District News: Week of 2/20/17

2/14/2017

BULLDOG BRILLIANCE
Positive Impact Club: Spreading Awareness with Pizza

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.

BOWLING NIGHT
Thanks & Slideshow

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

USED BOOK SALE BOOK COLLECTION BEGINS IN ALL SCHOOLS ON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH

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).

iASK-CAB PRESENTATION
Tuesday, February 28th

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

IRVINGTON SCIENCE FAIR
Registration Deadline is Wednesday, March 1st

Full STEAM ahead for the Irvington Science Fair!

Click Science Fair to check out the science fair page, and let’s get started!

Registration deadline is Wednesday, March 1st.

BRICK DRIVE
Order by Friday, March 31st

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

DECICCO’S PTA REBATE PROGRAM

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.

IEF LOFT PARTY
Friday, March 24th

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.

SAVE THE DATE FOR THE SPRING LUNCHEON

Please plan to join us on Friday, May 5th for the
PTSA Spring Luncheon and Fundraiser at Tappan Hill!

This year's guest speaker will be Annabel Monaghan, local author and writing teacher.

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