KIPP Washington Heights Middle School

In these tough and uncertain times, it's more important than ever for our school to have a strong social work team! In honor of #SocialWorkMonth, we want to give a shout-out to our incredible team of social workers! Thank you for everything you do! <3 #SocialWorkIsEssential Shout-outs in the pictures come from WHMS staff! :) Families, please share your shout-outs for these lovely ladies in the comments! And if you're free later today, join the SW team for a family workshop at 5pm (Spanish), 6pm (English)! Check Canvas for more details!

KIPPsters, starting next Monday, March 1st, we'll be kicking off a new schedule! Instead of having all of your live classes in the afternoon, your first period classes will now start at 8:30AM! You will be getting your new schedules later this week! Please reach out to your teachers if you have any questions. You can also find more details regarding the schedule change and hybrid learning on our Main Office Canvas Course (requires a student/observer login): https://kippnyc.instructure.com/courses/1247/modules/15771

Happy Tuesday! One of the positives of remote learning is that we've been able to have clubs every Weds, where students from across different grades can engage in something they're interested in! We hope you enjoy this performance from the American Sign Language Club! :) #ASL #Clubs #RemoteLearning

Happy Friday families! We're working on ensuring that all the important links you need for remote learning are easily organized! Check out our new page, with information for Dean's List, Powerschool and Canvas, and please give us feedback! https://sites.google.com/kippnycstudents./whms/for-families Please remember you can also always check out www.kippnyc.com/remote-learning for the latest information from KIPP NYC on remote learning!

Families - please read below for important updates regarding hybrid learning! Have a good weekend!

Congrats goes to Ms. Dixon, our 5th grade Collective Liberation teacher, who was named a Merit Award Winner and won the Audience Choice Award, in Brooklyn Public Library's annual #PowerUP business plan competition! We can't wait to see the impact of Sylvia's Community Kitchen on healthy eating in East New York! #Entrepreneur #TeacherEntrepreneur #SupportBlackBusiness https://bklyner.com/brooklyn-public-librarys-powerup-conte/ https://www.instagram.com/sckbrooklyn/

Families - we're having our first ever Literacy Night next Tuesday evening! Your ELA teachers hope to see you there! :)

Happy Friday! Ms. Valdez was out in the rain to vote early! Share your plan with us on when you're voting!! #KIPPNYCVotes #Election2020 #VoteEarly2020 #Vote2020 #Vote

KIPPsters - are you interested in having a college student tutor or mentor you during remote learning? Sign up for free here! https://www.coved.org

Happy Monday! With all the challenges in 2020, it can sometimes be hard to remember all the bright spots and great work that's still happening each and every day! We want to send a huge thank you to West Side Rag for writing such an uplifting story about our student Crismary and her mentor, Ms. O'Connor, the author of the Fancy Nancy children's series! Thank you so much Ms. O'Connor! Thank you also to all the amazing programs highlighted in the article: Star Learning Center, Goddard Riverside and Prep for Prep. We appreciate you all so much for providing opportunities for our students to learn and excel! <3 https://www.westsiderag.com//how-the-bestselling-fancy-nan

HAPPY FRIDAY! There will be no remote learning for students on Mon, Tues and Weds of next week. Remote learning resumes again on Thurs, Oct 1, to kick off Cycle 2. Please make sure you come pick up your Cycle 2 materials at school at the following times: -Weds, 9/30 for 6th, 7th and 8th graders (10-12:30 for Last Name A-L, 12:30-3 for Last Name M-Z) -Thurs, 10/1 for 4th and 5th graders (10-12:30 for Last Name A-L, 12:30-3 for Last Name M-Z)

KIPPsters - we are excited to be kicking off the official virtual schedule tomorrow. Your individual schedules were emailed to your kippnycstudents.org email and to your parent's email! Please reach out to Ms. Lee if you have any questions!