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JUNE - SCHOOL ENDS SOON      posted 06-06-2010


     
1
2
  I Love My Dentist Day

  7th grade field trip

3
  7th grade field trip

4
  National Cancer Survivors Day

  8th grade trip

5
6
7
  8th grade science test

8
  HALF DAY

9
10
  NO SCHOOL

11
  Ms. Shafaee's last day

12
  Superman Day

13
  Jian Zhong Li

Jian Zhong's birthday
14
  Flag Day

  Flag Day

15
  David Lee

David's birthday
16
17
  Eat Your Vegetables Day

  HALF DAY

18
19
  Garfield the Cat Day

  Juneteenth - Emancipation Day

20
  Father's Day

  Happy Father's Day

21
  1st Day of Summer

22
  Owla Hameed

Owla's birthday
23
  Midsummer's Eve

  8th grade Graduation

24
  Mid Summer Day

25
26



27
28
  Paul Bunyan Day

  LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

29
30
        


may      posted 05-01-2010



MAY
                 
1
  Mother Goose Day

  May Day

2
  Eat Dessert First Day

3
  Geocaching Is Born

4
  Barbeque Day

5
  Cinco de Mayo

  Children's Day in Japan and South Korea

  STATE MATH TEST

6
  National Teacher Day

  World's 1st postage stamp

  STATE MATH TEST

7
  International Tuba Day

  STATE MATH TEST

8
  Invention of Coca-Cola




MAY
9
  Mother's Day

  Victory Day in Russia

10
  National Clean Up Your Room Day

Shi Qi's birthday
11
12
  Limerick Day

  Native American Rights Day

13
  Tulip Day

oliver diaz's birthday
14
  Dance like a Chicken Day

15
16
  National Sea Monkey Day

17
  Police Week

  ESL STATE TESTING BEGINS

18
  Youth Against Violence Day

  Visit Your Relatives Day

  ESL TESTING

19
  Victoria Day

  ESL TESTING

20
  Weights and Measures Day

  ESL TESTING

21
  I Need a Patch for That Day

  ESL TESTING

22
  International Day for Bio Diversity

Daniel's birthday



MAY
23
  World Turtle Day

24
  International Jazz Day

25
  Africa Day

26
  Memorial Day

  Peace Officer Memorial Day

27
  Isadora Duncan's Birth Date

28
  Memorial Day

Yeifry's birthday
Hui Ming's birthday
29
  Mudbug Week

30
31
  Memorial Day

  NO SCHOOL - HOLIDAY

              


April      posted 03-26-2010



APRIL
           
1
  April Fool's Day

2
  Keep America Beautiful Month

3
  Mule Day

  erina tani

  Dawrin Rodon Portorre

  erina tani

Dawrin Rodon's birthday
erina's birthday
4
  Easter

5
  National Kite Month

  Day of Trees in South Korea

6
  Fresh Tomato Day

  Genocide Commemoration Day in Rwanda

  The Arctic Traveler

7
  No Housework Day

8
  The "Hammer"

  Dawrin Rodon Portorre

  Tammy Chan

  Tammy Chan

Tammy's birthday
9
  Egg Salad Week

10
11
  Write Your Memoirs Day

12
  Licorice Day

13
  Thailand’s New Year

14
  Wild Guess Day

15
  Leonardo daVinci

16
  Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day

  Stress Awareness Day

  Yankee Numbers

  Young People's Poetry Week

17
  Doctor on the Court

18
  Stained Glass Day

19
  Boston Marathon Day

20
  Humor Month

21
  Thank You School Librarian Day

22
  Earth Day

  National Jelly Bean Day

  COME TO SCHOOL NIGHT ELA, SCIENCE and MATH

23
  Home Run Day

24
  Horse Celebration Day in Turkmenistan

25
  Martin Waldseemuller Remembrance Day

26
  Pretzel Day

27
  Arbor Day

  Babe Ruth Day

  ELA TEST

28
  Mutiny on the Bounty

  ELA TEST

29
  ELA Test (6th grade only)

30
  Yo-yo Day

  


April      posted 03-26-2010


APRIL
           
1
  April Fool's Day

2
  Keep America Beautiful Month

3
  Mule Day

  erina tani

Dawrin Rodon's birthday
erina's birthday
4
  Easter

5
  National Kite Month

  Day of Trees in South Korea

6
  Fresh Tomato Day

  Genocide Commemoration Day in Rwanda

  The Arctic Traveler

7
  No Housework Day

8
  The "Hammer"

  Dawrin Rodon Portorre

  Tammy Chan

Tammy's birthday
9
  Egg Salad Week

10
11
  Write Your Memoirs Day

12
  Licorice Day

13
  Thailand’s New Year

14
  Wild Guess Day

15
  Leonardo daVinci

16
  Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day

  Stress Awareness Day

  Yankee Numbers

  Young People's Poetry Week

17
  Doctor on the Court

18
  Stained Glass Day

19
  Boston Marathon Day

20
  Humor Month

21
  Thank You School Librarian Day

22
  Earth Day

  National Jelly Bean Day

  COME TO SCHOOL NIGHT ELA, SCIENCE and MATH

23
  Home Run Day

24
  Horse Celebration Day in Turkmenistan

25
  Martin Waldseemuller Remembrance Day

26
  Pretzel Day

27
  Arbor Day

  Babe Ruth Day

  ELA TEST

28
  Mutiny on the Bounty

  ELA TEST

29
  ELA Test (6th grade only)

30
  Yo-yo Day

  


MARCH      posted 02-25-2010


MARCH
  
1
  Iditarod Sled Dog Race

2
  Dr. Seuss

3
  Francis Scott Key

  By the Dawn's Early Light

4
  Hug a GI Day

5
6
  Unique Names Day

7
  Newspaper in Education Week

8
  Farmer's Day

9
  National School Breakfast Week

10
  Underground Freedom Fighter

11
  National Noodle Month

12
  National Peanut Month

13
  First Lady Librarian

  Siew Peng Chai

Siew Peng's birthday
14
  Celebrating Pi Day

15
  Quilting Day

  MS104 SPIRIT WEEK BEGINS!!!!

16
  Tumbleweed Day

17
  St. Patrick's Day

18
  Forgive Mom & Dad Day

  A Blur on the Ice

  National Animal Poison Prevention Week

19
  Swallows Return Day

  National Chocolate Caramel Day

  Let's Laugh Day

  SPIRIT WEEK ENDS. STUDENT TEACHER GAMES in THE GYM

20
  Spring

  HAPPY NoRUZ (PERSIAN NEW YEAR)

21
  World Day of Sleep

22
  National Goof Off Day

23
  Bubble Blowers Day

24
  Harry Houdini’s Birthday

  Kelly Bamfo

Kelly's birthday
25
  Pecan Day

  Adam alomari

Adam's birthday
26
  Born to Play Football

27
  Kite Flying Day




MARCH
28
  National Cleaning Week

29
  Mr. Wal-Mart

  VACATION BEGINS! (NO SCHOOL TILL APRIL 7th)

30
  Pencil Day

31
  Bunsen Burner Day

        


POETRY AND ESSAY CONTEST FOR CHINESE and KOREAN CULTURE      posted 02-01-2010




ALBETAC Sponsors Student Contests in Honor of Chinese and Korean Culture

All Schools/ Deadlines: February and March 22

The Asian Languages Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center (ALBETAC), in collaboration with NYCDOE and the New York State Department of Education, is sponsoring three statewide contests this year to promote the appreciation of Chinese and Korean cultures. The Chinese Painting Contest is for students of all ethnic/language backgrounds, grades K-12, and has a March 22, 2010 deadline. The Chinese Essay Contest (submissions in Chinese) and the Korean Essay Contest (submissions in Korean) are both for students, grades 6-12, and share a February 22, 2010 deadline. For more details, visit the ALBETAC website under announcements or contact Pat Lo at (212) 998-5198.

PLEASE SEE THE LINKS BELOW:


     posted 02-01-2010

To Participate in the Chinese or Korean Cultural Essay, please click here or copy and paste.

Chinese ESSAY GUIDELINES
In English:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/776/Chinese_essay_contest_guidelines final.pdf

Chinese ESSAY GUIDELINES
In Chinese:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/855/Chinese Essay Contest Guidelines_Chinese.pdf

Korean ESSAY GUIDELINES
In English:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/777/Korean_essay_contest_guidelines final.pdf


Korean ESSAY GUIDELINES
in Korean:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/854/Korean Essay Contest Guidelines_Korean.pdf


     posted 02-01-2010

If you are interested in participating in the State Chinese Art Contest and would like the guidelines in English or Chinese. Please click this link or copy and paste into address bar.

In English:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/779/GUIDELINES_FOR_Chinese_Painting_Contest_2010.pdf


In Chinese:

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/921/17TH painting ocntest guidelines_CHI.pdf




February      posted 01-24-2010


FEBRUARY
  
1
  Bubble Gum Day

2
  Ground Hog Day

  Eid ul-Adha

  Lin Zeng

  Lin Zeng

Lin's birthday
3
  Happy Spring Japan!

4
  Thank a Mailman Day

  Charles Lindbergh

  Angola's War for Independence Day

5
  Brazil Carnival

  Mardi Gras Day

6
  The History of the Monopoly Board Game

  The Babe of Baseball

7
  Birthday of Sinclair Lewis

8
9
  Huong Tran

  Huong Tran

Huong's birthday
10
  Umbrella Day

11
  White T-Shirt Day

12
13
14
  Chinese New Year

  Valentine's Day

15
  Presidents' Day

  NO SCHOOL

  Tahmina Akter

  Tahmina Akter

Tahmina's birthday
16
  The Boy King

  NO SCHOOL

17
  NO SCHOOL

18
  Library Lovers Month

  The Discovery of Pluto

  NO SCHOOL

19
  Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Day

  NO SCHOOL

20
  Hoodie Hoo Day

  Blasted Off Twice

21
  National Bird Feeding Month

22
  Yan Chen

  Yan Chen

Yan's birthday
23
  Dog Biscuit Day

24
  Tortilla Chip Day

  PARENT CONFERENCES

  12:00-3:00 5:30-8:00

25
  Quiet Day

  "Texas Rose"

26
  Levi Strauss Legend

27
  Polar Bear Day




FEBRUARY
28
  Why is February the Shortest Month?

                 


JANUARY      posted 01-04-2010



              
1
  New Year's Day

2
3
  Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

  More Than Snow

4
  Trivia Day

  January Lose Weight, Feel Great Month

5
6
  3 Kings Day

  Happy Birthday, Mr. Holmes

  Yang Zhao

Yang's birthday
7
  Orthodox Christmas

  Happy Holiday Ethiopia!

8
  Coming of Age Day in Japan

9
  Static Electricity Day

10
  Muslim New Year

11
  Got Bottled Milk?

  Ho Wei Li

Ho Wei's birthday
12
  John Hancock's Birthday

13
  20 Days of Christmas

14
  Dress Up Your Pet Day

15
16
  Appreciate a Dragon Day

17
  Float Like a Butterfly

18
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday

  NO SCHOOL

19
20
  Basketball Day

21
  National Hugging Day

22
  Every Kernel Pops

23
  National Hand Writing Day

24
  National Compliment Day

  Steven Lalama

Steven's birthday
25
  Happy Haggis Day!

26
  India's Republic Day

27
  Lewis Carroll's Birthday

28
  Challenger Heroes

29
  National Puzzle Day

30
  Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Birthday

  Gongga baerde

Gongga's birthday
31
  Inspire Your Heart With Art Day

                 


CALENDAR      posted 11-30-2009


     
1
2
  A "Giant" Emperor

3
  International Day of the Disabled Person

4
  Celebrating with Bube Rose (Hanukkah)

  Juan Montejo

  Vincent Rong

Juan's birthday
Vincent's birthday
5
  Wan Chalerm - The King's Birthday in Thailand

6
  Finnish Independence Day

  Joanne Lin

Joanne's birthday
7
  Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

8
  Falkland Islands Battle Day

  karina guzman

karina's birthday
9
  New Moon (Orion the Hunter)

10
  Operation Santa Paws Week

11
  Hanukkah

  STUDENTS RECEIVE REPORT CARDS

12
  Guadalupe Day in Mexico

13
  Queen of Light

14
  Home of the Pole

15
  Bill of Rights Day

16
  Beethoven’s Birthday

17
18
  Steven Spielberg

19
  "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published in 1843

  karen guzman

karen's birthday
20
  International Language Week

21
  First Day of Winter

22
  Abilities Day

23
  Emperor's Birthday in Japan

24
  A Slovak Christmas Eve

  WINTER VACATION NO SCHOOL

25
  Christmas

26
  Kwanza

  Boxing Day

27
  National Fruitcake Day

28
  National Chocolate Day

  Vacation

29
  The "Lone Star" Is Not Lonely

  Vacation

30
  Vacation

31
  Ghana Revolution Day

  NEW YEAR'S EVE

  Vacation - See you January 4th

     


NOVEMBER      posted 11-01-2009


1
  All Saints' Day

  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

  National Authors' Day

  American Diabetes Month

  Jadai Pavilus

Jadai's birthday
2
  Plan Your Epitaph Day

  Luis Martinez

Luis' birthday
3
  Election Day

  National Sandwich Day

  Sandwich Day

4
  National Candy Day

  Election Day

  NO SCHOOL

5
  Guy Fawkes Day

  Kids' Goal Setting Week

  May I Borrow a Stamp?

6
  Saxophone Day

  National Adoption Month

  Hoops

  I Love Nachos Day

  Ms. Shafaee's Birthday

7
  Notary Public Day

  Russia

8
  Dear Santa Letter Writing Week

  Glacier National Park

9
  National Native American Month

  Heroes

10
  Forget Me Not Day

11
  Veteran's Day

  Poland

  Angola Independence Day

  A Poppy to Remember

  Remembrance Day

  NO SCHOOL

12
  National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day

  Children's Book Week

13
  National Indian Pudding Day

14
  Teddy Bear Day

  National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

  In 72 Days

15
  Cambodia Water Festival

  Shichi-Go-San

16
  Family Stories Month

  PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE 12:30-3:00 5:30-8:00

17
  Take a Hike Day

  We Knead Bread

18
  Mickey Mouse's Birthday

  Daily themes

  Movie Star Mickey

19
  Great American Smokeout

  Gettysburg Address

  Daily

20
  The Great American Smoke Out

  Tobacco

  National Peanut Butter Fudge Day

  National Peanut Butter Lover's Month

  November 20

  LAST DAY OF 1st SEMESTER

  Mahmoud Ibrahim

Mahmoud's birthday
21
  World Hello Day

  National Game & Puzzle Week

  A Voyage to Freedom

  What Do You Love about America Day

  National Games and Puzzles Week

  Up, Up, and Away

  "What Do You Love About America?" Day

  Ting Zeng

Ting's birthday
22
  I'm So Thankful Month

  Lebanese Independence Day

23
24
  A Real Boy

  yangtai lu

  tashibayev magzhan

yangtai's birthday
tashibayev's birthday
25
  National Parfait Day

  55 Saves Lives

26
  Thanksgiving

  NO SCHOOL

anna's birthday
27
  Buy Nothing Day

  National Flossing Day

  Pins and Needles Day

  Onions, Onions, Onions

  Thanksgiving

  NO SCHOOL

28
  Buy Nothing Day

  Cozy Cuddles for Kids Month

  National Flossing Day

  Music for a King

  Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Day

29
  Electronic Greetings Day

30
  November

  November 30 - Sacher Torte Day

  Saad and Mohamed's Birthday

nasreldein's birthday
saadeldein's birthday
              


Parent and Student Resources      posted 10-17-2009
WEBSITES and TELEPHONE #s

HOMEWORK HELP

DIAL A TEACHER

Call this number to get help with homework between the hours 4-8 on weekdays (teachers speak Spanish, Chinese and other languages)

Other websites to help with math and other subjects!


http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/Mathematics/ParentResources/HWWebAssistance.htm


Please find glossaries in various languages for various subjects      posted 10-09-2009


These glossaries can help with social studies, math and science.

Available in Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic, Bengali, Albanian, Romanian and much more

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/metrocenter/albetac/translateglossaries





ESL WEBSITES FUN LEARNING ONLINE      posted 09-29-2009

USE THESE WEBSITES TO PRACTICE SKILLS in ENGLISH and OTHER LANGUAGES
READ BOOKS ON-LINE, DO INTERACTIVE GAMES and MORE


http://schools.nyc.gov/Teachers/Resources/Classroom/ELL/default.htm

http://kids.nypl.org/ (New York Public Library)

www.vocabulary.co.il

www.colorincolorado.org

http://www.english-to-go.com

http://www.eslcafe.com

http://esl.about.com

www.abcteach.com

www.funbrain.com

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/kids/indexg.php

http://www.eslgo.com

http://www.learn-english.co.il/print/index.html

www.esl-lab.com

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/esl-games/spanish/index.html

http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Bilingual/Spanish_English/

www.goKidZui.com

http://www.eslpartyland.com/

http://a4esl.org/

http://www.spellingcity.com




OCTOBER      posted 09-28-2009


October
           
1
  Parent meet the Teacher's Night

2
3
4
5
  Vegetarian Awareness Month

6
  National German-American Day

Daniel's birthday
7
  Bathtub Day

8
  October

9
yue ling's birthday
10



October
11
  Fire Safety Week

12
  Columbus Day

  Canadian Thanksgiving

  National Clock Day

  No School

13
14
  Adopt a Dog Month

15
  National Poetry Day

16
  Dictionary Day

17
Kassem's birthday
18
  Black Poetry Day

  World Rainforest Week

19
  Evaluate Your Life Day

  Eat Pasta Day

Marimar's birthday
20
  National Roller Skating Month

Andreea's birthday
21
  Reptile Day

Mohamad's birthday
22
  National Nut Day

23
  Dinosaur Month

24
  United Nations Day




October
25
  National Infection Control Week

26
  Peace, Friendship, and Goodwill Week

27
  Magic Week

28
  Statue of Liberty Dedication Day

29
  Internet Created in 1969

  Amazing Halley

Shirley's birthday
30
  Pumpkins

  May I Borrow Your Pen?

31
  Halloween

  HAPPY HALLOWEEN



Calendar      posted 09-20-2009



September
     
1
  Labor Day

  Labor Day Story #2

  National Children's Good Manners Month

  Lailat al Miraj

  Labor Day Kindness

  A President's Labor Day

2
  National Honey Month

  Ramadan

  A Honey of a History

3
  Skyscraper Day

  National Waffle Month

  National Waffle Week

4
  Newspaper Carriers Day

  Say Cheese

5
  National Cheese Pizza Day

  Cheese Pizza Day

6
  Procrastination Day

  Bicycle Celebration

7
  Labor Day

  National Biscuit Month

  International Enthusiasm Week

  Grandparents' Day

  Independence Day in Brazil

8
  The Book Drive

  National School Success Month

  Wecome BACK to school!!!!

9
  Admission Day

10
  Swap Ideas Day

  To Sew or Not To Sew

11
  In Honor of Heroes

12
  National Chocolate Milkshake Day

  Chocolate Milkshake Day

13
  Grandparents' Day

  Little League Month

  Fortune Cookie Day

  National Breakfast Month

  International Chocolate Day

14
  No Bully Week

  National Cream-filled Donut Day

15
  Make a Hat Day

  Keiro no Hi

  Omer Hameed

Omer's birthday
16
  Mexican Independence Day

  Anne Bradstreet Day

17
  Citizenship Day

18
  National Play-Doh Day

19
  Butterscotch Pudding

  Give Peace a Chance

20
  Childhood Cancer Month

  Hollywood Magic Day

  Around the World

21
  World Gratitude Day

22
  Autumn

  Dear Diary Day

  Elephant Day

  Elephants Day

  One Scoop or Two?

  Hobbit Day

23
  Deaf Awareness Week

  It's Time to Read

24
  Food Service Workers Day

  The Muppet Man

25
  National Dog Week

  Family Health and Fitness Day

  Good Neighbor Day

  National Good Neighbor Day

26
  Johnny Appleseed Day

27
  Adult Immunization Week

28
  Fish Tank Floor Show Night

  Daily theme

29
  New Moon Star-Gazing

  National Goose Day

  New Moon

  Sundown Dance of the Taos Indians

30
  Safety Pin Day

  Botswana Independence day