P.S. 212 Principal’s Message

 

Dear Families, 

 

I hope you are well.  This week, we have been celebrating Respect for All Week by focusing on the term KINDNESS.  Students have engaged in several wonderful activities that have helped them learn about kindness in: School, Home, towards themselves and the world.  They have written poetry, worked on Art projects, theater assignments, wrote letters to soldiers overseas and some classes made beautiful cards for children suffering from cancer and in St. Jude's Hospital.  . This week was exciting!  We all met our comfort dog, Ryder and listened as he and his handler, Ms. Eckert read a story about the power of kind words.  We also found time in this busy week to learn about Black History and famous black activists who changed the course of history,  learned about Chinese Lunar New Year, and of course took time to make and share beautiful Valentines!    

 

Please be reminded there is no school beginning on Friday, February 12th.  School returns on February 22, 2021.  All NYC school buildings are closed and students will not be joining remotely. However, you can pick up breakfast or Lunch "to go" from the main doors daily or visit John Dewey H.S.   

 

Please remember that all NYC DOE staff, students and visitors must complete the health-screening questionnaire prior to entering a DOE building and have temperature checked.  https://healthscreening.schools.nyc/ 

If you travel during February break, please review the health-screening app to determine if your child must quarantine.  The health screening question indicates:  In the past 10 days, have you returned from a country with a CDC level 2 or higher health alert or US state or territory other than New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Vermont.  Please do not send children to school who have traveled during the break without checking the guidelines.  

 

I have included the health-screening link and the Travel Guidelines for NY State.  If you have any questions please call the school at 7:30 am on February 22, 2021 718 -266-4841 to review the guidelines.   https://healthscreening.schools.nyc/ 

State guidelines can be found at:   https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory 

Grade 5 Senior Picture day is Friday, Feb. 19th - Please review the video and information in your child's grade 5 google classrooms to learn about times and locations for Senior Pictures! 

 

Wishing all who celebrate a very happy Chinese Lunar New Year on Feb. 12th and wishing our whole school community a wonderful Mid-Winter recess!  

                                                                                                   See you all in person or remotely on February 22nd!  

              

              Warmest regards,

              Principal Horne 

 

• If you are in need of an electronic device please complete the survey on this web page https://coronavirus.schools.nyc/RemoteLearningDevices
• PARENT COORDINATOR: If you require any assistance during remote learning please contact our Parent Coordinator Ilia Liff, Iliff@schools.nyc.gov
• REGISTRATION & BUSING: Pupil Accounting Secretary Margaret Desimone, MDesimone@schools.nyc.gov.
• MIDDLE SCHOOL: Any middle school questions for 5th grade contact Ms.  Belkadi, mkouiad@schools.nyc.gov

You can also reach the administrative team or receive important notifications daily by joining our Family Remind App. The information can be found on this website under "Important Announcements."  

Principal, Rina Horne, rhorne@schools.nyc.gov

 Assistant Principal, Helen Stern, hstern3@schools.nyc.gov

Assistant Principal, Sharon Dror, sdror2@schools.nyc.gov

Setting up a basic account will allow you to get emergency notifications from the DOE.

You can create a basic account online from any computer, phone, or tablet. All you need to do is:

·        Go to https://mystudent.nyc/saa/signup 

·        Set up the account by:

o   Entering  your name and email address,

o   creating a password, and

o   answering a few brief security questions so you can reset the password if you forget it.

 

After you create your account, you will need to verify your identity and your relationship to that student. You can do that at the upcoming Parent-Teacher Conferences on 3/5/2020. Once you do that you will be able to see your child’s grades, test scores, and attendance. 

 

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