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  Minecraft Education Challenge Join the 2021 Minecraft Education Challenge to Build a Better Tomorrow! Starting Tuesday, April 13

  Starting Tuesday, April 13 through Friday, May 14, 2021, use Minecraft: Education Edition to design and build a solution that supports sustainable communities and reduces inequities for everyone; whether in your home borough, your neighborhood, or throughout New York City.

  This challenge is open to all NYC Department of Education students, but you must use your DOE student account. See step 2 below for instructions on how to access your student account. You will need your account to download Minecraft: Education Edition for free!  

  Watch the NYCDOE Battle of the Boroughs Video   or  Minecraft Challenge Page for further details.

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  NY Boulder Reading Challenge Starts April 12,2021

  • The New York Boulders Challenge will run for a three week period between April 26 and May 16, 2021. Only out-of-school reading counts.  This can include books from school curriculum or self-chosen books, digital or print.
  • Minutes may include time that the parent or guardian reads aloud to the student.
  • Each school must designate a coordinator of this program.
  • The coordinator will be given a reporting spreadsheet, a copy of which should be given to each participating classroom teacher. Teachers will use this to enter their student’s names and to log reading minutes throughout the competition.
  • Each coordinator will then use the reporting spreadsheet to compile the students’ reading minutes for the entire school.
  • Reading minutes are logged as follows:
    • Students will record their reading minutes on their logs, have their parent or guardian sign the logs, and return the logs to their classroom teacher each Monday
    • Student prizes* are as follows:
      • Single - read at least 400 minutes: A participation certificate plus 2 tickets for a specified Boulders game.
      • Triple - read at least 800 minutes: A participation certificate plus 4 tickets for a specified Boulders game
      • Grand Slam - read 1300 or more minutes: A participation certificate plus 4 tickets for specified Boulders game plus a first pitch at a specified Boulders home game with T-Shirt.
      • Top Overall Reader: recognition at a Boulder’s game on field, autographed baseball and photo with manager and Boulder Bird.

  • Student Tracking Log 2021.pdf

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  UFT-Saturday Enrichment Classes

  
  The UFT Teacher Center Saturday Academy is back with free, online academic enrichment classes for children on April 10 and 24!
  
  If you haven't registered yet, there's still time, register  at the UFT Teacher Center Saturday Academy. If you registered using a DOE email address, please register again using a non-DOE email address. You'll need to use the same non-DOE email to log into Zoom to access any remote UFT events, including Saturday Academy classes.
  
  These 90-minute virtual classes, held over two consecutive Saturdays, will be engaging, creative and fun. They're designed to reinforce the skills your children are learning during the week and help boost their academic progress in this difficult school year.
  
  We'll help our students learn about how to discover the beautiful changes all around us! They may explore what it means to be a hero, write poetry or work on a project that examines current events and social justice.
  
  There will be sessions for six different grade levels. All are suitable for children with and without special needs. 

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• NYS English Language Art Opt-In Survey

  Please complete the NYS English Language Arts Exam Opt-In survey if you would like to Opt-in your child to take the NYS English Language Arts Exam.

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• Kindergarten Offers Thursday, April 8, 2021

  Kindergarten offers will be e-mailed to families starting Thursday, April 8^th. Hard copies via USPS will be mailed to families later this month

   

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• April 2021 Cohort Calendar

  • April Calendar.pdf

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• Create your NYC Schools Account

  NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) is an app that helps you track your child’s education. Through NYCSA, you can see their grades, attendance, fitness results, schedule, and more. Find out how to sign up, now.

   

  In the account, you can see a child’s:

  
  • Assessments (Test Scores)
  • Attendance
  • Enrollment History
  • Grades
  • Graduation Tracker
  • Guardians
  • Health Information (Fitnessgram)
  • Individualized Education Program (IEP) Information
  • Promotion Tracker
  • Reading Level
  • Schedule
  • Student Documents (Report Card, Transcript, Summer School Letter)
  • Transportation

   

  Link: https://mystudent.nyc/

   

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• COVID-19 Updates

  Please visit our COVID-19 Plan page to find all the critical information about how school name is changing the way we operate to reduce the risk of COVID infection. We are doing everything we can to make sure staff, students, and families are safe.

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