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Ms. Flanagan, our Dance Teacher, highlighted the skills learned in Dance Class this year at our Dance Celebration. Our students displayed ballet skills, movement routines and choreographed original dances for the performance.

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On June 13, Mr. Slavin, our Technology Specialist, hosted a Lego Robotics Showcase. This was the culmination of a year long project in which students researched a real world problem and created a robot to help solve that problem.
Entries included Trashbots to help take care of the environment, a Hugging Machine to help cheer up depressed people,  and the “Educator 2000” (a machine designed to help students study basic math facts).
Students enjoyed sharing their work with other students in the school.

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Students in grades PK-2 enjoyed a beautiful day outside at the Annual School Carnival. A big thank you to Ms. Felicetti and Mr. Goldstone for coordinating the event.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art selected the work of one of our students for a special display. Leila and her family attended the press conference in Times Square.

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Mr. Richford and Mr. Slavin hosted P.S. 197's first ever 3D car race. It was so exciting to watch the cars zip down the tracks.

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Our fifth graders had a ball racing cars in the STEAM Lab. The fifth graders designed the cars in teams and they were printed on our new 3D printers.

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Students in PK 201 and PK 204 were happy to sing for their families.

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Our fifth graders could not wait to come into the gym to start dancing at the fifth grade party.

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Mr. Biazzo and Ms. Yeung collaborated to create a quilt square to represent PS 197. This beautiful piece will be submitted to Superintendent Bove. She is collecting a square from each school and plans to stitch them together to make a quilt.

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We celebrated the accomplishments of our fifth grade graduates at the Senior Awards Ceremony.

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Fifth graders loved the deejay that played at their fifth grade party.

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On June 12, Ms. Palone and Ms. Corso hosted a Career Day for the school. This group of professionals came to speak to our fifth graders about their jobs.

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Students in PK 202 and PK 203 sang for their families at PK Graduation.

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Our fifth graders enjoyed pizza, snacks and dancing at the 5th Grade Party.

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Students enjoyed the Graduation Party that their teachers set up for them.

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Leila and her dad get ready for the press conference about student art work. Congratulations!

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The Pre K tells the story of “The Three Bears” through movement.

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One of the parents who spoke to our students is a pilot for Jet Blue. He described what he liked about his job and talked about how he has to use his math and science skills at work.

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Our students loved getting their faces painted at the Carnival.

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Mr. McMahon is a U.S. Marshall. Students were impressed with the gear he uses at work.

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Members of the Career Day Panel answered questions from their students about their jobs.

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What could be better than spending a sunny June morning in a Batman Bounce House?

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Students in PK-2 got a good workout in the bounce house during the Carnival.

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PS 197 students showed off the soccer skills learned in PE class.

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PS 197 staff and parent volunteers painted faces and sculpted balloons for our students.

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PS 197 students enjoyed playing volleyball on the school courts.

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PS 197 students enjoyed playing with the parachutes during the Carnival.

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Class 2-312 demonstrated their ballet skills at our Dance Celebration.

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Mr. McMahon described the job of a U.S. Marshall to the fifth graders.

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Class 2/3-308 enthralled the audience with their rendition of “Move It”.

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Fifth graders choreographed their own dance for the performance.