Friday, June 20th, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm in the PPAS Black Box

Opportunities for students.
PPAS is Hosting Three Open Houses!
Two Evenings For Prospective High School Students
Wednesday, October 23 & Thursday, October 24
5 pm-8 pm
And one night for prospective Middle School students on
Wednesday, October 30.
If you know of any parents who are interested in their child attending PPAS, please share this sign up sheet with them.
And if you can help us greet prospective parents, please sign up here.
Join us at Back to School Curriculum Night In-Person! Thursday, September 26th Doors open at 4:45 pm Enjoy your fellow parents in community! Grab a bite to eat and support the Class of 2025! Then go to your child’s first period class at 5:30 pm. Senior Parents and Nonna’s Table Volunteers! The senior class is hoping to raise money to reduce the cost of the senior trip. They will be selling sandwiches and salads on curriculum night If you can contribute food or water please sign up here: Senior Trip Fundraiser/Curriculum Night |
All orders placed by NOON on September 10th will be distributed at the
September 18th, 6:30 pm at the first PTA meeting of the year, aka Meet and Greet!
DON’T WAIT…This store CLOSES on September 20th
All orders placed between September 10th (5 pm) through September 20th will be distributed at school during lunch on October 1st.
Special Thanks to Nina Vo, Jeff Cavalli and Ellis Cavalli for their help with our
PPAS 2024-2025 Fall Merchandise Catalog
The PTA will no longer carry a large merchandise inventory.
This store closes on September 20th at 5 pm!
Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to show school spirit and support the arts at PPAS!
The New York Conservatory is extending a special invitation to high school students in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
On Saturday, March 2 we are pleased to offer FREE interactive acting workshops hosted on our campus in Manhattan and led by our professionally working acting faculty. The event is called Saturday Spotlight!
You can choose one of the exciting workshops we’ll be offering:
Each workshop will be 3 hours in length and will give you a glimpse into our professional acting programs.
And, the workshops are FREE!
Date/Time:
Saturday, March 2, 2024 10am to 1pm
Location:
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
39 W. 19th St. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Once registered, you will receive more details about how you can prepare for your workshop.
We are looking forward to working with you and welcoming you to our campus!
If you have any questions please reach out to the Admissions Office at 212-812-4080 or admissions@nycda.edu.
Bossgirls is a summer entrepreneurship program from the Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York (CCNY) for high school (current 9-12th graders) girls and nonbinary students. The program is fully sponsored by Standard Chartered as part of its Futuremakers Initiative. Check out the accomplishments of our 2023 Bossgirls cohort here.
If you’ve ever thought about running your own business, inventing something new, or being part of a movement to create change in the world, Bossgirls is for you! You’ll join a community of other bossgirls like yourself to discover entrepreneurship. You and a team of other bossgirls will focus on a problem, come up with an innovative solution for it, research the market, compare competitors, learn how to price your product & prototype it, and create a brand around your idea. At the end of the program, you’ll pitch your idea to an audience–think Shark Tank without the sharks. All the while, you’ll get to meet entrepreneurs & get advice from expert mentors from Standard Chartered, our program sponsor.
And just so your parents know… our goal is to introduce entrepreneurship to you as not only a possible career path, but a mindset that advances any course of learning. Our curriculum puts the customer first, introducing you to a human-centered design approach to problem-solving. You’ll learn how to analyze a problem and find a business opportunity within it. Plus, having this on your resume or college application looks great!
The Summer 2024 program will be hosted in-person at The City College of New York (160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031). The schedule is as follows (subject to change):
We accept applications on a rolling basis.
Apply by end of day Get Notified
January 31, 2024 Late February
February 29, 2024 Late March
March 31, 2024 Late April
The final deadline is March 31, 2024 at the end of day, though we strongly encourage early submissions.
If you have any questions about the application process, you can email contact@zahncenternyc.com.
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Anthony Quinn Foundation Scholarship for Summer Arts Intensives
The AQF Scholarship is an annual competition for high school students that provides funding for the awardees to attend summer intensive arts programs. These scholarships provide an incredible opportunity for talented students from all artistic disciplines to engage in immersion experiences.
This is a competitive awards program. To succeed, applicants must demonstrate exceptional talent, dedication and a strong commitment to personal artistic growth and must be enrolled in high school or officially registered as a home-schooled high school student. Applications are reviewed by a panel of judges, comprised of professional artists and art educators who are independent of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
The Global Glimpse program will have a lunchtime event for current PPAS juniors in Room 305 on Wednesday, October 18.
To register requirements include a nomination by a PPAS teacher and/or a Global Glimpse ambassador
(one of the PPAS seniors who attended last year’s program)
Application help is available in Room 305
during lunch November 1 through 14.
Deadline for submitting
the application is November 14.
Email Michelle Sale, Humanities teacher, msale@ppasshare.org
with any questions
Learn the basics of proper technique and have fun in this FREE introductory singing/and or piano class at The Point CDC! All lessons are one-on-one and 30-45 minutes long at The Point CDC’c Blackbox Theater. All genres and levels welcome! For students Ages 10-24 and ONLY FOR BRONX RESIDENTS, with priority given to Hunts Point youth.
Drama 3 (11th grade) auditions for “Mad Forest” by Caryl Churchill are scheduled for this week:
Tuesday, September 12 and Wednesday, September 13
1:45-5 pm
Please email Mr. Palmer and let him know which audition day is best and then you will receive a 15-minute audition slot.
The deadline to email him was Saturday,
but if you changed your mind or forgot please contact him ASAP.
Call backs:
Thursday, September 14 1:45-5 pm
Please hold Thursday, September 14 in your calendar for callbacks. You need to be available the whole time.