Reminders & Requests:
- PTA Meeting on Monday, January 22 at 6:00 PM. Mr. Veve will be talking about independent reading, and we will be unveiling the Read-a-thon, a new fundraiser, which will take place during February.
- Basketball fans see the details below for a fun promotion our Auction team is running!
- Check out the details on our Got Sneakers campaign! The information is highlighted in the Auction section.
- Picture Day: February 12th (Details coming later!)
- Center School Day of Service is Sunday, January 21st, for those who pre-registered.
PTA meeting
Topic: Center School PTA’s January Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 22 at 6:00 PM
Auction
Attention College Basketball Fans!
We have four (4) tickets (being sold in 2 sets of 2) to the Columbia Lions Women’s College Basketball Game v. Brown at 7:00 pm February 9, 2024.
Interested? Available now. 100% of ticket sales go to our auction.
Link to purchase:
https://thecenterschool.ejoinme.org/lionstickets
On the homepage, select:
“Registration and Teacher Raffle” under the logo
You will see the tickets listed:
Quantity 1 = 2 tickets
Quantity 2 =4 tickets
Donations
We are still seeking donations! This is a team effort and for a successful event on April 4th we need the community to pitch in. Hair salons, nail salons and restaurants are underrepresented from last year. Our auction funds a great deal of our community needs such as the hiring of a computer teacher, tech needs, theater arts and enrichment trips. We need your help.
Got Sneakers?
The Got Sneakers campaign officially begins Monday, January 29th. The bin for donations will be at the top of the stairs on the way into the school.
Children and adult sized sneakers will be bagged and shipped to Got Sneakers? where they will be recycled to make running tracks and playground turfs around the USA while reducing the number of sneakers that occupy landfills and take 30-40 years to decompose.
Questions? centerschoolauction@gmail.com
IG @csauction24
Committee for Racial Justice and Equity (CRJE):
Day of Service
What a response! THANK YOU! So many members of our community signed up to volunteer this Sunday that the church has asked us to hold on anyone else signing up!
ANYONE can still drop off items at the church on Sunday, 1:00-2:00, 263 West 86th Street.
They just can’t fit any more volunteers.
See you on Sunday and the next CRJE meeting will be Monday, February 5, 6:30 PM
Email Ali or Tari.
Special Events
We are excited to get our Special Events calendar going and we need your help!
If you can help organize any of the following three great events, please email centerschoolspecialevents@gmail.com and put “Volunteer” in the subject line.
- Chamber Music Night is confirmed for April 15 at 6:00 PM and space is limited to about twenty (20) people.
- If you would like to attend, please RSVP to centerschoolspecialevents@gmail.com and put “Chamber Music Night” in the subject line.
- Limit is two (2) people per Center School family (adults only)
- We have tentatively scheduled Writers Night for April 1 (details to follow)
- Singers and Songwriters Night will take place in May or June, exact date TBD (details to follow)
Opportunities for our D3 Students
Lincoln Center’s Young Artist Pipeline is an arts training program for middle school students. Pipeline seeks to address the opportunity gap that many students experience due to the prohibitive cost of training in the arts. Please note this program is available to fourth through sixth-grade students, with preference given to students attending a Title 1 school in District 3.
The application for the spring 2024 session is open NOW and closes on January 26th, 2024.
Application: https://lincolncenter.wufoo.com/forms/rrdbw8u159zp3v/
Questions? Please contact YAPipeline@lincolncenter.org or 212-875-5080.
Visit Lincoln Center Young Artists to learn more.
Mark Your Calendar – Important Dates
JANUARY
* Sun 1/21: Center School Day of Service 1:00 – 3.30 PM (sign-up required; event full)
* Mon 1/22: PTA Meeting @ 6:00 pm (Zoom)
* Mon 1/29: Start of the *Got Sneakers? * collection drive (thru Fri 2/2)
FEBRUARY
* Fri 2/2: Last day to bring in sneakers for the *Got Sneakers?* campaign
* Mon 2/5: CRJE Mtg @ 6.30 PM
* Mon 2/12: School Picture Day
* Thu 2/15: SLT Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Mon 2/19 – Fri 2/23: *School Closed:* Midwinter Recess
* Mon 2/26: PTA Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* TBD: All-School Ice-Skating trip
MARCH
* Thu 3/14: SLT Mtg @ 6:00 pm (Zoom)
* Thu 3/21: TACS Show & PTA Mtg
* Fri 3/29: SCHOOL CLOSED (Good Friday)
APRIL
* Mon 4/1: SCHOOL CLOSED (Easter Monday)
* Mon 4/1: Writers’ Night (TENTATIVE)
* Thu 4/4: Auction & Curriculum Night
* Wed 4/10: SCHOOL CLOSED (Eid al-Fitr)
* Thu 4/11: SLT Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Mon 4/15: Chamber Music Night
* Tues 4/16 [NEW DATE!]: PTA Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Mon 4/22 – Tues 4/30: SCHOOL CLOSED (spring recess)
MAY
* Thu 5/16: SLT Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Mon 5/20: PTA Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Mon 5/27: SCHOOL CLOSED (Memorial Day)
* Date TBD: Singer/Songwriters’ Night
JUNE
* Th 6/6 & Fri 6/7: Clerical Day – STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND
* Mon 6/10: PTA Meeting @ 6:00 PM (Zoom)
* Thu 6/13 & Fri 6/14: All-School Trip
* Mon 6/17: SCHOOL CLOSED (Eid al-Adha)
* Wed 6/19: SCHOOL CLOSED (Juneteenth)
* Wed 6/26: Last Day of School (dismissed at noon)
* Date TBD: Graduation
ALL EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Please forgive errors, mistakes, typos. We will update the community with any corrections.
-THE CENTER SCHOOL- 