Family & Student Weekly News
January 26, 2020
Dear Brooklyn Collaborative Families & Students,
With the first semester ending and second semester of academic classes kicking off this Wednesday, January 29th, it’s important that students take the time to reflect upon their academic performance. As students look ahead and prepare for spring semester, they should assess the areas in which they demonstrated mastery and their areas in need of continued growth.
It’s critical that students demonstrate habits of scholarship of being persistent and responsible in their effort to achieve academic success and demonstrate mastery of their learning targets. It's important that students do not give up when work is challenging and ask questions when they are confused. It's equally important that students are collaborative and contribute to the academic and intellectual classroom environment. Being persistent, responsible, and collaborative are habits of scholarship that are foundational for students as they seek to promote to the next grade.
Families play a vital role in supporting their child’s success! We encourage you to establish a routine of looking at Pupil Path and discussing with your child their academic successes and their academic challenges and coming up with strategies for growth. Remind your child to attend Mastery Support on Tuesdays from 3:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m. to get extra support from their teachers.
We look forward to your continued partnership in making sure that our children come to school daily and on time and in cultivating work habits, behavior, and values that are important for their life-long success.
In partnership,
Scill & Imani (BCS School Leaders)
Tracey (BCS Parent Coordinator)
UPCOMING DATES
UPCOMING DATES
- EVERY TUESDAY: Mastery Support -3:15 - 4:00 p.m. (unless noted otherwise)
- 1/27: Staff PD Day. No School for Students Grades 6-12.
- 1/28: Spring Semester Begins
- 1/28: LG Ice Skating Trips & UG Campus Visits
- 1/28: No Tuesday Mastery Support
- 1/31: BCS New Year's Potluck Community Feast: A Celebration of Hope (5:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.)
- 2/4: SLT meeting from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
- 2/4 - PTA meeting from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
- 2/17 - 2/21: Midwinter Recess
Check this link for weekly highlights: https://www.bcs448.org/2020/01/26/1-21-24-highlights-of-the-week/ & https://www.bcs448.org/2020/01/20/1-13-17-highlights-of-the-week/
of what's going at the school, in the classroom, in after school clubs, an at sports events.
Check this link for important dates: http://www.bcs448.org/monthly-calendar/
Contact Information: To sign up for our parent mailing list, please email scill@bcs448.org with your name, your child’s name and grade level. Note: if you are receiving this email, you are already on our parent mailing list.
If you have any additional questions, please email imani@bcs448.org and tracey@bcs448.org
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
BCS New Year's Potluck Community Feast: A Celebration of Hope - Friday, January 31st at 6:00p.m.
- WHAT: We warmly invite you to join us to celebrate the New Year at our second annual BCS New Year's Potluck Community Feast: A Celebration of Hope!
- Bring your family, friends, and a favorite New Year's dish for an evening of celebration, performances, community building, and breaking bread with other families and staff.
- WHERE: BCS Cafeteria.
- WHY: Let's kick off a Brooklyn Collaborative tradition and come together to bring in 2020 as a school community.
- What are we hopeful for as a community? What individual and community commitments will we make to support the mission and vision of Brooklyn Collaborative?
- RSVP to Imani at imani@bcs448.org
WHEN: Friday, January 31, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Out-to-Lunch Pass Contract Begins for Lower Grade Students on 1/29
6th-8th Grade Out to Lunch Pass Contract
- Lower Grade students will have to earn an out to lunch pass based on their overall attendance in their classes and their positive expression of our core values.
- Out to Lunch pass will kick off for eligible students on the first day of second semester, 1/29.
- Please have a conversation with your child about the privilege of having lunch outside.
- Here is the Lower Grades: Out to Lunch Pass Contract.
- Copies of these forms will also be available in room 405 or email to taron@bcs448.org.
- All students need school ID in order to go outside.
9th Grade Out to Lunch Pass Contract
9th graders will have to earn an out to lunch pass based on their 7th period lateness and their first quarter grades.
Out to Lunch pass will kick off for eligible students after first quarter grades.
Please have a conversation with your child about the privilege of having lunch outside.
Here is the Grade 9: Out to Lunch Pass Contract
Copies of these forms will also be available in room 516 or email to imani@bcs448.org.
All students need school ID in order to go outside
IT IS PROHIBITED FOR STUDENTS/PARENTS TO HAVE FOOD ORDERED TO SCHOOL
CLASSROOM, COLLABORATION, & CURRICULUM SPOTLIGHT
Support Art Teacher Jill's Community Art Project for Fame Jr. - Amazon Wish List
- Support Jill and her art students in doing the set design by putting together the backdrop for Fame Jr.
- Go to our Amazon wish list to see how you may support. Link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/WX69HNQ4TUM0?ref_=wl_share
BCS Class of 2009 Alumnus Leetah McGee Hosted Well Cloth'd Pop Up Shop at BCS.
- On Saturday, 1/25, BCS Class of 2009 alumnus Leetah McGee hosted another Well Cloth’d Pop Up Shop at BCS.
- We are so proud of Leetah and paying it forward!
PTA CORNER
PTA Needs Your Ideas, Volunteer Spirit, & Enthusiasm
- WHAT: BCS PTA General Meeting
- WHEN: February 4, 2020
- TIME: 6:30-8PM
- WHERE: BCS Cafeteria
- WHY: Participate. Communicate. Advocate
FAMILY CORNER: RESOURCES, EVENTS, & OPPORTUNITIES
BCS Parent Equity Workshops Series - Rescheduled for Tuesday, February 11th @ 6:00 p.m
- We invite you to join us for our monthly BCS Parent Equity Workshop Series in the Library.
- Be part of this important schoolwide conversation on educational equity and what it means at Brooklyn Collaborative.
- Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 11th @ 6:00 p.m.
- Kindly RSVP to imani@bcs448.org
76 PCT. Build the Block Meeting
- WHAT: The Neighborhood Coordination Officers (NCO), will be holding their quarterly Build the Block meeting. These meetings are a platform for members of community to address their concerns as well get to know one another. It also allows the community to really meet their NCOs. All are welcome.
- WHEN: Tuesday, January 28th
- TIME: 6:30 p.m. (Doors open at 6:00p.m. for refreshments)
- WHERE: Brooklyn Collaborative Library Carroll Gardens, 396 Clinton Street
CEC15 Calendar Meeting with the D15 Presidents' Council, Tuesday, 1/28 @ 6;30 p.m.
- WHAT: CEC15 invites you to attend our January Calendar Meeting with the D15 Presidents' Council. There will be a presentation by the School Construction Authority on the 2020-2024 Capital Plan school improvements list for D15 school buildings. Please review the CEC15 Priority List that was submitted to the SCA last week. After the SCA Presentation, there will be an opportunity for attendees to voice concerns or give feedback on any education related subject.
- WHEN: Tuesday, January 28th
- TIME: 6:30 p.m.
- WHERE: P.S. 24, 427 38th Street in Sunset Park
STUDENT CORNER: RESOURCES, EVENTS, & OPPORTUNITIES
Middle School Camps: Ages 10 - 14 (5th - 8th graders)
- WHAT: 2020 Five to Eight Middle School Camps for Ages 10 -14 (5th - 8th graders)
- WHEN: Open House Dates on January 25th, February 22nd, and March 28th
- TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- WHERE: LIU Brooklyn Campus
- CAMP SELECTIONS: Rock Bank Academy, Theater Tech Camp, Game Design Camp, Moviemaking Camp, and Hackathon Camp
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 718-488-1364 or 718-488-1366; Email: Childrensacademy@liu.edu
NYU College & Career Lab: Summer Program for Current 7th & 8th Graders
- WHAT: NYU College & Career Lab is a free, noncredit, intensive summer program for current 7th and 8th graders attending NYC public charter, or home schools. Students will participate in exciting and interactive activities, faculty-taught courses, and gain valuable insight to prepare you for college. Lunch and transportation provided.
- WHEN: July 13th - August 7th
- TIME: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
- WHERE: New York University (NYU)
- APPLICATION OPENS: January 15, 2020
- APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2020
- FOR MORE INFORMATION: Go to the link - https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/high-school-programs/nyu-cpcs.html
Tuesday Mastery Support: Weekly, 3:15 - 4:00 p.m.
- EVERY Tuesday after school is mastery support time from 3:15-4pm.
- This is a chance for you to get extra help from your teachers.You are encouraged to stay for this time if there are any assignments they would like to work on or extra help they would like from teachers. All teachers are available during this time.
- We look forward to you remaining after school for support on Tuesdays!
- You are the leader of your own learning. Seize the Master Support opportunities
READING CORNER
Articles of Interest
- SEGREGATION DATA - https://queenseagle.com/all/755-city-schools-are-more-segregated-than-their-neighborhoods-report?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_ny
- TEACHER DIVERSITY - https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Diversifying-the-teaching-profession-requires-14990452.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_ny
SCHOOL POLICY REMINDERS
BCS Electronic Policy
- During instructional time, students must put cell phones and headphones in bookbags or lockers everyday, including on fieldwork.
- During lunch, students may use cell phones to play a game on their device quietly, read an electronic book or listen to music with headphones.
- .We expect families to message that electronics are to be invisible at school. Families should not contact their children during school and expect a response. If a student is not responsible with their device during school hours, we encourage parents to contract with their child, confiscate the device, turn off particular apps/features on their child’s device, and/or work with the cellular carrier to limit internet/data access during school hours
DOE POLICY REMINDER
Attendance Matters: DOE Attendance Policy
- The DOE identifies students who are absent two (2) days a month to be "chronically absent," even if the absence is excused. This means they have less than 90% attendance.
- Please make sure your child is present and on time every day and avoid scheduling appointments and vacations during the school year.
- Any absence that your child has needs to be accompanied by an excuse note from the parent and/or doctor. Lower Grades students (Grades 6-8) should give their notes to their crew leader, and Upper Grades students (Grades 9-12) should show their notes to their teachers each period and then submit the note to Office 507.
- Statistically, students who are identified as "chronically absent" are less likely to have grade-level academic performance and to be on pace for promotion and on-time graduation.
FUNDRAISING CORNER
Brooklyn Collaborative Wish List
- We greatly appreciate you taking a look at our wish list and supporting us in whatever ways you can.
- Link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/WX69HNQ4TUM0?ref_=wl_share