Simon Baruch MS104

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 6TH GRADE SPELLING BEE WINNER, LILY FROM HOUSE A!! 🏆🐝👏✨

Big shout outs to our 2nd place winner, Ryan and our 3rd place winner, Aurora!

Thank you to all of our 6th grade contestants who participated in today’s spelling bee and for those students and staff who came out to support!

Huge shout out to Ms. Lenahan, Mrs. McGuire and Mr. Comparetto for putting this together for our 6th grade! 💙💛

Last night we had such an awesome turnout for our author event! We loved having Jonathan Haidt present to our students and families about his new book, The Amazing Generation! 📚

A huge thanks to our PTA for sending everyone home with their own copy of the book.

And last but certainly not least - a BIG shout to Kimmy McGuire Tabb for putting together and making this amazing event happen for our school community!! 💙💛

Meet our 6th Grade Spelling Bee House Champions!! 🐝📚✨

These incredible spellers came out on top in their house spelling bees and are moving on to Friday’s 6th Grade Championship!

Wishing all of our finalists the best of luck as they compete for the title of 6th Grade Spelling Bee Champion!! 👏🐝🏆

PTA Message: Rally at Baruch covered in Chalkbeat today! Thank you to those that came in the rain and stood up for our schools’ right to choose their afterschool providers.
Thank you to SALK and School of the Future for joining us!
Thank you Manhattan Youth!
Thank you Community Education Council District 2 Craig Slutzkin for showing up and speaking!

Thank you Wagner and Yorkville East rallying uptown in solidarity!

Hold Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani accountable to his promises for transparency, promises of listening to families, and promises to support our children. Call 311 and file a complaint on DYCD agency! Tag the Mayor! And please sign the petition and pass it on!

NYC parents slam after-school shake-up for dropping long-standing providers A sweeping re-bidding process for New York City’s after-school contracts has pushed out some beloved providers, triggering protests over a lack of transparency..

Message from PTA: 197 letters from students today supporting Manhattan Youth and counting! We’ll be handing these over to and sending copies to our councilmembers Julie Menin Community Education Council District 2 Virginia Maloney

Message from PTA
Submit Testimony to SAVE and hold NYC Department of Youth and Community Development accountable!
Sign up to speak on May 28th or send in written statements to the committee by May 30th!

The Council’s Committee on Finance and Committee on Children and Youth intend to question DYCD more broadly about their handling of the contracting process during their joint public hearing on the Mayor’s executive budget on May 28.

If you would like to testify at that hearing, you may register to do so on the Council’s website here. https://council.nyc.gov/testify/

Public testimony will begin immediately following the testimony of any invited experts and will be limited to two minutes per person to allow as many people as possible to present their views.

Individuals may also submit written testimony by uploading it at https://council.nyc.gov/testify or emailing it directly to [email protected]. Written testimony will be accepted up to 72 hours after the hearing has been adjourned.

Additional information about the hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 10 am in the Council Chambers at New York City Hall, can be found on the Council's website here.

https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1415350&GUID=3220467C-C4D7-4063-8A2A-7D417222D2F0&Options=info|&Search=

Message from PTA: MS104 Families, Alumni, Friends and Supporters! We need your voices to save and demand an investigation of (DYCD) contract bidding process! Please sign, email, and share widely!

Learn more and sign the petition here: www.change.org/afterschool

Get an editable 1 click email to all offices here: https://app.activistmailer.com/Manhattan-After-School

Message from PTA

Last week, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development decided not to renew Manhattan Youth, our beloved afterschool program of 11 years!

The closed door bidding process forced principals to rank programs that they didn’t want and told them to not include stakeholders in the process.

Sign this petition to SAVE Our Afterschool Program and Demand Accountablility from DYCD for Vendor Contract. Please share widely!

In addition to signing the petition. We ask families to email letters directly to the contact list we will be posting. More info will be shared soon.

Sign the Petition Save Our Afterschool Programs: Demand Accountability from DYCD for Vendor Contracts

Another 104 Potluck in the books! 🍕🍛🍪🧑‍🍳

Thank you to all our families and staff members that contributed dishes to make the event a success! We love sharing your culture with you and you families 🌎

The weather has us dreaming of Spring Break! Get your tickets now and join us at Motel No Tell on April 29th! Don’t forget to get your 50/50 raffle tickets too! Anyone can participate in bidding and raffle. Tickets include live auction, specialty cocktail, beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres & dancing.

There are so many ways to get involved: explore sponsorship opportunities, solicit donations from businesses, purchase a ticket for a teacher, or make a donation to support our school community. We can’t wait to come together to celebrate, bid, and break records!

Stay tuned—Spring Break ’26 is just getting started! 🌴✨

Any questions, please reach out to PTA Auction Team at [email protected] springbreak.givesmart.com