The academic committee along with teacher, parent and student input plans and implements enrichment activities related to various subjects. These activities are for one or more grade level and are before, during or after school. The committee is always looking for new ideas!

To promote literacy, the books on tape committee makes voice recordings to accompany books that are distributed to students in lower elementary grades. This project is ongoing thoughout the year and volunteers work on their own time at home using books, tapes and instructions provided by the committee.

It’s audition time for the Burns Park Players! Initial auditions will be held on Monday, October 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Tappan auditorium with callbacks held on Tuesday, October 16th. If you would like to audition but are unable to make the audition day, please notify Susan Hurwitz, susanh22@aol.com or call 994-3508.

It’s that time of year again!

Bulletin board displays in the front hallway are created by the PTO to provide information about upcoming events and fundraisers.

Burn$ Park Buck$ is our school scrip fundraiser. Beginning in September, families have an opportunity each month to purchase gift certificates and gift cards at cost to be used at local groceries and other retailers; the school receives a percent profit from the merchants.

The Burns Park Press is the monthly newsletter of the PTO, distributed to all families, faculty and staff in electronic and paper format. The Press is our regular way of communicating as a community, and carries news, an events calendar, and regular contributions from PTO officers and our principal. All families receive the electronic version of the press, and can get a paper copy sent home upon request.

Please select from our available issues below:

2007-08

Once a month this committee works to print, collate and distribute copies of the Burns Park Press to families that have requested a paper copy.

Scheduled annually on the first Sunday in May, the Burns Park Run, a 5K and 10K race through the streets around the school, is a community wide event and a major fundraiser for the PTO each year. The run committee needs over one hundred volunteers for a variety of tasks before, during and after the race.

Visit the BP Run site: http://www.burnsparkrun.org/