Parents at PS87, PS452 who complain about the schools being overcrowding can enroll their kids at PS191, PS145, PS185 or PS165 which have plenty of room. I can attest to the fact that PS145 is a great school, my daughter just completed Pre K there and I think she's at mid kindergarten, if not first grade level now thanks to the great Pre K teachers, Ms. Brador, Ms. Dinkl and Ms. Lee.
Dr Natalia Russo was named Principal of the school in October 2013. She is outstanding, as is Mrs. Loushonda Mack, Assistant Principal, Mr. Carlos Salamanca, Parent Coordinator and President of the Parent Association, Yassiel Nieves as well as the SLT. Dr. Russo runs the school with on a strict budget because the school doesn't have large donors that PS87, PS452 PS166 or PS333 has mainly because the students enrolled in the school live in the hosing projects nearby. I feel this is unfair because you cannot expect a school that gets no big donors to compete with schools that have millions in gifts from large donors. If you want students to be on an even playing field shouldn't all schools receive the same amount of funding no matter where they are located? PS 87, PS452, PS333 get hundreds of thousands if not millions from donations, yet schools like #PS191, #PS145, #PS185 or #PS165 barely get anything from donations. Maybe donations to schools should be put in one account and evenly distributed to every school.
But with the money the school gets from fundraisers, Dr. Russo as been able to improve the school greatly. Before she got there few textbooks were provided for the kids and they as the teacher read the textbooks. Now they have their own textbooks that they can read along with the teachers.
The PTA of PS145 plan great fundraising events, including school shows and this year they organized a street fair and an outdoor graduation. The refreshments at the graduation and the shows were donated by many of the local great businesses, including, Soul Cycle, D'Agostino and Madison Square Garden (go knicks and Liberty) and others who wish to remain anonymous. Council Member MarkLevine , Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Barbara Nikonorow from The City Parks Foundation also made outstanding contributions.
This year each classroom received butterflies which they saw grow from caterpillars to chrysalises and finally to butterflies when they were set free. The students drew pictures of the butterflies at every stage. This is very similar to the students at PS145 who start out as Pre K little ones and end as children ready to go to middle school thanks to a great school with great teachers, a great principle, assistant principle and staff. http://www.ps145m.org/
Thank you! You are missed.
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