p009q spring newsletter 2016

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Principal:

Robert S. Wojnarowski

Assistant Principals:Lynda Dobrin

John Gonzalez,

Janet Brozyna-Lee

Donna Addison

P9 Walter Reed News April 21, 2016

Natural Recycling at P9 Main

Composting is nature’s way of recycling organic

materials into rich soil known as compost. Compost

energizes the soil and helps plants to grow. At P9 all

students help to compost.

Vincent Parks

of Class V14

collects broccoli

for compost

from Dorvens

Nacelus of

Class V09.

Vincent Park

and Melvin

Howard of

Class V14

empty container

into compost

tumbler

The tumbler was purchased with a grant from the

Pollination Project. The compost will be used in 5

gallon buckets that will be used to grow vegetables.

These "portable gardens" which have been donated

from Fairway and Stop and Shop will be donated to

local nursing homes free of charge for their residents

to experience home grown vegetables.


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March Spelling Bee Has Everyone Buzzing!

Sites PS 9@882, PS 9@209 and

PS 9@182 came together toshowcase our best spellers in a

friendly Spelling Bee

competition, held at PS 9@882.

Our students were as busy as

bees studying for weeks leading

up to the event. Crowds were

“buzzing” as our ambitious

students stood on stage and

confidently spelled challenging

words. Each grade had

participants who made our school shine. Some rounds went on for

a while because our competitors could not be stumped. Our

participants showed courage, intelligence and sportsmanship.

Parents, staff and students beamed with pride in the audience as

our participants put a “spell” on us. We could not be more proud

of every student on that stage!


3/14


Studying Van Gough at IS5

Maurice Webster

Raasikh Sobhan

Faith Goldstein

Antoinette Clarke

Aniya Blackman


4/14


Our Thanksgiving

Ms. Rock’s class X20, invited class V30 to our Thanksgiving Feast.

Class X20 learned about the Indians and how they came together

with the Pilgrims to create what we know and celebrate asThanksgiving Day. Ms. Guerrero’s class learned about the r ole the

Pilgrims played on that day and joined us for our Thanksgiving

Feast.

We began with painting and

coloring the Mayflower. All

hands were on deck. We weregetting anxious to see the

outcome.

When we were all done

with the Mayflower,everyone was excited

about their work. The

Mayflower was hung up

and looked great.

To get ready for our feast

we did many other

activities.

We made Indian dolls.


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Our Thanksgiving (con’t)

We made Indian

bracelets.

We made Indian

necklaces.

Some even made

bows and arrows.

We also made

baskets, and

dream catchers.

We even had ourfaces painted.

The Indians and

Pilgrims were ready tofeast out! Ms. Rock’s

class would like to

thank everyone

involved in making this

feast a special time for

the students at

P009@182.


6/14


Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Bash at PS 9@882

Our literacy teacher, Ms. Alvarez, collaborated with all our

classroom teachers to pay tribute to the legendary, Dr.

Seuss. The month of March our staff and students read

Seuss’s stories, studied his life, career and

accomplishments.

Each class chose a Dr. Seuss book and created a project that

depicted their favorite part. Student’s created dioramas and posters

to illustrate that part they loved. They worked hard on their

projects to honor our favorite author.

On March 31, Ms. Alvarez threw

a birthday party for Dr. Seuss.

She decorated the cafeteria and

displayed all the students’ projects. Everyone at 882 came

to celebrate. Before playing the

movie, Dr. Seuss’s The Cat In

The Hat , we sang the happy

birthday song for our favorite

author and cut a custom made

cake, just for him!


7/14


Pi Day Poems by Class V65 @IS5

Math Haiku

By Adrian Acevedo

No one is helpful!Why is this problem so

hard?

Why write a haiku?

Haiku on Pi

By Vincent Suraty

Circumference on Pi.Pi is in Mathematics.

Pi is in Science.

Limerick on Pi

Vincent Suraty

Albert Einstein was

smart.

He probably didn’t do

art.

He knew thecircumference of Pi.

Einstein was a smart

guy.

He also had a good heart.

My Math Haiku poem

By Sameer Shamsuddin

Multiplication is

a hard mathematical

concept

that deals with numbers

Pi is a never-ending number, which shows the ratio of a circlescircumference to its diameter. March 14th is called Pi Day

because the date 3/14 is the first three numbers of Pi.


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100!

The students of class V20 from P9@268 celebrated the 100th

day of school in February. First, the students counted out 100

Fruit Loops and sorted them into groups of 10. Then, theystrung the 100 pieces of cereal onto a necklace. When students

were finished counting and lacing the Fruit Loops they had

fun tasting it and talking about their favorite colors/flavors!


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100! (Continued)

Class X25 @182 celebrated the 100th day of school by

counting 100 pennies. We counted in groups of 10’s,

1’s, and 5’s. As well as dividing large sums that were

derived from 100. As a class, we learned all about

“The Wonderful Penn !”


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The students of class V20 from P9@268 participated in the

District 75 Dance for

Wellness on March

24th. They spent weeks

learning the dance

moves to the Kidz Bop

song Cheerleader anddid a wonderful job

performing on stage.

Dance, Dance, Dance


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Class V43 @ 209, created superhero alter egos. Using alist of positive character traits generated as a class, they

used their superhero name to write an acrostic poem.

Ariel Peykar is Captain Patience Jesus Mart inez-Gonzales is Flash

Courageous Focused

Alert Loving

Playful Awesome

Trustworthy Sincere

Awesome Happy

Ideal

Neat Sean Sattaur is Defender

Patient Delightful

Alright Enthusiastic

Truthful Forgiving

Interesting Exciting

Energetic Nice

Never mean Daredevil Calm Energetic

Easy going Responsible

Ethan Rivera is Mr. Smart Matias Amaya Vivar is Mr. Honesty

Motivated Motivated

Reliant Responsible

Sincere Happy

Masterful Organized Awesome Nice

Respectful Energetic

Trustworthy Smart

Talented

Young

My Super Alter Ego


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Jose Pena is Mr. Awesome Danae Jones is Super Smarty Pants

Marvelous Super Responsible Upbeat

Powerful

Awesome Excited

Winner Responsible

Energetic

Strong Smart

Original Manners

Motivated Active

Enthusiastic Respectful

Talented Young

Peter Garcia is Mr. Guts Peaceful

Awesome

Motivated Nice

Rebel Trustworthy

Smart

Great

United Kevin Dixon is Pencil Power

Tough

Super Powerful

Energetic

Neat

Cool

Invincible

Learning

Powerful

Organized

Winged

Electrical

Radiant


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Stephen Atanasio is The Powerful Kung Fu Drawing Boy

Terrific

Happy

Epic

Powerful

Over the top

Well respected

Energetic

Responsible

Focused Useful

Loyal

Kind

Ultimate

Nervy

Grateful

Fantastic

Understanding

Defend

Respectful

Alert

Wise

Incredible

Neat

Generous

Bold

Organized

Youthful


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The Speech Department from P9@PS58 participated in theCitywide Speech Services Film Festival by having the

students participate in a tea party. The children worked

most of the year learning about all aspects of a tea party:

what you need for a tea party, proper etiquette, going

shopping, writing shopping lists, what to wear to a tea

party, writing and responding to invitations, setting the

table, and preparing the food. The Tea Party took place on

March 30, 2016. The children enjoyed the whole process!A good time was had by all.

Time for Tea

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