Middle and High School waitlists are open through August 13. After that date, schools will no longer be able to make waitlist offers and students will keep their current offer for September enrollment.
Catch up on the latest directly from ESMS students! Issue includes an assortment of pieces including news, sports, riddles, recipes and more...enter this month's cartoon caption contest!
Students who borrowed Chromebooks from ESMS during remote learning should please return them at this time. If devices are needed at home in the fall, we will reissue them. If your child borrowed a computer, iPad or hotspot from the Dept of Education, they may hold onto it for the coming school year UNLESS they are leaving the NYC public school system. If you are moving or switching to a non DOE school (including Hunter), we will need your device (s) returned to ESMS. Over the summer, Beth will often be in the school office and can receive the devices if you are unable to make the return before school ends. Please email:
For all those who use the meal hubs at @NYCSchools, take-home-and-cook options will be available at the community hubs during the February break! Find a location and meal options here: schools.nyc.gov/school-life/
All families & students may go to any school building Mon-Fri 9:00am-12:00pm to pick up 3 free grab-and-go meals.
Search for locations: https://www.opt-osfns.org/schoolfoodny/meals/default.aspx
• No registration, ID, or documentation required
• No dining space is available; meals are to go
• As the duration of remote learning progresses and demand data comes in, the DOE will assess which sites should remain open
• In addition, adult members of the community can pick up meals Mon-Fri 3:00-5:00 pm at locations across the city.
• No registration, ID, or documentation required
• Meals are available to the general public only during this time window
• Multiple meals may be picked up at once and must be eaten offsite
If your child will be out sick or staying home on one of their in-school days, please email their teachers and attendance@esmsnyc.net.
Orientation Video will be available through July 20th, 2021. Hear from:
Students who borrowed Chromebooks from ESMS during remote learning should please return them at this time. If devices are needed at home in the fall, we will reissue them. If your child borrowed a computer, iPad or hotspot from the Dept of Education, they may hold onto it for the coming school year UNLESS they are leaving the NYC public school system. If you are moving or switching to a non DOE school (including Hunter), we will need your device (s) returned to ESMS. Over the summer, Beth will often be in the school office and can receive the devices if you are unable to make the return before school ends.
Parents and Guardians: Join Mr. Getz on Zoom for the Principal's Book Club.
June 21, 2021 Book Club Reading:
Heads of the Colored People: Four Fancy Sketches, Two Chalk Outlines, and No Apology by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
RSVP to ESMS.bethservetar@gmail.com • Zoom Links Will Be Sent on Book Club Day.
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.
TEDx
The science of sleep (and the art of productivity)
NY Times
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
Are you entered in our Safety Cell Phone Database?
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.)
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!
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
(Poetry Page updated on 10/29/19)
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.
My Life in Corona Social Imposed Distancing
- A Poem Memoir written by 7th Grader, Leah Mesuk
Watch, listen, and be prepared to be inspired by Tessa's slam poem celebrating NYC workers on the front lines.
Tessa is a 7th grader at ESMS!
WATCH HERE
Tessa and her poem were also covered by WNBC local news!
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.
ESMS Merchandise
Show us your school spirit, Tigers!
Contact our ESMS Spiritwear Coordinator, Kara Fic, at:
karafic@gmail.com
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If not signed up, register at the Amazon Smile Page: Amazon Smile, select:
East Side Middle School PTA
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