Principal's weekly Letter 5/3/24
Principal's weekly letter 5/3/24
May 3, 2024
Dear Families,
The N.Y.C Department of Education has extended the deadline to complete the 2024 N.Y.C School Survey to May 10, 2024. Every year Students, Parents and Teachers fill out the survey. The survey provides valuable information on what we are doing well at IS230 and what we can do to improve. You can fill out a paper version of the survey or you can do it online. Currently we only have 40% of Families who have completed the survey. Thank you to all the families who have already completed it.
On May 7th and 8th our school will be administering the Math state test. Those 8th grade students who will be taking a Math Regents in June will sit for a Mock Algebra 1Regents exam in preparation for the Regents. Our hardworking and dedicated staff has prepared your child for this exam. We ask that students get a good night sleep, eat a healthy breakfast at home or at school and arrive on time.
On May 8th Parents may access your child’s Marking Period Three progress reports via your NYCSA.
Our next PTA meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 15th at 6:30 p.m. The focus of the meeting will be to hold nominations for the following positions: PTA, SLT and PAC. To increase Parent and Student turn out at our PTA meetings, parents who bring their IS230 child to the meeting and stay until the end their child will receive 2 hours of community service. Community service is a graduation requirement here at IS230. To learn more about our community service requirement click on the link below:
On Thursday, May 16th we will hold our last Virtual Evening Parent Teacher Conference from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. We will be using PTC Wizard to sign up for appointments and ZOOM to conduct the meetings. On May 10th parents will be able to sign up for time slots to meet your child or children’s teacher. On May 10th we will update our Parent Teacher Conference Page on the school website (www.is230.org) under Parent support. Here is the link: http://is230.org/parent_teacher_conference
A PTA donation letter was sent out to the home with the students. We are currently asking for your help in donating time and/or money. There is no monetary amount and parents are free to donate whatever they are able to do so. You can bring your donations to the main office located in the main building and place them in the PTA donation box or you can make a deposit via our PayPal account. The information for the PayPal account is in the school website.
One of our goals this year is to create more shared experiences for our students at IS230. This month we starting to collect dues for the following field trips and dances:
- 6th grade trip to Adventureland. The trip will take place on June 12, 2023 and the cost of the trip is $100. The cost includes charter bus, meal and entrance to the park. Those students who are interested will fill out a permission slip and provide a cash payment of $100. There are 200 spots available. More information will be shared with 6th grade families.
- 8th grade Senior Due deadline was January 5th. The Senior due is now $130.
- 8th grade Senior Trip to Lake Compounce. Collection starts 2/2/24 is $115 only 260 spots available on a first come first serve basis.
Restorative Practice May Monthly Focus Corner
|
Grade |
Mindfulness |
CASEL |
Habit of Mind |
CR-SE |
|
6th |
Self-Compassion |
Self-Management |
Managing Impulsivity/ Finding Humor |
Community Activism: Mental Health Awareness Month
|
|
7th |
Bias |
Relationship Skills |
Thinking Flexibility/Finding Humor
|
Community Activism: Mental Health Awareness Month
|
|
8th |
Bias |
Social Awareness |
Striving for Accuracy/Finding Humor |
Community Activism: Mental Health Awareness Month
|
To learn more about Habits of Mind, CASEL and CR-SE please click on the links below:
https://www.habitsofmindinstitute.org/what-are-habits-of-mind/
https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/
http://www.nysed.gov/crs/framework
Important Upcoming Dates
May 7, 2024: Day 1 Math State Test
May 8, 2024: Day 2 Math State Test
May 8, 2024: Marking Period 3 Progress Report on NYCSA
May 10, 2024: IS230 P.T.A Celebrates Staff Appreciation Day
We look forward to continuing to improve communication and relationships here at I.S. 230.
Please visit our website www.is230.org and Social Media accounts to get more information and sign up for E-Chalk Notification.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Ajith Satyanarayana
