Don't forget the Q300 PTA when doing your holiday shopping! Links for giving a percentage of your purchases to the PTA through Shutterfly (perfect for holiday photo cards and photo gifts), Children's Bookstore, Book Culture, Land's End, and more. See more details on the PTA Fundraising Overview of Shopping Sites.…
The fourth grade will be hosting a bake sale on Friday, December 9, 2022 at the Lower Division campus. The bake sale is taking place on the same day as Q300's Arts Connection Showcase. All proceedings will be used to support the end of the lower division celebrations for the…
In collaboration with PS17 PTA, Q300 PTA is participating in the sock/coat drive this year too. Donate new, adult size socks to keep New Yorkers warm. Donations are accepted between Monday, November 28 and Wednesday, December 14, 2022. Donated socks will sent to Take Two NYC (https://taketwonyc.org). Donate gently used,…
Athens Square Three Committee, formed by the local business owners and donations by the Astoria community, is planning a second Athens Square Park Tree Lighting at 6:00pm on Thursday, December 1, 2022. 🎄Athens Square Park is scheduled to have their Tree Lighting & Parade on December 1, 2022. 🎄Parade will…
The order deadline has been extended to Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Let your holiday shopping work for the Q300 PTA. Buy gift cards to over 70 major retailers and the Q300 PTA gets a percentage of the face value of each card. Download the order form . Act now! Orders…
The Q300 PTA has hosted an amazing Winter International Potluck and Festival every year since its inception (except of course in 20-21 and 21-22). In fact, our last one was in January 2020 before the lockdown struck. This is a lovely community event where typically everyone brings dishes from all…
Did you know that November is Native American Heritage Month? Here are some suggested resources for families and educators from Native American parents and teachers on how to appropriately teach and learn about Native American histories and cultures. Five Ideas to Change teaching about Thanksgiving, in Classes and in Homes…
Green Team has shared this resource about Plastic-Free Lunch Day, organized by Cafeteria Culture (https://www.cafeteriaculture.org). On Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Cafeteria Culture and the Urban School Food Alliance join forces to present the first ever Plastic Free Lunch Day (PFLD) USA, a nationwide initiative to reduce plastic foodware and packaging…
Rachana Shah from Common Ground Compost (and Q300 parent) and Kelly McCabe, Curbside Composting Outreach Associate at Big Reuse, hosted an information session on the NYC's curbside compositing service that started on Monday, October 3, 2022. More information on the curbside composting can be found at the NYC Department of…
Q300 has once again partnered with Tea Collection (https://www.teacollection.com)! Between Monday, October 17 and Sunday, October 23, 2022 and you will receive 25% off teacollection.com orders and another 20% of those orders' will be donated back to Q300. Stay tuned for notices about our unique promo code needed to place…