Parent Handbook 2017-2018.docx

Welcome to PS 32

The Belmont School

2017-2018

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Mission Statement

We believe that a great education is one that works in partnership with its families and community to develop students to their fullest intellectual, creative, social-emotional, and physical capacities. P.S. 32’s mission is to provide and support challenging and rigorous educational opportunities to ensure academic excellence for all students in a safe and caring learning environment. Engaging rigorous and challenging common core aligned curriculum guided by data, and research-based instructional practices.

Instructional Focus

If teachers are engaged in professional learning cycles around student discourse, students will develop the necessary critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and independence needed, resulting in an increase in student achievement in all content areas.

Theory of Action

If students have timely, accurate, and specific feedback on both their current level of performance and recent growth then they will be motivated and better able to direct their own learning leading to greater student achievement and student independence.

We Believe Children Learn Best…

in a nurturing environment
when they are respected and feel safe to take risks
from each other
when presented with authentic learning tasks – through real world, hands on experiences
in small groups
when exposed to different texts/media and are writing across genres
through discussion and questioning
through experiences and exposure
when provided on-going, explicit feedback

Students will:

Engage in rigorous tasks and discussions aligned to the CCLS.
Use assessment rubrics and/or checklists to guide them in completion of tasks.
Tract and monitor their progress toward mastery of standards.
Use feedback to reflect and goal-set based on their performance.
Self-assess performance using rubrics.

Teachers will:

Create a warm, encouraging environment where all students feel welcome and respected
Design lessons and assessments aligned to the CCLS.
Provide clear assessment criteria using a rubric and/or checklist.
Create a system for students to track and monitor their progress
Create student friendly assessment rubrics to allow students’ to self-assess
Use checks for understanding to monitor students’ progress toward mastery of learning targets
Provide students with timely feedback on all assignments

School Leaders will:

Hold high expectations for all students to achieve rigorous, CCLS-aligned standards in all academic areas.
Provide instructional resources and supports to help teachers effectively assess student understanding.
Hold high expectations for teacher through regular observations, check-ins and feedback.

Parent will:

Ensure that their child is in school, on time and prepared to learn every day.
Attend parent workshops.
Regularly monitor their child’s performance and ask their child about what he or she is learning in school.
Attend every parent Teacher Conference Nigh and ask questions

Important Dates

2017 – 2018 Coffee with Mrs. Lew

September 26th

October 27th

December 1st

January 26th

March 2nd

April 27th

May 25th

June 8th

2017 – 2018 Parent Association Meetings

September29th

October 10th

November 14th

December 12th

January 9th

February 13th

March 13th

April 10th

May 8th

June 5th

2017 – 2018 SLT Meetings

October 25th

November 29th

December 20th

January 31st

February 28th

March 28th

April 25th

May 30th

June 6th

2017-2018 New York State Exams

Assessment	Date
New York State English as a Second Language Test (NYSESLAT) – Speaking Portion	April 9 – May 18
New York State English as a Second Language Test (NYSESLAT) – Reading, Writing, and Listening
NYS English Language Arts (ELA) Exam	April 11 – 12
NYS Mathematics Exam	May 1 – 2
NYS Science Performance Exam	May 23 – June 1
NYS Science Written Exam	June 4

2017-2018 P.S. 32 School Directory

Teacher	Title	Email
Ms. Acosta	Teacher – Pre-K	MLocasto2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Alleva	Teacher – 2nd Grade	KAlleva@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Alvarez	Speech (Related Services)	AAlvarez18@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Argueta	Teacher – 3rd Grade	EArgueta@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Arnold	IEP Teacher	NArnold2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Averill	Teacher – 5th Grade	MAverill@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Barbieri	Assistant Principal	LBarbieri2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Bonet	Teacher – K/1st Grade	MBonet2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Bouhet	Assistant Principal	JBouhet@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Bricker	Universal Literacy Coach	SBricker@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Buono	Teacher – 4th Grade	EBuono2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Caltabellotta	Teacher – 2nd Grade	TCaltabellotta@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Celic-Marte	School Psychologist	MCelic@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Cesa	Teacher – 4th Grade	LCesa@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Chestnutt	Music Enhancement Teacher	SChestn@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Christian	Teacher – 2nd Grade	nchristian3@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Colangelo	UFT Teacher Center Instructional Coach	DColangelo@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. D’Agostino	Teacher – 5th Grade	TDagostino2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Darling	Teacher – 2nd Grade	VDarling@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Elliott	Teacher – 2nd Grade	LElliott5@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Emond	Teacher – 5th Grade	REmond@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Espinal	Teacher – 3rd Grade	SEspinal@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Estevez	Guidance	mesteve3@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Evans	Art Enhancement Teacher	DEvans11@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Farrell	Teacher – Speech (Related Services)	CFarrell9@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Fisher	Teacher – 3rd Grade	jfisher18@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Friedman	Instructional Coach	SFriedman23@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Fiorentino	Technology Enhancement Teacher	WFiorentino@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Garcia	Social Worker	TGarcia7@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Giustino	Teacher – 5th Grade	NGiustino@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Grant	Teacher – Speech (Related Services)	VGrant2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Hanaburgh	Teacher – 1st Grade	khanaburgh@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Harmonay	Teacher – Kindergarten	CHarmonay@schools.nyc.gov

Teacher	Title	Email
Ms. Hebron	AIS Teacher	CHebron@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Hurley	Librarian	MHurley@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Kaplan	Teacher – 4th Grade	nkaplan4@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Krellenstein	Guidance	MKrellenstein@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Kreitzberg	Teacher – 3rd Grade	MKreitzberg@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Lawrence	Teacher – 2nd/3rd Grade	SLawrence7@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Lo Medico	Teacher – 2nd Grade	TCarino@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Longarino	Teacher – 4th Grade	DLongarino@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Ljuljduraj	Teacher – 4th	LLjuljduraj@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Maulucci	Teacher – Kindergarten	DMaulucci@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Mazzella	Teacher – 4th	VMazzella@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. McAleer	Teacher – Related Service Provider	WMcalee@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Melo	Teacher	EMelo4@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Mentrati	Teacher – Kindergarten	cmentrasti@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Merckel	Teacher – Kindergarten	JMerckel@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Migdal	Teacher – 5th Grade	SMigdal@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Moore	Teacher – 3rd Grade	JMoore33@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Morfe	Teacher – Pre-K	lfeldmeth@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Nemeth	Teacher – 1st Grade	TNemeth@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Oliveras	Teacher – 1st Grade	JOliveras@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Pena Tirado	Social Worker	YPenaTi@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Perez	Art Enhancement Teacher	fperez18@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Petrera	Gym Enhancement Teacher	MPetrera@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Pinto	Science Enhancement Teacher	GPinto@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Polanco	Family Worker	SPolanco4@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Power	Gym Enhancement Teacher	GPower2@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Rabinowitz	Teacher – 5th Grade	NRabinowitz2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Raffio	Teacher – 1st Grade	CRaffio@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Ramirez	Ms. Ramirez – AIS Teacher	NRamirez2@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Rosado (Florian)	ENL Teacher and Peer Collaborative Coach	CRosado9@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Rosen	Occupational Therapist	BRosen4@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Sanchez	Teacher – Kindergarten	JSanchez55@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Salazar	Teacher – 1st/2nd Grade	ksalazar3@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Sedlarcik	Teacher – 4th Grade	MSedlar@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Servello	Teacher – 4th Grade	LServello@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Sorkin	Teacher – 5th Grade	HSorkin@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Spahn	Teacher – 2nd Grade	DSpahn@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Stiff	Teacher – 5th Grade	JStiff@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Stigliano	Assistant Principal	rstigli@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Thomas	Teacher – 2nd Grade	CThomas242@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Treanor	AIS Teacher	NTreanor@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Vasilopoulos	Social Studies Enhancement Teacher	JVasilopoulos@schools.nyc.gov
Mr. Veloz	Social Worker	EVeloz@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Vinhas	AIS Teacher	IVinhas@schools.nyc.gov
Ms. Yustman	Teacher – 1st Grade	SGiaccio@schools.nyc.gov

Check out our school website for more information about our curriculum and suggested resources. www.ps32belmont.com