Teacher Times #31
April 27, 2015

Weekly Calendar of Events

Staff Birthdays

Deborah Sklar 4/30/15

Grant Opportunities

Grant opportunities are posted on the Grants website (you can visit the page on any computer using this link). This week’s highlights include:

§  Hugh L. Adams Playground Grant 2015

Procedures For Custodial Requests

1. Non-emergency. Fill out a Maintenance/Custodial/Space Request available from Ms. Torres in room 533. Place the form in my box in the Main Office.
2.   Emergency. Call the Main Office at 5324, 5330, or 5320 who will contact Assistant Principal Mark Schaudt or Assistant Principal Demetri Nicolopoulos.

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Professional Development and Student Opportunities

Professional development and student opportunities are posted on the PD and Student Opportunities page. This week’s highlights include:

All Schools:

§  Register by May 1: Music Educator’s Workshop Opportunities

§  Register by May 11: Power of Collaboration: Making Education Best Practices a Reality  

§  Participate on May 14: Online Program, Ask Big Questions: Conversations with Thought Leaders  

§  Register by May 15: AEL Workshop #8 - Arts Education Liaisons Celebrating the Past and Forging Ahead      

§  Participate on May 17: Festival—Senses of Springtime: Celebrate India! At the Metropolitan Museum of Art      

§  Participate on May 18: History Uncorked: Think & Drink with Brian Purnell at the New-York Historical Society

§  Participate on May 19: Lunch & Learn – The Pro-Southern City: New York and the Civil War

§  Participate on May 21: Pizza & PD at the New-York Historical Society: Learning History Through Maps

§  Apply by May 22: Connecting Collections

Middle School:

§  Apply by May 6: NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Science of Smart Cities

Middle and High Schools:

§  Register by May 15: Project ECS@ESC: Introduction to Hydroponics Professional Development Workshop

§  Apply by May 22: Apply for the second year of a STEM partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)  

High Schools:

§  Register by May 8: Science Lab Professional Development at the Environmental Study Center