Upper Nyack Elementary School SCOOP

Scholastic Book Fair - March 13-17

This year's Book Fair has been an epic success this week!! Tomorrow is the last day to buy books in person, but books can still be purchased online until March 24. Teacher wish lists for books have been created and will be sent out by class parents by the end of this week for voluntary support by parents ONLINE.

Any parents/guardians who would like to visit the fair is welcomed to do so all day tomorrow, Friday, March 17. Your child can be called down to join you if you notify the teacher.

Book Fair Homepage: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/uppernyackelementaryschool

PTA IS SEEKING A FEW DEDICATED PARENTS

Calling all parents and caregivers!! The PTA’s two year term is finishing this year and all positions are open!!

Joining the PTA is a great way to get involved with the school and help build our community. Anyone interested- just click on the form and let us know. We will be gathering interest over the next few weeks and will introduce the new board at the last PTA meeting of the year in June.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FORM

Community Engagement Parent Meetings

I've had the opportunity to have some great conversations with parents at my LISTEN AND LEARN meetings these last couple of weeks. Since my grade 4/5 meeting was cancelled due to a snow day, I am rescheduling that meeting to next Tuesday.

We discovered at our last meeting that setting the meeting up to be virtual led to a great increase in attendance. While I always prefer to meet in person whenever possible, since I'm hearing that it's easier for parents to attend a Zoom, I'm going to switch the format to a virtual meeting.

CLICK HERE for the Zoom link to attend the Grades 4/5 - Tuesday, March 21 @ 5pm virtually.

VIRTUAL COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL

Tomorrow (Friday, March 17), I have my monthly VIRTUAL COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL. Please CLICK HERE for the schedule and the link if you are interested to attend.

Parent Teacher Conferences Coming in April

Friday, April 14 and Friday, April 21 are Elementary Early Dismissal Days. Students will be released at 11:45am. Parent Teacher Conferences will occur on these afternoons and you should soon be receiving a Google Form Signup directly from your child's teacher. These afternoon sessions (generally from 12:45-3:15pm) will be in person at UNES. On Thursday, April 20, we have EVENING PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES that are VIRTUAL ONLY.

When you get the form, please sign up as soon as possible. If you do not receive information before the April break, please reach out to your child's teacher for more assistance.

The schedule for dismissal on our half days for P/T Conferences is as follows:

11:30 am - Kindergarten Students

11:35 am - Walkers & Grades 1 - 5

11:40 am - Car Riders Grades K - 5

11:45 am - Bus Riders K - 5

NYS ELA and MATH EXAMS

The state exams are coming up soon. The NYS ELA EXAM is scheduled for April 19 & 20, while the NYS MATH EXAM is scheduled for May 2 & 3. The district will be providing more information as the dates comes closer, but the link below from NYS may provide some valuable information to some FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.

CLICK HERE FOR NYS EXAM INFORMATION

SEPTSA WEBINARS for parents of students with IEPs

SEPTSA is hosting a series of webinars for parents breaking down the IEP, Parents' Rights and Preparing for the IEP Meeting. They will be presenting these webinars in both English and Spanish. The first series will be in Spanish and will be held the week of March 27th.

The Zoom Link for both webinars is https://zoom.us/j/92929623917

CLICK HERE FOR THE ENGLISH FLYER

CLICK HERE FOR THE SPANISH FLYER

FOR YOUR FUTURE PLANNING

Please note that the following dates have been set for two big events at the end of the year. We know that many people have to plan very far in advance so please mark your calendars:

5th Grade Graduation / Moving Up Ceremony - Friday, June 16 (@ 9:30am)

Kindergarten Moving Up Ceremony - Wednesday, June 14 (@ 9:30am)

ARCHIVES ON OUR WEBSITE

There are archives of my community newsletter on the UNES WEBSITE - CLICK HERE, as well as on the UNESPTA Website (coming soon). If you can't find the old newsletters and are looking for info - you can find that info in these two places.

Mark Your Calendars!

Monday March 20 - Colonial Arts Presentation (4th Grade)
Friday, March 24. - Day in Clay Project with Cliff Mendelson
Thursday, March 29 - Safety Assembly (Bus, Pedestrian, Parking Lot and Bicycle Safety)
April 3-7 - Spring Recess (No School)
April 19-20 - NYS ELA Exam