Category: Program

Join your child’s classroom WhatsApp group to stay connected with your families and learn about special events happening at PS153 and our community.

Sign-up by sharing your information below and the PA will invite you to the group once it’s set-up.

Are you interested in being a group leader? Let us know! Group leaders help moderate the group activity and collaborates with the PA on how to best support their classroom families.

The PA Family Store is a library of household goods, clothes, games, and books that accepts donations and allows families to borrow them.

The store plans to open in the Spring of 2027. Until then, the PA is looking for donations to add to the store inventory. To contribute items bring them to a monthly PA meeting, or contact the PA for drop-off details.

The PA organizes events such as the book fair, picture day and activities.

What else would you like to see at PS153?

The PS153 PA is committed to supporting our families by providing high-quality resources and learning opportunities. We are excited to announce a partnership with the Center for Child & Parent Development (CCPD) to host a series of parent workshops.

These workshops are completely free for all parents in our school community. To ensure we provide the sessions most relevant to your family’s needs, please review the options below and select the topics you are most interested in attending.

Workshop Options:

• Strong Start, Smart Habits: A Parent’s Guide to School-Year Success
  Parents discover how to create effective routines, sleep habits, and study spaces that set their child up for success.
• Improving Your Child’s Study Skills
  Parents learn simple methods to help children stay organized, focused, and motivated at home.
• Anger Management for Children (and Parents)
  Parents explore healthy ways to model calm and teach emotional control.
• Saying No with Confidence: Setting Limits Without Guilt
  Parents learn how to set clear boundaries while maintaining connection.
• Helping Children Develop Self-Reliance
  Step-by-step ways to encourage independence and confidence at every age.
• Unplug to Reconnect: How to Set Healthy Screen Time Limits at Home
  Parents gain tools to restore balance and strengthen family connection.
• Money Smarts: Building Confidence and Stability at Home
  Parents learn simple, realistic strategies for budgeting, saving, and long-term planning.

Select your options below by Thursday January 15th.

To learn more about the workshops, join the monthly PA meeting on Friday January 16th when the final workshops will be chosen and scheduled.

Workshop Survey

Please donate your gently used uniforms in the bins in 3-K/Pre-K & Main school entrance lobbies through Friday, January 23rd.

We will sort, wash and fold them to give out during the Book Fair, subject to availability.

Come check for your child’s size(s)!

For more information on volunteering with the drive or to learn how to receive available uniforms, please contact the PA.