Fun Events at 118

Lunch with Principal

What a great time to get to know more about your students! Ms.
Garraway has lunch with students in the library. There is laughter,
storytelling, jokes and getting to know you better activities.

Students having lunch with our principal Ms. Garraway.

Having lunch and getting to know students and our principal Ms. Garraway.

Equity Committee

Parents and staff meet one a month to discuss issues of diversity, equity and inclusion. The meeting dates for the rest of the year are:
March 1, March 29, April 26, May 31 and June 21. Come join us from 8:00 am to 8:45 am in the library.

Parent and staff meet to discuss the issues of diversity, equity and inclusions.

Spirit Day

Jan 18 is Spirit day at 118! Families, students and staff celebrate
with fun activities.

Checking on the student's work on spirit day.

A Parent reading the student's work on PS118 spirit day.

A student showing her parent the class work.

A parent writing on the complimentary bulletin board.

Our families enjoy the spirit day at PS118.

Parents and students enjoy the spirit day at PS118.

Students and parents enjoy the spirit day at PS118.

Families sitting in class on spirit day at PS118.

Families checking the science lab at PS118.

Science exploration

Students in 1st grade science explore through worm, art, magnet, weaving, animal sorting and building stations.

Morning Announcement Auction Winner

What better way to kick off spirit week and to celebrate Maurice Sendak's birthday than with our morning announcement's 2022 auction winner Poppy McCaffrey-Nitz!!

Principal for the day auction winner

Every year Ms. Garraway offers to host a student "Principal for the day". This year's auction winner was Jonah Wintraub. He visited classrooms, walked around the school, made suggestions about school improvements, greeted students and staff and more!

Jonah exchanging ideas with our kindergarten teacher Ms. Jaclyn.

Jonah speaking with our school social worker Mr. Cofield.

Our student checking out the garden in the school yard.

Jonah letting other students know about the schedule.

Jonah sharing ideas about the food with our school dietitian Maria.

Jonah speaking to our teacher about the improvements for the classroom.

Spring dance

The spring dance at ps118 with Mr. Marc with the 3-5 crowd at the school yard.

PS118 students gather in a circle for the annual spring dance.

Students made room for dance in the middle.

Mr. Marc announcing the start of the spring dance.

PS118 students running as a part of the dance.

k-2 dance

The fun at ps118 continues with Marc Hernstein animating the K-2 crowd at the school yard dance.

Mr. Hernstein dancing with the students.

PS118 students dancing in the school yard.

PS118 students dancing in the school yard under the guidance of Mr. Marc.

Students huddled together getting ready for the dance.

The playground as a backdrop for the school dance.

Have you wordle'd today?

Wordle, the stimulating and wildly popular daily game has become a cultural phenomenon in a matter of months. Joining the craze, here at PS118, Staff members as well as students have started a Wordle streak. Wordle gives players six chances to guess a randomly selected five-letter word.There's only one puzzle per day where everyone plays to reveal the exact same word, be cautious not to spoil it for your friends! The complete rules for the game can be found on the pictures below. Now, Have you Wordle'd today? If so, How many tries did it take?

The six chances of five letter words scoring.

Food justice 2

Our students are serious about food equity. They grow food in their classrooms all year long and make regular donations to CHiPS — a community soup kitchen. Here’s a 5th grade class with a fresh harvest ready for donation.

Two students harvested lettuce for our soup kitchen.

5th grade students checking the ripeness of cucumbers.

PS118 student holding a bag of cucumbers ready for donation.

PS118 5th grade students donating the harvest to the soup kitchen.

Dance lesson for first Graders

Dance and French lesson for our first graders with Mr. Mark.

Students learning the dance moves with Mr. Mark.

Showing off dance moves in the music room.

Food Justice

Our students are serious about food equity. They grow food in their classrooms all year long and make regular donations to CHiPS — a community soup kitchen. Here’s a 4th grade class with a fresh harvest ready for donation.

4th graders donating their harvest to CHIPS soup kitchen in Brooklyn.

Student harvesting lettuce for donation.

Bags of lettuce ready to be picked up for the community soup kitchen.

The students are donating their harvest to CHiPs - a community soup kitchen.

Read across America day

Reading is fundamental! It is FUN, FUN, FUN! We are celebrating Read Across America Day! Our kindergarten students love dressing up as their favorite characters. Acting out books and using multiple modalities to teach reading and provide access to literature to all students is a strength of PS118 staff.

PS118 student dressed up as their favorite book character.

Students celebrating Read Across America Day.

Hydroponics lab at PS118!

Students are growing and tasting their own healthy foods!

PS118's indoor garden with hydroponics setup.

The tomatoes hanging off the branches at the hydroponics lab.

PS118 teacher preparing tomatoes to taste.

PS118 teachers and students are tasting the tomatoes they've harvested.

PS118 students enjoying their tomatoes in class.

Black History Month

February is Black History Month. Black History is Our History. While the month of February is dedicated to studying influential Black Leaders, PS 118 is dedicated to incorporating concepts of inclusivity, justice, and equity into our everyday curricula. For example, in science class, fourth-grade students researched black scientists. They created posters highlighting their achievements in science. Class 1-218 created an underground railroad quilt. Class 4-317 worked together to construct a beautiful mosaic of Amanda Gorman as well as highlighting some influential black leaders.