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5th Annual Content in Arts Festival

The 5th Annual Content in Arts Festival will be held Thursday, March 24th at 9:30AM and 4PM.  Students will be performing dances related to the Social Studies curriculum and artwork will be on display throughout the school building.  The dress rehearsal wll take place on Wednesday, March 23rd at 9:30AM. We cannot wait to see [...]

Kimora Lee-Simmons Makes a Clean Difference at PS 208

Alain L. Locke welcomed a very special visitor this February.  Kimora Lee-Simmons came on behalf of Bounty’s Make a Clean Difference Campaign and helped clean-up our school.  You can enter our school into Bounty’s School Makeover Contest by visiting their Facebook page. View photos and read more about her visit from one of the many [...]

Perfect Attendance

Have you seen your name outside the main office?    Students with perfect attendance each month are featured on a special bulliten board.  Stop by and see if your name made the list! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

PS 208 Students and TerraCycle

Students at Alain L. Locke Elementary have been collecting items to recycle through TerraCycle’s campaign to “outsmart waste.”  Ms. Adebiyi’s class won the most recent competition by bringing in over 2,000 items!  Her class celebrated by having a day without school uniforms.  Learn more about the items we are collecting from TerraCycle’s website.  This competition [...]

Mary Poppins on Broadway

From reporter Shaniya: Three fifth grade classes went on their first senior trip to go see the famous nanny, Mary Poppins.  Those fifth grade classes had the best time ever seeing a Broadway sho!  Students were so excited that their eyes were stuck on the stage! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

Santa’s Visit Sponsored by Macy’s.com

Santa visited PS 208 last week to drop off a present for every student thanks to the generous donation of Macys.com. Here is a letter from fifth grader demonstrating the students’ appreciation: Dear Macy’s.com,   I thank you so much for buying us gifts and for making a great start for the holidays for us. I [...]

Art Projects on Display

Ricky reports: In art class, Mr. Baily taught students to make collage maps.  We used layers of certain paper to make it.  The papers are based on regions, like desert region, forest region, mountain region, etc. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

Fourth Grade Readers

News from Ms. Wardlow’s class: During Sept. & Oct.2010, students were shown many strategies to ensure success when reading books within a specific Zone of Proximal Development.  Students in Ms. Wardlow’s class 4-305 read several books and passed with 85% or higher, never failing any test at all! These six amazing readers were presented with [...]

Latino Heritage Celebration

Parents, students and staff particpated in last week’s Latino Heritage Celebration.  Lunch, dessert, and music was enjoyed by all! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

Awards Ceremonies at PS 208

Alain L. Locke Elementary School held awards ceremonies for all grades this month.  Students were recognized for outstanding achievement, improvement, and effort.  Special recognition was also given to students with perfect attendance! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post