- P.S. 144 Col. Jeromus Remsen School
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P.S. 144 is a local elementary school in Forest Hills, New York, USA. The zoned middle school for P.S. 144 is J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage.
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Grades
The school encompasses grades pre-kindergarten to sixth grade. It has two full day pre-kindergarten classes. There are 3-4 classes in every other grade. Each grade has technology, science, physical education (referred to as gym in most of the classrooms if not all), art, math, and literacy. The fifth grade takes ballroom dancing classes.
Art
Ballroom Dancing is one of the most popular of the arts among the students in P.S. 144. Annually, a team is sent to compete in a citywide ballroom dancing competition. The school was featured in Mad Hot Ballroom, a documentary on ballroom dancing among children.
The school has artists who come in and produce pieces of art. One example of this is the Tiffany designs students made, which is displayed at the Queens Museum of Art.
Every year the sixth grade learns Broadway dance.
Parents Association
There is a Parents Association at PS 144. The website for the Parents Association is www.pa144.com.
See also
Categories:- Elementary schools in New York City
- Schools in Queens
- New York school stubs
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