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General Information Schedule of Events 6:00PM - Doors open, silent auction begins 8:00PM - Live Auction 9:30PM - Silent auction ends About PS 199 .........................................................................................................................
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What is the Golden Gavel Auction Extravaganza?.................................................
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Message from your Principal..........................................................................................
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Message from your PTA President...............................................................................
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Message from your Auction Committee...................................................................
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Committee List/Corporate Sponsors/Parent Sponsors.......................................
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Donors & Sponsors.............................................................................................................
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Fund-A-Need info.................................................................................................................. 16 19
Signature Page........................................................................................................................
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Online Auction Information..............................................................................................
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Class Projects.........................................................................................................................
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Auction Rules.........................................................................................................................
Addendum
Live and Silent Auction Items...........................................................................................
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Contents
A Celebration of our Student Body...............................................................................
General Information Each year, PS 199’s PTA conducts an auction that contributes substantially to its annual budget. The Auction Committee for this year’s auction, The Golden Gavel Extravaganza, began working toward this evening almost one year ago, and tonight is the culmination of those extended and extensive efforts. Making this event a success is by no means a simple task, and the cost of failure would be grave. As you might expect, the Department of Education’s budget cuts and funding constraints directly impact children in their classrooms. Sustaining important and essential programs and services offered in the school requires an active and generous PTA, and that is where our auction truly shines.
The Golden Gavel
Proceeds from this Golden Gavel Extravaganza help our PTA provide our children with programs such as art, science and technology, class supplies, Wellness In The Schools, and even environmentally friendly lunch trays. The PTA enriches our kids’ education by funding many programs that would not exist without its support, such as the Lincoln Center Institute, Vital Theater, National Dance Institute, the Center for Architectural Foundation, Technology and Science programs, Chef Anne, and much more. PTA support in recent years spearheaded the installation of Smart Boards in all classrooms, laptop computer availability, and an additional Recess Coach. By being here tonight, bidding during the live and silent auctions or continuing the effort at the ongoing online auction, you’re contributing to the success of our children’s education. Every penny raised from the Auction directly contributes to the education of all our children, across all grades, and furthers the excellence of our school. The importance of PTA funding, made possible by the success of the Auction, as well as all the other fundraising efforts of the school, was clearly demonstrated when, for 2013, PS 199 was designated as a National Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education. At that time, PS 199 was the only public school elementary school given this distinction. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are The Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony was held during November 2013 in being made in students’ academic achievement. Washington, DC. Accepting the commemorative plaque for the school A National Blue Ribbon Schools flag overhead was our beloved 2nd Grade teacher, Peter Rockwitz. has become a mark of excellence in education recognized by everyone from parents to policy-makers in thousands of communities. Why does our school excel? An exemplary and dedicated team of teachers, administrators and support staff provide the backbone of PS 199’s success. Beyond that, parent involvement is what puts a good school on the path of greatness. Our active, supportive, and generous parent body provides the additional talent and resources that allow this higher level of student enrichment. We thank you for your generosity and the opportunity to continue to build the success of your school.
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PS 199,
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About PS 199
the Jesse Isador Straus School, is an exemplary, high-performing neighborhood K–5 elementary school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Our mission is to teach children to become lifelong learners, to strive for high standards and to appreciate the need for understanding and tolerance in our diverse world. Our school cultivates a rigorous learning environment ing in their children’s education. From hanging artwork in where children collaborate and hold themselves and each the hallway to helping with healthy cooking projects or atother accountable to the highest standards of perfortending class writing celebrations, parents are regularly inmance. Disciplined work habits and accountability become volved. Parents and staff see the value in working together personally meaningful to each member of our school and communicating every step of the way. This extended community. All of the staff members work so that each community drives our school forward. child feels safe, recognized and respected. Our school has many beloved traditions that involve Our foremost goal is to give all children access to a curriculum and community, including beginning and end wide repertoire of learning tools. We recognize that chilof year picnics, holiday celebrations, a Diversity festival, dren learn at different rates and in different ways. We and student publishing parties. There is also an annual day are constantly studying new approaches and refining our trip to historic Philadelphia for the fourth graders and a practices to meet the needs team-building 2-night trip to an of all our students. Our hetenvironmental education camp erogeneous classes hum with for our fifth graders. Reading purposeful conversations, in Buddies is a weekly program partnerships and small groups, where students in senior classgiving the students opportunies read to students in junior ties to hear from one anothclasses. It is a highlight of the er and revise their ideas after week for all students involved. considering new information Throughout the year, parents and various points of view. are welcomed into their chil We are also committed to dren’s classrooms to celebrate teaching our children to bestudent writing, view project come caring, responsible citbased museums, or see dance izens who will thrive in a diand chorus performances. verse society. We believe this PS 199 is proud to have is an important responsibility been the recipient of severof education. Our school buildal grants in recent years, aling is one of the first NYC barlowing us to weave hands on rier-free schools. As such, we technology instruction into provide a unique setting that the curriculum. We now have serves orthopedically chalan interactive whiteboard in lenged and learning-disabled students, offering a broad every classroom, giving teachers and students access to range of services to many students. Wherever possible, internet resources and visual learning experiences. We also special needs students join our regular education students received a grant to renovate our library and increase the for content area studies and enrichment classes. Our number of computers in the school. The 50-year-old facilstudent-to-student Mentoring Program pair general eduity was enhanced recently when the parent body raised cation and special needs students during regular school funds to create a beautiful outdoor garden that doubles as hours and twice a week after school. The long lasting bond an open-air classroom. formed between these students illustrates our greater PS 199 is an outstanding public elementary school in goal of teaching students to be caring individuals with rea vibrant neighborhood. The resources of New York City spect and empathy for everyone. play a vital role in the success of our children’s education. Each child’s social and emotional development is also PS 199 has partnerships with numerous arts organizations, considered a crucial aspect of our school life. Conflict including Vital Theatre, Lincoln Center Institute, National resolution strategies, including peer mediation, are taught Dance Institute, New York Philharmonic and Landmarks and integrated into the framework of our entire learning West. Teaching artists from these organizations enrich our community. Using a literacy-based program, we promote students’ lives by exposing them to different forms of art respect, community building, and teach awareness and unand creative expression. derstanding of feelings. PS 199’s outstanding academics and corresponding test A vital component of our success is parental involvescores, its links to the community and its focus on individment. The school is a collaboration between faculty, parual students make it a sought-after elementary school in ents and students. This is realized through our active School Manhattan. Our school motto, embraced by students, staff Leadership Team, Parent-Teacher Association and direct and families alike is: “Work Hard, Be Kind.” These words parent involvement. From the moment you walk through drive the work of our community every day. the doors of PS 199, you see parents actively participat-
Dr. Saju Mathew proud 199 parent and neighborhood orthodontist
General Information
Dear 199ers, Welcome to the annual PS 199 auction!
The Auction Committee has worked tirelessly all year to make this event a success. Class parents have worked with our children to create amazing class projects. These projects truly reflect how, when we pull together, we can make wonderful things happen. We are so close to the finish line, but the bottom line is that the success of this event depends on your willingness to bid, so please do! On behalf of our children and staff, I thank you for your support! Yours,
Louise Xerri Principal
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Tonight we celebrate all the wonderful things we love about our community: our students’ love for learning, our teachers’ love for teaching, and our families’ love for giving. These are the things that make our school such a wonderful place. PS 199 would not be what it is were it not for the dedication of families supporting our school.
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Letters & Recognition
Dear Friends Welcome to a special evening celebrating our wonderful school and community. The Golden Gavel highlights the breadth of passion, dedication and talent of our school community. The event is a culmination of more than a year’s work by our Auction Co Chair, the Auction Committee, the Class project team leaders, class parents and countless volunteers. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
When you support the auction and our sponsors, you are supporting Louise, our teachers, our staff and everything the PTA does to enrich the educational experience of all our children. PS199 is a special place. Its so much more than an elementary school. Our children are excited each morning to learn, our staff are passionate about teaching and our parents appreciate the value of community and engagement. The PTA is proud of its role in supporting PS199 and the Auction is critical to our ability to do what we do. Have fun, bid generously and often and remember where your dollars are going!
Eric Shuffler and the entire PS 199 PTA Executive Board
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A special shout out to our teachers and staff for their willingness to contribute their personal time as auction items. The teacher and staff play dates are always a huge hit and another reminder of how fortunate we are to have a staff that willingly goes above and beyond.
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Letters & Recognition
Dear PS 199 Friends: We are delighted to present our 2015 Golden Gavel Auction Extravaganza.
We have received many incredible donations, and you will surely find a number of “must have” items among the live, silent and online auctions. Please help us achieve the necessary fundraising goals by carefully reviewing the items available for bid and participating enthusiastically in the live, silent and online auctions. The online auction continues even after the live event, see page 39 for more information and bid, bid, bid! As you know, we asked each class to participate in this program, and we’re proud to announce that every class contributed by submitting a “class ad.” In doing so, we’ve created a bit of a yearbook, and we suggest you share this with your kids and encourage them to have their classmates leave them a message of the year for them on page 38. Our auction committee is a dedicated team of communication and marketing experts, solicitation bulldogs, organizational wizards, and many other talented individuals who have worked tirelessly through the year to make all of this happen. I am most grateful for their professionalism, energy and friendship, and I encourage you to join our team if you are looking for a rewarding way to be more involved in the school. A tremendous thank you to all the Auction supporters amongst the PS 199 community: Our parents, teachers, staff, students, friends, family, sponsors and advertisers. We thank you, our gold medal parents, for your generosity. Enjoy the evening!
Kathy Sayko Auction Committee Chair
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From your Auction Committee
The Auction is all about our kids - PS 199’s kids - and the road we pave for their success. We are very fortunate to be a part of an exceptional school with an energetic PTA. Together, these two entities combine to continually build, enhance and expand the opportunities our children have for growth. Of course, none of that comes without a cost, and the proceeds from this event fund the majority of the PTA’s annual budget. Your generosity is what allows PS 199 to provide the essential support and beloved enrichment programs our children and teachers need and use every day.
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General Information THE 2014 GOLDEN GAVEL AUCTION COMMITTEE
A special thank you to: Eric Shuffler, PTA President Louise Xerri, Principal Joshua Griffiths, Assistant Principal Allison Sansoucie, Parent Coordinator CORPORATE SPONSORS* Lead Sponsor: Spring Lake Day Camp Hudson River Orthodontics, PC Ramapo Country Day Camp
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Sports & Stuff UrbanSitters EVENT SUPPORTERS*
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PARENT SPONSORS* Gold Parent Sponsorships Denise and Russell Fink Parents of Anoushka and Aahan Shah Ersin and Magda Karaoglu Jon Fish and Sharon Stulberg Paul and Laura Adams Kathy Sayko and Drew Klopp Jessica and Jeffrey Dvorett Lara and Scott Bursor Angeline Huang and Mark Higgins Nina Patel and Chat Joglekar Nancy and Eric Gray Paulomi Shah and Dan Katzive Steven and Bethany Friedman Lori and Roger Miller Silver Parent Sponsorships Gabriel Weintraub and Daniela San Martin Betsy and Steven Hart Ben Mandel and Ana Frischtak Eric Shuffler and Amy Bressler Michelle and Jason Levin Katherine Bruck and Tom Hourican Daniel and Stephanie Becker Yaw Debrah and Yelena Averbukh Robert and Corrine Glass
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Committee & Sponsors
Committee Chair: Kathy Sayko Special Advisors: Eve Fogel, Dana Grant, Ann Nioche Class Projects: Tuyen Lehmann, Ellen Schultz Communications, Graphic Design & Catalogue Preparation: Michael Vooss / Vooss Hanemann Associates, Inc. Donations: Lara Bursor Live Event Coordinators: Kathy Morganstern, Renee Eanes Corporate Sponsorships: Liz Rifas, Wendy Hutter Parent Sponsorships: Wendy Gregory, Simon Letchford Registration & Technology: Phil Belena, Debra Belena Solicitations: Angeline Huang Advertising Coordination: Sean Baccei, Andrea Steincamp 50/50 Raffle: Ed Aldridge Social Media: Jason Sickle Event Master of Ceremonies: Simon Letchford Our Support Team Superstars: Marianna Huang, Jennifer Zana, Nadine Gerber, Holly Zinn, Michele Riggio, Victoria Micalizzi, Lisa Shulman, Marissa Reed, all of PS199’s dedicated Class Parents and Auction Project Leaders...and the countless other volunteers who help make this event possible.
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Letters & Recognition Central Park West Pediatric Dentistry Century 21 Department Store City Sculpting Clarins Skin Spa Classic Kids Photography ClassPass Contemporary Posters Coty Perfumes Cozy’s Cuts for Kids Day Camp in the Park Dina Berrin Discovery Programs Dot Doughnut Plant Dovetail Drybar Eastside Westside Music Together Eaton Magic Creations, Inc. Ed Cotler Ed’s Chowder House Embrace Your Space NYC Emily Stark Equinox Eric Shuffler ESF Summer Camps European Wax Center Evan Kraut Eve Fogel Exhale Spa Felice & Aaron Dannenberg FitRxN Fly Yoga Arts Frames Bowling Lounge Francesco’s Pizzeria & Restaurant Fred’s French Institute Alliance Francaise Fresh Produce Clothing Gate Hill Day Camp Grandaisy Bakery Greenwood Trails Hampshire Country Club Handcrafted Portraits Hands On! A Musical Experience Harmony By Karate Hearst San Simeon State Historical
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Monument Holly Zinn Hookline Fishing Company Hotel Beacon Hugh & Crye ibidPREP Imagine Swimming Jacqui Brown Janis Chakler Skin Care JCC Day Camp @ Pearl River JCC Manhattan Joanna Vargas Salon JoEllen Schuleman Jonathan Adler Jordi’s Gym Karen deVries Kathy Sayko Kaufman Music Center Kenneth Chen Portraits Keys to Literacy Kids Creative Kids of Summer Sports Kolorbar Kramer Portraits Krav Maga Academy KT Collection Inc. Kuncio Orthodontics L’OCCITANE La Maison Maille Launch Math + Science Centers LAURA MOUNT Levain Bakery Liberty Science Center Lincoln Center Corporate Fund Lincoln Square Steak Ling Skin Care Lisa Kressler-Robles Little Me Live with Kelly & Michael Looney Louie Lori Sunshine Lucy Keiz and Tom Smith Madison Square Garden Magnolia Bakery Maker State April 25, 2015 ∙ BB King Blues Club
Donors and Sponsors
16 Handles 54 Below 57th Street Chiropractic & Family Wellness Center 92Y Camps Adam Friedman Ahern Contractors Allison and Steve Yacker Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Amanda Rabain Amy Goffin Amy’s Bread Anat Almani Andy & Frances Rentmeester Angel Feet Anomaly Jewelry apple seeds Arts in Action Visual Art Program Asphalt Green Athleta Aveda Vandam Salon Ballet Academy East Ballibay Camps BB King Blues Club Berkshire Hills Eisenberg BFX Studio Big Apple Pediatrics Bikram Yoga NYC Book Culture Bowlmor Lanes Bracetown Bradford Portraits Brendan Beseda Brick Kiln Kitchens LLC Brigitte Nioche Broadway Smiles Pediatric Dentistry Brooklyn Academy of Music Bulldog Ball Club Camp Canine NY LLC Camp Hillard Camp Lenox Camp Waziyatah Campbell Music Studio Candle Cafe West Central Park TKD
You can still be a winner even after the live bidding is over... Fund-A-Need continues at the Online Auction! Fund-A-Need for Science Computers An energetic and engaging science program is one of the cornerstones of the education our children receive at PS199. To support this program, our goal is to purchase 15 laptop computers, plus accessories, dedicated solely to enhance the teaching capabilities of our our Science teacher with our children. Fund-A-Need has set a goal of $10,000 to support this PTA initiative. Help fund this initiative by pledging to Fund-A-Need in the Online Auction.
Donations to Fund-A-Need may be made during the Online Auction or by check to PS 199 PTA with “Fund-A-Need� noted in the memo.
A special thank you to those who donated their products to help make our evening a success:
Letters & Recognition Pediatric Dentistry of New York Photos.com By Getty Images Physique 57 Physique Swim School Pink Berry Play On! Studios Pole Position Raceway Pomodoro Rosso Posies Prenatal Yoga Center Private Picassos Pusteblume International Preschool Rachel Baer Rainbow Room Rebecca Krein Red Farm Restaurant Retail Group of America Rituals Cosmetics Riverside Clay Tennis Association Riverside Music Studios Riverside Park Conservancy Robert Stuart Salon Robofun Rocking Horse Cafe Rodan + Fields Skin Care Rosalinde Block Rutgers Community Programs S. J. Kim’s Taekwon-Do Sarah Ball + Sunshine Osterman Scentbird Scott J Aveda Sea Glass Fine Art Photography Serious Strength Shake Shack Shauna Fitzgibbons SIGNATURE THEATRE Silver Music Simply Sports Smooth Synergy Cosmedical Spa Soul Cycle Sound Body & Soul Sphatika International LLC Sports & Stuff Spring Lake Day Camp Sprinkles Cupcakes
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Stacey’s Music Hub Stacy Silver Stoopher & Boots Style Solution Seven Super Soccer Stars Susan Nason Synergy Education, Inc. Tavern on the Green Telepan The Baseball Center NYC The Craft Studio The Downtown Grocery The Duplex Cabaret Theatre The Hermitage Club The Lion King (cast member) The Little Orchestra Society The Muffins Shop The New Victory Theater The Vegliante Family Tom Ford Beauty Tony’s Dinapoli Todd Wernstrom Topal/Orthodotics Total Kids Developmental Pediatric Resources Trollbeads Trump Rick Skating School Tweed Wolf Umansky Chiropractic Union Park UrbanSitter Urgent Care Manhattan Vanderbilt Tennis Club Virgo Pilates Voilà Chocolat WABC Walt Disney World Warren Tricomi Salon Wendy Williams Show West Side Kids West Side Orthodontics yogaworks Yogi Beans Yorkville Youth Athletic Association
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MakerBot Manhattan Fencing Center Manhattan NYC, Affinia Hotel Manhattan Plaza Health Club: Climbing Gym Marcy Dawson the Trainer Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Matthew and Gayle Slonim MelissaShops4U Mercer Tool Corp Michael Grenert Michelle Hill Michelle Tessler Micro Kickboard Mille-feuille Bakery Modern Martial Arts Modern Pinball NYC Moet Hennessy USA Mohawk Day Camp and Country Day School Mohawk Mountain MOMOYA Moscow 57 Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden My Gym Lincoln Center NBC New York Chiropractic Life Center New York City Football Club New York Mets New York Philharmonic Next Generation Dental Nora Daly Filippi NY Kids Club NYC Elite Gymnastics Olga Bakic Architect OneClique P.J. Clarke’s P.S.199 PTA Pain d’Epices Paper Mill Playhouse Paper Source Parents League of NY Peacefood Cafe Pediatric & Adolescent Dentistry
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Celebrating our 2014 -15 Student Body
The Families of K-106 would like to thank Chelsea Steiner, Miss Denise and the staff of PS 199 for a wonderful first year at school. Your fantastic teaching style, bright spirit, and infectious smile inspires K-108 to do great! Thanks Ms. Moulton for going the extra mile!
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K-110 Thank you to our wonderful children for learning and growing! Thanks to Ms. Sharpe and Maria for all they have done for our children!! ★
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Thank you, Mr. Gonzalez and Victoria, for an amazing kindergarten year. We are grateful. You both inspire and encourage our children to want to learn, read, write, and count. They have become good listeners, better sharers, good friends, inquisitive thinkers and generous spirits. Thank you for your patience, guidance, dedication and kindness this year. Love, K-114 and their families
THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR. WE LOVE PS 199! Much love from your K-112 families
Miss Zucker and Miss Yvonne Thank you for your incredible kindness and for a wonderful kindergarten experience. You’ve taught our children to read, to be a friend, to take an interest in our world, and to be an all around good person. We are so grateful for all that you do! Love, Class K-116 and their families
Ms. Janet and Ms. Mimi, Thank you for the dedication, patience, hard work and love you show our children every day. K-118 Students, We are so proud of each and every one of you! Keep up the great work! From the Parents of K-118
Thank you Melissa Katzman for your amazing work with our children, we really appreciate all your hard work! Class 212: You’ve made such progress and learned so much this year, we’re so proud of you! - Class 1-212 Parents
To our extended 1-214 family - students, parents and our incredible leader Ms Jo Ann - thank you from the bottom of our hearts for a terrific school year! We are forever grateful for this experience!
Congratulations to PS199 and THANK YOU to Nancy Deakin for making our First Grade year so special.
Your patience and dedication to your students is unmatched. With much love, admiration and appreciation, The 2014-2015 Class (& their families!) Aarav, Annemarie, Bryce, Chayse, Daniel, Fifi, Guy, Ian, Jack, Joel, Katelyn, Ketan, Leah, Lila, Mackenzie, Mina, Nicolas, PJ, Simon, Sophia, Strine, Woojin, Ysabel and Zachary.
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you’ll learn, the more places you’ll go!” – Dr. Seuss Ms. Melissa Fields: our loving, tireless and creative first grade teacher. From A to Z, to double digits and all the community building values in between. Thank you for all you do.
Thanks to Ms. Vatkina and all of our teachers for making PS199 so special. You amaze and inspire our children! - Proud Parents of 1-220
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2014/2015 Congratulations to our 2nd graders on a great year of exploring & learning while having fun! Thank you Mr. Rockwitz for all your hard work! With Love, The parents of class 2-206
Thank you for a wonderful year Pat! From the students and parents of 2-234. hercrew crew say to PS Ms. Ms. LeahLeah andand her sayTHANK THANKYOU YOU to 199! PS 199! It’s been a greatyear year ofoflaughing andand learning! It’s been a great laughing learning!
Miss Becker and Gigi Thank you for creating a wonderful 3rd grade experience for our children! You’ve taught them a tremendous amount and they’ve had lots of fun while learning. You’ve prepared them to be independent and organized. We are grateful for all that you do! Love, Class 3-316 and their families
Thank you Ms. Baer for a great year in 3rd grade! Welcome back Doris! From the 3-318 students and their families
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Ms. Silver thanks for all you do and keeping it silly! Love, Your Silver Stars
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Thanks to our hardworking third graders and our very hardworking teacher, Mr. Miller. Proudly, The Parents of 3-322
MLK once said “...the function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.� Ms. Chung embodies these words. Thanks, Ms. Chung, for all of your inspiration!
Class 4-308 would like to thank Miss Paulenoff for a wonderful year!
Thank you, Mr. Beseda, for a wonderful year of learning! - Class 4-310 & our families
Thank you, Mr. Beseda, for a wonderful year of learning! - Class 4-310 & our families
Class 5-324 would like to Thank You, Ms. Shapiro for your impeccable, exceptional, and truly remarkable teaching career at PS 199. With Love and Gratitude For Our Wonderful Year at PS 199! The Families of Class 5-324 2014-2015 Elaine Shapiro Legendary in Your Field Awarded Blackboard in 2009 In Brooklyn Started Teaching 1st - 6th Nineteen Eighty Six Began at 199 Excellent, Exemplary, Exquisite
Started teaching 46 years ago Highly Motivated Awesome at Preparing Students for Admissions to Middle School PS 199 5th Grade Teacher Incredible Instructor Rigorous Teaching Outstanding Educator
Thank you, Ms. Binkowitz!
5-328 Ms. Cione, thank you for an amazing “senior” year!
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To the graduates: “You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!” - Dr. Seuss
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The students of 5-332 are so thankful for their time at PS 199, and for the years filled with friendship, fun, learning and love! We are especially thankful for Mrs. Rosenbaum and Ms. Morillo for a great final year and for teaching us every day what it means to WORK HARD, BE KIND.
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Messages from your classmates
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Don’t Forget the Online Auction!
You must register with Bidding Owl www.biddingowl.com before you can place any bids. The closing times of items are staggered to give everyone a chance to follow and bid on multiple items. Here are the closing times for the various categories: 9:45 pm - For Kids, For Your Pet, Memberships, Travel 9:47 pm - Food & Drink, Jewelry & Accessories, Kids Sports Classes 9:50 pm - Entertainment, Kids Parties, Sports 9:53 pm - Gift Cards, Health & Fitness, 9:55 pm - Kids Classes, Miscellaneous, Professional Services 9:57 pm - Electronics, Spa & Beauty, Summer Camps 10:00 pm - Dining, Kids Education Classes, Unique Experiences
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Online Auction
It doesn’t matter whether you bid up a storm or struck out trying, there are still plenty of items waiting for you at our Online Auction, which began April 14th and will be up and running until April 29th at 10:00 PM.
Auction Items
The Class Auction Projects
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he class auction project is an integral part of our biggest fundraising event of the year. Parents are asked to volunteer their time and talent to lead their child’s class project, and every year the display of community and creativity is astounding. As you might expect, this year was no exception. The class project is an original work of art that is a collaboration between the parent project leaders, students, and their teachers. This year, these works took the form of quilts, unique framed paintings, infinite swirls of paper, rubbed copper, and even personalized board games, to name a few. Not only did the project teams receive a lot of help and support from all our wonderful teachers during class time, but some also benefited from the creative support of our art teachers Ms. Dau and Ms. Hill.
Class Projects
The inspiration for these works of art often come from the children’s classroom community, their studies, their collective interests, or simply their pride in PS199. Our school motto of “Work Hard, Be Kind” has been a recurring theme in projects past and present, with each original piece representing the children’s interpretation of what it means to them. Each creation is oneof-a-kind and priceless, and represents your chance to take home a keepsake your child learned from, helped create, and will surely cherish for years to come.
Each year, each K-4 class learns to work together to build a project they take great pride in. The Auction Projects become a vehicle for learning, teamwork, and personal development.
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K-106 Ms. Steiner
K-112 Ms. Rosen
ABCs as Spelled by Me
Wish Upon A Star
It all started when the children learned the ABC song, then learned to recognize the letters. Next came writing, followed by reading letters and now the kids are making letters themselves. The entire class got together and used their bodies to spell out all 26 letters of the alphabet. You are bidding on this one of a kind framed photo collage.
25 wishes secretly written inside the coiled silvery paper by 25 artists finishes off this stunning collage and paper quilling masterpiece of the solar system. In addition there is a wax sealed document listing all the children’s wishes.
K-108 Ms. Moulton
K-114 Mr. Gonzalez
Our Faces
Our World A 24 x24 poster of The Planet Earth was cut up into 36 squares. Each child (25) and 2 teachers=27 reproduced with paint a 4 x 4 square of the poster randomly. We then put the 27 pieces back together including 9 pieces of the original Earth poster like a puzzle. It created a mosaic effect. Our Earth by K-114 was created!
K-110 Ms. Sharpe
K-116 Ms. Zucker
Upper Westside Busytown
Bookland
Inspired by Richard Scarry’s Busytown, the kids of K-110 each drew a “silly-mobile”. Photos of the children were then photoshopped into each drawing so that they are all “driving” their own cars. Their car illustrations were then used to create a “Car Catalog” which gives important details such as the car’s name, fuel preference, and its special features. These silly-mobiles were made into magnets so they can drive around the Upper West Side on a framed 23 x 30 magnetic illustration of their own Busytown neighborhood for interactive fun! The 2015 PS199 PTA Golden Gavel Extravaganza
K-116 has created a collaborative painting inspired by the books they have read in class. The children created a list of their favorite story book characters and each child selected one to illustrate and then created individual original watercolor renditions of their selected character. The characters were cut out and collaged into one large art piece- a story book land- where all of their favorite characters come together.
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Class Projects
Each student etched a selfportrait, chose the color they wanted to use and used a printmaking technique to create prints of their etched portraits. The adjectives are the words the students gave when asked “How would you describe yours and your friends’ faces?” The end product is a collage of 25 self portraits of kindergarteners printed in the colors they chose and surrounded by words they think best describes theirs and their peers’ faces.
Class Projects
K-118 Ms. Yablonsky
1-216 Ms. Deakin
Hexagon Watercolor Study
I Thumb NYC
Through art, children share their feelings in a way that evokes emotion to those that view it. This watercolor study allowed our children to express their confidence and curiosity; as primary colors are intertwined to create a new colors, shapes and spaces. The combinations of these individual hexagons, painted by our K-118 artists together created this beautiful watercolor study piece.
A vibrant NYC Skyline thumb printed by the children of Grade 1-216. Each child was assigned a distinct paint color to imprint their thumbs over a NYC Skyline silhouette. The legend at the bottom of the skyline identify each child’s thumb print. The mounted and framed art work measures 51”x18”.
1-212 Ms. Katzman
1-218 Ms. Fields
Sunshine Hands
Left our Mark in NYC
Sunshine Hands is a wall fixture made of watercolor paint on watercolor paper, by Ms. Katzman’s class of 27 children. Each child drew and cut out the outline of their right hand on watercolor paper. The children painted and used glitter powder to color their hands, which were fixed into a sun shape with the palm pointing towards the center of the sun and the fingers pointing outward. This piece combines the beauty of the 1st Graders’ little hands evoking innocence, sweetness, creativity, growing desire for independence, with the warmth of the sun shining and allowing life in its surroundings, as well as the notion of reaching for infinity.
This original thumbprint skyline of NYC (12”x24” canvas) is a dynamic and colorful representation of our beloved city as well as a study in collaboration: each member of our class imprinted a unique mark making this a one-of-a-kind skyline. Accompanied by an 11”x14” Photo/Art Book, a curated collection of our artwork and documents our year of learning, celebrating and cultivating community in 1-218.
1-214 Ms. Jiminez
1-120 Ms. Vatkina
The World’s Future Leaders
The Quilt with No Pictures
Ms. Joann started the year with each artist drawing a self portrait. Lessons throughout the year centered around the school motto of “WORK HARD BE KIND”. Later in the year, each artist created a “new” self portrait to show how they have changed. This piece was created with each artist’s recent self portrait framing the school motto to remind us that “working hard” and “being kind” is part of who we are. Each child, with their reading partner, decorated a letter using beads of different colors combined for a beautiful pictorial representation of who and how our future leaders are...and are meant to behave. The 2015 PS199 PTA Golden Gavel Extravaganza
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Inspired by one of our favorite books, The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak, we made a cozy quilt with all of our favorite funny words from the book. Each child (and our teachers, too!) decorated one square of the quilt and they are sewn together to tell the hilarious story. The hardest part was not to draw any pictures! It’s a beautiful memory of first grade and all the fun we had laughing together with Ms. Vatkina. Bonk.
April 25, 2015 ∙ BB King Blues Club
1-222 Mr. Fisher
2-208 Ms. Hall
Roots and Wings
Popsicle Art
Class 1-222 created two collaborative pieces for project ‘Roots and Wings’. It consists of a 22x28” framed art work in which the children finger-painted birds in a rainbow colored theme. The birds depict our children, to whom we can give two things - Roots (i.e. firm foundation) and Wings (i.e. independence and confidence).The children also researched birds and plants beginning with their assigned alphabet. Their research along with their finger prints are shown in the accompanying book.
For this one-ofa-kind work of art, the students in Ms. Hall’s second grade class created their own designs on a small scale using popsicle sticks. Assembled together, the finished product is a reflection of each child’s individual contribution and the warmth and vitality of the classroom community.
2-210 Ms. Egger Color Explosion! Ms. Eggers 2nd graders embarked on a fantastic journey of worlds and color. Each child worked in teams on this beautifully, straw-blown, painted creation on 25x30 canvas.
A Study of My 2nd Grade Self The project is a beautiful wall hanging hand made by Ms. Rabain’s class, including the teachers. It is a 3-dimensional form of their 2nd grade selves, an exploration of how they see themselves and how they experience their surroundings-the beads symbolize all of life’s joys: each cushion has a hand drawn portrait and a name on the back. It measures approx 3’X5’.
2-234 Ms. Bleichman Color Explosion!
2-206 Mr. Rockwitz Who Is It? Enjoy this faceguessing game, featuring the kids of 2-206! The perfect board game, for two players. Guess your opponent’s card by asking yes and no questions and eliminating the wrong faces. Laughs and fun guaranteed! The 2015 PS199 PTA Golden Gavel Extravaganza
The children of class 234 worked both independently and in groups to make shapes with their bodies that they could use to form letters, and then those letters created a sentence.. In Pat’s class they all practice to Work Hard and Be Kind, so this is a special “One Of A Kind 24 x 36 original wrapped canvas of their collaborative efforts. All 29 children are represented and each childs name is included in scripted calligraphy in this timeless remembrance of 2nd grade in Pat Bleichman’s class. ∙ 43 ∙
April 25, 2015 ∙ BB King Blues Club
Class Projects
2-202 Ms. Rabain
3-312 Ms. Lapide
3-320 Ms. Silver
Interpretation of a Faith Ringgold quilt
Silver and Gold
The project is a felt quilt which was inspired by the artist Faith Ringgold, known for her quilts that tell stories about her family life.The children made a quilt based on the animals that they have been studying in their social studies unit on Brazil. Each child sewed one rectangle with his/hers animal in it and their initials. Then all pieces were assembled together in one amazing artwork. This art piece was made 100% by the children under the artistic direction of Michelle Hill and the collaboration of Ms Lapide on the animals search and study.
Class Projects
3-316 Ms. Becker
3-322 Mr. Miller The Strength of a Penny
Circles of Wonder Playful shapes collide in Ms. Becker’s Circles of Wonder! The kids were given blank circles and squares on which to design their very own geometric creations. See them collide and play off one another - all on a stunning silver backdrop! Each child’s creation is made from card stock, felt, colored pencil and Sharpie and is discretely labeled with each child’s name.
Inspired by Andy Warhol’s repeated imagery, each child “discovered” their penny using the technique of copper foiling. The artists rubbed a square of copper until either a “head” or “tail” was revealed. Each then chose a word that has to do with Philanthropy, which Mr. Miller focused on this year, and “signed” their work with a word which reminds us that each single penny - when gathered together - can make a profound difference. Each copper piece was wrapped around another canvas and laid out in a repeated image to show the different ways combined pennies can make a difference. 4-302 Ms. Rosenbloom
3-318 Ms. Baer
Guess who?
World Wide Web Using just nails, a board and string, the children of class 3-318 collaborated to create this oneof-a-kind map of the 7 continents. After studying the world map with Ms. Baer, each student was able to identify the continent he or she was working on. Working in small groups we discussed our own world travels while stringing together this unique project inspired by the third grade curriculum. Beautifully presented in its own custom frame, ready to hang in your home. The 2015 PS199 PTA Golden Gavel Extravaganza
Ms. Silver’s class focused on the positive contribution of trees, bringing beauty, clean air, shade and many other things to our lives. To celebrate these gifts, the kids created leaves out of gold foil and penciled in details to create an embossed effect. The leaves were then mounted on beautiful stretched silk to form a tree. In addition to this framed 20x24 inch wall art, the kids compiled a book about what trees mean to them. Some share poems, others share stories, and others describe particular kinds of trees. The kids then added illustrations to complement their writing!
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A personalized game based on all of the members of their classroom community, players secretly select one character and try to be the first to guess who their opponent picked. Yes or no questions narrow the possibilities until a guess is made. Our personalized game includes 2 game consoles, 48 console cards and 48 choose cards, for two players, ages 6 and up. Based on an award-winning game by Pressman Toys. April 25, 2015 ∙ BB King Blues Club
4-304 Ms. Gregorek
4-308 Ms. Paulenoff
Twister
Freedom
Add a 4-306 twist of fun to any playdate, party or family night with the classic game that ties you up in knots! Give the spinner a whirl as you try to keep your hands and feet on the mat! Right foot on Noah! Left foot on Alexa! Left hand on Ms Gregorek...! If you fall over, you’re out. Be the last player standing to win!
We asked the kids to write and draw what freedom means to them. Their drawings and pictures are inserted into the book and their phrases have been recreated and attached to the inside covers of the book.
4-306 Ms. Chung
4-310 Mr. Beseda
Central Park Cut Outs
Our New York Minute The children of 4-310 have certainly done it this time. Mr. Beseda’s class came together to create a fabulous multimedia masterpiece. The project highlights our great City of New York. Inspired by our urban landscape, the children produced unique graffiti tags, whimsical painted cars and an awesome mosaic of the skyline, and, in doing so, brought to life our beloved city for some lucky family to hang on their wall.
Class 120 Ms. Thorne
Class 126 Ms. McRae
Honk For Peace
Rolling Together
Honk for Peace makes us all wish the road to peace was as colorful and bright as this one! Children created the shape of a peace sign using Hot Wheels. They then used Copic markers to form the rainbow road, and applied detachable Hot Wheel cars to create the sculpture. Sculpture is 28” square on 3mm Dibond. A special thanks to W. Miller, A. Nioche, and the children of 120 for helping with this project. Everyone is welcome to bid on this school project! The 2015 PS199 PTA Golden Gavel Extravaganza
Rolling Together symbolizes the journey that we all take on the roller coaster of LIFE. Though our paths may be different, and our turns not the same, we all roll together. We are all on the same ride! Children created beads out of wool and arranged them on copper wire. The arrangement of the beads symbolize the stages in life. Rolling Together reminds us, that although we may each roll differently, we are meant to roll along together! 12”x15”x3” Museum quality acrylic frame. A special thanks to A. Nioche and the children of 126 for helping with this project. Everyone is welcome to bid on this school project! ∙ 45 ∙
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Class Projects
Influenced by Henri Matisse’s cut-out works of the mid20th century, Ms. Chung’s students were shown a picture of Central Park and groups were asked to choose to cut out buildings, trees, sky or grass. The scissors went flying and the students created their interpretation of the picture from colored construction paper.
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