On June 10, PPAS will be hosting a Pride Fest during 4th and 5th periods – but we need your help! We are looking for volunteers to make baked goods for the bake sale. Please fill out our volunteer form. Thank you for your help in making this event a success!
Generation Wrecks features PPAS alumni Victoria Leigh, Violet Prete, Noa Solomon, Jonah Barricklo, Jibreel Mawry, Sam Poon, and Alice Kremelberg. It will be playing its 10th festival on June 20th, at Manhattan Film Festival’s Cinema Village. You can purchase tickets through their website, www.Generation-Wrecks.com.
Victoria and Bridget wrote Generation Wrecks with Victoria’s father, Kevin T. Morales, starting in the summer before junior year and continuing on weekends during school months. Right up to the very moment they started filming three days after Victoria’s last day at PPAS.
Generation Wrecks is not MPAA rated but contains moments of strong language, and teen partying.
Here’s the trailer
The SLAM is this Friday night, April 8th at 7PM! It should be a great night.
Please come and support these amazingly talented kids. This is a schoolwide show for Middle School and High School students – all departments!
The ticket prices are:
Adults – $20
Students/Kids – $5
PPAS Students and Teachers – Free
Click below to buy tickets in advance or simply to donate even if you can’t be there:
Theslam.givesmart.com
Or text TheSlam to 76278 to register.
Check out the latest edition of the PPAS Voice! Along with the excellent articles, poetry, and pictures, there is a crossword puzzle. Complete it for a chance to be a judge at the PPAS teacher bake-off.
Hey PPAS parents, guardians and students!!!
The pieces are coming together so I’m excited to announce the upcoming 2022 Spring PPAS Slam!
For those that don’t know, the Slam is our annual talent show, hosted by the PTA and featuring students from both the middle and high schools.
We’ll be holding the auditions Saturday afternoon, April 2! We are still working out whether they will be virtual or in person – stay tuned but start working on your act!!!
A note from Director Arri Simon:
Acts should be 3 minutes or less, and appropriate for school. No profanity or anything provocative or suggestive of violence. We ask that the kids please bring sheet music in the correct key. If you need a track for your act, make sure it’s downloaded to phone or mp3 player, NOT streaming. Each act that’s accepted will be on only ONE of the two nights.
While we generally accept all acts which are prepared and appropriate, we do have a limited amount of spots, so if kids are in multiple acts, we reserve the right to limit participation.
You will NOT be allowed to audition if you are not fully prepared. The piece you use to audition must be the exact same piece you perform at the show.
*There will be a tech rehearsal on Thursday, April 7th in the late afternoon/evening. The Slam itself will be Friday, April 8th at 7pm in the PPAS Auditorium.
The ticket prices are:
Adults – $20
Students/Kids – $5
PPAS Students and Teachers – Free
Click below to buy tickets in advance or simply to donate even if you can’t be there:
Or text TheSlam to 76278 to register.
Please help support our kids!
Please take the NYCDOE School Survey! Parents, students, and staff are all invited to take it. The information we get is completely anonymous and it lets our school know what improvements we need to make.
Your school access code is the letter f then your child’s OSIS number with no spaces in between. You can also access the survey through your NYC Schools Account.
The deadline for completing the survey is March 25.
On March 23rd, PPAS will administer the PSAT to all 10th Grade Students and the SAT to all 11th Grade Students. There is nothing that students or parents need to do to sign up. All students are signed up for the exams.
10th Grade students received the PSAT Student Guide that will help them prepare for the test in Humanities class.
11th Grade students can access the SAT Student Guide online (paper copies were not provided by College Board).
Please watch our phenomenal students and their Black History Assembly, LEGACY. The 55 minute show premieres Monday, February 28th, 2022, at 1:00 PM on Youtube Live.
Check out this month’s issue of the PPAS Voice and have to opportunity to judge the teacher bake off, organized by Mr. Gatton, on Tuesday, March 1st! Complete the crossword puzzle at the end of the edition, take a picture of it, and upload it to the Google form, which is also in our Instagram bio @ppasvoice)!
We are excited to announce that Mr. Kyle Pleasant will be directing a spring musical production!
Due to COVID constraints, we will not be producing a full blown production, but rather a smaller staged workshop of a new musical in progress. We often do this sort of work in our New Works Lab with Drama 4 students and it can be as exciting and exhilarating as a fully staged production. There is no title yet, but we will use Musical Workshop as a working title for now.
Auditions for the Musical Workshop will be held virtually by video submission. Record your name, grade, and major along with 32 bars of a pop or musical theater song that best shows your range.
Email your video audition to director Kyle Pleasant.
Submission Deadline: Monday, January 31st at 10:00 AM.
Rehearsals will begin February 2nd, Monday-Friday 4PM-8PM. Saturdays 10AM-2PM. Performances: March 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Any questions? Email Mr. Pleasant.
