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One of our students designed an airplane on Tinkercad and was able to print it out during 3D printing class.

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Our students are learning how to design on Tinkercad. Here, one of our students had to decompose a plane he designed in order to print it on our 3D printers.

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Our fifth grade students interviewed people to gather information as part of their research project in ELA. This student interviewed Ms. Corrado about PS 197's homework policy.

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This dancer is wearing a traditional outfit and performed a dance to promote healing of sick people. When she moved, the beads on her dress sounded like raindrops.

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We are always busy at P.S. 197. However, this month we paused to remember how lucky we are as a school.

We are a diverse community that represents countries from all around the world. We speak different languages and celebrate different traditions. This gives us the opportunity to learn from one another each and every day. We are so grateful to our families for sharing their cultures with us.

Our entire staff is dedicated to providing a first rate education to our students and we work hard together to make PS 197 an exciting place to learn. We are thankful to have such talented professionals working here.

Through grants from Assemblyman Deutsch and Borough President Adams we have been able to enrich our curriculum by building a STEAM Lab and Hydroponics Lab. We are finally seeing the "fruits of our labor" since the Hydro Lab is in full bloom. We are grateful for the support from our local politicians who truly believe in investing in our children.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support of PS 197. Together, we are truly working towards building a better school.

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The Redhawk Dance Troupe visited PS 197 this November to teach us about Native American culture.

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The Redhawk dancers are Native American artists who have spent their lives learning about cultural traditions from family members and tribal elders.

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Our students joined the Redhawk dancers onstage to learn a traditional Native American dance.

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Ms. Tahmaz was called onstage to act with the troupe. The dancer had to win over this beautiful girl with his music.

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During the "Hoop Dance", the performer used the hoops to represent all types of animals. He made the shape of an eagle, a butterfly and even an alligator!

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One of the dancers performed a hoop dance for the school. He explained that students should remember that their actions are like a hoop. If you do good things and work hard, good things will come back to you.

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Students in Class 2-310 used their reading and writing skills to research the different features of the five boroughs.

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Class 2-310 learned all about navigating maps. Students used their computer skills to take a digital tour of each borough and their landmarks.

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Students in Class 2-310 researched the boroughs of New York City.

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Ms. Castro's kids got up close and personal with a sea lion at the New York Aquarium!

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Students in Ms. Castro's class visited the new shark exhibit at the New York Aquarium.

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The students in Ms. Zeng's class built simple electrical systems during science.

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Ms. Zeng's students collaborated on an art project honoring veterans.

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Ms. Zeng's class showed their appreciation for our veterans.

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Mr. Richford worked with the students in K-211 to test the water used in the lab. The water has to be just the right temperature in order for our plants to grow.

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During Weaving club, students are working on a huge loom to learn how to weave designs.

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Class K-214 was excited to welcome Super Reader to their classroom in November. Super Reader helped the students work on their reading "powers".

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Students in Ms. Denisova's class went to Tiny Scientist where they learned about living things. They even planted their own seeds to take home!

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Students in PK-201 planted pumpkin seeds.

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Our Pre-kindergarteners enjoyed observing their pumpkin seeds with magnifying lenses.

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Ms. Picciallo's kids learned all about shapes in November.

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Our PreK students learned all about shapes this month and used their knowledge to construct all kinds of buildings.

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So many choices! After careful shopping, students chose books of their own at the Annual Book Fair. Mr. Richford organizes the Book Fair each year and it is a favorite event among our students.

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Students were happy to browse the wide selection of books at our Book Fair.

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Ms. Kaplan and Ms. Feldman's students had a wonderful time at our Annual Book Fair.

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Ms. Campanie's class played a pollinator game to learn which insects are the best pollinators. Here, the insects-- Monarch Butterflies, Bumblebees, Yellow Jackets and Flowering Beetles- got ready. And the winner for "Best Pollinator" was -- The Bumblebee!

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Ms. Campanie's students went to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to collect different wildflower seeds. They also hiked through the refuge and stopped at the Osprey Observation Deck.

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Our second grade scientists planted radish seeds and investigated to see if the seeds need sunlight to sprout.

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Our busy scientists have been monitoring the growth of radish seeds and collecting the data.

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Ms. Domkina's kids planted radish seeds and have been studying their growth at school.

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Students in 2-311 carefully monitored their seeds to see how much they have grown.

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Ms. Pesce's kids visited T. Kang Taekwondo to learn some martial arts moves.

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Our students enjoyed taking a taekwondo class on a recent trip.

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Ms. Tejiram's students were able to do their taekwondo moves in synchrony!

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The students in 3-417 learned new skills at Taekwondo.

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Ms. OConnor's kids have been learning about animal and plant defenses during science.

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Students in Class 1-303 built clay models of animal defenses and tested them with a comb (which represented a predator). Students then revised their defense to see if they could improve upon the design.

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The students in Ms. O'Connor's class enjoyed studying animal and plant defenses with their classmates.

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Ms. Zeng's class were proud to display their work that honored veterans.

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Ms. DeChirico's class got a great workout during their trip.

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Students in 3-415 learned that taekwondo takes discipline and practice.

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Students in Ms. De Chirico's Board Game  Club enjoyed playing with their friends.

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On November 25th, the students were excited to see the first bean growing in our lab!

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Plants are looking great! Almost ready for harvest celebration.

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Students develop communication skills while having fun at Board Games Club.

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Ms. Torres surprised us all by wearing a turkey costume on the day before Thanksgiving.

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Ms. Santoro's Class posed with their favorite "turkey", Ms. Torres, after celebrating Thanksgiving together at the movies.

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Ms. Campanie's class is encouraging all of us to recyvle our markers. These cute little monsters are on every floor of our school. They "eat" old markers that are returned to Crayola for recycling.

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Ms. Prisco's kids enjoyed performing for the school this month.

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Mr. Richford presented the school's recycling program at our last assembly. His Green Team helps collect recycled materials at school and grades each classroom on the accuracy of recycling.

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Audience members had so much fun trying to guess the answers to 5-503's trivia questions about our staff.

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Mr. Curran's class and Ms. Prisco's kids wrote messages to thank the staff at PS 197.

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Students in 4-420 performed for the school.

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Students in Ms. Prisco' s class performed a song to thank all of the people who help run PS 197.

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Some of our students posed with our service providers to thank them for all they do. These are our speech teachers, PT teachers and occupational therapists.

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Our School Safety Agents work hard to make out school a safe place to learn and we are thankful for them.

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The students in Mr. Curran's Class and Ms. Prisco's Class designed an interactive assembly to thank all of the staff members who support our school.

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Ms. Corso's Student Leaders are collecting toys for needy children. This young student was one of the first to contribute gifts for the cause.

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Ms. Torres and Ms. Nicoletti were happy to welcome our kids to school on the day before Thanksgiving. We had many special feasts planned throughout the day.

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Ms. Torres welcomed all of the kids to school on Wednesday dressed as a turkey.

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Ms. Landberg's class shared a special meal together to celebrate Thanksgiving.

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Many of our families joined their children to celebrate Thanksgiving at school.

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Our school cafeteria prepared a special Thanksgiving meal for our students.

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Our parents joined their PK children for a special celebration.

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Ms. Slavatskaya's class enjoyed the meal that the cafeteria staff prepared for them.

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Ms. Picciallo's kids shared a wonderful meal in their classroom.

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Students in Ms. McFeeley's class prepared a book celebrating their families.

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Our families graciously prepared special dishes for students to share on the day before Thanksgiving. Tables overflowing with food lined the fourth floor hallway.

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One of our fourth graders really enjoyed his meal!

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Students in 3-411 sat down together to enjoy special dishes from all around the world.

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Ms. Mc Mannamon helped a student fill up her plate with dessert. The desserts for the feast filled an entire room!

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One of our fifth graders was really enjoying his dessert!

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Many of our parents volunteered to help serve food at the feast.

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Our fifth graders really enjoyed sharing a meal together.

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Students worked together to help their classmates choose food to eat.

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We were very glad that so many of our parents were able to join us at our Annual Feast.

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Our fifth grade students visited each other's classrooms during their feast.

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The day before Thanksgiving is one of the best days to be at PS 197. Our families prepare their favorite dishes from all around the world and share them with the school community.

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We are so thankful for our parents and the way they support our students each and every day.

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Many of our parents join their children at our Annual Holiday Feast.

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Third grade friends from Ms. Tejiram's class enjoyed their meal together.

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Mr. Curran, Ms. Roman and the students of Class 5-503 wrote a script that tested our knowledge of school staff. Students in the audience had to guess which teacher was featured in a Gymnastics magazine and it was definitely not Ms. Corrado!

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During 5-503's quiz show, we learned that Agent Grant has been at PS 197 for the most number of years. We are thankful to both Agents Grant and Maxwell for their service to the school.

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Ms. Kulman's club made trees out of recycled materials.

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This was one of our "game show hosts" asking the students if they knew which of our security agents has worked at PS 197 for the most number of year. Do you know?