Thank You to Christmas Celebration Parent Volunteers

Dear Parent Volunteers,

I extend a huge THANK YOU on behalf of Dr. Taharally and HSA. From the gift selection, and gift wrapping, to the decoration committees, upper and lower grades volunteers, our collective forces was greatly rewarded with a wonderful celebration for our children. Today's Christmas Celebration was a great success. We could not have done it without you.

There is always room for improvement; to that end, we ask that you kindly give us some feedback and send suggestions on how we can better next year’s event.

Thank you and we wish you all a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
With regards,
Florence
VP, HSA

Pictures with Santa

Students of grades 1-4 had their picture taken with Santa during their Christmas party. You can see and download the pictures here:

Grade 1A
Grade 1B
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4

When you select an individual picture, there will be a link above the picture to 'download' the JPEG file.

School Expansion Meeting

On Tuesday, December 22nd at 8:30am, Father Nobiletti will be meeting with the parents to discuss the status of the expansion of the Transfiguration Elementary School. Although there is no official update at this time, we would like to encourage parents to attend to be part of the discussion regarding the expansion of the schools.

This affects all families regardless of what grade your child attends. Please make an effort to be part of the process.

The meeting will take place in the school.

Christmas Party - Planning Meeting

This Wednesday, HSA will be meeting in the school (on the 3rd floor) for our first Christmas Party Planning Meeting. The meeting will be from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM. Please join us if you can.

The Christmas Party will be held on Monday, December 21st.
Party for Grades 1-4: 9 AM - 11:30 AM
Party for Grades 5-8: 1 PM - 4 PM

If you can help on that day or can help us prior and haven't signed up, please let us know.

What do we need prior?
- Volunteers to hire entertainment. Know a good magician?
- Volunteers to purchase (or make) food / decorations.
- Volunteers to wrap gifts/prizes.

What do we need on that day?
- Volunteers to decorate
- Volunteers to serve food and assist teachers
- Volunteers to clean up

Hope to see you there!

Gift Cards - Deadline: Tuesday, Dec. 1

Many merchants are offering bonus contributions this month. Some of these are:

Barnes & Noble - - 11% (normally 9%)
Bath&Body Works-18%(normally 13%)
Gap - - - - - - - - - - 11% (normally 9%)
Lands End - - - - - 19% (normally 17%)
LL Bean - - - - - - - 17% (normally 15%)
Shutterfly - - - - - - 14% (normally 9%)
Sports Authority - -11% (normally 8%)
Starbucks - - - - - - - 9% (normally 7%)

Some merchants, such as AMC, are offering "bonus cash" gift cards. For $25, you will get a $27.50 gift card.

Check online (www.ShopWithScrip.com) for a complete list of merchants. Please make sure to review all terms and conditions for merchants not listed on the paper form.

Next Tuesday, Dec. 1, is the deadline for our last gift card order this year.

Thanks for your support!

HSA Meeting - Tuesday November 3rd 7:30am

The November Home School Association meeting is at 7:30am. All parents are welcome to attend. Topics for discussion will include planning for November and Christmas events.

Halloween Festivities - Friday October 30th, 2009

On Friday Morning at 10AM, Transfiguration Elementary and Transfiguration Kindergarten Schools will he holding its 2009 Halloween Parade through Chinatown. The parade will start at the Elementary School, go down Mosco Street toward Columbus Park. The path then proceeds north on Mulberry for two blocks. It will then turn right on Canal and right again on Mott Street and head back to the Elementary School. Mulberry Street and Mott Street will have traffic halted during the parade to allow the children to walk down the middle of the street.

At 1pm, the Elementary School will have its Costume Awards. Ms Grondahl, our Art teacher, will be selecting the best costumes with an emphasis on this year's theme of Being Green. Top awards will be given to creative costumes that make use of reused or recycled materials. Parents are
welcome to the show in the school auditorium.

First grade parent teacher breakfast

Thanks to Grace Lee-Hin, Fang Wang, Diana Leung, Susanna Cheng and Esther Li for helping with the first grade parent-teacher breakfast meeting. With the parents continued help, we hope that all HSA sponsored events will run as smoothly as this one.


Thank you!

New School Calendar 2009-2010

The school has updated the calendar with details for the entire year.

2009-2010 Calendar

Track

This past Sunday was a beautiful day for a run, and it was the Manhattan Bridge's 100th birthday. Thanks to Jack Maher and the rest of the volunteers!

Uniforms - Tuesday, 10/6 at 7:30 AM

The uniform representative will be at the school Tuesday (10/6) from 7:30 AM

HSA Scrip Fundraiser - Gift Cards are here!

All orders received by the morning of 9/29 (Tues) have been fulfilled. Please come by the school office during these times to collect your gift cards:
10/5 (Mon.) - 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
10/5 (Mon.) - 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
10/5 (Mon.) - 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM

10/7 (Wed.) - 7:30 AM to 8:00 AM
10/7 (Wed.) - 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
10/7 (Wed.) - 5:15 PM to 5:45 PM

Orders received after Tuesday morning have just been submitted. Check back during the week for updated status. Drop HSA an email if you have any questions.

Next order will be placed on October 30, 2009
- Checks must be received by October 26, 2009
- Cash payments must be received by 9 am on October 30, 2009

Transfiguration Scrip Fundraiser - Sign up for ShopWithScrip! It's easy!

Transfiguration families can now register and place their gift cards order online.

1. Go to www.ShopWithScrip.com, and click on "Create Account."

2. Follow the four steps and click "I Accept" - You *must* enter your name, email, student name and classroom information.

3. Enter Transfiguration's enrollment code (contact HSA for the code).

4. Click "Join"

After you place your order, print out the stub, write your check out to TRANSFIGURATION HSA and drop that off in the school. You will be notified when the gift cards arrive. Your order cannot be placed until your check is received.

Except as noted, the gift cards on the paper forms that were distributed do not have expiration dates. Please check all other cards for their terms and conditions prior to ordering. Some gift cards have expiration dates or deduct balances after a period of inactivity.

School Calendar 2009-2010

School will be closed on

9/25 Friday - Teachers' Conference Day
10/12 Monday - Columbus Day
11/11 Wednesday - Veterans' Day
11/26 Thursday - Thanksgiving
11/27 Friday - Thanksgiving
12/4 Friday - Teachers' Conference Day

12/23 - Wednesday - Christmas Recess
12/24 - Thursday - Christmas Recess
12/25 - Friday - Christmas Recess

12/28 - Monday - Christmas Recess
12/29 - Tuesday - Christmas Recess
12/30 - Wednesday - Christmas Recess
12/31 - Thursday - Christmas Recess
1/1 - Friday - Christmas Recess

1/18 Monday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

2/15 - Monday - Mid Winter Recess
2/16 - Tuesday - Mid Winter Recess
2/17 - Wednesday - Mid Winter Recess
2/18 - Thursday - Mid Winter Recess
2/19 - Friday - Mid Winter Recess

3/24 Wednesday - Teachers' Conference Day

4/1 - Thursday - Easter Recess
4/2 - Friday - Easter Recess

4/5 - Monday - Easter Recess
4/6 - Tuesday - Easter Recess
4/7 - Wednesday - Easter Recess
4/8 - Thursday - Easter Recess
4/9 - Friday - Easter Recess

5/31 Monday - Memorial Day

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Snow days - The school calendar includes 3 extra days to compensate for emergency school closings which may occur during winter. If we do not lose any days to snow, then school will be closed on the following days also:

5/28 - Friday
6/24 - Thursday
6/25 - Friday

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October Events

Upcoming Events for October

10/6, Tuesday - HSA Meeting. 7:30am in the Parish Office (center entrance of school)
10/12, Monday - Columbus Day - No School
10/16, Friday Morning - Grade 1 Parent / Teacher Breakfast
10/23, Friday - Health Day
10/30, Friday - School Halloween Celebrations

We will need a few parents for the Parent Breakfast to get food, set up and clean up. For Health day, we will need a number of parents to help out during the school day to check the kids weight, height and eyesight. The school Halloween parties will need setup, serving and cleanup help. There will also be a parade through Chinatown and the costume award ceremony

Weekend Sports - Track

Mr Maher is again running his weekend sports activities. Come by with your children and let your kids run around the track at the Murry Bergtraum Field at Cherry Street and Market Street, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge. The fun starts at 9:00am on Sundays, and goes on for the next 4 weeks.

Dress accordingly, and the kids should have a bottle of water.

Free American History Classes for 7th and 8th grades

Our seventh grade teacher, Mr. Fager would like to let the students and parents know of a free enrichment program provided by the Academy of American Studies, funded by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It is a Saturday morning program covering different topics in American History. Mr. Fager has distributed applications to the 7th grade class. Applications are due October 3rd!

For more information, you can check the website:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

mail applications to:
Maryanne Mulvihill, Director
Academy of American Studies
311 Salem Ave.
Spring Lake, NJ 07762

phone: 917-843-6456
fax: 732-449-6998

email: americanstudiesonsaturday@gmail.com

Fund raising Gift Cards

The HSA is selling gift cards to get classroom equipment. Your child should have brought home a form by which you can order gift cards from a large selection of stores. You can purchase a gift card at face value, and a percentage will go to the HSA so that we can purchase equipment for the school.

Your orders are due by Monday, September 28th.

HSA Meeting -Tuesday October 6th 7:30am

Reminder, the next HSA meeting is in two weeks. It is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th at 7:30 in the morning in the parish meeting room. We will be selecting a new HSA secretary and discussing upcoming events. If you have any items that you think belongs on the agenda, please let us know. The HSA email address is trans.hsa@gmail.com.

Thanks and see you soon!

October Events

Upcoming Events for October

10/6, Tuesday - HSA Meeting. 7:30am in the Parish Office (center entrance of school)
10/12, Monday - Columbus Day - No School
10/16, Friday Morning - Grade 1 Parent / Teacher Breakfast
10/23, Friday - Health Day
10/30, Friday - School Halloween Celebrations

We will need a few parents for the Parent Breakfast to get food, set up and clean up. For Health day, we will need a number of parents to help out during the school day to check the kids weight, height and eyesight. The school Halloween parties will need setup, serving and cleanup help. There will also be a parade through Chinatown and the costume award ceremony

Parents - Remember to return your HSA Parent Information and volunteer sheet

If you haven't already returned your sheet with your contact information and potential volunteer slots, please do so as soon as possible. You can place it in your child's folder to bring to school and the teacher will forward it to the HSA.

We will update this page with volunteer opportunities so if you see something you like, please contact us.

You can contact one of the board members or email: trans.hsa@gmail.com

Welcome Back

The parents and teachers of Transfiguration School would like to welcome everyone back from Summer vacation. Whether you spent your summer traveling or right here in the city, we hope you all had a pleasant time.

It's time for the children to get back to class and start a fresh new year of learning but it is also time for us to ask parents to help out.

We'll soon post some of the volunteer opportunities, so keep looking to this site for details.

Thanks and welcome back!

HSA Raffle Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of this year's HSA raffle.

First Prize: the family of Brian Wong (grade 6) $1000
Second Prize: the family of Kevin Zhen (grade 6) $500
Third Prize: the family of Maggie Liang (grade 1) $300

An extra special thanks to Brian Wong's family who has donated their prize to the school.

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T.E.A. Annual Fundraising Dinner

The 13th Annual Transfiguration Education Association Fundraising Dinner is coming soon. This year the theme is "Celebrating the New York Woman."

Friday, May 8th 2009.
Jing Fong Restaurant
$100 per ticket, $1000 per 10 seat table.

Click Here for more info and tickets
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Tribeca Film Festival - Family Festival Street Fair

Transfiguration HSA will be at the Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, May 2nd, 10AM-6PM.
We could use volunteers to staff the booth; please sign up in the school office if you can help.

And you're always welcome to drop by and say hello at the fair.

Click here for more on the Family Festival Street Fair
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