​Main Street School fifth-graders became scientists for the day when they collected data about the Hudson River at various stations set up along the river at Matthiessen Park on Sept. 18.
 
As part of their science study, the students observed the environment to determine the wind’s direction and threw oranges in the water to determine the direction of the water current. They also tested the water’s temperature and turbidity and studied marine life by collecting shells along the shore. In addition, local historian Bob Connick and former high school principal Scott Mosenthal took the students on a journey through the history of the river and region.
 
“As with anything hands-on, the students are motivated and excited to see up close the things we talked about in class, and that’s really the most powerful type of learning you can do,” teacher Michelle Griffin said.
 
Griffin said the outdoor classroom experience allowed students to make real-life connections between what they’re learning in the classroom and what they’re doing by the river.
 
“This is a nice opportunity for them to get to know the river and how it works, and it’s really something that’s in their backyard,” she said. “Whenever they come back by the river, they will have a different perspective and appreciation for it.”
 
The goal of the study was to teach students the importance of environmental responsibility and the value of understanding their surroundings. The students will continue their studies of the river by sailing aboard the Hudson River Sloop, thanks to a grant from the Irvington Education Foundation.
 
“Special thanks to all parent volunteers who supported the students throughout the day,” Principal Joyce Chapnick said.

​On Wednesday, October 11th from 6:30 pm to 8:00pm in the Campus Presentation Room please join us to meet the new Director and Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services and to receive information regarding Special Education in the Irvington Schools.
 
Snacks will be served.  R.S.V.P. is not required but appreciated so we have enough food!  Contact Pat Riccobono patricia.riccobono@irvingtonschools.org.

Thursday, October 12, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Screening of “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety” followed by a panel discussion.
 
Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium
210 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow
 
The movie will have Spanish subtitles - panel discussion will be translated.
Open to all parents and students in grades 6-12.
 
Free admission and parking.

For More information, please see flyer here: angst_sleepy_hollow_presentation__take_three.pdf

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Thursday, October 19, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Kick Procrastination to the Curb: Strategies to Get Your Student
Unstuck and Started!
 
Leslie Josel founder of Order Out of Chaos® and author of “What’s the Deal with Teens and Time Management?” 
 
DESIGNED FOR PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN
5TH - 12TH GRADE
 
Dobbs Ferry Middle School/High School Auditorium
505 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry
 
FREE ADMISSION AND PARKING
For More information, please see flyer here: josel.1.pdf

Please continue to clip and send in Box Tops.
 
This year Box Tops for Education is offering a new APP that allows you to earn Bonus Box Tops on the products you buy with a simple photo of your receipt. Check it out and help us DOUBLE up on Box Tops this year: www.boxtops4education.com/bonusapp
 
Be sure to sign up as a member of the Box Tops community to participate in sweepstakes, print or download coupons and learn more ways to earn! Any questions please visit: www.btfe.com or contact Marylou Banino at emelle@optonline.net.
 
Our first collection of the school year will be Friday, October 13th.  You can backpack them to Dows Lane or Main Street School or drop them off in the collection boxes at the Middle School, the High School, the library (in the Children's room) or the Parks and Rec office on Main St.

The general election is on Tuesday, November 7th.
 
If you are not registered to vote, the deadline to register is Friday, October 13th.
 
For registration and election information, please go to:
Westchester Gov Election Info

Please join us for our first General Membership Meeting of the year on Tuesday, October 17 at 9:15 in the Dows Lane Multi-Purpose Room.


Agenda items include:

• Legislative Strategic Advisory Committee presents: "If You Moved Here for the Schools...Where Do Your Taxes Go?"
• Vote on the 2017-2018 PTSA budget

Please donate clean, gently used or new coats, hats, gloves and scarves for all ages.
 
Collection boxes will be in the Dows Lane and Main Street School lobbies.
 
Thank you for helping those in need!

Impact Tomorrow, Join Today!
 
Renew your membership for 2016/2017: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/membership--e-mail-signup.html
 
Check out this 1.5 minute video slide show about the PTSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJXTgvlezeY!

​We LOVE our volunteers, and couldn't do what we do without them.
 
Please let us know what you'd like to do, by clicking on: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/volunteer.html
 

​Members of the Irvington Police Department shared motivating and positive messages with students at Irvington High School, thanks to more than 600 Post-it notes that were left on school lockers and doors throughout the building. 
 
This is the second school year that Irvington High School students have received the positive messages. Last year, members of the Positive Impact Club at the high school coordinated the project at the beginning of the school year, while the PTSA coordinated it around midterms and the police department led the project at the end of the school year. 
 
“It has been a rotating effort to involve as many students, parents and community members as possible,” said Jennifer Nunziato, student assistance counselor and advisor of the Positive Impact Club. “The Post-its continue to hang on the lockers, and the project seems to be well-received by the students and staff of Irvington High School.”
 
This year, Irvington Police Detective and Youth Officer Michael Toolan organized the project. Police officers wrote encouraging messages, such as “you matter,” “you are loved,” “you are incredible” and “you can do it, yes you can” on Post-it notes, while members of the varsity football team placed them on the lockers throughout the building prior to the start of the school year. 
 
As the student assistance counselor, Nunziato works to enhance positive and healthy decision-making, as well as reduce the factors that put students at risk for alcohol and other drug use. Det. Toolan is a board member of Irvington About Safe Kids, which is a coalition that represents all sectors of the community — parents, students, educators, law enforcement officials, medical professionals, businesspeople and more — and works to motivate youth to make healthy, happy and responsible decisions.

Drug and Alcohol Use:  An Irvington Perspective
Wednesday, September 27
7:00pm - 8:30pm  
​Irvington Town Hall Theater​

All members of the community are invited to attend a presentation of Irvington student survey data results investigating drug and alcohol use and related perceptions among our community’s youth.  In conjunction, a panel of local experts will discuss associated social, legal, mental health and medical concerns. 

​RSVPs are appreciated.  Walk-ins are welcome.

For more information, see: An Irvington Perspective.

To RSVP or submit a question/topic for discussion, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drugs-and-alcohol-use-an-irvington-perspective-registration-37562871560

For more information, contact info@iASK-CAB.org.

National PTA urges everyone to donate to the Association’s Disaster Relief Fund, which was established to respond to tragedies that grievously disrupt a school or education system.

​National PTA’s Disaster Relief Fund is expected to be fully depleted by the support of schools impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. We know we can count on our PTA members across the country to help replenish the fund to meet the emerging needs caused by Hurricane Irma.
 
For more information, go to: https://www.pta.org/newsevents/newsdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=5364
 
To donate, go to:
 https://member.pta.org/Get-Involved/Donate​

Welcome Back everyone! Hope your summer was filled with family, fun, sun and dare we say, Box Tops. Please continue to clip and send in Box Tops.
 
This year Box Tops for Education is offering a new APP that allows you to earn Bonus Box Tops on the products you buy with a simple photo of your receipt. Check it out and help us DOUBLE up on Box Tops this year: www.boxtops4education.com/bonusapp
 
Be sure to sign up as a member of the Box Tops community to participate in sweepstakes, print or download coupons and learn more ways to earn! Any questions please visit: www.btfe.com or contact Marylou Banino at emelle@optonline.net.
 
Our first collection of the school year will be Friday, October 13th.  You can backpack them to Dows Lane or Main Street School or drop them off in the collection boxes at the Middle School, the High School, the library (in the Children's room) or the Parks and Rec office on Main St.

Impact Tomorrow, Join Today!  and get a Student Directory too!
 
Renew your membership for 2016/2017: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/membership--e-mail-signup.html
 
Check out this 1.5 minute video slide show about the PTSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJXTgvlezeY!

We LOVE our volunteers, and couldn't do what we do without them.
 
Please let us know what you'd like to do, by clicking on: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/volunteer.html
 
 

​

We are looking for a Chair for our NEW Voter Registration & Education Committee.
 
The committee will encourage potential voters to register and then vote on election days in person or by absentee ballot.  Registration efforts are throughout the year at community events and voting day efforts include visual and written reminders to vote. Committee will coordinate candidate panels as needed.
 
To volunteer to be the Chair of this committee or for more information, please write to:
irvingtonnyptsa@gmail.com

Do you shop on Amazon?  Shop on Amazon Smile instead, and help benefit our schoolchildren.
 
By specifying Irvington NY PTSA when you buy on Amazon Smile, you get all of Amazon, but at no cost to you, the Amazon Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the PTSA.
 
To participate, please click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/13-3085349
and enter your existing Amazon sign-in information.

​If you have a DeCicco’s card, and have not already done so, please link your card to Irvington PTSA at https://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or at the customer service desk at DeCicco’s.
 
If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please register for one in-store.
 
DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.

​Irvington Union Free School District teachers and administrators welcomed new and returning students on the first day of school on Sept. 5, which brought excitement and enthusiasm for the new academic year. With books and school supplies in tow, students were ready to learn, grow and seek new academic opportunities as they entered their classrooms.
 
“There is a great deal of excitement across the district as a result of the arrival of our students,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kristopher Harrison said. “The faculty, staff and administration are motivated to share in many enriching experiences with our students and are dedicated to making this a memorable school year.”
 
Teachers at Dows Lane Elementary School and Main Street School greeted their students with smiles, helped them organize their school supplies and guided them through their expectations for the year.
 
Meanwhile, teachers at the middle and high school also warmly welcomed back students. Irvington High School students jumped in with a regular full day of classes on the first day of school, while the halls at Irvington Middle School were buzzing with chatter as eighth-graders teamed up with sixth-graders for various first-day-of-school activities, which were designed to help the younger students make a smooth transition into their new school. Students were treated to a PTSA-sponsored barbecue in the courtyard and later participated in a scavenger hunt that sent them on an adventure around the building.

​School will be closed on Thursday, September 21 and Friday, September 22 in observance of Rosh Hashanah.

​On Wednesday, September 20th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (**note this is a new date**), please join us in the Campus Presentation Room to meet the new Director and Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services and receive information regarding Special Education in the Irvington Schools.
 
Lunch will be served.  R.S.V.P. is not required but appreciated so we have enough food!  Contact Pat Riccobono patricia.riccobono@irvingtonschools.org.
 
There will be a second Special Needs & PPS Meet and Greet on Wednesday, October 11th from 6:30 pm to 8:00pm in the Campus Presentation Room in the event you cannot attend the first one.

​All members of the community are invited to attend a presentation of Irvington student survey data results investigating drug and alcohol use and related perceptions among our community’s youth.  In conjunction, a panel of local experts will discuss associated social, legal, mental health and medical concerns. 
 
Drug and Alcohol Use:  An Irvington Perspective
September 27
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Irvington Town Hall Theater
 
RSVPs are appreciated.  Walk-ins are welcome.
 
For more information, see: An Irvington Perspective.
 
To RSVP or submit a question/topic for discussion, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drugs-and-alcohol-use-an-irvington-perspective-registration-37562871560
 
For more information, contact info@iASK-CAB.org.

National PTA urges everyone to donate to the Association’s Disaster Relief Fund, which was established to respond to tragedies that grievously disrupt a school or education system. National PTA’s Disaster Relief Fund is expected to be fully depleted by the support of schools impacted by Hurricane Harvey in Texas. We know we can count on our PTA members across the country to help replenish the fund to meet the emerging needs caused by Hurricane Irma.
 
For more information, go to: https://www.pta.org/newsevents/newsdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=5364
 
To donate to the Disaster Relief Fund, go to:
 https://member.pta.org/Get-Involved/Donate

​Impact Tomorrow, Join Today!
 
Renew your membership for 2016/2017: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/membership--e-mail-signup.html
 
Check out this 1.5 minute video slide show about the PTSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJXTgvlezeY!

We LOVE our volunteers, and couldn't do what we do without them.
 
Please let us know what you'd like to do, by clicking on: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/volunteer.html

We are looking for a Chair for our NEW Voter Registration & Education Committee.

The committee will encourage potential voters to register and then vote on election days in person or by absentee ballot.  Registration efforts are throughout the year at community events and voting day efforts include visual and written reminders to vote. Committee will coordinate candidate panels as needed.

To volunteer to be the Chair of this committee or for more information, please write to:
irvingtonnyptsa@gmail.com

​Do you shop on Amazon?  Shop on Amazon Smile instead, and help benefit our schoolchildren.
 
By specifying Irvington NY PTSA when you buy on Amazon Smile, you get all of Amazon, but at no cost to you, the Amazon Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the PTSA.
 
To participate, please click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/13-3085349
and enter your existing Amazon sign-in information. 

​If you have a DeCicco’s card, and have not already done so, please link your card to Irvington PTSA at https://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or at the customer service desk at DeCicco’s.
 
If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please register for one in-store.
 
DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.

​The Irvington Union Free School District was voted the best public school district in the county by Westchester Magazine’s readers in the “Best of Westchester” list for 2017.
 
In addition, a student weather website, created by Irvington High School seniors Remy Mermelstein and Dillon Palmieri, was voted as the best local website. WeatherInTheHud.com provides detailed forecasts that are specific to Irvington and the Hudson Valley region.
 
This is the second consecutive year the District and student website have received the recognition.
 
“We are quite proud of this recognition as it represents the voice of the residents of the school community,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kris Harrison said. “The partnership with parents and district residents is critical to our success. Our students and staff deserve much credit as it is their hard work, talent and dedication that makes Irvington one of the finest school districts in New York State.”

Fulfill your football fantasies!
 
Have fun using your football knowledge to compete against your friends and neighbors to win the weekly prize or the grand prize for the overall league winner.

Deadline to sign up is Saturday, September 9th.
https://bulldog-football-challenge-30969.cheddarup.com
 
If you have any questions, please contact the co-chairs of the program--Brian Friedman and Jason Rimland--at bdogfantasy@gmail.com

 

Meet us at the Farmers Market!
 
Representatives from the following PTSA committees and programs will be at the September 10th Farmers Market from 10:00 to noon to answer your questions: Membership, Volunteers, New Families, and Walking School Bus.
Spirit Wear will also be on sale!
 
Hope to see you there!

​On Thursday, September 14 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, join us in the Campus Presentation Room to meet the new Director and Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services and receive information regarding Special Education in the Irvington Schools.
 
R.S.V.P. is not required but appreciated so we have enough snacks!  Contact Pat Riccobono at 914-591-0050 or at patricia.riccobono@irvingtonschools.org.

Impact Tomorrow, Join Today!
 
Renew your membership for 2016/2017: http://www.irvingtonnyptsa.org/membership--e-mail-signup.html
 
Check out this 1.5 minute video slide show about the PTSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJXTgvlezeY!

IEF Back to School BBQ is a week from Saturday!
 
Catch up with local friends & support the Irvington Education Foundation at the annual Back to School BBQ at Captain Lawrence Brewery! Featuring LIVE music, outdoor games, Steiner Sports auction, and of course, an old-fashioned BBQ!
 
Details: Sat. Sept.16 at 7-10 pm - Tickets: $55/$75 at iefonline.org/bbq2017. All proceeds benefit the IEF.
 
See you there!

​Do you shop on Amazon?  Shop on Amazon Smile instead, and help benefit our schoolchildren.
 
By specifying Irvington NY PTSA when you buy on Amazon Smile, you get all of Amazon, but at no cost to you, the Amazon Foundation donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the PTSA.
 
To participate, please click on http://smile.amazon.com/ch/13-3085349
and enter your existing Amazon sign-in information.

If you have a DeCicco’s card, and have not already done so, please link your card to Irvington PTSA at https://www.deciccoandsons.com/ardsley-pta-program/ or at the customer service desk at DeCicco’s.
 
If you don’t have a DeCicco’s card, please register for one in-store.
 
DeCicco’s generously donates 1% of your purchases to the Irvington PTSA.