Main Street School students, who have been learning about the importance of being engaged citizens, participated in a schoolwide conversation with three soldiers who are stationed in Afghanistan.

​They spoke with 1st Lt. Michael Buckley, Captain Isaac MacMillen and Chief Warrant Officer Two Michael VonBehren via Skype on Feb. 14.

The three soldiers and their troops were the recipients of Boodle Boxes, care packages that the students prepared for them over the holidays.

Spearheaded by the school’s Boodle Box Leadership team, the students prepared the care packages as a way to thank them for their service and sacrifices for our country.

Following the shipment of the Boodle Boxes, the fourth- and fifth-grade students engaged in thoughtful discussions around the school’s essential questions and enduring understanding about global citizenship. As a result, they generated a list of questions for the soldiers during their Skype session.

Watch the Skype session here: ​www.irvingtonschools.org/pages/Irvington_UFSD/News/MSS_Students_Skype_with_Soldie

​Please donate your used books!  Books for all ages are welcome!

Book collection boxes can be found in the Dows Lane lobby; outside the office at Main Street School; in the upper lobby at Irvington Middle School; and in the main office at Irvington High School.

Please tell your friends and neighbors.

We will happily accept empty cardboard boxes (book moving size/Fresh Direct size/Wine size) and shopping bags, which are always needed for the sale. Please deliver to the Dows Lane lobby.

​If you wish to volunteer your time or learn more about the sale, please contact Alice Villa (amw1124@yahoo.com).

​The Irvington Education Foundation’s Loft Party Fundraiser is Friday, March 24 from 7 to 11 pm at Hudson Loft.

​It is the IEF’s most important fundraising event of the school year, funding education enrichment programs for every student at all four Irvington schools for the upcoming 2017/18 school year.
 
To learn more and purchase tickets, click on: http://iefonline.org/wordpress/event/2017-spring-auction-fundraiser/

If you’d like your brick installed in the campus quad patio by this year’s graduation and the moving up ceremonies, you must place your order by Friday, March 31st.

​Order today! http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/brick-drive.html

Members of Irvington Middle School’s Positive Impact Club recently spread awareness about keeping young people in their community safe, healthy and free of alcohol and drugs with the help of two local businesses.

To convey their message, the students placed more than 400 stickers, reading in part “While underage drinking and drug use is no one’s fault, prevention is everyone’s responsibility,” on pizza boxes at Tony's Pizzeria in Irvington and Capri Pizza & Pasta in Tarrytown.

“The project took place last week in anticipation of the increased number of pizzas that were expected to be purchased for the Super Bowl,” said Jennifer Nunziato, advisor of the Positive Impact Club and student assistance counselor. “This was a great example of coordination in our District and community.”

The Irvington Recreation Department provided transportation to both businesses with Nunziato chaperoning the students. Irvington About Safe Kids, a coalition established through a grant awarded to the Village of Irvington and Community Advisory Board, sponsored and provided the stickers.

“Dr. Kristopher Harrison surprised the students at Capri Pizza and purchased a pizza to congratulate them on their hard work,” Nunziato said. “The owner of Tony's Pizzeria also provided the students with pizza, drinks and snacks as a token of his support for the project.”

​The Irvington Middle School Positive Impact Club is a leadership club that focuses on promoting healthy decision-making and spreading messages of prevention and awareness across the school and local community.

Many thanks to those of you who came out for a very fun Bowling Night!

Thanks too to Amy Friedman for organizing it and making sure everything rolled along so smoothly!

​To see some pictures from the evening, click on: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/2017-bowling-night-slideshow.html

Please donate your used books!  Books for all ages are welcome!

Book collection boxes can be found in the Dows Lane lobby; outside the office at Main Street School; in the upper lobby at Irvington Middle School; and in the main office at Irvington High School.

Please tell your friends and neighbors.

We will happily accept empty cardboard boxes (book moving size/Fresh Direct size/Wine size) and shopping bags, which are always needed for the sale. Please deliver to the Dows Lane lobby.

​If you wish to volunteer your time or learn more about the sale, please contact Alice Villa (amw1124@yahoo.com).

On Tuesday, February 28, iASK-CAB will be sponsoring an exciting speaker - Harriet Turk - to speak with students during the school day followed by a parent presentation in the evening!

Her message to students is to "Just Be You"... and as parents, how can we support them ... "Just Be Uplifting".

This is a speaker you won't want to miss as a parent!  All attendees will be entered into a drawing for prizes during the evening.

​Click HERE for more information

​The DeCicco’s PTA Rebate Program has gone digital!

If you have a DeCicco’s card, please link your card to Irvington PTSA here: http://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or in-store at a register or the customer service desk in the Ardsley store.

If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please e-mail our DeCicco's fundraiser committee chair, Eileen Fanfarillo (efanfarillo1@gmail.com), and she will help you apply for one and deliver it to you!

​DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.

The Irvington Education Foundation’s Loft Party Fundraiser is Friday, March 24 from 7 to 11 pm at Hudson Loft.

It is the IEF’s most important fundraising event of the school year, funding education enrichment programs for every student at all four Irvington schools for the upcoming 2017/18 school year.

​To learn more and purchase tickets, visit iefonline.org/loftparty.

Dows Lane Elementary School and Main Street School students, along with more than 283,000 students from schools around the world, participated in Global School Play Day on Feb. 1. Students had the opportunity to engage in a variety of self-directed play activities with their peers. The only requirement to play was that toys not have batteries or screens.

Some of the games the students played included basketball, jump rope, Twister, Dominoes, Life, Trouble, Apples-to-Apples, Monopoly, Play-Doh, playing cards, blocks, board games and more. Other games and toys the children were allowed to bring to school and play with included dolls, trucks, cars, racetracks, empty cardboard boxes, markers, jigsaw puzzles and other social games.
 
“At Dows Lane, we value the power of play and the impact free play can have on brain development and social-emotional learning,” Principal Deb Mariniello said. “Free play fosters creativity, inquiry and collaboration, and we continuously strive to build a balance between free play and rigorous learning experiences. When a balance is fostered, research shows that productivity and achievement are optimized.”
 
Main Street School Principal Joyce Chapnick said the value of unstructured play has been extensively researched. “In an interview, Peter Gray, a research professor at Boston College, said that in unstructured play, children discover their passions, learn how to get along with one another, solve problems and control their emotions,” Chapnick said. “These are all crucial lessons that can only be learned through free, self-directed experience.”
 
​For more information about the day and to see a map of participants worldwide, visit www.globalschoolplayday.com.

Many thanks to those of you that bought bricks in time to be entered in our raffle for a 4” x 8” brick with small paw print logo!!

​CONGRATULATIONS to Patricia Graubart, the raffle winner!

​There’s still time to buy a brick that will installed in the Campus Quad Patio by graduation and the moving up ceremonies: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/brick-drive.html

An Information Session for Parents with Representatives from Callen-Lorder Community Heath Center

D’hana Perry, Transgender Health Care Coordinator

Melanie Martinez, Health Outreach to Teens Program, Mental Health Provider

Today, most of our children will encounter transgender issues, either through the media, at school, in the community or at home.

We invite you to learn more about this important topic from representatives of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, metropolitan New York’s leading resource for transgender teens, adults and families.

Monday, February 13, 2017
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Hastings High School
1 Mount Hope Boulevard

All Rivertown Parents events are free and open to the public.

Click here for Transgender Flyer.

Screenagers: ​Growing Up in the Digital Age

Targeted to both parents and their children, this documentary explores how technology impacts children's development and the challenges of parenting in the digital world.

Through poignant and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS offers solutions on how adults can empower children to best navigate the digital world and find balance.

Panel Discussion Immediately Following the Screening with:

Amber da Silva-Barron, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jean O'Brien, Technology Specialist - Tarrytown Union Free School District

Amy Walsh, Social Worker for Tarrytown Union Free School District

***Wednesday, February 15 at 7:00pm***
Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium
210 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow

The movie will have Spanish subtitles - panel discussion after the screening will be translated.

Open to all parents, and students grades four and higher. ​Free admission and parking.

Click here for Screenagers Flyer.

​Please donate your used books!  Books for all ages are welcome!

Book collection boxes can be found in the Dows Lane lobby; outside the office at Main Street School; in the upper lobby at Irvington Middle School; and in the main office at Irvington High School.

Please tell your friends and neighbors.

We will happily accept empty cardboard boxes (book moving size/Fresh Direct size/Wine size) and shopping bags, which are always needed for the sale. Please deliver to the Dows Lane lobby.

​If you wish to volunteer your time or learn more about the sale, please contact Alice Villa (amw1124@yahoo.com).

​Mark your calendars for the Irvington Science Fair, 3/25/17, 12-3pm at the Gina Maher Gym.

Our guests include, Digital Arts Experience, WeCanCenters, Curious on Hudson and many more!

Click Here to check out the science fair page, and let’s get started!
 
Registration deadline is March 1st.

​The DeCicco’s PTA Rebate Program has gone digital!
 
If you have a DeCicco’s card, please link your card to Irvington PTSA here: http://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or in-store at a register or the customer service desk in the Ardsley store.
 
If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please e-mail our DeCicco's fundraiser committee chair, Eileen Fanfarillo (efanfarillo1@gmail.com), and she will help you apply for one and deliver it to you!
 
DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.

​Second-graders learned to walk on stilts and teeter on a tightwire when the Amazing Grace Circus, an educational and outreach partner of Westchester Circus Arts, visited Dows Lane Elementary School from Jan. 23-27.
 
Throughout the week, the students – who have been studying about balance and motion in their science classes – practiced various circus tricks before showing off their newly acquired skills to parents, teachers and peers. In addition to the stilt walking and tightwire lessons, they were taught to climb and hang off aerial silks. They also had the opportunity to learn diabolo manipulation and plate spinning.
 
“The circus experience brought to life the concepts the students have been reading about in class,” second-grade teacher Dina Lenhardt said. “They liked using their bodies to balance on the stilts and tightwire, and the aerial silks were also fun for them because it’s something they would never get to do on their own.”
 
The Amazing Grace Circus performers provided a variety of engaging activities for the students to help them learn about balance and motion in a fun and interactive way.
 
Their visit was generously sponsored through a grant from the PTSA.

The Westchester Delegation of the NYS Legislature will hold a public forum on Governor Cuomo’s proposed NYS 2017-2018 budget on Friday, February 3rd from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm at the Greenburgh Public Library at 300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, NY.
 
The PTSA Legislative Strategic Advocacy (LSA) Committee has submitted a letter to the Westchester Delegation on the budget and public school funding, highlighting foundation aid and tax cap reform.
 
Members of the LSA Committee plan to attend Friday’s meeting and, if invited to speak, their comments will focus on the issues raised in the letter.
 
The letter is available here: LSA Page 

​
​There is a 2 hour delayed opening on Friday, February 10th for staff professional development.

Get your strike on at Parent Bowling Night!
 
When: Friday, February 10th, 2016
Where:  Bowlmor, 47 Tarrytown Rd, White Plains
Evening includes: bowling, shoe rental, pub food and drink tickets

​Click http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/parent-bowling-night.html for more information and the ticket link.

​Transgender Issues & Questions: An Information Session for Parents with Representatives from Callen-Lorder Community Heath Center
 
D’hana Perry,
Transgender Health Care Coordinator
 
Melanie Martinez,
Health Outreach to Teens Program
Mental Health Provider
 
Today, most of our children will encounter transgender issues, either through the media, at school, in the community or at home.
 
We invite you to learn more about this important topic from representatives of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, metropolitan New York’s leading resource for transgender teens, adults and families.
 
Monday, February 13, 2017
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Hastings High School
1 Mount Hope Boulevard
 
All Rivertown Parents events are free and open to the public.

Full STEAM ahead for the Irvington Science Fair!
 
Mark your calendars for the Irvington Science Fair, 3/25/17, 12-3pm at the Gina Maher Gym.
 
Sneak preview of our guests include, Digital Arts Experience, WeCanCenters, Curious on Hudson and many more!
 
Click Here to check out the science fair page, and let’s get started!
 
Registration deadline is March 1st.

The DeCicco’s PTA Rebate Program has gone digital!

If you have a DeCicco’s card, please link your card to Irvington PTSA here: http://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or in-store at a register or the customer service desk in the Ardsley store.
 
If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please e-mail our DeCicco's fundraiser committee chair, Eileen Fanfarillo (efanfarillo1@gmail.com), and she will help you apply for one and deliver it to you!
 
DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.