Return to School 2022/2023
See you in September!
We are excited to welcome all of our students back into our building on Thursday September 8th.
Please see below for School Supply Lists for each grade.
The 2022/2023 School Year
The First Day of School is Thursday September 8, 2022.
Our school schedule is 8:20am-2:40pm.
Morning Drop Off is at 8:20am. Afternoon dismissal is staggered - Kindergarten at 2:25pm, Grade 1 at 2:30, Grade 2 at 2:35pm and Gr 3-5 at 2:40pm.
Please make every effort to be on time in the morning and when picking up your child in the afternoon.
Students will enter at and be dismissed from the following doors by grade:
Kindergarten - front door at 211 72nd (dismissed to Large School Yard)
1st Grade - large yard/double doors closest to 71st Street
2nd Grade - bridge door in large yard
3rd Grade - stairs on 71st Street
4th Grade - small yard on Ridge Blvd.
5th Grade - double doors on Ridge Blvd. (close to 72nd St.)
Photos of the doors can be found here: Arrival and Dismissal Procedures.pdf
Our school breakfast program will begin 9/8/22. The door in the large yard is open from 7:45am-8:00am and children will be served breakfast in the cafeteria and remain there under supervision until they can go to their classrooms at 8:20am. There is no entry to the building between 8:00am and 8:20am.
Your children will eat lunch in the cafeteria during the following periods. You may choose for your child to be served School Food's FREE Hot Lunch or you may send a packed lunch from home. Please mark lunch boxes and water bottles with your child's name.
DOE Health and Safety Guidelines 2022
DOE Fall 2022 COVID-19 Guidance
This guidance provides best practice considerations for schools for the 2022-2023 school year to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19 among students and staff.
- Vaccination: Vaccination is the best way to reduce COVID-19 risk. Encourage up to date COVID-19 vaccination for everyone six months or older.
- Visit the Vaccine Finder page(Open external link) or call 877-829-4692 to find a location near you.
- Up to date includes boosters for everyone who is eligible and additional primary shots for some immunocompromised people. See At-A-Glance COVID-19 Vaccination Schedules (cdc.gov)(Open external link).
- Vaccination Requirements:
- Vaccination is still required for all visitors entering school buildings
- Vaccination is still required for all DOE employees
- Vaccination is still required for other individuals who work in DOE buildings
- Vaccinations is still required to participate in high-risk extracurricular activities including high-risk PSAL sports
- Daily Health Screener:
- No longer required to enter school buildings
- Stay home if sick: Students and staff should stay home if they show any symptoms of COVID-19 or other illnesses and get tested for COVID-19.
- Isolate if COVID-19 positive: Students and staff who test positive for COVID-19 must isolate for 5 days and can return to school on day 6 if they have no symptoms or symptoms are improving. They must wear mask until day 10 after symptom onset or date of positive test, whichever is earlier.
- These cases should be reported to their school so they can be report into the sit room for exposure notifications.
- Get tested if exposed to COVID-19: Students and staff who are exposed to COVID-19 should get tested.
- These individuals should receive home tests from their school and take two tests, at least 24 hours apart on day 4 and day 5 of their exposure. All exposed individuals should monitor for fever and other COVID-19 symptoms for 10 days after their exposure. If symptoms begin, they should not attend school and should isolate and get tested for COVID-19 again right away.
- Testing:
- Starting the first day of school, schools will offer home test kits to those with a potential in-school exposure and those with symptoms
- In addition, each staff and student will receive 4 tests per month to take home. These tests can be used by school families for testing due to symptoms, exposures, high-risk activity (such as travel and large gatherings), and can give staff and students immediate results.
- In-school PCR surveillance testing will not be a part of the 2022-23 school year.
- Situation Room:
- Schools will be required to report positive cases of COVID-19 to the situation room
- The Situation Room will provide schools with standardized communications for their communities and will notify school communities of cases in their schools through daily email and the Daily COVID map.
- The Situation Room will answer questions from schools and district personnel related to COVID protocols by phone and email and will escalate concerns from schools.
- The situation room will run Monday-Friday, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Subject to change with caseload as determined by CH and DOE leadership.
- Refer to the Situation Room page of the infohub for the most up-to-date information.
- Masking- Face coverings are strongly recommended to be worn when indoors. Masks will be made available at the school for all those who need/want them.
- Students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear a mask when:
- Returning to school on the sixth day after testing positive for COVID-19, through day 10 after symptom onset or date of positive test, whichever is earlier, including when traveling on a school bus.
- Entering the school medical room, nurse’s office, or school-based health center.
- Exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 at school.
- Students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, are strongly recommended to wear a mask:
- When they were exposed to someone with COVID-19, whether the exposure occurred in school or outside of school. The person should wear a mask for 10 days after their last day of exposure and get tested at least 24 hours apart on day 4 and day 5 of their exposure.
- When they are moderately-to-severely immunocompromised, and masking is recommended by their healthcare provider.
- In crowded indoor settings
- Students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear a mask when:
- Ventilation:
- 160K+ air purifiers distributed to schools – at least two in every classroom
- Monitoring ventilation in buildings on a daily basis and perform any required work in a timely manner.
- HVAC upgrades in alignment with CDC guidance, including 110,000 MERV-13 filters installed .
- School Building Cleaning:
- Routine cleaning of surfaces will be maintained.
- Staff:
- Staff may be returning to service from an approved leave of absence provided they submit proof of vaccination.
- Staff that have an approved exemption will be returned to school or office assignment.
- Staff may apply for a reasonable accommodation through normal process.
Family Income Inquiry Form - Please complete today!
Please complete your Family Income Inquiry Form online today at myschoolapps.com. Our school is listed as 20K102. This form is used across the state to determine if your child qualifies for free or reduced price lunch. In the last several years, all NYC DOE schools have qualified for universal free lunch. The form is also used to determine Federal Title I funding. We did qualify for the Title I funding for the 2022/2023 school year. Completion of this form determines our funding for the 2023/2024 school year.
You only need to complete one form per family for all children in NYC Public School. We ask for 100% of our families to complete the form so that we have a chance to qualify again for next year. It is almost one million dollars in funding. Please include all financial information and add all family members living in the household. If you have a high income and are sure you would not qualify - please complete the form anyway - you have an option to check off that you do not qualify/will not be providing financial information. If you have any questions on this form, please contact Ms. Sheri at melliotsheri@schools.nyc.gov. Thanks!
Kindergarten Supply List
First Grade Supply List
Second Grade Supply List
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Welcome to Second Grade! To best prepare your child for a successful
academic year, we have prepared a list of supplies that will be needed for
the first week of school. The list is as follows:
1. 5 marble notebooks (No spiral notebooks)
2. 5 pocket folders (plastic)
3. 1 box of sharpened pencils
4. 1 eraser
5. 1 pencil case
6. 1 bottle of glue
7. 2 glue sticks
8. 1 box of crayons
9. 1 box of washable markers
10. 1 pair of safety scissors
11. 1 blue pen
12. 1 purple pen
13. 1 box of colored pencils
14. 1 pack of baby wipes
15. 1 bottle of Purell
16. 1 roll of paper towels
17. 1 box of tissues
18. 1 container of Clorox wipes
19. 1 12-inch ruler (with inches and centimeters)
20.1 Gallon Sized Ziploc Bags
21. Headphones (To be kept in school. Please place the headphones in a
ziplock bag labeled with your child’s name on it.)
We ask that you send your child to school with items #1-13 on Thursday,
September 8th and items #14-21 on Friday, September 9th. Please make
sure your child has all supplies by Monday, September 12th.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation! We look forward to a great school year!
Third Grade Supply List
· Six (6) hardcover marble notebooks
· Four (4) PLASTIC pocket folders (1 red, 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 blue)
· 1 soft pencil case with zipper
· One (1) red pen
· One (1) blue pen
· One (1) plastic Elmer’s bottle of glue and one (1) glue stick
· One (1) small box of crayons
· One (1) package of WASHABLE Crayola markers
· Two (2) boxes of sharpened pencils - one box for home and one for school
· One (1) small eraser
· One (1) roll of paper towels (Last names A-M)
· One (1) box of tissues
· One (1) container of baby wipes
· One (1) container of Clorox/Lysol disinfecting wipes
· One (1) box of large (gallon sized) Ziploc bags
· One (1) bottle of antibacterial hand sanitizer (Last names N-Z)
*Additional supplies may be asked for once school has begun.
*Label supplies with your child’s name
**Also, please do not have your child bring in ALL their supplies on the first day of school. They can bring in a few items each day. This will make it easier for them to carry and alleviate things getting lost or misplaced.
Fourth Grade Supply List
Fifth Grade Supply List
2022 Grade 5 Supply List
Welcome to Fifth Grade! This is going to be an exciting and fun filled year. In order for our class to
work efficiently, please purchase the following supplies.
Eight (8) Two pocket folders (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white)
Eight (8) marble notebooks
One soft pencil case
Ten (10) sharpened #2 pencils
One box of colored pencils
One box of crayons
One box of markers
One pack of post-its
One Clorox wipes
One pack of baby wipes
One box of tissues
One gallon size Ziploc bags
One roll of paper towels
One highlighter
One hand sanitizer
Please have your child bring in a few supplies each day during the first week of school so that it is
easier for them to carry. Additional supplies may be asked for once the school year has begun. Please
label all of your child’s belongings. We thank you in advance for your cooperation