Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Character Day - 2015

5th grade students from class Mr. Nycz & Ms. Marmolejos celebrate with students in Ms. Luciano's 1st grade class.

On Character Day, students and teachers were encouraged to dress up as their favorite character from a book, movie, television show or comic book!  There were parades, assemblies, special guest and celebrations!  Take a look at the slide show below to see some photos and videos from this exciting day!



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Friday, October 29, 2010

The Duke Ellington School Celebrates Halloween!




Have you ever heard a scary story? Well, on Friday, October 29th, Ms. Lennon, our librarian, read a short story called 'Where Is My Toe?', from a book entitled 'Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark' by Alvin Schwartz. PS4 celebrated Halloween by having celebrations all over the school. Even the teachers got in the Halloween spirit by dressing up! Ms. Lennon and Mr. Diaz (Kindergarten teacher) both dressed as doctors and Ms. Baez-Torres (1st grade teacher) dressed as a witch. Boys and girls in lower grades celebrated Halloween in their classrooms and students from grades 3, 4, and 5 assembled in the gym for story telling, a costume parade, and a dance performance. Once students were in the Halloween spirit and saw all of the costumes, the costume contest began and the winners were announced:

1st Place-Devon C. (Class 501); Zombie
2nd Place-Yasmin P. (Class 420); 18th Century Princess
3rd Place-Dazaeth M. (Class 481); Werewolf with a Mohawk

"It was a difficult decision", said Ms. Martin, Assistant Principal and Costume Contest Judge, "there were so many great costumes". After the contest, Turn 2 Foundation's choreographer, Jona Biddle (known to his students as Mr. B), introduced his PS4 Dance Team. They danced to Michael Jackson's Thriller. The twelve members of the dance team not only gave an excellent performance, but were dressed in costume! Ms. Martin gave students a few safety tips. "Boys and girls, if you are going Trick-or-Treating this Sunday, do not go out alone. Go with an adult and be safe". Although many children carry around bags of candy, each Halloween, 5th grade members of our Honor Society were trick-or-treating for UNICEF. Go to www.unicefusa.org for more information.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Halloween Comes To Duke Ellington...

Once a year our Principal Ms. White - Jones allows the boys and girls at P.S. 4 to dress up in costumes, make up and masks. That day of course is October 31st, Halloween. This past Halloween students from P.S. 4 and P.S. 128 dressed up and danced the Thriller Dance in a tribute to the late, great Michael Jackson and his ground-breaking video of the same name. The dancers were not the only students in the school to dress up. After lunch, many students put on costumes that made many laugh and shake their heads. Here is a picture of some students in Ms. Marmolejos' class. Leave a comment and tell us who you think the students are in this picture.