring these life skills back into the home to build meaningful memories and mementos with our children.
The Beloved BNS Calendar is Back!
Back by popular demand: 2024 BNS Calendars featuring student artwork! Makes a great gift!
These calendars are ONLY available here via Konstella for a LIMITED time. Once sales close, we will print a limited run and deliver them home to you via backpack mail before the holiday break. There will be no other sales after this sales page closes, so don't delay! Get yours today!
Last year the PTA paid for each family to receive one for free, and this year we are selling them to raise money for our school programming! You can buy 1 (or more!) for yourself and also purchase additional calendars for our classrooms - they have become a big hit with the teachers and staff! All DOE school closures are listed so no more confusion about school being open or closed! Thank you for supporting our children's education with your purchase!
Link to order for parents and staff members in the school community
Link to order for people not in the school community, e.g. grandparents and neighbors
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help send them home before break - please email Elena at elenatatelmt@gmail.com
Join Parents of BNS for a Paint & Sip
Grab your BNS friends and join parents of BNS for a Paint & Sip evening. Come get creative and support our school at a small gathering of painting cork coasters inspired by folk art from Portugal. Includes 1 drink, instruction and art supplies. You'll leave with a set of 8 cork coasters.
Details
- WineMak'Her Bar - 492 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215
- Wednesday November 15th
- 7-8pm
- Limited seats. No experience necessary.
- $50 Suggested Price. A $25 ticket covers the cost of the event, including materials, the instruction, and the space. $35 includes a $10 donation. $50 includes a $25 donation. Our goal is to raise $500 for the PTA to fund BNS school programming
Get your tickets here.
Box Tops for Education
Scan your grocery & shopping receipts to earn money for BNS!
BoxTops for Education donates to BNS when you buy eligible products, which includes Annie's products, Airborne, Cheerios, Háagen-Dazs, Lysol, and Yoplait. Grandparents, aunts & uncles, friends, etc. are also welcome to scan their receipts for BNS!
To participate:
- Download the app
- Search for Brooklyn New School (It's under the name "Public School 146 Brooklyn New Sc")
- Scan your physical receipts or upload digital ones within 2 weeks of purchase
Contact Amy Osekowsky Davis (aosekowsky@) if you have any questions.
The Pie Sale is Coming
Pie Lovers rejoice! We are selling pies to raise funds for the BNS PTA general fund.
Signups are open for pie donations- if you can provide us with a pie to sell, please do!! Without your pies the sale can't happen. We need pies!
If you want to buy a pie, the online sale goes live next week, on Wednesday, November 15. Pie sales are limited to what's been donated. And YES- you can donate a pie and buy a pie! Pie is for everyone!
Pie prices are pay-what-you-will, no donation is too small. But if you can afford a little extra it all goes to the PTA general fund to pay for supplies and additional programming for the kids- your generosity is appreciated by all!
We could also use a few people to help sort/distribute pies on the day of the sale- please sign up! Thank you!
Questions? Comments? Please email fundraising@bns146.org
PTA Meeting Highlights 🌟
Thanks to everyone who joined our last PTA meeting in October!
Help Wanted!
Merch Assistant Coordinator: assist with in person sales, deliver items to classroom, organizing the merch closet, learn how to order items. Be trained to take over next year. Tracey our current coordinator’s daughter will be graduating.
Save the Date: Next meeting is 8:20AM, Tuesday, November 21 Health Studio, room 124.
BNS Merch Online Shop is Now Open
Buy See's chocolates for stocking stuffers and host gifts & support BNS!
This holiday season, See's Candies will donate 20%+ of your purchase to BNS when you buy through our storefront. These would make a great stocking stuff or host gift. Our Merchandise Chair recommends the chocolate lollipops.
For those not familiar with See's Candies, they're a beloved, hundred year old West Coast brand & have a storied history that includes that infamous scene "I Love Lucy" chocolate factory scene.
All orders must be placed by 12/1 to guarantee delivery ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Open Library After School
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On Tuesdays starting 11/14 our library is open for BNS students to come with their adult 2:30-3:30pm.
Donate to the Annual Appeal
What Your Donation to the BNS PTA Pays For:
Classroom, Office, and Art Supplies
Technology
Science Teachers (not salaried through the DOE)
Bike and Swim Programs
Outdoor Learning Programs (Nature around us, Shore School, and more)
Brooklyn Arts Exchange (providing performing arts classes from Pre-K-5th grade)
Sustainability Program
Science Field Trips
Professional Development
4th Grade Musical
Sendoff to Summer (our year-end celebration in the yard)
Garden and Farm Curriculum
Math Workshops
Art Field Trips
Faculty Appreciation
Library Books and Technology Updates
3rd Grade Africa Studies
PTA Operations (Konstella, Paypal, Stripe, Web Server Fees, and other things like that)
Camping Trips
Lice Checks
5th Grade Graduation Ceremony
Click on this link if you want to make a financial contribution. Whatever your family is able to contribute, know that you are appreciated at BNS.
Here is a public link for friends and family outside of our BNS community.
If your family can afford to donate time, please contact the PTA co-presidents, Elena and Christian to hear about the wide variety of needs and opportunities to serve in our community.
Whatever your family is able to contribute, know that you are welcome and appreciated at BNS.
LOOKING AHEAD
Bookmark the 2023–2024 DOE school calendar here. BNS events and important dates are also on the Konstella calendar.
November 14: School Leadership Team Meeting (Library Room 401, 3:30pm)
First Grade Family Meeting (Health Studio room 124, 8:20am, zoom option availble)
November 15: Farm Stand (Rapelleye and Henry, 2-5pm)
November 16: Arts Committee: Learn How to Mend (room 102, 8:20-9:30am)
November 21: PTA General Meeting (Health Studio room 124, 8:20am)
November 21: Pie Sale Pick Up (2-4:00pm)
BNS Music Assembly
November 23 and 24: Thanksgiving Break - No School
November 28: 3rd Grade Family Meeting (Health Studio room 124, 8:20am)
Please see the full November BNS Calendar here.
BNS PTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2023–2024
CHRISTIAN LEUE, Co-President, dad to Max (1st grade)
ELENA TATE, Co-President, mom to Hans (2nd grade)
KRYSTINA ATHAS, Co-Treasurer, mom to Alexander & Liam (5th & 3nd grade)
HANNAH LANE, Recording Secretary, mom to Leo (pre-K)
MERVE KAYAN, Social Media Co-Chair, mom to Leyla (2nd grade)
HANNAH NUDELL, Communications Chair, mom to Eliza & Gideon (5th grade & 1st Grade)
AMY OSENKOWSKY DAVIS, Communications Co-Chair & Fundraising Co-Chair, mom to Emily (Pre-K)
SARA KRAVIG GABLE, Fundraising Co-Chair, mom to Captain (2nd grade)
NIKA WHITEHEAD-CLARKE, Fundraising Co-Chair, mom to Nicquel (2nd grade)
ABBY COOVER, Newsletter Chair, mom to Valen, Varro & Vesper (toddler, 5th grade & BNS Grad)
LAURA WOOD, Class Parent Coordinator, mom to Phoebe & Sally (5th grade & 2nd grade)
NILI OHAYON, Farm Stand Coordinator, mom to Livia (2nd grade)
CORISSA TRANI, Web Master, mom to Logan (Kindergarten)
PATTY LIN, Web Master, mom to Deren (Kindergarten)
CLARA PLANEL, Web Master, mom to Olivia (Kindergarten)
NICK THUESEN, Web Master, father to Charlie (Kindergarten)
TARYN ORGAN, Community Engagement Artist, mom to Azusa
CATHERINE HELLEUX, Sustainability Initiatives Co-Coordinator, mom to Bretton
LISA WALSH, Sustainability Initiatives Co-Coordinator, mom to Max
DIANDRA VERWAYNE, Member-at-Large, mom to Ethan (2nd Grade)
MAHSHAD VAKILI HALL, Member-at-Large, mom to Ruby (1st Grade)
ANDREA GRANDE-CAPONE, Face Painting Chairperson
EMILY DEL VALLE, Co-Chair, Events Committee
Contact the 2022–2023 BNS PTA at pta2022@bns146.org
