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April is World Autism Awareness Month. The PS 197 staff wore special t-shirts or the colors blue and gray as a show of support for students with Autism. The t-shirts said, "Kind is the New Cool" and had the Autism Speaks Logo. A special thank you to Ms. Torres for coordinating the event.

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Singer/songwriter Raef honored our school with a visit on April 8th. Raef performed his song, "Home" for the kids and talked about his experiences as he traveled across the United States. Raef encouraged our students to make the world a little better every day.

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Raef was brought to PS 197 through the efforts and funding of our PTA. We were grateful for the experience and appreciate all that the PTA does for our school.

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In April, we started our morning literacy program. Students in Grades K-2 were invited to school at 7 am to work with teachers on developing literacy skills. Here, some of our teachers are meeting to plan lessons for the program.

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We celebrated Math Madness Month throughout April at PS 197. To kick off the celebration, students were invited to wear shirts with numbers on them. We played games in classes using the numbers on the shirts.

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Ms. McFeeley and students from PK 202 play "Math X- Ray Vision" to figure out numbers that are missing from a set.

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Classes are starting to print their designs in the engineering lab.

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Students in K07 debate which shapes belong/don't belong in a set.

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Our PE teachers, Ms. Felicetti and Mr. Goldstone, arranged for our students to go bowling.

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Class 2/3-308 had a wonderful time trying out their bowling skills during a trip arranged by Ms. Felicetti and Mr. Goldstone.

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Check out the masterpieces our teachers created!

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Our staff showed their skills in a recent basketball game at PS 197.

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Teachers learn how to draw in a workshop provided by Urban Arts.

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Select students from our Urban Arts Program performed for other Urban Arts Students at South Shore High School in April.

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Some of our boys show off their dance moves at an Urban Arts Festival. Our students were amongst the youngest participants and the teenagers watching the show gave them enthusiastic applause.

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PK201 and PK202 helped teach us how to recycle properly with the help of their teachers, paras and Mr. Richford.

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Our Student Leaders Club visited the Salvation Army Child Care Center in Bedford Stuyvesant. Our students organized an Easter Egg Hunt and brought gifts for the children.

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Class 2/3-308 performed Flamenco for the Student of the Month audience. Ole!

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Class K207 performed at Student of the Month Ceremonies

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Class K207 performed at Student of the Month Ceremonies

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Using Tinkercad program, students are designing personalized key rings.

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Class 1-305 performed at Student of the Month ceremonies!

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Class 1-305 performed at Student of the Month ceremonies!

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In PreK 202, students are learning how to total the number of fish in different ponds!

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Students in Class 4/5-408 debate mathematical concepts together.

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Students in Class 1-304 work on developing mathematical argument by participating in activities like, "Which One Doesn't Belong?" Students look at a set of numbers or objects to see how they are related and debate about which one doesn't fit with the set.

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Thanks to a grant from Chaim Deutsch, PS 197 was able to purchase new promethean boards to replace old Smartboards. Promethean boards are highly interactive and intuitive. Here, our teachers are being trained on the new system so that they can add this powerful tool to their repertoire.

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Our teachers are constantly working to improve their skills. Here, our TC consultant, Casey Maxwell is demonstrating reading strategies to use with first graders.

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Students in K211 celebrated their writing in April. Students shared their opinion pieces with their families.