Monday, December 12, 2011

Family Winter Dance

Please join us for our second Family Dance this Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM. Light refreshments and a live DJ will provide an evening of family fun to celebrate the holiday season.

Admission is a ream of paper per person or $5.00 each. Contact Ms. Corley for tickets.

Thank you.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Barnes and Noble Night

Dear Families,

We are very proud to announce that the Holliswood School is sponsoring our annual Barnes and Nobles Fundraiser! The fundraiser will begin on Monday, December 5th and end Saturday, December 10th at the Fresh Meadows store on Union Turnpike. This in-store event was extremely successful last year because so many of you came out to support the school. Your participation was extraordinary and the Fresh Meadows store responded in kind by sharing a generous percentage of the total sales that were made during last year’s event with the school.

To further motivate the students to take part in the excitement, our staff has volunteered their time on Monday night from 4:30-6:30 p.m., to read aloud to the students and interact with the parents in a more social setting. Attached you will find the voucher that must be presented when you are making your final purchase if the school is going to benefit from your generosity. Please come, do some holiday shopping and share in what promises to be a truly enjoyable event.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Sincerely,



Jason Chin
Assistant Principal
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We are proud to announce our annual Barnes & Noble Bookfair will be taking place at the Fresh Meadows location on Monday, December 5, 2011. You will also have an opportunity to support us by shopping online from Monday, December 5, 2011 through Saturday, December 10, 2011. A percentage of your purchase made through www.bn.com/bookfairs will be contributed to our Bookfair. Here’s how:

• Be sure to use the web address above (www.bn.com/bookfairs) to do your online shopping.
• When you’ve finished selecting your purchases, click on your cart and begin the check-out process. On the payment page, there will be a section at the bottom that states Check Here If This Is a Bookfair Order. When you check the box, type in our bookfair ID number 10564912 in the required entry field.
• If you already have a BN.com account with a default payment method, you will only see a Checkout Summary screen. To add the Bookfair ID to the payment page, you will need to click on the Change button on the right-hand side of the Payment Section. This will take you back to the payment page, where you can enter our bookfair ID number 10564912.
• After placing your order, you can log back into your Order Summary Confirmation to check to see if the Bookfair ID number is listed on your order (10564912). If it is, everything was done correctly!
• If you do not see a Bookfair ID number (10564912), or if you realize that you placed your order without using our Bookfair ID number, please call Customer Service at 800-962-6177 as soon as possible. Provide your order number and our Bookfair ID number, and the representative will manually add your order to our Bookfair sales total.
• Please note that the purchase of some items such as gift cards, textbooks, magazines, etc. is excluded from Bookfair sales totals. For more information, check the FAQs on the www.bn.com/bookfairs home page.
Please feel free to forward this letter and our bookfair vouchers to any family and friends who would like to support our Bookfair as well.

Thanks again for supporting our Bookfair!

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About Parent Coordinator Phyllis Corley

My name is Phyllis Louise Lattimer-Corley. I am married and have one son.

I was the educational director of a day care center in Nassau County for sixteen years prior to the birth of my son. I planned to be a stay-at- home mom for five years until my son went to kindergarten. Well, that didn’t happen! I got involved in his elementary school, PS 178, first as a class parent, then in the library, and later became PTA president for three years.

When my son moved on to middle school at MS 74, I again took on the role of PTA president for two years. Gee, I guess I wasn’t really staying at home. My son, James is now a freshman at Binghamton University. I am fortunate to be writing this blog, as I enter my sixth year as parent coordinator of my son’s wonderful alma mater.

Welcome to our school family. I am looking forward to an exciting school year. There are so many fantastic activities that have been planned for both you and your child. I encourage all parents to be partners in your child’s school.
Ø Attend Parent Teacher Conferences
Ø Go to PTA Meetings
Ø Participate in Parent Workshops
Ø Volunteer to help at school events.

I am here to assist you in any way that I can. Please feel free to contact me with any concerns or just stop by for a cup of coffee.

Phyllis Corley,
Parent Coordinator

Corley's Corner

Corley's Corner
Parents and Staff turn out for Corley's Ladies' Night at Strike Long Island (November 2008)

Mrs. Corley gets ready to read at the Barnes and Noble Fundraiser Event

Parents and Staff participate in Corley's Cupcake Creations Parent Workshop


Our Student Council Gives Back!

Our Student Council Gives Back!
2009 Student Council President Chrysalis Terrado and her cabinet pose in front of dozens of toys donated by Holliswood families for our annual toy drive (December 2008)

Upcoming School Closings and Half Days


To view the official NYC Dept. of Education 2013-2014 School Calendar, visit


http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/D45BBFC5-BB4E-4C6B-ACE7-F7E15D8AA1BE/0/20132014SchoolYearCalendar.pdf

It is also anticipated that we will add half days for professional development for our faculty during the 2013-2014 school year (subject to UFT and PTA approval). An announcement will be made.



In the event of an emergency closing or delayed opening due to weather, please call 311 or watch your local news channels. When NYC public schools are closed, our school will be closed.















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