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  • Coming Up At 118Q...

    JANUARY 2025

    AFTERSCHOOL ACADEMY: (TUES. & WED.  2:30-4:00 PM)

    SATURDAY ACADEMY BEGINS: 1/25/2025

     

    Thursday, January 2, 2025: School Resumes

    Breakfast doors open at 7:40AM

    School  begins at 8:10AM

     

    Tuesday, January 14, 2025: Virtual Family Workshop

    Grades: 3K- 2ND

    Time: 12:00PM

     

    Wednesday, January 15, 2025: 3K /Pre-K Applications Open

    Apply  via your MySchools account

     

    Thursday, January 16, 2025: 

    Wellness Workshop: 11AM via ZOOM

    PTA Meeting: 5:30PM  via ZOOM

     

    Thursday, December 19, 2024:  PTA Meeting

    Location: Virtual

    Time: 5:30PM

     

    Monday, January 20, 2025: NO SCHOOL

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day

     

    Thursday, January 23, 2025: Family Fit Night

    More information to follow

     

    Wednesday, January 29, 2025: NO SCHOOL

    Lunar New Year

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Welcome Back! School Resumes 8:10 am-2:20pm

    All students should  arrive dressed in uniform daily.

     Grades K-5: Morning arrival will take place in the lower school yard.

     3K / Pre-K :  Use side doors for entry. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Our Double Good Fundraiser kicks off TODAY at 5 PM! Let’s make this a fun and friendly competition—our top three sellers will win Amazon gift cards!

    💻 How to Join the Fun:
    1️⃣ Download the Double Good App
    2️⃣ Enter the code: BNLXBC
    3️⃣ Set up your POP-UP Shop and start sharing!

    🏆 Winners will be announced on Monday, January 13, 2025.

  • NO SCHOOL

  • Snow Much Fun! Family Fitness Night,

    January 23, 2025

    3-5PM

  • NO SCHOOL 1/29/25

  • Beginning December 10th, families with children born in 2020 can apply to attend kindergarten for the 2025-26 school year; the application deadline is January 24, 2025.
    All families who apply by the deadline will receive a kindergarten offer in April. As a reminder, families can now use the kindergarten application to apply to all kindergarten programs including kindergarten Gifted & Talented (G&T).

    Families can apply two ways:
    Online at MySchools.nyc; or
    Over the phone by calling (718)935-2009.

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P.S. 118 Picture Highlights

  • School Logo

  • 3rd Annual Thrift Boutique 2024

  • MBSK

  • Character Day 2023: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie  

    Ms. Santarsiero

  • Character Day 2023: Safety Agent Jordan with her mini protégés.

  • Character Day 2023: The Wizard of Oz 

    Principal Soussoudis as Dorothy Gale

    Ms. Fisher as The Cowardly Lion

    Ms. Jenkins as The Tin Man

    Ms. Gibbs as Scarecrow

    Ms. Brown as Aunt Em

    Assistant Principal Gamble as Glinda

    Ms. Cooper as The Wicked Witch 

    Mr. Breland as The Wizard of Oz

     

  • Character Day 2023: Ms. Moy as Russell Jang, "Wilderness Explorer"

  • Character Day 2023: Ms. DiDomenico and Ms. Cutile cooking up a witches brew.

  • 2nd Annual Backpack Drive 2023

  • 2nd Annual Backpack Drive 2023

  • 2nd Annual Backpack Drive 2023

  • A visit from Cheryl Wills, author of the children's book Emma.

  • Cheryl Wills spent the morning with us here at 118Q.

    (March 28th)

  • Our student government members were excited to meet and sit with Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Melissa Vaughan.

  • Our 2022-2023 student government members.

  • 1st Annual Fall Thrift Boutique 2022

  • Thrift Boutique 2022

  • Student Volunteers

  • Ms. Douglas did arts & crafts with the children while their parents shopped.

  • Thrift Boutique 2022

  • Our thrifters enjoyed shopping the looks of Hendrick Brun, a NYC shoe designer. He donated tons of slides for our scholars and heels for their moms.

  • Felicia provided her professional makeup services and enhanced the beauty of several women.

  • Val the Barber went above and beyond for our young scholars by providing them with free haircuts.

  • Character Day: October 2022

  • Our 3K/Pre-K on RED/Orange Day

  • Thank you to The 1906 Project, Inc. for your rug and seat sack donations to our K-2 classrooms!

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Day

  • We had an amazing turnout for our Dads Take Your Child To School Day event!

  • Dads Take Your Child To School Day

  • Dads Take Your Child To School Day

  • We welcomed our parents back into the building for Presentation Day.

  • Getting to know our NYPD Community Affairs Division.

  • Back2 School Backpack Drive 

  • Blended Learning Line-Up

  • Halloween Spirit

  • Spirit Day: Holiday Hats

  • Class 201 participating in PAJAMA DAY.

  • Class 431 participating in PAJAMA DAY.

  • Pajama Day

  • Winter Wonderland hot chocolate station.

  • D29 Arts Festival 2024

  • D29 Arts Festival 2024: PS118 presented "Recycled Art"

  • 3K entered the Spider-Verse w/ a very special visitor.

  • Field Day 2024

  • Field Day 2024

  • Field Day 2024 (Mr. John w/ AP Gamble)

  • Field Day 2024

  • Multicultural Festival 2024

  • Multicultural Festival 2024

     

  • Multicultural Festival 2024

  • Multicultural Festival 2024

  • Multicultural Festival 2024

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Day

  • Fruits & Vegetables Week 2024

  • Fruits & Vegetables Week 2024

  • Twin Day (Ms. Merle and Ms. Townsend)

  • National Pi Day 2024

  • National Pi Day 2024

  • National Pi Day 2024

  • Learning Through Music:

    "JOY" presentation by Ms. Parrish & Ms. Fisher.

  • Team Building (Fine Arts)

  • G&T Team: Ms. Thomas-Ellis, Ms. Woodley & Ms. Jenkins w/ AP Gamble & Principal Soussoudis.

  • Happy Eid al-fitr!

    Ms. Becerra's ENL students made lanterns to celebrate.

  • Dr. Soussoudis teaching durning  Saturday Achievement Academy. 

  • D29 Young Entrepreneurs Festival: Kamour Wright Jr. (5-501) showcased his love for cooking.

  • Superhero Day 2024

  • Superhero Day 2024

  • Muffins for Moms Event 2024

  • Muffins for Moms Event 2024

  • Muffins for Moms Event 2024

  • Celebrating all the women of PS118Q: Pre Mother's Day 

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Message From Principal

 "This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn't seem to give an answer, we create one."
                                                                - Lorraine Hansberry     
  
​As the Principal of PS 118-The Lorraine Hansberry Elementary School, it is an honor to serve this school Community.  This year is like none other but we are committed to continuing the beliefs of high expectations and perseverance.  We will make strides in whatever learning formats that are presented to us.  Collective collaboration, planning and communication will guide this work.  It is imperative that we build and maintain strong school- family relationships.   I look forward to continuing these relationships and working with everyone to provide a private school educational experience in a public school setting. 

Our greatest initiative will be to continue to work together to do what is best for OUR children and inspire and challenge them with engaging experiences. Although we have entered a new phase of teaching and learning, I am confident, that together, we can make PS 118Q an even better place for our students to learn and grow.

-Ms. S.

School Information

Principal: Michelle Soussoudis                                                   
Assistant Principal: Afiya Gamble 

School Hours: 8:10AM-2:20PM

Uniform: Yellow top/Dark blue bottom

Address: 190-20 109th Road                                                                             
​                   St. Albans, NY 11412                                                                          

Phone: 718-465-5538 EXT. 0

Fax:       718-264-9178

Email: PS118LHS@PS118Q.ORG

Twitter: @29Q118                             

Instagram: instagram.com/ps118q_lorraine                                                                          

Student Enrollment: 400
Grades Served: 3K, PK, K ,01, 02, 03, 04, 05, SE

Parent Coordinator: Sedric Breland
PTA President: TBD


Police Precinct: 113
Geographic District: 29 Community School Office

Superintendent: Crystal Bonds
191-02 90 Avenue
Queens, NY 11423
Phone: 718-217-7740

​Family Leadership Coordinator:
James Pressey 
Email: Jpressey@schools.nyc.gov

Family Support Coordinator: Keturah Hardy 
Email: KHardy3@schools.nyc.gov

Education Council President: Nicole Hammond
Email:cec29@schools.nyc.gov