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We hope to see you tonight! www.d25.nyc/cec

"As our schools work hard on re-imagining how we educate our children, I am excited to share with you our re-opening plans for fall 2021. Based on available hea...lth indicators, we will return to full-time, in-person learning this September. This means that all students in grades 3-K through 12 will be learning in-person this fall." Read the full letter here - https://www.schools.nyc.gov//chancellor-s-message-for-fami

Join the District 25 Community Education Council and Superintendent Danielle DiMango for the District 25 Town Hall with Chancellor Meisha Porter. Visit www.d25.nyc/cec for more information.

We have decorated our fence from our PTA's Ribbon Rally

Our staff had a great time on Twin Day! We hope our students did too!

Join the District 25 Community Education Council and Superintendent Danielle DiMango for the October 2020 D25 CEC meeting! It's TONIGHT, 10/07, at 7PM using ZOOM. To join the meeting and to request time to speak please visit http://www.d25.nyc/cec We hope to see you all there.

An important message from Chancellor Richard Carranza - September 29, 2020: Update for Families on COVID-19 Testing https://www.schools.nyc.gov//chancellor-s-m...essage-for-fami Letter signed by: Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Ted Long, MD, MHS Executive Director, NYC Test & Trace Corps Richard A. Carranza, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education We are so excited to welcome you back into our school building! As we begin this new school year, the health and safety of all students and staff remains our top concern. That’s why many things in our school buildings will look different this year, from face masks to physical distancing in every classroom to disinfecting every school, every night. We are taking all of these steps to ensure that our schools remain safe, our students and staff stay healthy, and that you feel confident sending your children for in-person learning. Today we are writing to ask for your help with another important element of our health and safety work: testing our students and staff for COVID-19. Keeping school buildings open depends on helping us stay aware of and take immediate action to address COVID-19 concerns in our buildings. That’s why we have partnered with NYC Health + Hospitals, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the NYC Test & Trace Corps to arrange for testing of NYC DOE students and staff for COVID-19 infection. Our testing partners will test a randomly selected group of staff and students in schools once per month. The number of children and staff to be tested each month will depend on the size of the school population. In addition to the random monthly testing, we are also working hard to offer in-school testing later this year for students who are showing symptoms of COVID-19, or are a confirmed close contact of someone in the school who has tested positive. The test is easy, quick, and safe. Instead of the long swab that goes in the back of the nose, this test is a short, small swab (like a Q-Tip) that goes just in the front of the nose. Later this school year, it is possible that tests will be administered by collecting a small amount of saliva (spit). In order for us to administer a COVID-19 test to your child, we need your consent. We strongly encourage you to sign and return the consent form, available on the Covid-19 Testing page - https://www.schools.nyc.gov//health-and-s/covid-19-testing - as soon as possible.

*Update* YOU CAN WATCH THE MEETING RECORDING HERE - https://youtu.be/mMkxUMw2dTk Join the District 25 CEC TONIGHT at 7PM for a *SPECIAL* meeting TO DISCUSS THE ...REMOTE PORTION OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE BLENDED LEARNING STUDENTS. Head over to www.d25.nyc/cec for the ZOOM meeting link. The meeting begins at 7PM.

An important message from Chancellor Richard Carranza - September 21, 2020 - https://www.schools.nyc.gov//chancellor-s-message-for-fami "We all have a part to... play in keeping our school communities safe. We are asking you to do your part by making sure your children have completed their health screenings (including temperature checks) before they enter school buildings. We encourage you to use our Online Health Screening Tool, https://healthscreening.schools.nyc, EACH DAY that your child is scheduled to attend in-person learning." See more

Thanks to our friends at New York Harbor School for this idea, we wanted our students to know about some of our new protocols they’ll see when they return to school October 1, 2020.

The 2020-2021 School Calendar is here! It includes key dates and parent teacher conference schedules. https://www.schools.nyc.gov//2020-2021-school-year-calendar

https://www.schools.nyc.gov//2020-2021-school-year-calendar

NYC families! Have you signed up for an NYC Schools Account (NYCSA)? Visit schools.nyc.gov/nycsa and sign up for text and email updates so we can keep you informed about health, safety, and your child’s schooling all year long. It only takes five minutes!

#ReturnToSchool2020 NEWS: on Monday, September 21, 2020 all schools will begin full-day teaching and learning. Students in blended learning will begin to report... to buildings, depending on their in-person schedule. All students in 100% remote learning will begin full-day learning. From Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 to Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 all students will reconnect remotely to their school community with a partial-day instructional orientation. This will be an important transition to the new school year. Learn more: schools.nyc.gov/returntoschool2020

Not the way we would like, New Teacher Training Week is happening Virtually. Although new to our school, we have 15 new teachers most of which are coming from other DOE schools. Here are some of our new faces you will see around the building. We’re very happy to have them join the CPC family!

Join us at City Hall.