Fundraising & Community Events
There are many exciting opportunities to volunteer at MS 54. Parent involvement is critical to many of the great events and fundraising efforts at the school. We are counting on you to lend a hand. Volunteer by emailing the PTA at pta@ms54pta.org. We need your help!
2012 Auction - STUDIO MS54
School Store
Magazine & Gift Drive
Donate to the Pledge Drive
Shop To Support MS 54
More Exciting MS 54 Community Events
Bake sales are an easy way for parents to get involved, whether by baking delicious treats or by manning the bake sale table during evening school events. Any money raised at school bake sales goes directly to the school. Volunteer by contacting Michele Abrash at mmmmenzies@gmail.com.
Raise money for our school by watching great New York International Children's Film Festival films this fall/winter! For every ticket purchased, NYICFF donates $2 back to the MS 54 PTA!
To buy tickets and raise money for our school simply:
- Go to www.gkids.com to check out the film schedule and order tickets
- Click on "Tickets"
- Select our school from the "Select My School" Menu - IMPORTANT!!!!
- Purchase tickets
Plans are underway for 2012! We could use your help organizing the Staff Talent Show, March Madness Basketball Tournament, Spring Walk-A-Thon, Soul Cycle event, and much more! If you have questions, or can give some help to the ongoing Grants Committee, please e-mail: Liz Bruder-Frydman.
January News
• RACE TO NOWHERE screening at PTA meeting: January 17
February News
• Staff & Faculty Talent Show: February 2
March News
• Annual Auction "Studio MS 54": March 3 • School Musical "The Drowsy Chaperone": March 29 & 30
April News
MS 54 Ride for Your Hide: A 45-minute Soul Cycle ride is slated for early April (date to be confirmed prior to our February 8 meeting), with the goal of raising $5,000 in a one night! We need committee co-chairs to head up this effort and for riders of all levels to fill the 52 available seats. We are counting on everyone who wants to get in shape before the summer to grab a bike. Soul Cycle is located in a beautiful new facility next to Equinox at 77th Street & Amsterdam. Details to follow.
To celebrate the end of March Madness, the first annual MS 54 Student-Teacher Basketball Tournament will be held on April 3 at 6:00pm. This is a school fun-raiser and we want teachers and students of all playing levels to have fun and participate. You don't have to be on the official school basketball teams to play! Students from all three grade levels of the Core & Delta programs...rise to this occasion! Modell's will donate a sports basket for our raffle. click for more information.
May News
MS 54 Walk-A-Thon: The main event, walking the loops of Morningside Park, is slated for Sunday, May 6, to be preceded by a student-led clean up of Morningside Park in April. We'll need lots of parents to rally for this community event sponsored by TDBank. Mini-backpacks, pedometers and complimentary bottles of water are just some of the things you'll receive when you register to walk! To volunteer please contact at Kirsten Brashares.
DELTA/CORE Team for Aids Walk New YOrk -- May 20:
At last year's AIDS Walk New York, a team called DELTA/CORE (organized by Howard Chirlin, school social worker for MS 54) raised over $2,000. Mr. Chirlin is organizing a team for this year's walk, and would greatly appreciate our community's continued involvement. Next week, he will leave a stack of sponsor forms for students and teachers to pick up in the main office; forms include the fax number to which forms should be submitted. The 6 mile walk is Sunday, May 20. The team will meet at the 8:30am start time near the entrance to Central Park at 59th St./5th Ave. Adults are encouraged to bring children to/from the walk or have them buddy up with other students. If you have any questions, you may reach Mr. Chirlin at Booker T: 212-678-2861, ext. 1088; cell: 347-740-3638; e-mail: Hchirlin@schools.nyc.gov. AIDS Walk New York benefits GMHC and 40 other AIDS service organizations in the tri-state area.