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Queens Citywide Gifted & Talented Inclusion, Inquiry, Responsibility Our Mission Our mission is to enrich and improve the educational, emotional, and social lives of Q300s students by providing the following: Supporting activities


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Inclusion, Inquiry, Responsibility

Queens Citywide Gifted & Talented

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Our Mission

Our mission is to enrich and improve the educational, emotional, and social lives of Q300’s students by providing the following:

  • Supporting activities that foster the core values of Q300: Inclusion,

Inquiry and Responsibility

  • Providing support and resources to Q300 for the benefit and educational

growth of its students

  • Developing parent and staff leadership, fostering and encouraging

participation at all levels of the Association, and providing opportunities to participate in school governance and decision making

  • Promoting a cooperative working relationship among the Q300 parents,

families, staff, and administration

  • Providing a forum where parents and staff members discuss innovations

and implementations of curricular and extra-curricular activities that afford each student an opportunity to acquire the core values of Q300.

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What do we fund?

Lower Division (K-4)

  • Two TAs: K-2; One TA in 3, 4
  • Year Long Music through Arts Connection(K-2)
  • Semester Art Cycles through Arts Connection (K-1)
  • Semester Theater Cycles through Arts Connection (K-2)
  • Semester Architecture Cycle through Center for Architecture

(2nd grade)

  • Semester Elective Cycles in Grades 3-4: (Modern and West

African Dance through Alvin Ailey; Choral Singing through Arts Connection; Visual Art through Arts Connection; Chess through NYC Chess Kids)

  • Funds for K Stepping Up and 4th grade Moving Up Ceremonies

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Brooklyn Conservatory

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What do we fund?

Upper Division (5-8)

  • Semester-long Musical Theater through Art House (5-8)
  • Semester-long Chess through NYC Chess Kids (5-8)
  • Semester-long Chorus through Art House Astoria (5-8)
  • Year–long Guitar through Art House Astoria (Grade 5)
  • Taconic Outdoor Educational Trip for 7th Grade
  • Equipment such as chrome-books, calculators,

storage/charging carts, library books, gym equipment, microscopes, LEGO Robotics Kits

  • Subsidies for all Middle School Clubs (Debate, Math, Brain

Games, Story telling, Spelling bee, etc…)

  • Funds for 8th grade Graduation

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What do we fund?

Whole School

  • Financial Aid Fund
  • Teacher Wish Lists
  • Funds for Staff Professional Development
  • Supplies like Printers, Laminators, Air

Conditioners, Scanners

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How do we fund it?

  • Direct Appeal Campaign (accounts for app. 70% of funding)
  • Spring Dance and Auction (biggest event)
  • Gallery Night Parent Outing
  • Costume Party and Auction
  • Thanksgiving Pie Sale
  • International Winter Festival and Auction
  • Picture Day
  • Zumba-thon and Joint Movie Nights with PS 17
  • Summer Read-a-thon
  • Other smaller items like bake sales; box-top collection;

shopping sites like Goodshop, Amazon; UNO’s Dough-raisers, Film-raisers, Tea Shopping, etc..

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Other Sources of Funding

  • Participatory Budgeting (Park at IS 126 and

Joint Research Library with PS 17)

  • Grants Committee
  • Discretionary Funds through local politician’s
  • ffices: Science Lab Upgrade, Art Room,

Technology Upgrades, and Other Infrastructure

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PTA: How can you help?

  • Board Position
  • Committee Work (Fundraising,

Communications, Community Affairs, Membership, Grants, Enrichment, Auction, One school Building)

  • Help at Events (Planning, Staffing,

Participating)

  • Discrete Tasks (Newsletter, Audit, Slides)
  • Volunteer Survey
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How we connect

  • Private Facebook page
  • Membership Bulletins
  • Google Group Parent Community Forum
  • Events (Happy Hours, School Events, Outings)