• Building Safety Meeting

    Safety Agents and Administration meet monthly to discuss all aspects of building security. Parents and guardians are invited to sit in on one meeting a year. 
    Please feel free to join the Zoom on Wed. Sept 28 at 2:00pm and ask any questions you may have about security protocols, school policy, building issues, etc.

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  • Easy Communications!

    The PTA is looking to make communication easier by implementing text messaging for quick information. But, you must OPT IN. Please use this quick form to opt in to receive quick info on school happening, right to your phone! 

     

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  • D2 Virtual Book Club

    District 2 is hosting its first Book Club to give parents/caretakers in our community an opportunity to come together with District leaders and discuss a variety of topics through books. Our selections will be young adult & high school texts that are a part of our NYC Schools curricula; we will center topics and stories that highlight issues and experiences connected to the lives of D2 students and families. 

    Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
    Thursday, October 20 7:00pm - 8:15pm
    Zoom (link will be sent to all who register here)

     
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  • 6th Grade Out Lunch begins Wednesday Sept 28

    Be sure you have completed the Out Lunch Form in Operoo. Students with permission will be given their passes Wednesday (9/28) in homeroom. There will be grab-and-go lunches for all students at the school exit daily.
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  • Meet Bailey The Comfort Dog

    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.  

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  • The Rollout of YONDR

    In order to improve teaching & learning, ESMS is becoming a cell phone-free space. Starting tomorrow, ESMS will be rolling out YONDR, a system used by other schools throughout the City. Students who carry phones, smart watches, or ear buds will receive magnetic lockable pouches that they will put their devices in each morning when entering the building. Please see the administration letter regarding this program, how it works, and what student compliance looks like. If your child does not carry a phone or smart watch, please email Amanda Hyman, hyman@esmsnyc.net, so she does not assign a pouch to your child. The PTA is proud to underwrite the YONDR initiative.

     

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  • The 2023 Admissions Guide is now available

    Learn more about the NYC public school application process for the 2023-2024 school year.

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  • Thanks to generous support....

    ... 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 

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  • Notes from the DOE for the 2022-2023 school year

    The DOE has a Back to School page with links to help you start off the year: schools.nyc.gov/school-year/school-year-2022-23

    Please read the city's important Family Update on Health & Safety, which includes the latest guidance concerning COVID-19, polio and monkeypox. Translations of this letter are available at schools.nyc.gov/messagesforfamilies.  A few points to emphasize:

    • There will be no in-school Covid testing and no daily health screening this year.  Home Covid test kits will be provided.
    • Masks continue to be optional for all. 
    • Adults entering the building must be prepared to show proof of at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
    • Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the expiration date on iHealth tests given to staff & students last school year and into the summer have been extended by 9–12 months. Therefore, even if the expiration date is approaching, or has passed recently, these tests are acceptable for use.
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  • Student privacy notice

    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:   

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  • New DOE Emergency Readiness for 2022-2023

    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....

    Read the full letter.

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  • 2022-2023 DOE School Calendar Now available

    The 2022-2023 NYC Department of Education school year calendar is now available.

    Visit calendar on DOE website  or view as PDF.

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  • NYC CARE Available citywide at NYC Health + Hospitals locations!

    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.

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  • Student and Family mental health helpline

    Vibrant Emotional Health and the UFT have created a helpline that offers free, confidential mental health support for NYC students and their families. The holidays are a stressful time for many, and now we face the latest surge of COVID-19 in the city. The helpline’s licensed clinicians will be available to offer support throughout the December break and beyond.
     
    Call: 212-709-3222
    Text: "PLC" to 43961
    Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight
    Saturday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Open throughout the holiday season
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  • Rosh Hashanah, Schools Closed

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  • Building Safety Meeting

    Safety Agents and Administration meet monthly to discuss all aspects of building security. 
     
    Parents and guardians are invited to sit in on one meeting a year. 

    Please feel free to join the Zoom on Wed. Sept 28 at 2:00pm and ask any questions you may have about security protocols, school policy, building issues, etc.
     
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    Meeting ID: 974 1333 7638
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  • Cafeteria

    7th grade parent breakfast

    Mr Getz and Ms. Hyman will talk about the 7th grade year, and answer any questions you may still have after Curriculum Night. The PTA will provide a light breakfast and coffee. (Feel free to bring your own reusable cup!)

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  • Cafeteria

    Open House

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  • Yom Kippur, Schools Closed

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  • Cafeteria

    8th grade parent breakfast & HS meeting

    Mr Getz and Ms. Hyman will talk about the 8th grade year, and Jessica McInnis, our school counselor, will talk about next steps in the high school process. The PTA will provide a light breakfast and coffee. (Feel free to bring your own reusable cup!)

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  • Italian Heritage/Indigenous People's Day, Schools Closed

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  • Alumni Night (tentative - for 8th Grade families)

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  • Cafeteria

    6th grade parent breakfast

    Mr Getz and Ms. Hyman will talk about the 6th grade year, and answer any questions you may still have after Curriculum Night. The PTA will provide a light breakfast and coffee. (Feel free to bring your own reusable cup!)

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Board members for 2022-2023 selected!

A  special thank you to the board for the 2021-2022 school year, and congratulations to the new board! (names listed below)

There were no nominees for assistant treasurer, so we will vote on that office in the fall when we elect 6th grade representatives and SLT.

Congrats to ... Desmond Arias, Venessa Blair, Karin Bilich, Julie Chin-Tom, Alina Denberg, Howard Green, Shoshana Green, Paula Hall, Rhena Lipps, Jane Moseley, Antoinette Murphy, Joslin Paradise, Barbara Perfetti, Michelle Perry, Randi Sklar, Iveta Stephanopoulos, Lauren Stern, Elizabeth Traub, Maria Zapolski, Allison Zysman

HEALTH & WELLNESS 2022-23

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

Fight Flu Flyer

OPEROO - DIGITAL FORMS IN ANY LANGUAGE

The PTA is proud to help support the school's use of a new data service called Operoo, which will allow you to read school correspondence in any language you select and to complete many school forms on your phone, tablet or computer. This week, Operoo will send you an email, asking you to set up your profile and fill out some initial forms like:

  • ESMS School Handbook and Parent Release Form

  • Emergency Blue Card

  • Student Directory

  • Cell Phone Database

  • DOE media consent

Later in the year, you'll be able to submit field trip permission slips, graduation materials and more. We hope it will help eliminate redundancy and make it easier to complete school and city form requirements.

Operoo introduction

Principal's Book Club - Parents and Guardians: Join Mr. Getz on Zoom!

 Book Club   

   Parents and Guardians: Join Mr. Getz on Zoom for the Principal's Book Club.

Oct 19, 2022 -  The Church of Abundant Life by Yoon Choi   by Yoon Choi
Also available online here
 

June 13th, 2022 - Dos Palabras by Isabel Allende 

Use this form to RSVP  • Zoom Links Will Be Sent on Book Club Day.

May 11th, 2022 - Worm by Paul Auster

April: The Cryptozoologist by Tony Earley

March 9th, 2022 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

January 12th, 2022 - Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

February 9th, 2022 7pm - The Guide by R. K. Narayan 

Dec 2021 - Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Nov 2021 - Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead

Oct 2021 - Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Parent Workshops and Resources

Teaching College

Child Mind

Parent University 

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.

 

Reading Recommendations from Mr. Getz:

 Recommended reading 

 

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

  How to Help Your Child Study

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

Comfort Dog Program

 Bailey Our Comfort Dog 
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.

 

 

Student Poetry Club

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

Read Leah's poem

ESMS student, Tess, performing her Corona virus rap PSA

New Poems Added!

  Graphic of a tree with branches with the word POETRY under it.  

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

Outside Activities & Opportunities for Students

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There are Low & No-cost programs, events and opportunities

for middle school students around the city!

Free Homework Help - Dial a Teacher

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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 Cares

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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.
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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.

 

Supporting Our School

DONATE TODAY

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.

Amazon Smile

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: Amazon Smile, select:
East Side Middle School PTA

Be sure to activate Amazon Smile in your Amazon App on your phone/device!

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