HSSL Weekly Parent Update

News/Updates in and around the service & learning community

ONLINE SURVEY SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED!

ONLINE SURVEY SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 28TH!

Oh yes we are! NYC Students and Family survey deadline has been extended to Friday April 28th 11:59pm. If you have not complete your survey there is still time. Tell us how we're doing and we're we need to improve! Use the link below to complete the survey.

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nycdoe/login

Service & Learning Open House - Tell a Friend!

On Thursday May 4th at 3pm we will be hosting our second open house. If you know a family that is still considering options for High School in the fall, tell them to come visit! Or if you are family that transfered to us mid year and would like to take an offical tour of the school please join us. Check out the flyer below and fill out the form to register ❤️.

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Newcomer Youth Summer Academy 2023 (NYSA)

NYSA is a FREE summer program for students ages 4 - 22, offering academic and English classes in the morning, art classes, social-emotional learning and physical education in the afternoon, and field trips every Friday. To see a day in the life of an NYSA student, please see this video. To be eligible, students must have arrived in the United States during the past 2 years. More information can be found on the flyer here (available in multiple languages).

All families must register via our Youth Program Intake. The form can accommodate a family with up to 6 children. Students who are already active participants in IRC programming will receive direct outreach from IRC staff and will complete a separate, abbreviated application. Once the form is complete, families will be contacted by a member of the IRC staff to confirm their registration in NYSA.

Students ages 4 - 22 who have arrived in the U.S. during the past 2 years are eligible to attend.

It is a 5-week camp from July 10th to August 11th. Camp is daily, Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm.

No Transportation is available, but students may receive MetroCards.

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Boys Club of New York Summer Camp

BCNY is a FREE summer camp that are full of activities and excitement at the clubhouses, and at Harriman Base Camp in Harriman State Park. Our clubhouses offer high quality and diverse programming with summer schedules that will keep your boy, or young man actively engaged, while Harriman Base Camp gives explorers, juniors, and teens the opportunity to experience sleepaway in upstate New York, and connect to the arts and sciences of the wilderness.

BCNY program starts July 5th - August 11th; age ranges 10-17 years old. Clubhouse programs age ranges 7-18 years old.
All members will receive a trip discount. In house program membership is FREE. There is no transportation available.

For more information, please email our Program Director, ron.britt@bcny.org or visit BCNY’s Harriman Base Camp website and explore their Summer Cycle at this link.
https://bcny.org/about/programs/bcny-summers/.

Senior Jaylin Hewitt make stage debut!

Over the spring recess one of our student Jaylin Hewitt participated in MCC Theater's Youth Company spring stage play - "UNCENSORED". Check out a few photos and clips below!

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Students, Staff, Parents come show us what you got!!!!!

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Event Information

Family Paint Night/ Parent Association Meeting

Our Parent Association Meeting for the month of April will be a fundraiser for our "Rising Stars" award ceremony for our 9th, 10th, and 11th graders at the end of May. We are looking to raise $1000 for the ceremony and we need your help!

Come join us for an evening of fun, food, and artistic expression. We will also be selling dinners catered by Ms. Denise Claudio.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RSVP below to ensure we have enough supply for each family. Paint night is $10 per person, and a $25 suggested donation dinner.

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