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Principal: Robert S. Wojnarowski

Assistant Principals: Lynda Dobrin John Gonzalez, Janet Brozyna-Lee Donna Addison

P9 Walter Reed News June 19, 2015

A debate is an argument with rules. Two teams are given a topic and then they come up with an argument in a very short period of time. One team will argue for the topic (pro) and another team will argue against (con).

The Green Dragon Team, the very cool name of the P9Q debate team, works very hard before every debate. This year they had to research very complicated topics like the banning of plastic bags, the use of drones, and the removal of guns from the NYPD.

The Green Dragons, led by Mr. LaScala, has even experimented with different and unique styles of debating. This year the Green Dragons team participated in three debates.

The P9 Debate Team

From Left To Right: Saccara James, Kevin Edwards, Joshua Douglas, and Sergio Berdecia

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Gardening done at the Main Site on Earth Day.

Gardening at the Main Site.

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On April 30th, the wonderful staff at PS009@882 held an Autism event to celebrate its magnificent students. School

therapists, teachers and administration were all there to support and help raise awareness for the cause. There was information on effective intervention strategies available

for parents. The Autism event was filled with activities for the students to enjoy. There were sensory stations, hands on activities and a bouncy house. Everyone had a blast!

Autism Event

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Over the past two school years, Arts Connection provided two very successful puppetry residencies for our students in grades K-8. P009Q. This past year we received a grant from the Office of Arts and Family Engagement to develop an art program to engage our families in unique art experiences and these funds were used to continue to work with Arts Connection. We knew from experience with Arts Connection that the arts motivate and inspire our students to improve their performance in all disciplines. As part of this grant we were also able to involve the larger school community of teachers, paraprofessionals and related service staff in the workshops. As a result they will be able to make connections to infuse instruction while building stronger relationships among disciplines.

Our goal was to create five family workshops in visual arts, dance and music at five school locations. Each workshop was designed to meet the cognitive, social and physical abilities of the student body inherent at each school location. The funding from this project enabled us to strengthen and deepen our relationships with parents. It also provided our families, their teachers and the entire school community with the opportunity to see their children and our students as successful not only in the arts but in their overall school performance. By involving our parents in meaningful arts experiences in workshops designed for them, they were able to gain a firsthand appreciation of the arts as a personal source of enjoyment and learning for their entire family.

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Whats going on at 58?

Class Z52, Mrs. DeNicola, listened to a variety of stories about Ocean Animals and created their own ocean environment.

Class X51,Mrs. Myftaraj, listened to The Little Flower Seed by S. Fisch and Maisy Grows a Garden by L. Cousins. Students responded to text by decoarting the bulletin board.

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Class V51, Mrs. Saavedra-Ortega, learned about Spring from our book of the Month I See Spring and gave 5 facts about the season.

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Class Z51, Mrs. Sarlo, is learning about farm animals by attending to informational texts.

Then created farm animals for our bulletin board and made pudding with cows milk for a multi sensory experience.

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Mr. Sorenson and Mrs. Sesenton collaborated to respond to literature. (The Very Hungry Catepillar.

Class Z53 and V52, Ms. Lee and Mrs. Baxter, collaborated on a unit about the 5 senses. Students created multi-sensory artwork and learned new vocabulary words to describe and respond to sensory input.

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Whats going on at 58? (Continued)

Work done in Literacy class with Mr. Budd.

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Class X11 is learning about their senses with Mrs. Franceschina

After Reading "My Five Senses," Students Identified The 5 Senses & Their Corresponding Body Parts Together As A Class, We Compiled A List Based On The Following Activities:

Feel: Hands/Touch (Students were presented with objects hidden in a

paper bag, and identified the sense of touch and the body part associated with

it) Cotton Balls,Sand Paper Play Dough, Rock&,Leaf

Taste: Mouth & Tongue

(Students were given different

foods to eat, and identified the sense

of taste and the body part

associated with it)

Sight: Eyes (Students were given pictures, labeled what

they saw, and identified the sense and the body part associated with it) -House,Car, &Person

Hearing: Ears (Students were presented with

sounds, and identified the sense of hearing and the body part associated with

it) Snap,Clap,&Music

Smell: Nose (Students were given cotton balls soaked

with scents, and identified the sense of

smell and the body part associated with it) Mint,Orange,&Vanilla

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Every student started with the same shape of a body. All the

students in P9@IS5 then decorated the body to look like

themselves.

When everyone was finished the bodies were hung up in the hallway.

I interviewed students from other classes. Class V64 said : It was a great way to get to know students from other

classes.

Everyone said they enjoyed the experience!

P9 @IS5 Bodies by Roni Aminov

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Three different classes were able to order caterpillars. They waited several days and then the caterpillars made their bodies into the shape of the letter J. Then the caterpillars made cocoons. The butterflies came out and lived inside the classrooms. They sipped juice from oranges cut in half. When the butterflies were ready the classes released the butterflies outside.

Butterflies at P9@IS5 by Bryan Barboda