This Week @ PS 88Q
September 4, 2022
A Message From Mrs. O'Shaughnessy
Welcome Back to the 2022-2023 School Year! I hope you all had a wonderful, peaceful and restful summer. We are so excited about this year for many reasons. Our staff is ready to greet all of our amazing students on Thursday, September 8th!
This weeks newsletter has a lot of information, so please read below about arrival, dismissal, health and safety and the online lunch form.
Any questions, please feel free to reach out to me anytime!
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
HEALTH SCREENINGS ARE NO LONGER NECCESSARY
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL PROCEDURES (NEW)
School begins promptly at 8:00 AM. The gates will open at 7:30 AM. Children arriving after gates are closed will be marked late (after 8:00 a.m.). This year we will have an early drop off starting at 7:30 a.m.
All students WILL ENTER through the egresses below.
7:30AM: Large School Yard entrance for K, 1, and 2
7:30AM: Small School Yard Entrance: Auditorium door for grades 3, 4, 5
8:00 a.m. – 2:20 p.m. (students in session)
All students WILL DISMISS through the egresses below.
LARGE school yard (68th Road)- K & 1
FRONT OF SCHOOL (Catalpa Avenue)- 2 & 3
SMALL school yard (68th Road)- 4 & 5
Please remember that students will only be released to guardians and emergency contacts that you have listed on your blue card through OPEROO. Please add any additional people who you consent to pick up your child. Photo ID will be required,
Safety is our first concern, so please wait for teachers to hand to hand dismiss, especially the first few days while everyone is getting to know each other.
Early Drop off at 7:30am (68th Rd entrances /schoolyard) starting 9/12
Dismissal Map for Grades K, 1, 3 and 4 (68th Road)
Dismissal Map for Grades 2 and 3 (Catalpa Avenue)
3K and Pre-K
In order to ease our youngest students into the school experience, the Division of Early Childhood finds that the staggered schedule supports students and families. For all of our early childhood classes (3K and PreK) families are encouraged to walk their child in to the classroom every day, as well as enter the classroom for pick-up. This hand to hand arrival and dismissal is not only the safest, but the most social emotional. It could be overwhelming for them to be in a large crowd, looking for a guardian.
For the first two days, parents are more than welcome to stay in the classroom with their child.
PLEASE REMEMBER, THE DOE VISITOR POLICY IS THAT YOU MUST SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION IN ORDER TO ENTER ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Below is the first few days schedule.
Date Time
Thursday, September 8, 2022 Group A: 9:00am-10:00am Group B: 10:15am-11:15am
Friday, September 9, 2022 Group A: 9:00am-10:00am Group B: 10:15am-11:15am
Monday, September 12, 2022 Group A: 9:00am-10:30am Group B: 11:00am-12:30pm
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Full class attends for a half day (8:00am-11:00am)
Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Full class attends for a full day (8:00am-2:20pm)
Kindergarten Arrival for Sept. 8th and Sept. 9th
We are so excited for the class of 2028! We want to make their transition to kindergarten memorable and as special as possible. Kindergarten students will be welcomed on their first day with many staff members cheering them on! To ease any confusion, and a. more social emotional entrance, kindergarten students will enter at 8:30 am on Thursday September 8th and Friday September 9th. They will resume the 8:00am arrival time on Monday, September 12th.
New Student Registration
NYC DOE Health and Safety Guidance
We’re excited to welcome you back to school on Thursday, September 8! As you prepare for the first day of school, we want to ensure that you’ve received New York City’s most up-to-date guidance on health and safety.
All Families: Please Complete
We are proud to be a Title I school. This additional funding allows us to provide so many additional supports and resources for our students. In order to maintain this, all families must complete the survey below. Please complete via the link below!
Thank you.
New Messaging/Grades and Attendance App
Dear Families,
I hope you are having a wonderful summer break.
As we begin our preparations for the first day of school, I want to let you know that this year, our school will begin to use the new DOE-created Grades, Attendance, and Messaging applications.
These tools are designed to help you monitor your child’s progress, increase your ability to stay informed, and connect directly with our school’s teachers and administrators, while keeping your child’s personal information as safe as possible.
In the fall, all the information from these new applications will be available to families in the NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) Portal. Currently, you can see your child’s report cards, view attendance, update important contact information, and more in NYCSA. If you have not created a NYCSA account, please create one before school starts on September 8. If you need help creating a NYCSA account, please contact Maggie Ramos, Parent Coordinator.
Just below you’ll find a brief overview of the applications. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Grades, Attendance, and Messaging Family Guide
The DOE Grades application is an electronic gradebook for teachers.
Teachers can create and grade assignments while maintaining all data fully secure and within the DOE.
Teachers can import assignments from our school’s Learning Management System, [iLearn/Google Classroom], meaning that teachers will not have to do duplicate data entry.
Students will be able to see assignments and assignment-level grades from the DOE Grades application in TeachHub in the fall.
Parents will be able to see assignments and assignment-level grades in the NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) Portal in the fall.
DOE Attendance is an electronic attendance tool.
Families already have access to their child’s attendance in NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) Portal.
Teachers and school administrators will be able to quickly and securely update student attendance throughout the day.
The new DOE Messaging application offers multiple methods for outreach to families, such as voice calls, emails, and SMS texts.
Our school staff will be able to send families messages by course/class, by grade, or even to the entire school.
Messages can be sent in English and the nine DOE languages