Ms. Adebiyi has made sure to recognize hardworking readers at PS 208. See whose reading achievement has been celebrated on our first floor buliten board! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Did you see this special message in the Content in Arts Festival program? As of March 25th Victoria has read 2,514,641 words. Of the 16,000 students in New York City that participate in the Accelerated Reader Program, Alain L. Locke Elementary School is the home of the top student. Congratulations Victoria! Share on Facebook Tweet [...]
Congratulations are in order for Natasha, Mohammed and Victoria who have all read over one million words this year! Keep up the great work reading and quizzing on Accelerated Reader! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
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 [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to three hard working readers at Alain L. Locke Elementary School. Fifth graders Sami, Luis and Isaac have all joined Accelerated Reader’s “Million Words Read Club.” Over the course of the 2009-2010 school year these three students have finished enough books to read over one million words each! Share on Facebook Tweet This Post
Alain L. Locke Elementary has achieved Renaissance Learning’s Master status! Students at PS 208 have been busy reading and quizzing on books throughout the school year and have reached this goal for the first time. The Carmel Hill Fund Education Program has granted awards that will be used to sponsor trips, purchase supplies, and add new [...]
Two of the top readers at Alain L. Locke were invited to attend a luncheon held at Harlem’s Harriet Tubman School on January 28th. Sami and Erick met contest winners from across the United States at the event in addition to guests: Julianne Moore, Cokie Roberts and Randi Weingarten. Read more about this event at [...]