PS 295 Brooklyn

Important School Updates

• Kindergarten offer letters

  Kindergarten offer letters come out today.  In New York City, children enter kindergarten in September of the calendar year they turn five. Children are guaranteed a kindergarten seat at a public school. Once your child starts kindergarten, they can remain at the same school until its final elementary grade.

   

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• Wear Blue!!

  Wear blue to support our Paraprofessionals on April 2nd!

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• WNET / PBS Family Workshop

  Welcoming our families to join WNET / PBS Family Workshop on the following topic:

  Preschoolers & Media: How to turn screen time into learning time.

  November 6 at 8:30 am in the school library.

  • WNET and Early Learning 110624 - English.pdf
  • WNET and Early Learning 110624 - Spanish.pdf

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• Community School District 15

  District 15 website has gotten a fresh new look and has additional resources for families to navigate through.  Please take a moment to visit: 

  Community School District 15

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• Class Visit Day

  Throughout the year, our school hosts Class Visit Days where parents and caregivers are invited into the classroom to meet the teachers, preview the curriculum, and explore current student projects.

  Families: after morning drop-off in the 19th Street Courtyard Entrance, please sign-in for this event with your photo identification. The school staff will guide you into the school.

  More info:
  https://www.ps295.org/class_visit_day

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• District 15 Curriculum Night Recording

  For those families that could not attend today workshop, here is the recording of New Curriculum Family Workshop.
  
  You can share this link:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-mVkqnmt9z2KRRqbHx8LwZEyjj8qzGTS/view?usp=drive_link

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• PS 295 Creative Crafts

  Come and join us to create crafts to celebrate Diwali, Dia de Los Muertos and Halloween. Please register to ensure we have enough supplies 

  PS 295 Creative Crafts

  NOTE: **All children MUST be accompanied by an adult at all times. Please be on time. Photo Id required to enter the building. **

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• District 15 Middle School Virtual Tour

  5th grade families are invited to attend the District 15 Middle School Virtual Tour being held on October 30th from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM.  

  SCHOOLS PRESENTING:
  15K428 (GLOBAL INNOVATORS)
  15K136 (DEWEY)
  15K676 (HARBOR)
  15K447 (EXPLORATORY)
  15K464 (PSC)
  15K497 (BHS)
  15K443 (NEW VOICES)
  15K448 (BCS)
  15K821 (PREP)
  15K088
  15K839
  15K442 (SCHOOL FOR INNOVATION)
  15K051

  Join the meeting now
  Meeting ID: 270 092 477 91
  Passcode: 4iKofU

  Please contact Omar Griles (ogriles2@schools.nyc.gov) or Brenda Diaz (bdiaz14@schools.nyc.gov) if you have any questions.

  • District 15 MS Virtual Fair Simplified Chinese.pdf
  • District 15 MS Virtual Fair - Spanish.pdf
  • District 15 MS Virtual Fair.pdf

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• 3K at PS 295

   

   

  PS 295 will be offering 3K seats for the 2024-2025 school year!   Families interested in enrolling their children in 3K can do so by adding them to the myschool’s waitlist withing the myschool’s portal.  Waitlist seat offers will begin as of Monday, July 8th!

   

  “Beginning on Monday, July 8 you will be able to make waitlist offers for PS 295 3K seats!”

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• In House Afterschool 2024-25 - K - 5

  Can you believe we are at the last few days of the year.  Well, this is a great time to think about next year's in-house after-school program.  NIA just provided their flyer with a two payment options.  

   

  Please note that we now offer two payment options.

  • Option 1: Full Payment of $3,200 due at registration ($100 Discount if paid upfront).
  • Option 2: Pay 5 Equal Payments of $660 (totaling $3,300) once upon enrollment, and in November, January, March, and May. You will be sent an invoice after the form submission.

   

  Please note that they need a minimum of 30 children in the program in order to run it.  Children from Kindergarten to 5^th grade have a variety of different activities to do from cooking class, author visits, dance class and much more.  After school hours are from 2:40 pm until 5:45.

   

  Registration link: 

  Fee-Based After School — NIA Community Services Network (niabklyn.org)

   

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