9th grade families are invited to join us via Zoom for the 9th grade Road to College Meeting. Please contact Mrs. Reed for the meeting code.
Thank you for your interest in the Greater Ridgewood Youth Council (GRYC) Afterschool program !
All accepted applicants will receive a letter confirming enrollment in to the GRYC afterschool program.
Applications may be completed online and sent to the Program Director, Dina DePaola, at dinagryc@gmail.com . If you have questions or have any issues accessing the application electronically, you can contact her.
All applicants must have:
A completed application with all signatures. Attached.
A medical form completed by a physician, dated 7/1/2020 or later. Attached.
One wallet size photograph of the participant with their name printed on the back.
If you are in the process of getting an updated medical, please fill out the application and send it back. All participants must have an updated medical to attend any in-person services.
If you have any questions, you can reach us at (718) 456-5437 ext. 0. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Attached is a letter from Chancellor Carranza welcoming everyone back to school.
It includes important information about Daily Health Screenings, and links for information about testing and transportation.
Here are some highlights from the letter:
Daily Health Screening Before Entering the Building
Blended Learning Students in Cohorts A, B, C and E will be expected to have performed a Health Screening, including a temperature check, every morning before entering the school building. All staff and teachers have to do it as well. Free thermometers will be available for students to take home.
Parents/Guardians/Students can use the DOE's online health screening app at https://healthscreening.schools.nyc/
The app asks questions such as "Have you experienced any symptoms of Covid-19, including a fever of 100 degrees F or greater, a new cough, new loss of tast or smell or shortness of breath within the last 10 days?" If the answer is yes, the person may not enter the building.
When the app is used, a confirmation pops up and can be printed at home, or the phone screen can be shown at the door of the school before a student enters.
If you are unable to use the app, paper copies of the form will be sent home and students can bring in the signed copy every day. If you or child forgets or is unable to pre-screen, someone at school will be available to assist your child in completing the form and checking your child's temperature.
Where to Get Tested for Covid-19
Students in 3K - 12th grade can get priority testing at 22 Health + Hospitals testing sites. To find a location near you, visit http://schools.nyc.gov/covidtesting
Beginning in early October, we will begin testing a random sampling of students and staff in school. More information and a link to a parent/guardian consent form will be shared soon.
What Transportation To and From School Will Look Like
Most students at WJPS will recieve a MetroCard for travel to and from school. When using public transportation, students will be expected to follow the same social distancing and face covering protocols as all New Yorkers.
School buses transporting students will belimited to 25 percent of capacity to ensure safe social distancing. Seats will be clearly marked to help with social distancing. If a student does not have a face covering, the bus driver will provide one.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at helen.reed@wjps.org.
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Dear Families,
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. I am writing to you today with an important update on the start of school.
As you know, for months we have been preparing to reopen our school buildings. Thanks to all of you and everything you have done over the last six months, the city’s low infection rate makes us the only major city in the country able to welcome our children back to our schools for in-person learning.
Just as you have done everything necessary to reduce the COVID-19 infection rate, we have made a pledge to you that we would put health and safety first. That is what we have done – inspecting tens of thousands of classrooms for proper ventilation; distributing millions of masks, bottles of hand sanitizers and cases of cleaning supplies; prioritizing students and staff for expedited COVID-19 testing; developing a swift testing, quarantine, and tracing protocol anytime we might see COVID-19 activity in our schools; and more.
We must continue living up to that pledge as we get closer to opening our buildings, knowing that this year demands more supplies, more staff, more space, more inspections, and more training. To do that, we have some new updates on the school calendar to announce.
All students will still begin full-time instruction on Monday, September 21. School buildings will reopen to our students in blended learning (in-person in schools some days of the week, and remotely from home other days of the week) on a phased basis, detailed below. Here is the updated calendar for the start of the 2020-21 school year:
I know this is a last-minute change. This crisis has demanded so much flexibility and patience from you and your children since the beginning, and I am in awe of how you have risen to meet the challenges and uncertainty this pandemic has presented. Everything we do is to try to provide stability and certainty, while protecting the health and safety of our city.
I am deeply grateful every day for each of you, and the commitment you have shown to your children and this city.
So many of you have told us how eager you are to reconnect with your school communities – I know I am excited for that as well. We believe this extra time will help make sure that all schools and all educators are in the best position to deliver a strong, safe, and supportive environment for teaching and learning to take place.
I always say that New York City has the best students, staff, and families in the world, and nothing will ever change that—no matter when, where, and how we are learning.
Thank you for everything you do. Sincerely,
Richard A. Carranza
Chancellor
New York City Department of Education
All students begin full-day learning online on September 21.
Blended Learning students begin in-person starting October 1 which is an A day. Only students who are in Cohort A come to the school building on that day.
Please see the Cohort Calendar for in person days. If you are unsure of your Cohort, please contact Mrs. Reed at helen.reed@wjps.org.
ReCap of the August 27 WJPS Community Meeting
If you have any questions, please contact our Parent Coordinator, Mrs. Reed, at helen.reed@wjps.org
Learning Bridges is a new program that will provide free child care options for children from 3-K through 8th grade on days when they are scheduled for remote learning. If you are interested in the Learning Bridges program, please complete this survey.
The Learning Bridges programs will:
You can complete this survey even if you do not yet know your child’s school schedule. The survey is meant to assess interest; this is not a formal application. More information will be shared by the Department of Education (children in 3-K and pre-K) or the Department of Youth & Community Development (children in grades K-8) about a potential placement in the coming weeks. Programs will become available on a rolling basis beginning at the start of school.
You can also call 311 for support in completing the survey.
Please see the attached document for details about the Department of Education's COVID-19 School Health Policy
Developed collaboratively with unions, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), and NYC Test + Trace Corp, this policy provides guidance for schools regarding:
Thresholds for school opening and closure during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Daily health screenings for students and school-based staff,
The establishment of an Isolation Room,
What to do if a student or staff member shows signs of COVID-19 while in a school,
What to do if there is a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 of someone in a school, and
COVID-19 testing scenarios for staff.
Please Visit our 2020-2021 School Year Page
Please contact Mrs. Reed for the Zoom link and your voting code.
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