STRATFORD SCHOOL NEWS

 Stratford May Newsletter

Happy May, Stratford! Spring is in full bloom and it's hard to believe that summer is just around the corner!  April was another awesome month at Stratford School!  Thank you to our amazing beautification committee, which decorated Stratford in gorgeous springtime blooms. 

We had a successful and interesting joint elementary PTA meeting on Friday, April 24th. Our district Curriculum Coordinators presented on the New York State "Portrait of a Graduate." Please reach out or visit our website if you would like a recording of the meeting. 

The PTA generously sponsored an exciting world-music assembly for the Stratford 3rd graders featuring musician Darius Kaufmann. This was Mr. Kaufmann's third year coming to Stratford and playing instruments from around the world. The assembly thoughtfully supports the third grade world music curriculum and is always highly engaging and fascinating. As usual, it was a big hit with the third graders!

Coming up in May, award-winning local author Amy McCoy will visit the Stratford 3rd graders to talk about her popular books, Little Big Sister and Little Big Sister on the Move. This assembly will be sponsored by the Stratford PTA. Ms. McCoy's books feature a young girl who has a brother with Autism, and third-grade classrooms across the USA are reading her books for Autism Acceptance Month. In her interactive assembly, she will promote social emotional learning by highlighting self-awareness and social consciousness.  She expertly weaves the themes of disability acceptance, the writing process and how kind words and actions can make a remarkable difference in schools and communities. Students are guided to have a deeper understanding of peers who have disabilities. 

We'll be celebrating and showing our appreciation to the amazing Stratford teachers and staff at the PTA Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday, May 5th. We cannot thank them enough for all they do for our children and community. Thank you, Stratford teachers and staff!!! In addition, thank you very much to our Stratford community for all of your generous donations and volunteerism on that day. 

Next month, the PTA PARP committee will be placing collection boxes at each primary, elementary and middle school from June 1st through the 12th to collect gently used books to be sorted/ distributed across town for our annual Book Ninjas Scavenger Hunt. Books will be hidden at the parks, pool and 7th street the evening of June 18th, to be found the morning of June 19th. Please donate your gently used books and get ready for a super fun book scavenger hunt on June 19th! 

We want to extend a warm welcome to our SEPTA director at Stratford, Michael Krumholz! Mike has made himself available to our entire Stratford community so if you have any questions about SEPTA or your own child's education, please email him at ohalui@gmail.com. 

It is my privilege and pleasure to serve as the PTA Director for our amazing school.  We would love to get you involved at a level that feels right for you so please email me to volunteer for a committee and join our school community!

Please feel free to contact me at stratford@gardencitypta.org anytime if you have any questions or concerns. And, please be sure to join the PTA and SEPTA so that we can all continue to support our students.

Yours truly,
Yasmine Iliya Clark

Stratford PTA Director

stratford@gardencitypta.org

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