PS40 | Augustus Saint-Gaudens Public Elementary School

"PS 40 is a cozy neighborhood school where a love of reading and writing is combined with an appreciation of the importance of play." New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools by Clara Hemphill

Announcements

Sports Night

Mr. Bieber and his fabulous crew of PS40 Teachers and Staff treat our children to an evening full of energetic fun on January 27th. Have a bite at our Sports Night Cafe before playing teacher and staff run mini games including mini golf, balancing games, shoot and score and Minute-to-Win-It activities.

Volunteers are needed! Learn more, view the Sports Night Volunteer Schedule/Sign Up on School Hub or email Reni Matsushita at ps40reni@gmail.com, to volunteer. Please let us know how you would like to help and come be part of the fun.

P.S.40 Annual Benefit Auction

Friday, May 4, 2012 at Kibo (18th St and Park Ave South)

Save the date for this amazing event! We need your help soliciting donations for our online, silent and live auctions. Donor solicitation forms can be downloaded here and are available on the PTA bulletin boards at both school entrances. An auction drop box is located in the Main Office, so you can submit donations as they are received. Please note that we must receive all items by March 19th, 2012.

If you would like to pick up solicitation forms in person and/or hear more about the event, please stop by the P.S. 40 cafeteria on Mondays, anytime between 8:20am-8:45pm. Members of our Auction Committee will be available to assist you.

Kindergarten Applications

Click here to see application dates or download the flyer.

School Tours

Remaining Tour Dates:

For Kindergarten Families:
Wednesday, February 8th

For Pre-K families:
Wednesday, March 21st

Reservations Only:

Please call our Parent Coordinator, Juliette Knight, at 212.475.5500 x2022 to reserve a space.

Fundraising Links

Please consider shopping through one of these programs that will donate a percentage of your purchases back to PS40. Be sure to always use the links on the left for our school to benefit. The experience of shopping through these links is exactly the same as going to the retailer's websites directly.

Shop at Amazon here or through our link on the left for the PS40 PTA to receive up to 15% of purchases.

Click on on the GoodShop link here or to the left and connect to many well known retailers who will all donate a percentage back to PS40. The experience of shopping through GoodShop is exactly the same as going to the retailer's websites directly.

If you have a Target Credit Card, sign up for Take Charge of Education and designate PS40. Target will donate up to 1% of your REDcard purchases to our school. Click here for more information.

Congratulations to...

Our award winning Super Green Eco Team, who has started the school composting and removed all styrofoam from our cafeteria! Please visit their blog on the left to learn more about their amazing work.

Volunteer @ PS40

Click here to see the many ways you can Volunteer!

Class Parent
Volunteer to become a "Class Parent." To sign up please log on to SchoolHub or email

Dates to Remember

1/27 Sports Night

1/31 Class Parent Auction Meeting - 8:30am

2/1 Executive Board Meeting - 8:30am

2/9 Music Concert - Grades 2 and 5 - 7:00pm

2/10 Grandparents and Special Friends Day

2/15 PTA Meeting - 8:30am

2/20-2/24 Midwinter Recess - No School

3/7 Executive Board Meeting - 8:30am

3/9 Bake Sale

3/13 Parent Teacher Conferences - Half Day

3/21 PTA Meeting - 6:30pm

3/29 Music Concert - Grades K and 3

Reminders

Donate to PS40 Online!
PS 40 is accepting donations to the Fund For 40 through nycharities.org, a secure online contributions portal.

The PS40 School Store

Check out the School Store for the new PS40 T-Shirts and Water Bottles!

The store also has a selection of teacher requested school supplies, including composition notebooks, folders, Ticonderoga #2 pencils and more!

SchoolHub

Please sign up for School Hub here. We encourage all families to register for this important communication tool.

Have you been missing School Hub emails? Please look in your spam mailbox!

Many of our recent messages have been flagged as spam, particularly for Gmail users. Please check these messages as not spam to continue receiving them to your inbox. You can also keep up to date on all School Hub notices by logging on to the School Hub site.

The P.S. 40 LIbrary is online!