MS 50 Weekly News: 3/18/24
March 18, 2024
Our goal for this event is to create a space where our beautiful, diverse, community can come together to learn from each other, engage in meaningful dialogue, and build community. This is our first event on this topic and we are only opening this space for our current families, students, and staff to engage with this film. If you are outside of our immediate community, we appreciate your understanding. Registration is required at ms50.org/promises.
In this Issue:
- Complete your School Survey!
- Summer Rising Applications Due Monday
- Immunization Records
- Classroom Spotlight: ELA
- Upcoming Theatre Events
- Saturday School Continues!
- PTA Updates
- Upcoming Events
- Senior Dues
- i-Ready Homework Reminder
The 2024 NYC Public School survey is now live! We want to thank all of the families who have already completed the survey, your feedback is valuable to help improve the learning environment for all our families.
To access the family survey, please go the NYC School Survey website or access the survey through your NYC Schools Account. To complete the survey, you will type lowercase "f" followed by your student's OSIS number–for example, f123456789. If you have any difficulty completing the survey, please contact Edda our Parent Coordinator.
Applications for Summer Rising are now open on your MySchools account. MS 50 is a host sight this year in partnership with El Puente Beacon. The application is open now through next Monday, March 25th. The MySchools account is the same one used to apply for middle school and high school. If you need assistance accessing your account, please email our Parent Coordinator Edda for help. See the NYC Public School's website for more information.
Close Reading
Our ELA classes have been spending the month of March engaging in the close reading of short texts from a variety of genres. Our students are deepening their close reading skills by analyzing texts through a variety of literary lenses. Students engage in multiple reads of a text while questioning, clarifying, summarizing and predicting based on the specific literary lens they are using in class. During this time, students will compare and contrast two or more short texts to make larger connections between the literature that they are reading in class and larger themes that they are seeing in the world around them.
Evidence Based Writing
Our students regularly practice writing evidence based written responses in all of their classes. Students learn how to develop strong, text based claims about the literature that they are reading. Students analyze these texts to look for strong, impactful evidence that they can use to develop and support their claims. Our ELA teachers guide students through careful analysis of this text based evidence to support students as they craft thoughtful connections between the evidence they have chosen and the text based claims that they have made.
Repertorio Español Performance
We are thrilled to once again partner with Repertorio Español to present "En el Tiempo de las Mariposas," a play about the Mirabal sisters and their courageous resistance to Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. The play is performed in Spanish with English super-titles projected. This FREE event is open to the community and will be performed on Tuesday, March 26th at 6:00PM. This performance is sponsored by City Council Member Jennifer Gutíerrez and the Cultural Immigrant Initiative.
The Lion King Jr.
MS 50 Theatre is proud to present "The Lion King Jr." on Friday, April 5th at 4:30PM and Saturday, April 6th at 1:00PM. This FREE production is perfect for all ages! Watch our students transform into the iconic characters from the Pridelands and perform your favorite songs including "The Circle of Life," "I Just Can't Wait to be King," "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," and many more! We hope to see you there!
There are only three weeks left for ELA/Math/ENL Saturday School. Even if you haven't attended Saturday School yet this year, now is a great time to join for small group, intensive ELA, Math and ENL practice in preparation for the New York State exams. Saturday School will be held from 9:00AM– 12:30PM on the following Saturdays:
- March 23
- April 6, 13
Your child will work with MS 50 teachers who will supplement our current ELA and Math curriculum with targeted skill practice. All students will receive a metro card, pizza and snacks. Please complete the permission slip on Operoo to register your student.
April PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be on Thursday, April 4th at 6PM. We invite you to join us in planning our end of year events and as we begin to brainstorm our activities for next year.
Are you interested in joining the executive board for the 2024-25 school year? Nominations will occur at the May meeting.
MS 50 Laundry Room
Did you know MS 50 has a laundry room for our community members? Reservations can be made at ms50.org/laundry.
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.