2020 Summer Read-a-Thon
We hope you are doing well during this challenging time. School is almost over and it’s almost time for our annual Summer Read-a-Thon! https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/2020-q300-summer-read-a-thon
4th Grade Bake Sale on Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The fourth grade will be hosting a bake sale on the parent-teacher conference day (Tuesday, March 3, 2020) at the Lower Division campus. Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm & 4:30pm-7:30pm Place: Q300 Lower Division 4th floor (28-37 29th St, Long Island City, NY 11102)
Fundraising art project with Square 1 Art 2020
Each year the Q300 PTA participates in a fundraiser with Square 1 Art. This is an optional project , but one enjoyed by many families. Using the special paper attached , your child should create their own artwork and then turn it into their teacher by Monday, March 2. At…
Stepping Into Summer Dance Party & Silent Auction 2020
Annual Q300 PTA Stepping Into Summer Dance Party & Silent Auction 2020. DJ, Dancing, Food & Drink, Silent Auction, Raffles, and Online Auction! The venue might reach capacity so tickets are limited quantity! Date: Sunday, May 3, 2020 Time: 3:00pm-6:00pm Place: Central in Astoria (20-30 Steinway St, Astoria NY 11105)…
New York International Children’s Film Festival 2020
Buy your tickets to New York International Children's Film Festival, February 21-March 15, 2020. The New York International Children's Film Festival 2020 is packed full of fantastic film programs for your family and, even better, our school can earn $3 back for every ticket you purchase! Go to https://nyicff.org/tickets/ and…
Fundraising with Tea Collection School Days 2020
Starting this Sunday, February 23, 2020 through March 8, 2020, we are participating in Tea Collection School Days fundraiser. Shop at https://www.teacollection.com. Once items are added to the cart and you proceed to checkout, you will be prompted to enter your organization's promo code. Our promo code is: SDSP20Q300PTA (This…
Zumba-Thon 2020
Join us for a night of movement, fun, and community to help our schools raise money for enrichment programs. Please donate what you can to support us! Note that 25% of the funding raised for this year’s zumbathon will go to earthquake relief for Puerto Rico. Online link to fundraising here: http://bit.ly/PS17Q300Zumba
- Date: Friday, April 3, 2020
- Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
- Place: Q300 Lower Division Gym (28-37 29th st, Astoria, NY 11102)
- URL: http://bit.ly/PS17Q300Zumba
The Q300 PTA and the PS17 PTA are so proud to be co-sponsoring our 5th annual Zumba-thon to raise money for enrichment programs and supplies for all our students at PS 17 and Q300. The amazing Tanuja Duffy, of Zumba with Tanuja will conduct an hour and half master class to which we all can Zumba!
WinterFest Auction 2020 is live now (until Feb 12)
We are excited to announce that our WinterFest Auction 2020 is now live! The WinterFest Auction features mostly summer camp prizes. Register as a bidder at https://charityauction.bid/Q300PTAWinter2020, bid on these amazing prizes, and share the site with friends and neighbors as anyone can bid. Get a great deal on a summer camp or our other prizes while you support our PTA. Just make sure to bid before the auction closes on Wednesday, February 12th at 10pm. Please share the URL with neighborhood groups and on social media after you’ve placed your own bids!
Sample Auction Items
- Camp Half-Blood in Central Park
- Pierce Day Camp
- Shibley Day Camp
- Industry Gymnastics, NY
- Chess Academy
- Steve and Kate’s
(more…)
Q300 PTA fundraising at Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop's A+ School Rewards is a unique and easy way Stop & Shop offers its customers opportunities to be rewarded by earning money for their designated schools. Since 2005, Stop & Shop has awarded more than $20 million to local schools The Stop and Shop number for Q300…
International Potluck and Festival 2020 & Donations for Winter Auction 2020
- Date: Friday, January 31, 2020
- Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
- Place: Q300 Lower Division campus (28-37 29th St, Astoria, NY 11102)
Our 6th annual Winter International Potluck and Festival will be on Friday, January 31st at the Elementary School Campus from 6:00pm-8:00pm. This is a school wide event! K-8 extravaganza! This is a lovely community event where every brings dishes from all over the world!
- Food, Attendance, and Volunteer. To RSVP, let us know the type of dish you will be bringing, or sign up to help with the event (craft table, Costco run, etc…), please click the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b4aa9ac22a6f94-q3005
- Prizes for Auction. We will also be raffling and silent auctioning a few prizes. We are looking in particular for camp prizes though welcome others. If you can donate or can solicit a donation, please fill out the Winter Festival Auction Donation Form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-Zt8e8MXPaBFcOU25tmZb6pcb0vS8bZDP_SYJTtvqUJAvbw/viewform. See below for more information about the auction prizes.
- Grade Tables. We’re asking that each class (up to 2 per grade) plan an appropriate activity that can be set up and run at a table during the event. You can put together anything—a craft, a coloring activity, origami. Last year we even had a parent set up a chopsticks station where children were able to experiment with picking up different items, like legos and marbles! If you are interested and helping to organize this for your child’s grade, please reach out to your class parent or the LD (Barbara Monroe or Christina Lee) and UD (Sae Makino-Siller and Milena Ivanova) representatives!