PSMS 278

Mrs Stiel and her team put on another great show today! See video clips below.

On Tuesday March 16th, during Parent Teacher Conference, the PTA held its second “Dinner-to-Go” fundraiser event in the cafeteria. For only $5 per adult ($3 for kids), everyone enjoyed a great meal and qualified to win a prize. What could be better? Dishes were donated by local restaurants and parents/volunteers. It was a great time and the food was outstanding.

A big thanks are in order to all the parents, teachers, and community businesses who volunteered their time, products and services. A total of 57 incredible volunteers helped make this event a success.

Over 200 adults/kids attended and $1050 was raised for the school! Proceeds will go towards the 8th Grade Graduation Breakfast and 5th Grade Moving Up ceremony.

The raffle winners were: Dr. Mateo ($50 gift certificate to the restaurant/vendor of choice), and Mr. Mynte ($20 gift card to La Estufa Restaurant).

On Wednesday, February 24th, we invited our prospective parents back for a tour of our School wide Enrichment Program (SEM) program and for a Q&A session with Mrs. Guido. Over 50 families attended and the event was very well received by all! This event was wonderful opportunity to meet some of our new families and to show case our current students and their many varied interests. Mrs. Guido did a wonderful job or conveying what an active, diverse and rich community 278 is and we are all looking forward to welcoming our new families next year.

On Friday, February 5th the Title I Committee hosted the Family Dinner Dance in the School’s Cafeteria. What a blast! We started the evening by eating a delicious dinner which included 3 different kinds of rice, 4 different kinds of chicken, fresh fruit and salad and a selection of delicious desserts! Then, the DJ started to play and we all put on our dancing shoes and boogied the night away! Many thanks to our Title I Committee, the kitchen staff and all who attended for making this a celebration to remember!

On Wednesday, February 3rd, the students, teachers, faculty and parents of PS/MS 278 celebrated the many wonderful cultures of our school community! The event highlighted the things that make us unique, but also reminded us of what binds us together.

As an enthusiastic crowd cheered, the students performed in a magnificent program that honored the heritages and traditions of countries like the Dominican Republic, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Japan, Albania and Pakistan. They danced, sang, read to us in their native languages, and dressed in beautifully hand-crafted crafted costumes. Congratulations to all who participated in this magnificent and inspirational tribute to our 278 family!

In December 2009, the Muzak Heart and Soul Foundation awarded our school a grant worth $3,000 to be spent on supplies and instrument maintenance for our music program. There were $8 million worth of requested funds from all the applicants. A total of $100,000 was distributed by the donors to 30 schools nationwide. See http://heart.muzak.com/what/grants.aspx for more details and congratulations again to Ms. Stiel and to the staff and students of PS/MS 278!

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