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Every Saturday, Grassroots Grocery rescues about 8,000 pounds of produce from Hunts Point Produce Market partners and distributes it to more than 1,100 families.
Join other ESMS families and sort produce and deliver it to a community fridge! This activity is suitable for the whole family.
No car? No problem! If you don’t have a car, come help unload the truck of donated produce and help sort it!
Saturday March 18 at 9am
1957 Turnbull Ave, in the Bronx (in the parking lot right behind Burlington Coat Factory).
Join the competition and help those in need!
We will be collecting travel size hygiene items for the Urban Outreach Center (UOC) to distribute. Items we're collecting include shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, wipes/tissues, and q-tips.
The drive will be a competition between homerooms. In order for your donation to count for your homeroom, you must label the bag you donate in with your homeroom number. We would prefer if you could bring your donations in a ziplock baggie or brown paper lunch bag, but anything works.
The drive will start on Monday, February 27 and end on Friday, March 10. The donation bin will be in the lobby, next to Agent Skinner’s desk. Our goal is to collect a total of 125 Hygiene Kits, so that everyone at the UOC can get one!
Look what’s blooming this spring! K-8 students can apply now to attend enrichment programs with STEM Matters NYC. Get your hands dirty in the garden, encounter amazing animals, or design an art or engineering project. Choose from a wide range of programs offered at sites throughout the city!
Programs are offered at the NYC Center for Aerospace and Applied Mathematics; Bronx Zoo; Central Park Zoo; Intrepid, Sea, Air & Space Museum; Makerspace NYC; New York Aquarium; New York Botanical Garden; Prospect Park Zoo; Queens Botanical Garden; Queens Museum; Queens Zoo; Rocking the Boat; Rubin Museum of Art; Staten Island Museum; Staten Island Zoo; The Horticultural Society of NY; and UrbanGlass.
Students will meet and work with field experts in programs that feature real-world learning experiences.
Don’t miss out, spots are limited and the application deadline is Friday, February 10. Participants are selected via lottery and preference is given to students who attend Title I schools. Download our flyer, learn more, and apply now. Translated flyers, FAQs, and application guides are also available on our program page.
For questions, contact STEMMattersNYC@schools.nyc.gov.
Brainfuse offers students in Grades 1-12 free online homework help from one-on-one tutors, daily from 2–11 PM.
ESMS is happy to announce that Bailey the Comfort Dog is back at school! Please be sure to watch this brief slideshow and click through at the end to give/deny permission for your child to interact with Bailey.
... from Council Member Menin, students and families from ESMS have FREE access to upcoming Lincoln Center performances, catered towards younger audiences. Click for info on Kid, Teen, and Family programs
The DOE takes the confidentiality of information about students very seriously. There are several federal and state laws, such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and New York State Education Law 2-d, and local regulations, such as Chancellor’s Regulation A-820, that protect students’ “personally identifiable information” (PII). Please read the following annual notices that the DOE is mandated to send home:
Dear Parents,
I am writing to provide you with information about the Department of Education’s Emergency Readiness
Initiatives that are in place in all NYC Public Schools....
NYC Care is a health care access program that guarantees services at little or no-cost to New Yorkers who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance. Unlock your right to affordable health care with dignity and respect, regardless of your immigration status or ability to pay.
In cafeteria
Current NY State Immunization Requirements
Applicable for all, but incoming 6th grade families should please note #3 on p.2
Pediatrician Exam Form
Submit each year or after any new immunization to nurse@esmsnyc.net
Medication Administration Forms (MAF)
All students with a diagnosis such as asthma, allergies or diabetes should submit a Medication Administration Form (MAF) to the school nurse; a new MAF must be submitted each year. MAFs are linked above for general medication administration as well as meds for asthma, allergies, diabetes, and seizures. If your child requires medication to be administered at school, please call the school nurse at 212.360.0114 x5 to set up a time to bring in the signed MAF and any medication that is to be stored at school. (Meds/supplies for use during school days must be unexpired, unopened, and in the original bottle or box; everything should be labeled with the child’s name and birth date.of birth.)
Asthma Diabetes Seizure Allergies Anaphylaxis General Medication
Request for Provision of Medically Prescribed Treatment (non-medication)
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As of July 2022, schools await DOE guidance on whether we will resume conducting the daily health screening and/or Covid 19 test kit distribution.
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Pursuant to Section 613 of the New York State Public Health Law, all schools are now required to post flu educational material in plain view throughout the school building.
Fight Flu at Home and School: English, Spanish, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, and Russian
IMPORTANT
NEW ESMS ATTENDANCE REPORTING PROCEDURE
If your child will be absent or is arriving late, please alert the school in the morning, by completing THIS SHORT GOOGLE FORM
It will be most helpful to receive your entry before 9am when homeroom begins.
To report a case of Covid, please click HERE as soon as the positive results are known.
There is no need to call or email teachers if you complete either form - all staff will have access.
RELATED ATTENDANCE REMINDERS:
Go to Operoo if you need to update your child's Emergency Card Authorized Student Pickup List. The school can only release your child during the school day to names on this list and will be able to see your changes in real time. The PTA is proud to help support the school's use of Operoo.
Parents and Guardians: Join Mr. Getz on Zoom for the Principal's Book Club.
Teachers College Reading & Writing Project
Parent University helps to educate families from early childhood through adulthood. It offers free courses, resources, events, and activities. Check it out and sign in with your NYC School Account.
NY Times
TEDx
The science of sleep (and the art of productivity)
NY Times
How to Help Our Kids Open Up About Anything
Teenagers Are Struggling, and It’s Not Just Lockdown
It's Not Just Adults Who Are Stressed. Kids Are, Too
How to Protect Your Children From Online Predators
Video Games and Online Chats Are ‘Hunting Grounds’ for Predators
Trump Administration Plans to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes
We Still Don’t Know How Safe Vaping Is
Don’t Use Bootleg or Street Vaping Products, C.D.C. Warns
The Atlantic
Twitter Needs a Pause Button
Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office
Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2017
The Talk - How Adults Can Promote Young People’s Healthy Relationships and Prevent Misogyny and Sexual Harassment and accompanying Podcast
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Bailey, our NYC certified therapy dog, will be a part of our school community for this school year. Bailey will be included in classroom lessons on social-emotional learning, resiliency, and human/animal interaction.
Additionally, students may have the opportunity to interact directly with Bailey for more individualized social-emotional learning opportunities. For example, interacting with Bailey may help students with counseling sessions meet their social-emotional performance (e.g. socialization and communication) goals.
Bailey may also be used as part of our school’s crisis intervention protocols, including behavioral crisis de-escalation and bereavement assistance.
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I See Her by Ahana Chandra- by Ahana Chandra
My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing
- A Poem Memoir written by 7th Grader, Leah Mesuk
New Poems Added!
Welcome to our corner, where we gather to write, share and publish our poetry.
It’s a wonderful creative space for young poets to embrace their inner talent.
If that appeals to you, please come join us to explore great poems!
Read our latest set of published poems
-The Students of the ESMS Poetry Corner
Parent University helps to educate families from early childhood through adulthood. It offers free courses, resources, events, and activities. Check it out and sign in with your NYC School Account.
ESMS is collaborating with Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to build a more caring, inclusive school community where students feel safe, supported, and connected. As a member of the Caring Schools Network, we will work to better understand how students, staff, and parents experience our school community.
We will also have access to research-based strategies and insights from leaders in the field of education to promote safety, caring, and respect. You can learn more about MCC’s Caring Schools Network at https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/caring-schools.
Due reduced fundraising opportunities this past year resulting from Covid-19, our school and students need your support now more than ever. Your generous support will help to continue quality student programs remotely and when school resumes onsite. We also want to assist with needs of our dedicated teachers and staff.
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