Though we didn’t advance to the championships, I’ve watched them all work tirelessly this spring and show the true essence of teamwork and sportsmanship - so, proud is an understatement!
Ieasha Ramsay, LMSW
After School Program Director | ESMS
Manhattan Youth
Thank you to Ieasha Ramsay and her staff for a fun-filled evening.
Playoff Game details to be announced soon.
I want to commend our boys on an incredible season! Though we didn’t advance to the championships, I’ve watched them all work tirelessly this spring and show the true essence of teamwork and sportsmanship - so, proud is an understatement! Go Tigers Roar!!
Ieasha Ramsay, LMSW
After School Program Director | ESMS
Manhattan Youth
Their first playoff game will take place Monday June 10th, 2019!
ESMS v Hunter
Date: Monday, June 10th
Location: Central Park Tennis Courts
Time: 4:00pm
Another excellent publication put out by our Student Newspaper Club. You can read it HERE. Previous issues can be found on our homepage.
Congratulations to:
-Delaney Grubbs
-Madison Donenfield
-Sian Phillips
-Bryan Cusick
Their films will be shown/recognized at the festival on June 14th! For more information and tickets - https://svatheatre.com/events/dycd-film-festival/
You can find the 2019-2020 calendar here - https://www.schools.nyc.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-calendar-2019-2020
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Thank you for your support!
Summer offerings, with approaching deadlines, are starting to roll in so be sure to check out our 'Activities and Opportunities for Students' Page.
You can find it HERE
6th Grade Field Day, Central Park (kids pack a lunch; details to come)
Early dismissal at 10:47am. Have a great summer, everyone!
schools closed for Rosh Hashanah
Schools closed for Yom Kippur
Schools closed for Columbus Day
Don't forget to vote! Schools closed for Election Day.
1st Trimester Parent/Teacher Conference
Schools closed for Veterans Day
Schools closed for Thanksgiving Break
Happy Holidays! School resumes on January 2nd.
Schools closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
High school and grade 6-12 students do not attend school (clerical day, except for District 75 programs)
2nd Trimester Parent/Teacher Conference
2nd Trimester Parent/Teacher Conference
Midwinter Recess, Feb 17-Feb 21. School resumes Feb 24th.
Wishing you the very best
in all your future endeavors.
Keep in touch!
Forget to order a 2019 Yearbook?
Need an extra for your favorite friend or relative?
Extra yearbooks available for sale
$35 Cash or Check (ESMS PTA) can be
brought to Beth Servetar's office
THANKS TO SO MANY
A big SHOUT-OUT to the leadership and committee members who served this year's 2018-2019 PTA. Thank you to these dedicated and tireless volunteers who took time out of their days & nights, and away from their families, to bring programming, spirit, and community to East Side Middle.
And thanks to the generosity of ESMS families, our PTA is able to fund and run many of the programs that create an excellent artistic, athletic, and globally-rich environment to supplement the school's rigorous academic learning.
Finally, thank you to Principal Getz, Assistant Principal Hyman, and Parent Coordinator, Beth Servetar, for their enthusiastic support and active PTA engagement.
Wishing everyone a great summer!
Farewell Agent Meyers
With a heavy heart, we are sad to inform the ESMS community that Agent Meyers, who greeted students, staff, and parents with a smile each morning, has left ESMS to pursue a new opportunity outside the school safety sphere.
Agent Meyers was an integral part of our school, having been with us since we moved to our 91st St. location and helped keep our kids safe ever since.
On his final day on the job, ESMS students, administration, faculty, and even City Councilman, Ben Kallos, gathered to thank Agent Meyers for his service and to wish him well!
We'll miss you Agent Meyers!
SPRING SHOWCASE 2019
Congratulations and Bravo! to all the students who participated in this year's ESMS/Manhattan Youth Spring Showcase! You were awesome! It was an evening filled with talent, entertainment and fun.
A SHOUT-OUT to Ieasha Ramsay and her amazing team for guiding and inspiring our students!
CONGRATULATIONS
to Arielle and Quinn on winning their doubles match! The team won 6-2 and is off to an amazing start!
A huge win on the 'first' ever ESMS Tigers Tennis Match.
A shout out for Ms. Kalinkos and the ESMS MathCounts team!
They beat some stellar competitors and were named Best New School at the recent MathCounts Manhattan 2019 Competition.
MATHCOUNTS Manhattan promotes enthusiasm for and achievement in math among middle school students in our community.
More Information is HERE
Throughout the school year, Mental Health is an important topic covered in our classrooms and discussed at our PTA meetings. Utilizing curricula and guest speakers, topics relevant to our kids, and their well being, are explored.
Here are select resources you might find helpful:
Dr. Dennis's full presentation with tech slides from her 2nd visit
(Courtesy of Guest Speaker, Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary of Hunter College)
Teen Mental Health Handout for ESMS Parents (Courtesy of ESMS Parent & Guest Speaker, Michele Galietta)
Mental Health Resources, Tri-state (Courtesy of Emotion Regulation Lab @ Hunter College)
NAMI Basics (Courtesy of Guest Speaker, Clara S. Kiely, MSW @ NAMI-NYC Metro)
Teen Anxiety Presentation & Teen Anxiety Study (Courtesy of Guest Speaker, Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary of Hunter College)
How to Help Your Child in an Unhealthy Relationship (Courtesy of Guest Speaker, Annie Robertson, RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program)
RAPP offers free relationship counseling through their uptown offices. Students or parents may reach out to arobertson@egscf.org
An excerpt from Mr. Getz's 2/13/19 email:
What happens to our girl leaders? Will this wave of young women who are currently in our schools help change the current status quo? What traditionally happens to a girl's confidence as she gets older? These are questions we have been asking at East Side Middle School. The article I've attached provides one professional's insight into these questions. It's a great article to start a conversation. We'd be eager to hear your thoughts. Best, David Getz
Read the NY Times opinion piece by Dr. Lisa Damour HERE
Seton Hall University School of Law's Institute for Privacy Protection's is teaching a four-class program on "Privacy and Balancing Technology Use" to sixth graders at East Side Middle School. The program will be taught during the weekly advisory period by Seton Hall Law School students who are fellows at the University's Institute for Privacy Protection. They will cover privacy, reputational impact, advertising & content choice, and balancing time spent on screens and time spent offline.
If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Professor Julia Hernandez, who will be running the program through Seton Hall at julia.hernandez@shu.edu
Have you donated to your favorite middle school this year?
Please contribute to ESMS by donating HERE!
The Yearbook Committee is seeking photo contributions.
Sports, club, trip, event and other school-spirit photos can be emailed into esmsphotos@gmail.com
Forget to purchase a 2018 Yearbook? Books can be obtained from Beth Servetar, Room 112.
$20 Cash or Check (made out to ESMS PTA)
Vendors at the Resource Fair are offering special incentives to ESMS families.
Please take advantage of these great discounts and be sure to mention ESMS.
Please show them your support!
If you are not receiving email communication from the school and the PTA, you may not be registered in our system.
All new families must complete this form in order to receive emails, newsletters, and other notifications from ESMS.
More information HERE.
Read it Here
Issue # 3 (May 2019)
Issue #2 (February 2019)
Issue #1 (December 2018)
Congratulations and with appreciation to Jacob Abroon, Darragh Boyle, Rhone Galchen, Zachary Meryn, and Jared Meryn for this fabulous offering.
Stay tuned for future issues
The Marx Brothers Historic Committee at ESMS
created this map so that people can take a self guided tour of the historic locations connected to the lives and careers of the Marx Brothers, America's greatest comic family. Enjoy!
(Stay tuned for our next map, Gilded Age Mansions)
Are you entered in our internal database of student and parent cell phone numbers? We will program cell numbers into the School Messenger system in order to be able to send important text messages to kids and/or parents if needed. (For example, if there is a safety event at our school while students are out for lunch or right before school starts, we would like the ability to immediately send them instructions.)
CLICK HERE to enter cell phone information for the student and at least one parent or guardian. THIS APPLIES TO ALL FAMILIES GRADES 6-8, even if you submitted last year.
Nothing you submit through this link impacts your child's information elsewhere (not in the DOE's main database or on your child's blue card), and it will not be shared or used for purposes other than urgent notifications.
Undefeated through the regular season and runners-up to the New York City Championship.
Go Tigers, Roar!
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!
Thursday mornings at 8:00 in Mr. Getz's office
-The Students of the ESMS Poetry Corner
Read some of our published poetry here.
One Saturday a Month
11:00am at The Frick Collection
Classes are free for East Side Middle School students
but registration is required HERE.
ESMS Principal David Getz and His Wife Jacqui Getz (Principal of the new 75 Morton School)
Visit Chile to Collaborate With Educacion 2020
If you read Spanish, you can learn more about this international education forum here!
Thank you to the talented musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center for performing at East Side Middle School!
This series of concerts at ESMS was part of
illustrating the ideals of American democracy through the lens of America’s greatest and most democratic art form: jazz.
Enriched Curriculum
With the Integration of Dance for
All ESMS 6th Graders
View this short video (below) of Ken Robinson, PhD, a noted expert on creativity in schools who lectures worldwide on the importance of valuing arts education, especially the instruction of dance. His philosophy helped guide our plans to bring more dance education to our students. Dr. Robinson is the author of the influential book on learning, The Element, as well as the best-selling Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education, a book chosen by Mr. Getz in a recent "Principally For Parents Book Club."
See a portion of his widely-viewed TED Talk on the subject, HERE.
Our thanks to all parents who attended Dr. Michele Galietta's recent seminar on mental health issues affecting teens and adolescents. Stay tuned to this space for a link to further resources.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ESMS STUDENTS
Valerie Franchitti, Lili Matta and Sydney Philips
FOR THEIR QUARTER-FINAL PLACEMENT IN THE 2018 NEW YORK CITY URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIP!
We are so proud of you, Tigers!
The Manhattan Borough Arts Festival Featuring Works by Public School Students
The Museum of Modern Art
Advocating That All NYC Middle and High Schools Create a Gender Sexuality Alliance
Murit is an orphaned elephant in Kenya, adopted by ESMS students through the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Click here for a diary about our elephant's progress (enter keyword "Murit") and to see the impact of our funds.
If you would like to add a donation, please email our Parent Coordinator (esms.bethservetar@gmail.com).
ESMS Students Speak at Press Conference for New Housing Unit on our Block
"Affordable housing helps the community and aids families during hard times," said East Side Middle School student Jack Zimmerman. "It is a dream to many people and we support that dream."
Women in Need, a non-profit agency that houses and provides social services for families, will soon offer safe apartments to single women with children until they can get back on their feet. This initiative has been supported by the ESMS Student Council, whose members joined community leaders in announcing the new housing.
View the entire press conference here
or read the DNAinfo article.
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