School Leadership Team (SLT) Meeting
Date: January 12, 2026
Start Time: 4:00 PM
End Time: 5:00 PM
Attendance
Name | Title | Present/Absent |
Shamika Simpson | Principal | Present |
UFT Representative | Sydney Joshua | Present |
K/1 Grade, Self-Contained Teacher | Amanda Davi | Present |
Third Grade Teacher | Veronica Marzulla | Present |
Technology Teacher | Deanna Calderon | Present |
PTA President | Tyjuan Harris | |
PTA | Tiffany Futch | Present |
PTA | Kladys Ruiz | Present |
PTA | Malaya Ince | |
PTA | Erica Harris |
Agenda
- Welcome from Mrs. Simpson (camera updates)
- Safety Drills Updates
- Completed __8__ Drills
- To date, we have conducted ___8____emergency drills. We have conducted __6__ evacuation drills and ___2___lock-down drills. We have __4__ more emergency drills left. (soft lockdown and evacuation)
- Drills must be completed unannounced to simulate a real evacuation.
- When the weather is above 32 degrees, we conduct fire drills.
- After-School Program (embedded school programs)
- QCH/Century 21 on-going
- K-5 ENL After School Program will launch the week of January 26th.
- Basketball Practice
- Cheerleading Practice
- Pending Soccer Team in March
In-House QCH & Residencies
- Grant Funded Music Program
QCH Expansion through Century 21
Arts For Early Learners Grant: Partnership with Marquis Studios around
Fairytales, Folktales, & Myths residency for 3K-K
CASA Program: Beginning, Wednesday, February 25 (12 sessions)
DANCEWAVE: Planning in progress for 2 dance genres
- Attendance Data
- Current year
- Progress has been made compared to last year around this time!
Assessments
- HMH End of Module Assessments
- Mid-Year iReady Reading and Math Assessments
- Acadiance Assessment
- Attendance/Principal’s Awards End of Quarter
- Will be celebrated at our assemblies in March
NYC SAVES
- Stay Tuned
- Black History Month Activities
- Our engagement committee is planning events and activities such as decorating classroom doors.
- Performances 2.27.26
- Respect For All Week
- February 9th-February 13th
Parent Engagement/Partnership Ideas
- Welcoming Wednesdays
- Connecting with Principal & Team Brunch & Learn (series week of January 26th & on-going”
- PTA News/Updates:
- Week of January 12th PTA Bake Sale
- On-line Spirit Wear Store Sale Closes on January 31st
- Birthday celebrations on-going
- Updates
- New Spelling Bee
Minutes
Saftey Drills
- Overview of Safety Drills and past drills
- Overview of QCH Afterschool program and additional school support
- Pushing into classrooms (focus on 1st grade) to support class.
- Ms. Joshua elaborates personal experience with support and identifies that support staff person visits her class during 7th period and supports whatever is happening in the classroom (ie: students are in a writing task and QCH support member helps class as needed)
- Feedback to classroom support is positive
- Counseling and social work staff comes in to support and offer private services to families
- Offers life skills and language classes to families
Extracurricular after school activities
- Considering the addition of soccer
- Sports activities are offered to Grade 4-5 students
- $25,000 grants has been acquired for extracurricular activity to be determined
- Ballroom Dance and Dancewave will continue this year
- Hip Hop and Dancewave will be offered afterschool with Dancewave
- Ballroom Dance will be offered during the school day
- School is mindful to offer arts during the day as well as afterschool to ensure all students have an opportunity to participate in the arts
- Arts For Early Learners Grant: Partnership with Marquis Studios around Fairytales, Folktales, & Myths residency will get started for lower grades
- Teaching Labs will also provide support in 3K and PreK
Assessments
- Overview of upcoming assessments and the purpose of each
- Highlighting seasonal activity in 3D design
- Students learned about symmetry and created a snowflake ornament using the symmetry feature in a 3D design program and decorated the trees in the vestibule and auditorium with their printed designs.
Parent Engagement
- Upcoming parent workshops to inform around school programs
- Open invitation to QCH to participate in PTA meetings
PTA Updates
- Reflecting on holiday show- Encourage parents to stay for the whole show to support entire school. Audience dwindled as show moved along and parents left.
- Sharing ideas for encouraging parent involvement (Raffles,etc…)
- PTA is involved in a solution for speeding cars near school. Have contacted Sam Berger for support. School will follow up with a formal request
- Safety cameras have been installed and will be up and running soon. Cameras are both internal and external.
- Student Government is practicing participatory budgeting and researching what they would like to purchase.
- Districtwide tournament in 24.
- Soles 4 Souls was a fundraiser that Ms. Joshua’s class participated in to donate 41 shoes while learning important math and literacy skills.