PTA NEWSLETTER Office: 212.929.1743 PTA Voice Mail: 212.496.4520 www.ps11pta.org April, 2005 Music Class Movie One of the many amazing music programs Ms. Golub brings to our school is Music Memory from the Riverside Symphony. The orchestra's program is designed to develop a lasting appreciation for fine music in young people and if you watch the seven minute video Ms. Golub made with the students from her Music Memory group, it looks like it’s a lot of fun. The video link can be found at www.riversidesymphony.org/mmprogram.php The Music Memory kids from P.S. 11 will be competing at Alice Tully Hall on May 9th. The wonderful contest is reminiscent of the old TV show Name That Tune. Students try to identify the musical pieces and composers they have studied from brief fragments and in the process demonstrate their amazing listening and recognition skills. To learn more visit the Riverside Symphony’s website. Audrey II, a feat of engineering and papier mache. See next page for more on last month’s Little Shop of Horrors performances. photo: Lynn Mallinson MARK YOUR CALENDAR! April 14 -- PTA Meeting, 8:45am April 25-29 -- Spring Break (School Closed) Time for a Taste June 3, 2005 is the tentative date for A Taste of Chelsea, P.S. 11’s biggest fundraiser of the year! If you’ve attended this event in the past, you know it’s an evening not to be missed. If you haven’t been there before, you’re in for a wonderful surprise, the evening offers parents, teachers, friends, and neighbors a chance to enjoy great food and wine while raising money for our children. Twenty of the finest restaurants and food merchants in the area will offer tastings from their menus as well as wine and other beverages. In addition, there will be a silent auction and a live auction, complete with a professional auctioneer from world-famous Christie’s auction house. Expect to see a lot more information about this event in your child’s home folder in the coming weeks. But of course, we need volunteers! If you’d like to help, please contact Deborah Traussi at 212-268-0292 or Pam Winberry at 212-977-9857. Cupcake Productions The bake sale at the Little Shop of Horrors performance raised $502. The money will be used for future Garrick-Golub productions. Special thanks to Ginnah, Remy, and Jake for their hard work. WORK HARD. PLAY FAIR. BE KIND. From Your PTA Co-President Boxtops Update Along with the promise of warmer weather last month came the fifth grade production of Little Shop of Horrors. When I first heard that Ms. Garrick and Ms. Golub were going to stage this ambitious production, I wondered how were they going to make Audrey II with a school play budget? Jim Harker to the rescue! That was quite an Audrey II...very impressive. Tom Winberry and I managed to set up a wireless microphone and amplification system for the show. And Tom along with Gil Santiago and Angelo Quartuccia also managed to complete the wiring and installation of the auditorium’s new lighting system. It was a great team effort for some great kids (I apologize to anyone I may have forgotten to acknowledge). While we were not without our share of "technical difficulties" during the performances, the play was well received. Congratulations to everyone involved on a job very well done. March also brought us the New York International Children's Film Festival. If you've never attended this event, you're missing a great opportunity to see some first rate films from around the world....many unique voices with unique visions. One film that I enjoyed which has gone into limited release around New York is Millions. If it's still around when you read this, I recommend that you check this film out, or catch it on DVD. It's hard nowadays to find a film that you can take your children to and that you can enjoy as well. Millions fills the bill. It deals with issues of morality and the loss of a loved one. And it's also fun to follow a young boy as he tries to figure out what to do with the bag of money that "fell from the sky!” Well, I'm looking forward to the springtime weather— when it finally comes. It's time for Little League. BATTER UP!! Matthew Mallinson Girl Scout News This month, meetings will be held on: Thursday, April 7 Thursday, April 14 Thanks to Kinko’s at 24th St. and 7th Ave. for donating the printing of our newsletter. 212.929.0623 General Mills Box Tops — So far for the 2004-05 school year, we have earned over $150.00 from box tops. Thanks to all of you who have submitted them, and especially those of you who have trimmed them for me. Target Visa — Please continue to use your Target Visa. We are due another check soon. Verizon Xtra Credit for Schools — If you haven’t done so, please sign up for this program with Verizon long distance, points appear on your monthly bill. Campbell's Labels for Education — We have over 1,300 points from Campbell's. We will redeem the points for school supplies when more have accumulated. Please keep collecting them and put them in the Campbell’s Soup container next to security guard Jose Rodriguez’s desk. Tyson Project A+ — We are only 40 labels short of our first submission (we need 100 minimum) so keep them coming! As this is my last year at P.S. 11, please contact me at [email protected] or drop a note in the PTA mailbox if you are interested in taking over. It has been a pleasure for me to help earn funds for our children at P.S. 11. Marion Lederer PTA Executive Board Matthew Mallinson Co-President 212.675.3462 Linda Osborne Co-President 212.924.1797 Kathy Ellman First VP 646.336.8649 Kim Reagan Second VP 212.736.3814 Pam Winberry Recording Sec. 212.977.9857 Sarah Cassidy Corres. Sec. 212.727.7102 Jill Kern Treasurer 212.675.3939 Gil Santiago Chair, Facilities Comm., 212.691.6058 Wini Schiff Chair, Grantwriting Comm., 212.539.0106 Lucia Santiago Chair, Science Comm., 212.691.6058 Martha Gallo Chair, Community Outreach Comm., 212.736.3974 Bernadette Drayton Member-at-Large 212.736.0611 Vivian Rivera Member-at-Large 212.989.8247 WORK HARD. PLAY FAIR. BE KIND.
