News and Shout Outs!

  • UFT Manhattan Parent Conference - Saturday, Oct 26th. Many Interesting Workshops (Registration Req'd)

    UFT Manhattan Parent Conference

    Date -October 26, 2019
    Time -8:30 am - 4:00 pm
    Location - UFT headquarters,52 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

    Save the date for our 10th annual fall conference! This will be a free, fun-filled day of informative workshops, networking, exhibitors and giveaways. Registration is required.  See attached flyer.   Register at - https://www.uft.org/manhattan-parent-conference

     

     

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  • Calendar Update! Winter Break now to include Monday, Dec 23rd

    (9/24/19) -

    Dear Families,

    We are writing to inform you of an important update to the calendar for the 2019-20 school year. Schools will be closed for winter break beginning on Monday, December 23, 2019. Schools will remain closed from Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Schools will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2020. This is an update from the previously announced winter break start date of Tuesday, December 24.   This calendar adjustment has been made in order to better accommodate families’ needs around the holidays. Please visit schools.nyc.gov/calendar for further information about the school calendar, and contact 311 or 718-935-2200 with any questions.   

    Sincerely,
    The New York City Department of Education

     

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  • READ - DOE Issues a FAQ on the Dangers of Vaping

    The DOE, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued an informative FAQ that answers questions about e-cigarettes, vaping, Juul pods and more.  Please take time to read and start a conversation with your child.   You can find the FAQ HERE

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  • Free Microsoft Office 365 For Your Family

    The DOE provides free Microsoft 365 ProPlus to students and families. Much of this software has education-specific content that supports our students’ academic improvement. In addition, familiarity with these tools will help prepare students for college and careers. 

    Visit nycstudents.net to download Microsoft Office 365. You will need to enter the student's OSIS number, last name, and date of birth, or the student's username.

     

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  • Updates to the Outside Activities Page

    Fall offerings, some with registration deadlines, are starting to roll in so be sure to check out our 'Activities and Opportunities for Students' Page.

    You can find it HERE

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  • 8th Grade Families - New Documents Posted!

    On our website's navigation bar, under "For 8th Grade Families", you will find an assortment of documents to help with your High School search.   Tip - Don't forget to breathe!

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  • ESMS Essential Forms are now online!

    To ease access and to help reduce paper, we have posted essential ESMS forms on our website.  You can find them under the 'About ESMS' tab on the navigation bar or at http://esms.org/forms.  A Parental Release Form will be sent home with students in their First Day Packet for signature and return.

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  • 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  Amazon Smile.  If not signed up, register at the Amazon Smile Page: smile.amazon.com, select:
    East Side Middle School PTA
    Location: New York, NY

    Once selected, start all your Amazon purchases via http://smile.amazon.com

    Thank you for your support!

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Upcoming Events

  • Collection Site - ESMS Lobby

    Ronald McDonald House Pantry Drive

    Donations directly benefit families utilizing the services of the Ronald McDonald House of New York.  Please see the attached list for a complete list of desired items. For more information on the Pantry Program, click HERE

    "PLEASE ONLY DONTATE ITEMS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE REFRIGERATION. PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN ANY CANNED GOODS. WE ARE CURRENTLY OVERSTOCKED ON CANS.   We love to offer our families organic choices, but if you have food items to donate that are not organic, we gladly accept those as well.   Thank you."

    RMH-NY

     

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  • East Side Middle School

    Volleyball - Girls Varsity

    Monday, October 21st
    ESMS vs. City Knoll – Varsity ONLY 4:00pm
    Location: East Side Middle School
    **PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A MONDAY GAME , ONLY FOR THE VARSITY TEAM

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  • ESMS Cafeteria

    PTA Executive Board Meeting

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  • Cafeteria

    PTA General Meeting

    All members of the school community are invited to join!

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  • ESMS Cafeteria

    Big Buddies

    Big Buddies is our morning, student-run mentoring program that pairs interested 8th graders with 6th graders who requested a buddy. If your 6th or 8th grader has a question about BB or forgot to sign up, please have them contact Kate Hankin or Beth Servetar.

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  • DeWitt Clinton Field

    Flag Fotball - Varsity & JV

    October 23, 2019
    FLAG FOOTBALL: East Side Middle School (M 114) vs Clinton School (M 260)
    (Varsity & JV 4PM @ DeWitt Clinton Field)

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  • Central Park North Meadow #6

    Soccer - Girls Varsity

    October 23, 2019 SOCCER:
    Dual Language Middle School (M 247) vs East Side Middle School (M 114)
    (Varsity Girls 4PM & Varsity Boys 5PM @ Central Park North Meadow #6)

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  • DeWitt Clinton Field

    Flag Football - Varsity & JV

    October 23, 2019 FLAG FOOTBALL:
    East Side Middle School (M 114) vs West End Secondary School (M 291)
    (Varsity & JV 5PM @ DeWitt Clinton Field)

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  • Central Park North Meadow #6

    Soccer - Boys Varsity

    October 23, 2019 SOCCER:
    Dual Language Middle School (M 247) vs East Side Middle School (M 114)
    (Varsity Girls 4PM & Varsity Boys 5PM @ Central Park North Meadow #6)

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  • Mr. Getz's Office

    SLT Meeting

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  • ESMS Cafeteria

    ESMS Open House

    5th grade students and their parents are invited to learn about East Side Middle School.  Please note:  Students are assigned to an Open House date according to their elementary school in District 2.  Schedules will be posted under the "Admissions" tab of this website.  Doors open at 5:45pm

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  • Room 121

    Principal's Book Club

    Parents are invited to join Mr. Getz and Ms. Hyman for our Principally For Parents Book Club. 

    October's Book will be Euphoria (Lily King). If purchasing your book on Amazon, please be sure to use ESMS' Amazon Smile Account (see bottom of ESMS home page for details).

    Please email our Parent Coordinator (esms.bethservetar@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.

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  • Room 109

    Poetry Club

    Young poets are invited to write, share and publish their works.  Working with Mr. Getz, students can join  us every Thursday morning for our Poetry Corner!

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  • East Side Middle School

    Volleyball - Girls Varsity

    Thursday, October 24th
    ESMS vs. Hunter – Varsity 4:00pm, JV 5:00pm
    Location: East Side Middle School

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  • Central Park North Meadow #5

    Soccer - Girls Varsity

    October 24, 2019
    SOCCER:
    Clinton School (M 260) vs East Side Middle School (M 114)
    (Varsity Girls 4PM & Varsity Boys 5PM @ Central Park North Meadow #5)

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  • Stuyvesant High School

    Middle School Fair @ Stuy

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  • East Side Middle School

    Volleyball - Girls JV

    Thursday, October 24th
    ESMS vs. Hunter – Varsity 4:00pm, JV 5:00pm
    Location: East Side Middle School

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  • Central Park North Meadow #5

    Soccer - Boys Varsity

    October 24, 2019
    SOCCER:
    Clinton School (M 260) vs East Side Middle School (M 114)
    (Varsity Girls 4PM & Varsity Boys 5PM @ Central Park North Meadow #5)

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  • Mr. Getz's Office

    Skype Kenya

    ESMS students develop and nurture friendships with students at our sister school, The Red Rose School in Kibera, Kenya.

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  • Room 322

    GSA

    The Gender and Sexuality Alliance meets during lunchtime in a discussion group led by Mr. Forigua. All students are welcome.

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View Monthly Calendar

PTA Meeting

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Please join us for this month's general
PTA Meeting

Monday, October 21st
ESMS Cafeteria
7:00 - 8:00PM

Executive Board Members, your meeting
will begin at 6PM

Helping those in need

  

Ronald McDonald House Pantry Drive
Through November 4th

ESMS kicks off their annual drive to support the Ronald McDonald House New York Food Pantry. Donations directly benefit families utilizing the house's service.  CLICK HERE  for a complete list of food and personal care items needed. After Halloween, please donate your extra candy, too! Drop donations in the school lobby. For more information on the Pantry Program, please visit https://www.rmh-newyork.org/ways-to-give/other-ways-to-give/pantry

Modell's - Shop and $$ for ESMS!

Shop Modell's
Sept 24 - Oct 24!

You save 15% on your entire purchase
and
ESMS receives 5%

Clickable Modell's Coupon - 15% off entire purchase. Sept 24 - Oct 24, 2019 
Click Image for printable coupon!

Share coupon with friends and family!

Making Friends @ ESMS

Take a Chance
Make a Friend
   
6th Graders, Ayesha and Lola
meet in front of the
ESMS Friendship Wall

ESMS Debate Team

Debate Team Competes
and Wins
 Debate Winners Oct 2019 
Congratulations to our students who represented ESMS at the October 5th Urban Debate League Tournament. They did amazing, with most of the students getting either speaker or team awards. ESMS also received a 1st place team award at the end of the debate.

The Debate Team calendar has now been added to our After School navigation drop down.

6th Grade Egg Drop 2019

6th Grade
EGG DROP 2019
 6th Grade Egg Drop 2019 Congratulations to the dozen plus 6th grade teams that competed in the annual ESMS 6th Grade Egg Drop.

Thanks to 6th grader ingenuity and creative design (utilizing materials such as foam/sponge/balloon), we are happy to report that  several eggs survived the 5 story drop.

With ESMS, Run and Support Ronald McDonald House New York

 
RONALD McDONALD HOUSE KIDS CHARITY FUN RUN

Saturday, November 9th in Central Park
9:00am to 1:00pm
Kids Helping Kids!

ESMS is joining the group of NYC schools that run & raise money to benefit Ronald McDonald House New York. The House provides temporary housing for pediatric cancer patients and their families in a supportive and caring environment, here on the Upper East Side.

We hope your kids will think about signing up! 10-11 year olds run a half mile and 12-14 year olds run a mile. Please see the attached flyer for supplemental information about registration & runner prizes.  For questions about registration, please contact Nicole Battista at nbattista@rmh-newyork.org

Register before October 18th for a registration discount

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR RUNNER
(Search on Team -  East Side Middle)

CLICK HERE TO DONATE/SPONSOR A RUNNER 

Thank you to David Brinker for being our Team Captain!  Watch this space for details as to when David will deliver shirts & race numbers to ESMS registered runners.

Vaping - Know the Dangers

Mr. Getz urges you to read this
important DOE/DOHMH FAQ on the
dangers of vaping
 NYC DOE and DOHMH FAQ on the dangers of e-cigarettes and vaping 

CLICK IMAGE FOR FULL VERSION

Related Reading

  NY Times, Sept 2019:
  Trump Administration Plans to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

NY Times, Opinion, Sept 2019:
  We Still Don’t Know How Safe Vaping Is

 NY Times, Aug 2019:
  Don’t Use Bootleg or Street Vaping Products, C.D.C. Warns

Principal's Book Club

 This photo is of four letters R-E-A-D to highlight our Principal's Book Club. Each letter is a bookshelf and contains books.
PRINCIPALLY FOR PARENTS BOOK CLUB

Parents are invited to join Mr. Getz and Ms. Hyman for our Principally For Parents Book Club

Selections:

October 23rd -  Euphoria (Lily King)
"Lily's new novel is the story of three young, gifted anthropologists in 1933 caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens theirs bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives."

November 13th -  Parallel Lives (Phyllis Rose)
December 11th - When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalenithi) 
January 15th - Strangers in their Own Land (Arlie Russell)

If purchasing your book on Amazon, please be sure to use ESMS' Amazon Smile Account (see bottom of ESMS home page for details).

Please email our Parent Coordinator (esms.bethservetar@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.

Recommendations from Mr. Getz:

 This is a photo of an open book with text under it that reads "Recommended Reading". Under that text is small text that reads "Knowledge is Power". This photo is to highlight a list of articles and podcast(s) recommended by our school's principal. 

  NY Times, Sept 2019:
  Trump Administration Plans to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

NY Times, Opinion, Sept 2019:
  We Still Don’t Know How Safe Vaping Is

 NY Times, Aug 2019:
  Don’t Use Bootleg or Street Vaping Products, C.D.C. Warns

NY Times, Aug 2019:
  How to Help Your Child Study

The Atlantic, Aug 2019:
  Twitter Needs a Pause Button

NY Times, Feb 2019:
  Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office

Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2017:
(with resource links at end of article)
 The Talk - How Adults Can Promote Young People’s Healthy Relationships and Prevent Misogyny and Sexual Harassment
and  accompanying Podcast

Stay Connected with ESMS

Are You Receiving School Email?

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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.

Please click HERE to submit your information.
Keep in touch, Tiger!

 

Entry for Student Directory

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS

** ENTRY IS NOW CLOSED **
The 2019-2020 DIRECTORY
WILL BE PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER
 An announcement will be sent upon publication

Directories can also be accessed from this website's navigation bar under the Directory tab.

Safety Cell Phone Database

Are you entered in our Safety Cell Phone Database?

  Generic graphic of a cell phone with text that says "Emergency Alert System" 

Are you entered in our internal database of student and parent cell phone numbers?   We 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.   Enter your numbers today!

Student Poetry Club

  This is a graphic of a tree with branches with the word POETRY under it. This is in reference to the school's poetry club.  

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.

Discounts - Academic Resource Fair

 Academic Resource Fair

Discounts on Test Prep & Tutoring 

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NEXT ACADEMIC RESOURCE FAIR
January 15, 2020

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!

ESMS Vendor Discounts

Opportunities for Students

Outside Activities & Opportunities for Students

  This is a photo of a large dinosaur skeleton, surrounded by about 30 people, inside a museum. This photo relates to a listing of outside activities available to ESMS students. 

Low & No-cost programs, events and opportunities

for

middle school students

around the city!

More information HERE

Support East Side Middle School

This is a graphic that simply reads, Annual Fund, Give Now. This is to help promote donations to the school's annual fund.

Have you donated to your favorite middle school this year?

Please contribute to ESMS by donating HERE! 

 

ESMS School Store

New Merchandise Just Arrived!  

  This is a photo of two hoodie t-shirts, one gray, one blue. Both have the letters ESMS on the chest. The graphic is used to bring attention to the school's spiritwear available for sale. 
Show us your school spirit, Tigers!

Order today at esmsstore@gmail.com

Fairway Community Partners

 SHOP LOCALLY AND GIVE BACK TO
EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL
 
Every dollar you spend, ESMS gets 3%
On Double Days, we get 6%
  Shop hard / Shop often
 
For a Fairway Community Partners card, please contact
Parent Coordinator, Beth Servetar
(esms.bethservetar@gmail.com)

ESMS Supports Immigrant Families

 This is a photo of a racially diverse group of young children. The caption below it reads Protections for Immigrant Families and reference that the DOE is committed to protecting the rights of all their students and families. The graphic precedes a link for more information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK HERE  

ESMS Student Philanthropy

 THE ESMS SKYPE KENYA CLUB
Funded New Classrooms For Our Sister School in Kenya 

 This is a photo of a building on the grounds of the Red Rose school in Kibera, Kenya. This is a "sister school" of ESMS and is the recipient of many of our fund raising activities. On the building is a sign that reads - "From New York with Love. Classroom Gifts, ESMS, April 2018" 
ESMS tribute signage at The Red Rose School

The Skype Kenya Club provides an exchange of ideas and information as well as a cultural connection through songs and poetry.  Each ESMS student is assigned one or more pen pals to email during the year.

The ESMS Student Council and the Skype Kenya Moms (an offshoot of the student program) have helped raise money to fund scholarships for our friends in Kenya to attend high school.  They also collect and send soccer equipment to Kibera.

A message of appreciation: This is a photo collage of students from ESMS's sister school, the Red Rose School, in Kibera, Kenya. On the collage are text messages that read 1) Thank You from Our Friends in Kibera, Kenya 2) For All the Soccer Equipment Donations 3)For all the Bake Sale Donations that covered shipment. On the collage are three photos, two with children and soccer balls, and one with students holding new sneakers.

 

 

Student Mental Health

A graphic that has clouds and simply states Youth Mental Health. This relates to a listing of mental health documents and resources for students and their families.
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

Safe and Healthy Technology Use

  A photo of five teenager sitting on a park bench, staring at their respective cell phones. This photo relates to our 6th grade advisory program on Privacy and Balancing Technology Use. 
Student Advisory Program for 6th Grade Students
"Privacy and Balancing Technology Use"

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

JAZZ AT ESMS

 A graphic that reads "Jazz at Lincoln Center". Each year, Lincoln Center Jazz comes to ESMS to present a program called Democracy & Jazz 

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

Democracy & Jazz,

illustrating the ideals of American democracy through the lens of America’s greatest and most democratic art form: jazz.

8th Grade Field Trip

East Side Middle School

Would Like to Thank the Cast and Producers of 

 This is a graphic of the Playbill magazine from the Broadway show, Come From Away. ESMS students were invited to attend the show and do a Q&A with the cast following the performance. 

for a great Broadway experience and for the private Q & A session following both matinee performances!

 ESMS Student Q&A withe cast from Come From Away (2018) 

   
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 Smile. If not signed up, register at the Amazon Smile Page: smile.amazon.com, select:
East Side Middle School PTA
Location:  New York, NY

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