Public School 50Q
Talfourd Lawn Elementary School

Our Mission:
Here at P.S. 50, our mission is to provide an environment that cultivates all of our students' strengths by nurturing their verbal, mathematical, scientific, artistic, social, kinesthetic abilities. It is our goal to prepare our children to become lifelong learners as thoughtful, intelligent, and creative citizens of our community. We will do this by providing our staff with professional development that will allow our students to have standards based instruction to prepare them for college readiness.



Winter Recess- School Closed February 20-24
Students will return to school Monday, February 27, 2012
Dates to Remember: 
February 4 - SES Tutoring Fair 9:30 am -11:00 am
February 6 - SLT Meeting 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
February 7 - Safety Meeting 9:35 am
February 10 - Wear Something Red Day
February 13 - Respect for All Assembly 4th and 5th grade
9:00am
February 15 - 100th Day of School
February 17 - Rally! 9:00 am 2nd & 3rd grade
Rally! 1:00 pm 4th & 5th grade
Adult GED/ESL Classes 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
February 2,7,8,9,14, 15, 16, 28, 29
Parent Workshops:
February 3 - Parent Workshop:
Occupational Therapy 8:30 am
February 8 - Learn to Crochet Parent Workshop 8:30 am
February 15 - Learn to Crochet Parent Workshop 8:30 am
February 15 - Bullying Workshop 8:30 am
February 28 - Pre -K Parent Workshop Ms. Encarnacion
9:00 am

Respect For All (RFA) Week
For the 2011-2012 school year, the NYC Department of Education has designated February 13-17, 2012 as RFA Week in all NYC public schools. During this week, PS 50Q will have opportunities to highlight and build upon ongoing diversity programs and curriculum-based instruction. PS 50Q will also have opportunities to embark upon new initiatives that promote respect for diversity and engage students in meaningful lessons and other activities that focus on preventing bias-based harassment, intimidation and bullying.

Parent Workshops Resources:
February 3, 2012 -
Occupational Therapy Parent Workshop PowerPoint
OTPresentationforParents.pptx
AIS Test Prep
AIS Test Prep Tuesday and
Wednesday (3:15PM -5:15PM)
Dates:
Tuesday & Wednesday
January 3,4,10,11,17,18,24,25,31
February 1,7,8,14,15,28,29
March 6,7,13,14,20,21,27,28
April 3,4
Saturday Academy
January 7, 14, 21,28
February 2,11
March 3,10,17,24,31
** There will be NO Saturday AIS Program on February 25 **
TOP FREE TEST PREP WEBSITES
Click Link Below:
TopFreeTestPrepWebsites.pdf




The New York City Department of Education’s
Achievement Reporting and Innovation System.
Also for educators to locate information to
improve student's learning.
https://arisparentlink.org/parentlink
Parents can explore data on their child's academic achievement.
Just click on the above website or the Aris Parent Link.
Type in your child's Student ID #
Type your Password
This information can be obtained by contacting the Parent Coordinator, Ms. Guzman, at P.S. 50Q.
Every parent is issued a temporary password.
You must change the password at your first log-in.

KINDERGARTEN Application will begin on:
January 9, 2012 through March 2, 2012, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Child must be turning 5 yrs. old between
January 1st and December 31st of 2012
(Born in the year of 2007)
To Learn more about Kindergarten Admissions, click the website below:
http://www.nyc.gov/Schools/ChoicesEnrollment/Elementary

2011-2012 School Year Calendar - Click Link Below:
2011-2012 School Calendar

Statistics For PS50Q:
2010-2011 Progress Report Overview
2010-2011 Progress Report
2010-2011 Learning Environment Survey
2010-2011 Quality Review

SCHOOL HOURS:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday -
8:00 am - 2:20 pm
Extended Day Dismissal is at 2:57 pm
Thursday and Friday - Dismissal is at
2:20 pm For All Students
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