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*All after-school programs are canceled today due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.
You are invited to come in and watch your child's dance class! See the schedule below.
Please note your class location and arrive promptly.
604 - Tues. 11/13 12:55-1:35pm cafeteria
603 - Wed. 11/14 10:05-10:40am cafeteria
602 - Wed. 11/14 2:35-3:10pm cafeteria
605 - Thurs. 11/15 10:55-11:30am gym
601 - Thurs. 11/15 1:50-2:20pm cafeteria
Students will be dismissed at 10:47am due to afternoon Parent-Teacher Conferences.
*All after-school programs are canceled today due to Parent-Teacher Conferences.
City Championship Game, Saturday November 17th, at 10:30am - Randall's Island (Field #75)
The Gender and Sexuality Alliance meets during lunchtime in a discussion group led by Mr. Forigua. All students are welcome.
ESMS students utilize engineering, computer and teamwork skills to design and build LEGO robots that perform tasks. Our team competes against other middle schools in city-wide LEGO competitions.
Parents are invited to join Mr. Getz and Ms. Hyman for our Principally For Parents Book Club.
November Selection - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (student book club reading as well). Purchase your book through Amazon Smile and ESMS earns $$
Please email our Parent Coordinator (esms.bethservetar@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.
Time and Location to be announced
Holiday Pie orders will be distributed for pick-up
Guest Speaker: Clara S. Kiely, MSW
Outreach Programs Coordinator for NAMI-NYC Metro
This talk will provide information on mental health warning signs, what parents & guardians can do as caretakers, and how we can all help reduce the stigma around mental illness. It emphasizes mental health as a spectrum and the importance of good coping strategies for all young people. NAMI is also sending someone to speak with our students in early 2019.
Elected representatives of the ESMS Student Council and their committees meet during lunch.
Model U.N. examines the work of the United Nations and its diplomatic role within the global community. Students engage in research, negotiation and debate to develop plausible solutions to contemporary global problems. Participants will represent ESMS at the International Model U.N. Conference in the spring. Open to 7th and 8th graders, only.
Our students are nearly done with this years first trimester of After-School! The winter trimester begins on Monday, November 26th, bringing back a few old favorites, and introducing some new opportunities.
All activities are provided free of charge.
Registration for the Winter Trimester will open electronically on Friday November 16th, 2018 at 6pm!
Registration details will be sent to parents this week.
The registration link will also be posted here on the 16th.
The winter catalog/schedule (subject to change) can be found HERE!
BASKETBALL TRYOUT DATES (Revised):
Girls Basketball Tryouts: MONDAY NOVEMBER 19TH - 3:20-6PM
Boys Basketball Tryouts: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20TH - 3:20-6PM
Please register all students for tryouts, the link to do so will be provided via email on 11/16/18.
Parents will be notified via email over Thanksgiving break, whether or not their child made the team.
Our next PTA meeting will be held on Tuesday morning,
November 20th
9:15am, Cafeteria
(Thanksgiving pie orders will be distributed for pick-up)
The brief PTA meeting will be followed by a special-topic discussion:
Mental Health Basics for Parents
Guest Speaker: Clara S. Kiely, MSW
Outreach Programs Coordinator for NAMI-NYC Metro
This talk will provide information on mental health warning signs, what parents & guardians can do as caretakers, and how we can all help reduce the stigma around mental illness. It emphasizes mental health as a spectrum and the importance of good coping strategies for all young people.
NAMI is also sending someone to speak with our students in early 2019.
Parents are invited to join our book-loving principals for monthly gatherings in the ESMS Library.
The Principally For Parents Book Club explores books chosen by Mr. Getz and Ms. Hyman, including notable fiction and non-fiction for adults as well as interesting books our middle school children are currently reading.
We hope you found the Academic Resource Fair on 10/17/2018 informative.
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!
The 2018-2019 ESMS Student Directory
is now published and available for viewing and download.
Please check your November 1st email blast for the document password.
** Updated 11-6-2018! **
To open or download the directory, click HERE
The directory can also be accessed from this website's navigation bar under the Directory tab.
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 ms114yearbook@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)
More information HERE.
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.
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.
East Side Middle School
Has Enriched our Curriculum With the Integration of Dance for All 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!
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).
The Manhattan Borough Arts Festival Featuring Works by Public School Students
The Museum of Modern Art
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.
Make Your Amazon Purchases Work For ESMS
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible purchases to the ESMS PTA when you shop via our Amazon. If not signed up, register at the Amazon Smile Page: smile.amazon.com, select:
East Side Middle School PTA
Location: New York, NY
