PTA Newsletter No. 7
Dear BNS Families,
Happy Holidays! We know this is always a busy time of year: full of fun, festivities and a little bit of fatigue. The next newsletter will go out on Sunday, January 8th. Have a wonderful and safe holiday and a happy new year!
Your BNS PTA
Give BNS Merch for the Holidays
City Harvest Food Drive
Penina, Lindsay/Damaris's class, and Renee's class are organizing a food drive for City Harvest. You can send in sealed, non-perishable, non-expired food items in good condition until Monday 12/19. The most needed items are cereal, oatmeal, pasta, boxed macaroni and cheese, canned fruits and vegetables, canned fish and meat, canned beans, soup, and juice boxes. When children bring the items to school, they can take them to Lindsay and Damaris’ room (323) or Renee’s room (308B). Thank you!
Movie Night Was a Hit!
Holiday Giving and Appreciation
Please consider donating to a grade-wide pool as a way of showing appreciation to our amazing teachers. Teachers will share this money equitably and use it to purchase supplies or a needed item for their classroom.
This year, we are providing two links for contributions:
This will make giving easier and it will enable an equitable distribution of funds to each class. Give to your level of comfort; a contribution between $1 – $50 per family will help our educators and kids have what they need in their classrooms this winter and spring.
Families can also send cash or check in an envelope labeled “holiday gift” to school, via backpack mail and your child’s teacher will pass it on to their class parent. It is also ok to USPS mail a check to the School.
Finally, please feel free to send all the educators in your classroom lots of holiday love through drawings and notes from our children- this is a time of year to share our thanks, and our kids are the best ones to do it!
Do not hesitate to reach out to your class parent with any questions you may have.
BNS Needs Towels for the Swim Program
Do you have any gently used clean towels to give away ? Please consider donating them for our BNS Swim program. Towels can be dropped off in the main office, room 207.
Lost and Found Volunteers Needed
We are looking for volunteers to take 5-10 minutes on Wednesdays and Fridays either am or pm to spruce up the content of the Lost and Found shed. You can volunteer directly on the Lost&Found Social group on Konstella for a single week or multiple weeks.
Social Media
BNS is on Social Media! Follow us and stay informed on all BNS happenings. Find us on Instagram (@thebrooklynnewschool) and Facebook (TheBrooklynNewSchool). We are always looking to source and post great photos of your kids involved with BNS activities, so feel free to email them anytime to the Social Media Team: Photos@bns146.org.
Donate to the Annual Appeal
LOOKING AHEAD
Bookmark the 2022–2023 DOE school calendar here. BNS events and important dates are also on the Konstella calendar.
December 12: SLT Meeting, Zoom, 4:30 p.m.
December 14: Farm Stand, Rapelye Street, 2-4 p.m.
December 15: Bake Sale, Rapelye Street, 2-3 p.m.
December 20: PTA Meeting in the Library, 8:20 a.m.
BNS PTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2022–2023
- MAHSHAD HALL, Co-President, Mom to Ruby (1st grade)
- CHRISTIAN LEUE, Co-President, Dad to Max (Kindergarten)
- KRYSTINA ATHAS, Co-Treasurer, mom to Alexander & Liam (4th & 2nd grade)
- HANNAH LANE, Recording Secretary, mom to Leo (pre-K)
- JESSICA SMITH, Correspondence Secretary, mom to Henry (1st grade)
- ELYSE NEIMAN SEITER, Social Media Co-Chair, mom to Aidan (5th grade) & Lola (BNS grad)
- MERVE KAYAN, Social Media Co-Chair, mom to Leyla (2nd grade)
- HANNAH NUDELL, Communications Chair, mom to Eliza & Gideon (4th grade & Kindergarten)
- MAGGIE ROSS NEWVILLE, Class Parent Coordinator, mom to Axel & Magnus (3rd grade & BNS grad)
- SARA KRAVIG GABLE, Fundraising Co-Chair, mom to Captain (1st grade)
- ELENA TATE, Fundraising Co-Chair, mom to Hans (1st grade)
- CATHERINE HELLEUX, mom to Bretton (1st grade)
- TANICA GORDON, mom to Josiah (1st grade)
Contact the 2022–2023 BNS PTA at pta2022@bns146.org
