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PS/IS 268 Celebrates Student achievement!

World Read Aloud Day --Feb 3, 2021

World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) creates a love of reading in children by  doing just that--reading  aloud !  PS/IS 268 is proud to participate in this annual event!  Enjoy some snapshots of PS/IS 268's participation in this global event taken from our Instagram page!

 little boy reading  

 

  

Highlights from our Virtual Event!

  • book with teacher reading in smaller box at top of page

    Ms. Singh (our ENL teacher) reads "Malala's magic pencil" for WRAD 2021

  • author Gina Loveless

    Author: Gina Loveless reads to our 5th graders on ZOOM!

  • book published by author Shakirah bourne

    Author: Shakirah Bourne joins our Middle Schoolers for WRAD!

  • books published by Author Leslie Bulion

    Author: Leslie Bulion shares with our First grade class on WRAD!

Choose a book from the book shelf to see it read aloud!

ANNOUNCING THE (Remote) PS / IS 268 VIRTUAL ART SHOW!!!

268 Community Cares about our NYPD!!

 police officers pose with school teacher  pic of facebook comment   

 

Our students are very concerned about the community and are often seen creating moments of kindness to show their appreciation.  The NYPD 105th Precinct thanks our 2nd graders for  a poster that was made for them!  

268 Community Cares! "Helping our Heroes" [A fourth grade project]

P.S./I.S. 268 observes Respect for All week and P.S. I Love You day! ~~ February 14, 2020~~

In Respect for all week we are reminded to show respect for all persons and to be Kind to one another.   

Our school's community wore purple to show our support for the message of  P.S. I love you day-raising awareness of mental health.

 p.s. i love you decoration 

 

  • students pose as the letter i in the word kind

    PS/IS 268 pledge to be the "I" in Kind.

  • students pose on staircase in purple for love
  • students pose on staircase in purple for ps i love you day

Storybook Character Day

PS/IS 268 celebrates its love of learning and literacy by hosting our annual storybook character day!  Both Students and Staff look forward to this fun activity where we bring characters to life  by using costumes and other simple props that celebrate our love of books! 

How many characters can you name?

  • Ladies dressed differently one in red shirt other in blonde wig and one with cat ears

    Office staff

  • child dressed as bear with blue jacket and red boots

    Paddington Bear!

  • woman dressed in black and white

    Madeline!

  • Ladies dressed in blue shirt with white collar and red neck tie with yellow hats

    Different versions of "Madeline" 

  • Woman and child dressed in red with shirt that says thing one

    Dr Seuss' "Thing 1"!

  • woman with apron pretending to eat a bat

    The old lady who swallowed a fly, bat...etc!

  • three ladies dressed in white and gold as monsters from imagination

    Where the wild things are!

PS/IS 268 celebrates diversity :

  

  

  • Classroom door decorated with Flag from England
  • ladies dressed in cultural attire representing Greece and Puerto Rico
  • two ladies pose in their latin attire
  • three ladies dressed in cultural attire representing Africa and Puerto Rico

    Our Principal and office staff proudly dress in cultural attire for the days event!

  • lady applying face paint to a student for multicultural day

    Face painting stations !

  • lady painting decorative flower on student for multicultural day
  • target gets hit in dunk tank and teacher goes in water

    ...Down she goes!

  • children practice shooting basketballs through hoops
  • student climbing rock wall supplied by police department
  • flags in school representing different cultures in community for multicultural day

The Prideland comes to PS/IS 268!!!

We are so fortunate to have dedicated Teachers, Staff and Parent volunteers who helped to transform our auditorium into an African Savannah.  It is here that the young lion prince Simba unshackles the reign of terror of his diabolical Uncle Scar to restore the natural order to the Circle of Life; becoming the Lion King!

Relive the captivating performance by viewing some highlights from a truly unforgettable performance by our very own students at PS/IS 268!! 

 

  • Play bill from student performance of Lion King
  • mask of Lion head

    Head piece worn by Lion King Mufasa 

  • students pose as animals in Lion King welcoming new king baby simba

    Simba the lion prince is introduced to the pride.

PS/IS 268 presents: Disney's "Aladdin-for Kids" !

"Sensational!"

"Amazing!"

"Incredibly entertaining!"

"Best school play EVER performed --hands down!!"

These were comments that were heard from performance goers as they were exiting the auditorium.  Please relive the magic through some photos from our students theatrical performance of Disney's Aladdin-for Kids.    

    

     

268 performs : Disney's Aladdin for Kids!

  • stage is decorated to welcome parents to Agrabah

    Welcome to Agrabah!

  • the entire cast sings to audience

    The Cast!

     

     

  • all students in play appear on stage in last curtain call

    The Ensemble [N. Bailey,S. Hosein,D.Garcia,S. Felton,C. Boodram, R. Toussaint, S. Ramballi, N. Nawshin,P. Siddiquee,M. Tuffour,X. Astaphan, J.Olmeda,R. Cordona, E. Sookchan,S.Nandalall,B. Bharat,A. Carew]   

  • confetti floats in air to celebrate the finale

    Spectacular finale!

  • students last curtain bow with confetti in air