Announcements: Week of January 18, 2013

- January Board Update

Earlier this month, the Board held its monthly meeting. The agenda included the announcement that we have received our provisional charter from the state of New York for a Kindergarten through 8th grade school. The most important piece of business was the Board’s preliminary financial review of the 2013-14 school year and decision regarding tuition. >>more

- Seeds of Imagination Benefit Concert
Tuesday, February 12th at 6:30 PM

Please join us for an intimate evening and concert featuring the writer, poet and artist...
Patti Smith, Jesse Smith and Friends
with Special Guests The Iris String Quarter  >>more

Winter Parent-Child Classes Added
Space is still available in our Winter classes.  >>more

- Celebration of the Dawn of the Year

- Saturday, February 2nd

- Open House
- Thursday, February 7th from 7-8:30 PM

Our Open House is for parents only and is an opportunity to see our classrooms, meet our teachers and participate in an in depth discussion about our programs.

To participate please contact Karen.Talluto@newamsterdamchildhood.org.

- Re-Enrollment Contracts Due

- Friday, February 8th

 

- 2013-14 Tuition Assistance Deadlines
- Friday, March 1^st

Familes currently enrolled in our Bridge, Nursery and Kindergarten programs must apply for tuition assistance on or before Friday, March 1st, 2013. For more information, see the post. >>more

January 2013 Board Update

Earlier this month, the Board held its monthly meeting. The agenda included the announcement that we have received our provisional charter from the state of New York for a Kindergarten through 8th grade school.  This is exciting news and one of the necessary steps the school must take in order to grow a grades program. 

We are also happy to report that our lease has been renewed at least through June 2014.  In the months ahead we will continue our search for a space that will accommodate our growth and also work to secure a longer lease on our current space.

The most important piece of business was the Board’s preliminary financial review of the 2013-14 school year and decision regarding tuition.  Our significant tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year has helped give us a firmer financial footing and allowed us to meet the needs of more families through our tuition assistance program.  We remain committed to limiting annual tuition increases to 3-5% per year.

After careful consideration the Board approved a 5% tuition increase for the 5-Day Programs,  which was the minimum necessary to ensure break-even financial operations for next year. Incremental tuition will be used to cover the increasing cost of tuition assistance, expenses related to faculty and staff , as well as expected increases to other operating expenses, such as rent and the cost of employee health insurance. After careful review the Board voted for a 2% tuition increase for the 3-Day Nursery and Bridge programs.  The tuition of  these two programs has become proportionally much more expensive for parents than the 5-Day Program.  The Board recognizes that any increase can pose a financial burden to families, and also acknowledges that tuition levels at the New Amsterdam School continue to be significantly less than those at other area independent schools. The Board affirmed its continued commitment to providing a strong program of need-based assistance, with awards representing approximately 8% of gross tuition revenue.

February 12th Benefit Concert: Event Details

The New Amsterdam Early Childhood Center presents

OUR 5TH ANNUAL SEEDS OF IMAGINATION

BENEFIT CONCERT

  

AN INTIMATE EVENING AND CONCERT

featuring the writer, poet and artist...

PATTI SMITH, JESSE SMITH AND FRIENDS

 

 

with special guests

THE IRIS STRING QUARTET

 

Tuesday, February 12th

6:30 PM WELCOME RECEPTION

SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE

8:00 PM CONCERT

AT THE HISTORIC HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT

ABRONS ARTS CENTER PLAYHOUSE THEATER

466 Grand Street, at the corner of Pitt Street, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side

 

Patron reserve seating $150 - General admission $75.00

 

TICKETS AVAILABLE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22nd at 9AM!
 

NAECC parents may purchase general admission tickets at front desk.

 

http://newamsterdamchildhood.brownpapertickets.com/

 

Please note this event is to benefit our school.



 

Tickets are being offered through the school and to the families and friends

of our school community and not to the General Public.

  

 

Patti Smith, born in Chicago and raised in South Jersey, migrated to New York in 1967.

In 1975 Patti Smith’s first recording, Horses, was inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2010 at The Library of Congress by the National Recording Preservation Board. Her subsequent albums are Radio Ethiopia, Easter, and Wave, Dream of Life, Gone Again, Peace and Noise, Gung Ho, trampin, Land, twelve,and most currently, Banga.

Author of the acclaimed memoir, Just Kids, which chronicled her friendship and journey in art with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith was awarded the 2010 National Book Award. Her other books include Witt, Babel, Coral Sea, Woolgathering, andAuguries of Innocence.

Patti Smith’s art has been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide. Represented by the Robert Miller Gallery in New York since 1978, her exhibitions include Strange Messenger, Land 250, and Camera Solo. Steven Sebring’s 2008 documentary, dream of life: the movie, was acknowledged internationally and received an Emmy nomination.

As well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Patti Smith also holds the honor of “Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture, and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Rowan State University, Pratt Institute of Art, and the School of Art Institute Chicago. Patti Smith was honored by ASCAP with the Founders Award, representing lifetime achievement, and the recipient of Sweden’s Polar Award that is an international acknowledgement for significant achievements in music.

On February 7, 2013, Smith will be awarded the Katharine Hepburn Medal from Bryn Mawr College, which recognizes women whose lives, work and contributions embody the same drive and accomplishments as the four-time winning actress.

Patti Smith and her band continue to tour worldwide as well as lend support for human right issues.