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!