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🎞️ 1st Outdoor Family Movie Night: Success! 🍿

Thank you to everyone who attended the first-ever PS 111 Outdoor Family Movie Night on Friday, 9/27!

Outdoor movie looking toward school.

Outdoor movie looking toward screen.

Outdoor movie looking toward school at night.

A huge thank you as well to the West Side Community Fund for awarding the PS 111 PTA a grant in support of our free family programming, and to our volunteers — who are all PS 111 parents — for organizing and running this event!

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🎞️ Outdoor Family Movie Night 9/27 🍿

Please join us for our outdoor Family Movie Night on Friday, 9/27 for a showing of Inside Out 2!

  • Free admission for the PS 111 community
  • Doors open 5:30
  • Movie starts ~6:20
  • Estimated end time is 8:10
  • This is an outdoor movie, held in the Large Yard. Blankets/towels to sit on are welcome. We'll also set up as many chairs as we can find.
  • Concession sales — drinks 🧃, pizza 🍕, fresh-popped popcorn 🍿, hand-pulled cotton candy — support free family programming at PS 111.
  • Subscribers to the PS 111 PTA email list will receive a discount code for half-priced popcorn!

Thank you to the West Side Community Fund for awarding the PS 111 PTA a grant in support of our free family programming, and to our volunteers — who are all PS 111 parents — for organizing and running this event!

📚 Book Fair 9/26 & 9/27 📔

Support the new PS 111 library!

We're holding a Book Fair on Thursday 9/26 & Friday 9/27!

All proceeds will be used to renovate and purchase books for the new school library. Scholastic is also generously donating 100 books to our library!

Students will shop with their classes on Thursday or Friday. Your teacher should reach out if your class is going, but if you don't hear from them, please contact us and we'll try to find out which day your child is going.

Payment methods: cash, Scholastic eWallet, credit/debit card, tap-to-pay.

Family shopping times:

  • 9/26: 2:45-3:30 (Lobby)
  • 9/27: 8:00-8:30 (Lobby)
  • 9/27: 2:45-3:30 (Large Yard)
  • 9/27: 5:30+ (Large Yard during Family Movie Night)
📽️ Movie Vote Results 🗳️

Inside Out 2 will be played at the PS 111 PTA's 9/27 Family Movie Night!

Round Inside Out 2 Despicable Me 4 If Encanto Vivo
1 28 16 15 5 5*
2 28 16 16 8 Out
3 32 20 16 Out Out
4 40 28 Out Out Out

* Vivo and Encanto tied in the first round. Vivo was eliminated, because it had more last-choice votes: 29-17.

Thank you to everyone who voted!

📽️ Movie Vote 🗳️

Date: Monday, September 16 through Friday, September 20

We're holding our first Family Movie Night on Friday, September 27 (time coming soon). Rank the movie options at https://ps111pta.org/vote!

All PS 111 community members are welcome to vote, including students, family members, and school staff.

PTA Meeting

Date: Wednesday, September 18, 9:15 am

We'll discuss the programs and projects that the PTA has planned for this year, including the renovation of our new school library!

An election for the Title I Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Chairperson and Alternate Chairperson will be held. All PS 111 parents/caregivers who are not school employees are eligible. Parents & caregivers, including those who are school employees, may also volunteer to serve as non-elected members of the PAC. Interested parents/caregivers can submit the Title I Willingness To Serve form to Principal Gilligan, or may announce their interest at the meeting.

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Wit & Wisdom Presentation 📚

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 pm

Learn about the new Wit & Wisdom literacy curriculum. For parents who were unable to attend the in-person Welcome Back night on Thursday, 9/12.

  • Zoom Link
  • Meeting ID: 912 9441 5420
  • Password: 111111