"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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THE WEEK AHEAD, 1-16

• Student Council Clothing Drive
• PTA General Meeting
• Lunar New Year Celebration
• Comedy Night in the Auditorium
• "Quick Hits"

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Student Council Clothing Drive

Beginning tomorrow, January 17th, the Baruch Student Council will be accepting donations to help benefit immigrant families who have recently come to New York City.

Shoes, shirts, coats, pants, hats, gloves, mittens, toiletries, etc., will all be greatly appreciated.

All donated items should be clean and ready to wear, and can be dropped off in the MS104 cafeteria, care of Manhattan Youth.

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PTA General Meeting

The next PTA General Meeting will be this Thursday, January 19th at 9:00am. Please join the MS104 PTA Executive Board and Principal Rocco Macri for an update on all the latest happenings at Simon Baruch Middle School.

You MUST pre-register for this meeting.

And to submit questions for Principal Macri in advance, please click below.

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Lunar New Year Celebration

January 22nd is Lunar New Year!

MS104 will be acknowledging the significance of this day throughout the week beginning with an in-school celebration on Monday, the 23rd.

WHEN: Monday, January 23rd. Lunch period, by grade

WHERE: Simon Baruch cafeteria

WHO: All students, one grade at a time.

Please ask your kids to wear something red to symbolize prosperity.

And to help us bring this experience to the students, please click below to volunteer for one or more of the three time slots.

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Comedy Night in the Auditorium

If you already penciled this in, you can use a pen now.

Thursday, February 9th at 7:00pm in the school auditorium.

This will be the first-ever Comedy Night at Baruch.

The show will feature professional comedians who have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, HBO, and Netflix, including Tom Cotter who was the first comedian ever to reach the finals of America's Got Talent!

More details coming very soon.

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"Quick Hits"

The Annual Auction Committee needs your help!

The PTA is very busy preparing for the Annual Auction, to be held on May 5, 2023. There are many ways that parents can volunteer to pitch in and help make this major fundraiser a huge success for the school, and a wonderful evening for parents.

Please reach out to ms104ptafundraising@gmail.com for details.

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Please link your Amazon Smile account to MS104 Simon Baruch. It's super easy and provides a significant amount of funds to the PTA, especially if we all do it. :)

1. Visit https://smile.amazon.com/

2. Select and link to Simon Baruch Junior High School MS104 PTA

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Send any questions or comments to baruch104PTA@gmail.com

Gratefully,

The MS104 PTA