MS 50 Weekly News: 2/12/24
February 12, 2024
Remote Day Instructions
The DOE has announced that tomorrow, February 13, will be a remote learning day due to predicted inclement weather. All instructions and resources for the day are available at ms50.org/remote.
By 8:30AM, students should mark themselves present in the "MS 50 Virtual School" Google Classroom by clicking "Mark as Done" on the assignment labeled "February 13 Attendance." If students have trouble completing this assignment it is no problem, they should go to their 1st period class at 8:30 and tell their teacher to mark them present.
Then, students should follow their normal class schedules, joining the Zoom Meeting of the teacher who teaches that specific class.
If you have any questions or need help during the day, please join the MS 50 Help Desk Zoom or contact us.
In this Issue:
- Spirit Week
- Valentines Dance
- PTA Updates
- Free Spring Break Camps
- Senior Dues and Rings
- Upcoming Events
- i-Ready Homework Reminder
This week is SPIRIT WEEK! We are excited to celebrate with our students the week before Midwinter Recess. The dress up days are:
- Monday, 2/12: Dress Like a Teacher Day
- Tuesday, 2/13: Virtual Dress for Success Day
- Wednesday, 2/14: Red, White, and Pink Day
- Thursday, 2/15: Dress Down Day
- Friday, 2/16: Heritage Day
On Thursday, we will have our Valentines Dance from 3:00-5:00PM and we are looking for donations of drinks and snacks during the dance! Please email Edda, our Parent Coordinator, if you are able to donate.
February PTA Meeting Summary
At our February PTA meeting we discussed updates to our new fundraising platform, exciting plans for our BSE classroom, and opportunities to grow and expand the ways we can help our school community. We ended with a presentation from Ms. Cameron, the RAPP Coordinator at MS 50, who shared statistics about teen dating violence and strategies for discussing these issues with our teens.
This spring break, STEM Matters NYC is offering a variety of exciting, hands-on, experiential science and STEM programs for students in kindergarten through grade 8. Programs run from Monday, April 22 through Friday, April 26, from 9:00am-3:00pm. If you are interested in animal science or aviation, marine biology or mechanics, ecology or engineering, or so much more, come discover, investigate, design, and create! You can find out more information on their website and applications are due TODAY online!
One of our goals this year is for every student at MS 50 to complete 30 minutes of i-Ready ELA lessons and 30 minutes of i-Ready math lessons as part of their homework every week. Teachers will check the previous week’s work every Monday. Students can use their @nycstudents account to log into i-Ready by visiting clever.com.
If logging in on an iPad, you must first download and login to the Clever app. You can then launch i-Ready from Clever and students will be logged in. Download this information sheet for more detailed instructions.