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Instructional Focus

The Hector Figueroa School will focus on strategic planning using timely and targeted data and student work products to drive the planning and implementing of units of study. Student performance data will be used to strategically group students, differentiate tasks and promote equity in the classroom for all students to meet the goal of mastering the expectations of the NYS Next Generation Standards.

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Student Assessments for 2024-2025

August 2024- PS 398Q, along with 12 other District 30 schools, were selected as a pilot school to administer the mClass assessment. PS 398Q will continue to use iReady for schoolwide math assessment.

-mClass is similar to Acadience/ Students are assessed individually by their teacher�-Immediate data available to the school/teachers�-Data used for:� -Student Groupings� -Lesson Planning and Differentiation of Lessons� -Planning AIS (Academic Intervention Service) Periods- Skills based

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Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) Goals 2024-25

Literacy:

By June 2025, literacy for students in grade K-3 will improve, as measured by a 48% to 58%. This would demonstrate a 10% increase in students performing at grade level.

By June 2025, our Grade 4-5 students will show an improvement as measured by a 10% increase in proficiency in Reading Comprehension.

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Identified Areas of Need- Literacy

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CEP- Mathematics Goal

By June 2025, our students will show a 15% increase of students performing on grade level using the End of Year iReady math assessment data, with a focus on the Numbers and Operations domain in iReady.

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CEP- Mathematics Goal

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School Distributed Devices

School Distributed Devices:

We are currently working to give our 3, 4 and 5th grade students chromebooks in preparation for the NYS ELA, Math and Science (grade 5 only), exams. Students who are in grades 3, 4 and 5 and have school distributed iPads must return the iPads and chargers to their teacher. We have been ordering additional chromebooks to meet the number of students who are still in need and we hope to have them delivered in the next few weeks. iPads that are returned will be given to our lower grades.

Please know that we are not able to replace broken devices and/or missing chargers.

All students and families who receive school devices, iPads or Chromebooks, are responsible for the care of these devices.

These devices can not be used for personal use and personal email accounts cannot be entered onto a school distributed device.

Devices should only be used at school and if needed, at home using the student’s NYCDOE email account that ends in nycstudents.net, ex. johnr@nycstudents.net.

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2024-2025 NYS ELA/Math/Science

-PS 398Q will be a full Computer Based Testing school for the NYS ELA, Math and Science Test for Grades 3-5.

-Paper tests will only be available for students who have IEP’s or ELL status.

-Grades 3-5 classes will work throughout the school year to type extended response answers and math problems.

-Purchased NYS Science Exam review books for all grade 5 students.

-More information for families will be communicated as the year progresses.

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PS 398 Attendance Data

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Attendance Information for Families

When your child is absent, please send your child’s teacher a message on ClassDojo informing them that your child will not be in school. A ClassDojo message should be sent to your child’s teacher each day they are absent and the teacher will notify our main office staff. When your child returns to school, please send them with documentation regarding their absence from school.�
When students/families travel for a long period of time when school is in session, the teachers are not responsible for assigning work for extended periods of time. �
If you plan to travel out of state/country, it is the family’s responsibility to provide documentation to the school. This includes plane tickets displaying the departure and return dates and place you will be traveling. �

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ClassDojo

ClassDojo:

ClassDojo is used between the school and families to communicate messages about classroom news and updates, school wide messages and other daily types of messaging. ClassDojo can also be used to request time to discuss your child’s progress. Please know that teachers can not answer ClassDojo messages when they are teaching but will respond to you within 24 hours.

If you have any immediate issues, please contact our main office at (929) 463-7200.

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Safer Access Door- Main Entrance

Safer Access Doors:

Beginning Wednesday, October 16th, PS 398Q will start our Safer Access Door system. This is another level of building safety that the DOE has been installing in schools across NYC. This new safety measure will include the following changes for entry into our building:

From 8:45am-2:15 pm and again from 3:00pm-4:15pm (after school program sessions) each school day, all main entrance doors will be locked. To enter the school building, all visitors will have to use the Safer Access Door intercom at the main entrance and our School Safety Agent will speak through the intercom and unlock the door to enter the building.

-All visitors must have valid, physical identification to enter our school building. We do not accept identification that is a picture on cell phones. Photocopies of identification are also not an acceptable form of identification.

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Upcoming Events:

Friday, October 25- PTA Costume Ball 5-7 pm (Gynatorium)�No masks/ Toys that resemble Weapons

Wednesday, October 30- Diwali Celebration 3:00-4:30pm (Gymnatorium)

Thursday, October 31- Costumes allowed�No masks or Toys that resemble Weapons��Friday, November 1st- No School (Diwali)

Monday, November 4- School Leadership Team Meeting (Hybrid)�Tuesday, November 5- Election Day/ School Closed�Wednesday, November 6- Student of the Month Assembly�Thursday, November 7- Parent Teacher Conferences (Virtual) Half Day for Students: 11:30 Dismissal�1:00-3:00 pm and 4:00-6:30 pm

Wednesday, November, 13- School Picture Day

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