Student Government Members Support HSHF

Our Student Government has partnered with Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital's Healthy Schools-Healthy Families to support good eating habits! With a grant from Cabot Cheese, on November 10th nearly 240 parents were treated to a snack-tasting event including a variety of cheeses and seltzer water. Gift baskets were given to four lucky winners and simple recipes were handed out to all.

HSHF's mission is to utilize community partnerships to promote healthy lifestyles and identify and address unmet health and wellness needs in the entire school community. The organization's main goal is to cultivate a school culture which values physical activity and healthy eating. What better way to do that, than to have a healthy snack!

Thanks to our student leaders Alex R. (521), Gilani D. (401), Michelle G. (401), Seleny P. (501) and Franklin S. (501) for helping to run the event during Parent-Teacher Conferences. A very special thanks goes to Alexandra Groezinger from Cabot Creamery and Rahel Biegel, Education Coordinator for HSHF, for funding the event.

Another Successful Scholastic Book Fair!

Each year, during the months of November and March, our school hosts a Scholastic Book Fair! Our library transforms into a bookstore where students, teachers and family members are able to purchase books, journals, pencils, and educational gifts. One of the books that many visitors were asking for is Jeff Kinney's latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth.

Thanks to our librarian (Ms. Lennon) and her Student Crew, we raised nearly $1,400 to help purchase new sound systems for our auditorium and cafeteria. The Fair also allowed us to buy books for classroom libraries. With help from great partners in literacy, like Scholastic, PS4 students and teachers are well supported. For 90 years, Scholastic has not only provided books for children, but the company also provides resources for teachers and parents (in English and Spanish). Thank you, Scholastic, for supporting PS4!

Our next Book Fair will be held the week of March 14th, 2011