We are still collecting artwork for the Student Art Gallery wall until Wednesday, May 8th.  Please use the bins at the entrances for drop-off.

Click HERE to sign up to drop off a sweet treat on Wednesday, May 8th.

Want to help out during the week?

You can sign up here to join us in making the week extra special. 

CALLING ALL GATORS …

SPRING 2024 SPIRIT WEAR IS HERE! 

Spring has sprung and so has the latest and greatest Greenacres Spirit Wear! 

Spirit Wear Sales are now open through Sunday, May 12th at 9:00 PM. 

Please click HERE to purchase. 

Samples will be available for viewing and sizing during the following times: 

• Monday, May 6th starting at 2:30pm at the Sage Terrace entrance.
• Thursday, May 9th starting at 2:30pm at the Putnam Road entrance. 
• Saturday, May 11th from 11:00am-2:30pm at the school fair.

Please reach out to Courtney Allen, Michele Dalton or Erika Lane with any questions. 

Greenacres Elementary offers the 1st Day School Supplies Program as a convenient and easy option to order school supplies for the 2024-2025 year. 

The kits are custom made to include the supplies selected and approved by our school.

Click HERE to order online by July 1st.  

Please make sure to order for the grade your child is ENTERING for fall of 2024! A confirmation will be emailed to you after your order has been placed.  If you miss the July 1st deadline, it will be your responsibility to source the supplies on your own. 

* Headphones are included in the kit for KINDERGARTENERS.  For GRADES 1-5, headphones may be added to your cart if your child needs new ones for school.

*All kits for ALL GRADES will be delivered to school and be placed in your child's classroom. 

Any questions, please reach out to Jen Galeon.

Help us win $2,500 in school supplies by buying supplies early this year.  

**If we buy 50 kits by May 6th, we will be eligible for a chance to win!

Annual Greenacres Fair!

Saturday, May 11, 2023

11a.m. to 2:30p.m.

RAIN or SHINE

Carnival Games

Field Games

Arts & Crafts

Balloons

Talent Show

DJ 

5th Grade Pie Eating Contest

Food trucks

Popcorn, Cotton Candy & Pizza

The Fair is coming back to town! The GA fair is long-treasured annual event. For those of you new to Greenacres, the Fair is a Scarsdale tradition, with each elementary school hosting its own fair on the same date. There will be games, food, prizes, and lots of fun!

We are so excited to announce that this year’s Fair will be free of charge for our families!  However, the Fair is not possible without the help of parent volunteers! 

Please SIGN UP HERE to work a short shift (or two!) and support our community coming together for some neighborhood fun.

There will be food and items for purchase, but please bring a refillable water bottle. Please note the Fair is not a drop-off event and that families are responsible for supervision of their children, 

Please sign up to join the fun!  We will see you at the Fair! 

Please email  Suzanne Forster and Jenny Bloomgarden with any questions. 

Please join the Greenacres learning community and the Community Service committee by bringing in a box of cereal next week! 

We will be collecting boxes from tomorrow, May 6th until Friday, May 10th in every classroom. The cereal boxes will be used for math activities throughout the building during the week of May 13th and then donated to the Kol Ami Food pantry for distribution to Westchester Families.

Help us meet our goal of 500 boxes!

**Please purchase boxes approximately 12” x 8” (NOT the larger ‘Family Sized’).

If you have any questions, please email Melissa Brown Eisenberg.

We LOVE our Volunteers!

Friday, May 17th at 8:45am

Please join us at our last PTA meeting of the year as we thank all of our amazing volunteers!  We had so many fabulous events this year and none of it would have been possible without our committee chairs and their committees, class parents and YOU!  We will also be turning our attention to next year so if you are new to the school or looking for more ways to get involved, this will be your chance to hear about all of the exciting volunteer opportunities!  Also at the meeting, we will be voting on the Greenacres school budget for the 2024-25 school year.

Pastries and coffee will be served.  We hope to see you there!

**Please fill out the Greenacres Visitors Form before the meeting. 

The Greenacres PTA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) committee is excited to announce a spring Book Club event! 

Part of our district's mission is for each student "to understand themselves and others within the broad fabric of human experience and the natural universe." In an effort to support our children, schools, and community, let's come together for a night of adult learning, exploration, discussion, and growth. 

The selected book is Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong. The book is a NY Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Hong weaves personal stories as an Asian American woman into larger cultural commentary and historical accounts. Newsweek says she "uses her own experiences as a jumping off point to examine race and emotion in the United States." 

You can purchase the book locally at Bronx River Books in Scarsdale and you will receive a 10% discount if you mention the Greenacres Book Club or from their website (discount already included in the price). The book can also be found on Bookshop or Amazon.

You can also listen to Cathy Park Hong share reflections on her book on podcasts by clicking here and here.
 
You do NOT have to read the whole book to participate! Read it all! Read a little! Or just listen! Then come join us on Tuesday, June 4th from 7:00-8:30 pm for a book club discussion! 

RSVP to Casey Hogan by May 13th if you would like to participate. Email Casey Hogan if you are interested in joining and/or have questions about the event.

Principal Hill's upcoming Coffee With Parents will take place at 9:00am in the OPMR on the following date.  Please mark your calendars and fill out the Greenacres Visitors Formif you plan to attend.

• Grade 4: May 20th (Joined by a Grade 5 Teacher)

The Greenacres Language Library site is LIVE!

Thank you to all the parents who contributed to our collection so far! Our library currently features students speaking 11 different languages, including multiple Chinese dialects. We will be using the recordings in our classrooms, featuring them in a display at school and sharing them with our community on the Greenacres district website.

Please check it out and consider making a submission! Your child does not need to be fluent in the language to contribute! 

Instructions and a script for making recordings can be found here.

Please email Liza King if you would like assistance with the recordings or have any other questions.

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Please contact Jenny Scarpelli with any questions.

Please review the Arrival and Dismissal procedures from Principal Hill's email and the Greenacres Safety Flyer. Be sure to review the instructions and guidelines with your children and any other person who may be directly involved with drop-off and pick-up arrangements. As a reminder:

• 8:00-9:00am (arrival): STANDING only on the RIGHT side of the street in front of the school building.  NO STANDING on the LEFT side or in the bus loading zones.  
• 2:30-3:30pm (regular dismissal): PARKING or STANDING only on the RIGHT side of the street in front of the school building. There is NO PARKING or STANDING on the LEFT side or in the bus loading zones.
• 3:30 and later (ASC dismissal): PARKING or STANDING only on the LEFT side of the street.  There is NO PARKING or STANDING on the RIGHT side.

These traffic rules apply to Sage Terrace, Putnam Road and Huntington Road.  We really appreciate your cooperation as we work together to make our arrival and dismissal smooth and safe.

School Budget Reminders

The PTC Executive Committee supports the Proposed Budget 2024-25 and asks you to VOTE YES. We encourage all voters to support sufficient resources to maintain the level of education and quality of student experience in our District. Here is a one-pager on the Budget.

Here is the video as well as slides from the PTC Budget Information Session on 4/16. 

PTC has issued a statement on the Proposed Budget, 2024-25 -- you may read it here.

PTC strongly encourages the community to ask questions, give feedback and follow the budget process. Budget questions and feedback may be sent to the Board of Education.  As a reminder, you may livestream Board of Education meetings here as well as access prior meeting recordings. 

Here is the PTC Budget Study page with helpful links. 

Please remember to VOTE on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 

Scarsdale Middle School Gym, 7 am - 9 pm. 

Applications for Early Mail-in Ballots and Absentee Ballots are now available.

Here is additional voter information.

PTC DEI

Cinco de Mayo

May 5th The Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “Fifth of May”) holiday is celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honor of a Mexican military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III.

The day is celebrated in the state of Puebla, Mexico with parades, speeches, and reenactments of the 1862 battle. 

In the mid-20th-century United States, the celebration of Cinco de Mayo became popular among Mexican immigrants as a way of encouraging pride in their Mexican heritage. 

More information about Cinco de Mayo click HERE. 

PT Council

PT Council extends a huge THANK YOU to PTC Programming Co-Chair Wendy MacMillan and PTC DEI Co-Chair, Lauren Grossberg, for their work planning Combating Hate Crimes, Bias Incidents and Discrimination.

PTC thanks Catalina Blanco Buitrago and Cristina Alston of the Westchester County District Attorney's Office Hate Crimes Unit and Tejash Sanchala and Mayo Bartlett of the Westchester County Human Rights' Commission for all of the time and work they put into the presentation to our parent community. Many thanks to all who attended.

Voter Information --  School Budget Vote and Board Election:  

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, polls are open from 7:00 am - 9:00 pm,

Location: Scarsdale Middle School, 134 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale, NY 

Budget Vote Timeline: 

• Applications for Absentee and Early Mail Ballots are now available to be submitted via the District Clerk, Honore Adams 
  
• May 13, 2024: Statutory Budget Hearing     
• May 16, 2024: Last day to register to vote
• May 21, 2024: Annual Budget Vote and School Board Election, Middle School Gym 

**Here is additional voter information.**

Scarsdale High School's Senior Class of 2024 invite you to join them for their senior show production of Legally Blonde Jr! 

The directors, cast and crew have been hard and work and cannot wait for you to see what they have put together! Fri 5/17 and Sat 5/18 @ 7PM and Sun 5/19 @ 2PM. 

To purchase tickets click here. 

INTRODUCING SMS VOICES 

Scarsdale Middle School proudly announces SMS Voices, an evening celebrating the experiences, perspectives, and public speaking skills of our 6th - 8th graders that will take place on Wednesday, May 15th. 

SMS Voices offers students two options: they can participate in The Original Oratory Contest or be a part of Student Storytelling Live!, a non-competitive event centered on personal stories.  

Please refer to this letter for more information. 

For this evening to be a success, we rely on volunteers from the community and members of the Scarsdale High School Speech and Debate Team to serve as judges and audience members. Your support ensures a rewarding experience for our students.  

PLEASE SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE.        

SMS Voices takes place on Wednesday, May 15th.  Check-in for the event begins at 4:15 pm in The Great Hall with an opening meeting to follow and student presentations set to begin at 4:45pm.  

A light buffet dinner, courtesy of the PTA, will be served after Round 2. 

At 7:00pm, the Original Oratory Contest final round will occur and selected students will share their personal stories in front of a larger audience in the auditorium.  

Awards and acknowledgements will immediately follow.   

Please contact Will Maldarelli or Steven Scharf with any questions.