Ellington PRIDE Celebration - October

Columbia musicians, from The "Back to Bach" Project, visited PS4 to celebrate this month's virtue: integrity.

Our scholars celebrated this month’s virtue with a performance from students at Columbia University. Heather, Zoe, Annette, Yael, and Zane represented The "Back to BACH" Project! This global initiative inspires music and arts education to young children, and teaches them the value of hard work and passion. The Back to BACH Project is a global initiative to inspire music and arts education to young children, and to teach them the value of hard work and passion. For more information about the project, click here.

PS4 is a PBIS school! Through our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) system, our school showcases a different virtue each month. The virtue of the month for October is INTEGRITY.  Students show integrity by being consistent with completing their classwork, always supporting their classmates and coming to school ready to learn.  

PBIS practices include preventative and responsive approaches that may be effectively implemented with all students in a classroom and intensified to support small groups or a few individuals. To encourage our scholars, they are commended with Knight Notes for excellent behavior.  Classes that receive the most Knight Notes are recognized at our monthly assemblies.  This month, Mr. Cantu (PBIS Coach) awarded classes 304, 402 and 504.  Congratulations to all of our Knight Note winners and special thanks to the musicians from Columbia University for bringing their Back to Bach Project to PS4.

3rd grade Class - Knight Note winners: Class 304 pictured with musicians, Mr. Beller,  Ms. Cole (teachers) and Mr. Cantu.

4th Grade Knight Note winners: Class 402 with musicians and Mr. Cantu (PBIS Coach) 

5th grade class Knight Note winner: Class 504, pictured with musicians, and teachers; Ms. Anderson and Mr. Rosario.