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(May 26 - May 29, 2020)

We kicked off this week by celebrating National Paper Airplane Day. Many of our teachers sent out challenges to create paper airplanes. Keeping with the theme of aeronautics, we also encouraged kids to learn about and watch the historic SpaceX launch on Saturday, May 30.

This week, our students' creativity is evident in the work displayed here. We hope you will enjoy their efforts.

In the coming weeks, our staff will be preparing for the upcoming school year. We are also in the process of planning our virtual graduation ceremonies for the fifth grade. Keep a lookout for special school spirit events throughout the month of June.

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Greetings from the PS 197 Kitchen Staff!

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Greetings from the PS 197 Kitchen Staff!

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Our kitchen staff has been hard at work throughout the pandemic providing meals for the neighborhood. Our school is currently handing out 1, 000 breakfasts and 1,200 lunches each day.

Ms. Candace, Ms. Indra, Ms. Wanda and Mr. Amos all send their love to the staff and students. They asked us to tell you all that they miss you.

Grab and go breakfasts and lunches are handed out daily from the PS 197 front door Mondays- Fridays from 7:30 - 1:30 pm. These meals are free to anyone who needs them.

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Four of our fifth grade students represented our school at a district meeting with the superintendent. These student representatives described their successes and challenges during remote learning. We were very proud of them.
Thank you Ganna, Nicole, Anna and Kamila for representing PS 197!

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Ms. McFeeley and Ms. Wong challenged their kids to create flowers using materials in their homes. The students and their families were very creative. They used pasta, pieces of fruit and colored cereal in their designs.

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Ms. Domkina's students enjoyed designing their own paper airplanes as part of a class project.

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Ms. Torres introduced her students to a new story, "The Pickle Who Took a Trip". She then challenged the kids to act the story out. They had a lot of fun with the project.

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Ms. Alfredson challenged her students to create scenes and characters that incorporate things found around the house.

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This week, many of our teachers encouraged students to read about and watch the SpaceX launch. One of our teachers participated in NASA Space Camp as a sixth grader. Can you spot Little Ms. Castro in this group shot?

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Ms. Alfredson challenged students to draw their characters in a variety of poses. The students will be able to use these skills in their Graphic Novel Writing unit in class.

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Our students are continuing to develop their dance skills at home.

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Ms. Torres challenged her students to retell a story using movement. As you can see, the kids had a lot of fun with this task!

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Our students continue to draft, revise and illustrate original stories as they work from home.

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Students in Ms. Eng's class had fun developing their own characters during remote learning.

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Our students have really developed green thumbs. Here, a student submitted a picture of his green onion plant. He started growing this after watching one of Mr. Richford's videos.

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Our third and fourth graders are continuing to design creative cane toad traps as part of their STEAM lessons.

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This Pre K student created flowers out of barrettes. They even worked Flat Ms. McFeeley and Flat Ms. Wong into the picture!

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Our fifth grade kids have really been enjoying the math challenges their teachers have been posing on Fridays.

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This first grader created an adorable scene using grapes as balloons.

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After watching a lesson with Ms. Picciallo and her puppet, Khloe, the kids in Ms. Picciallo's class were inspired to plant their own beans.

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The kids in Ms. Domkina's class were challenged to design and fly their own paper airplanes. They shared some of their creations with us.

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Fifth graders are learning about graphic art techniques with Ms. Alfredson.

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Students in PK 202 used all kinds of materials to create flowers at home.

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Students in PreK loved using movement to help retell stories this week.

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Class 1-301 developed their own original characters to write about.

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The kids in Ms. Eng's class created original characters in writing class.

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Students in Pre K were challenged to retell a story using movement.

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Our kids were really creative in the way they worked household objects into their pictures.

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This student created a telescope using a paper towel roll!

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Ms. Torres challenged her kids to perform for their parents.

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The students in Class 1-301 have been learning about the rain forest during remote learning.

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This week in Dance, our first graders compared the movements of sports to dance. Then, Ms. Flanagan challenged the kids to have a game of imaginary catch.

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This student just started a carrot plant this past week.

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First graders really enjoyed playing imaginary catch as an assignment this week for dance class.

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Our fourth and fifth grade students are busy finishing up their landscaping designs on Tinkercad.

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Students in Ms. Eng's class developed their own characters in writing class.

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This is another design created by one of our students using Tinkercad.