Weekend Update 10.23.06

Saturday night HARBOR HALLOWEEN on the Tall Ship "Peking"!!! FREE FOR STAFF!!! BRING FRIENDS!!!

Thanks:
1) Lettie Overnight: “First off, let me thank Alan, Roy and Rick for making these sails possible. This past overnight was a huge success, and a great end to the fall sailing season. Despite the howling winds and the wet weather Friday morning, we managed to head up the Hudson from SSSM and anchor off of Alpine, NJ. The 3 Junior Watch Officers were amazing, so be sure to thank Janette, Leydi and Heidy for their awesome sense of responsibility and great personalities while on board. Be sure to thank all the students for representing themselves and the school very well.” -Tizoc
2) College Acceptances: Congratulations to Christina B. and Daniel L., our first students accepted to college. Both were accepted into the EOP program at SUNY Old Westbury, which means that EVERYTHING is paid for, including books. This is a great first step for our students. Thank you to Nicole for taking students to the Instant Admissions day. Our college acceptance wall will begin this week.
3) High School Fair: Thank you to Sam, Nihar, Murray, Tanasia and any others who worked the Brooklyn Borough High School Fair this weekend at Brooklyn Tech HS.


This Week: (week #2)
Monday 10/23

-Perrin Wicks from Urban Assembly visiting to discuss Partnerships at 3:30
UA New Teacher Reception @ Brooklyn Museum

Tuesday 10/24
-UA Visitors: 3 Urban Assembly School Principals will be visiting Nate on Tuesday from 8-11am. They will visit classes, and meet with Nate to discuss ongoing professional development that we are doing in our school.
-Murray at Harbor Water Quality Symposium with DEP
Wednesday 10/25
-Harbor Department Meeting: 12:10 pm
-Staff Meeting: 2:25-3:55 pm (This meeting will include some time for UFT)
-Cabinet Meeting: 4-5pm.
Thursday 10/26
-Three visitors from the Inland Seas School in Buffalo, NY will join the Harbor Science Class with Murray. They have modeled their school after the Harbor School and want to learn from us!?!
-At 4 PM Murray and the Harbor Corps will lead an oyster gardening workshop at Pier 40 in the Hudson River as they lead an effort to reestablish oysters in the Harbor that will end in the creation of a new Hudson River oyster reef.
-Parent-Teacher Conferences: from 5:30-7:30 will be Open School Night. Dinner for staff will be available at 4:30. We will set up tables in the cafeteria and all teachers will meet with parents there. Please have print outs of your mygradebook.com grades ready for parents.
Friday 10/27
-Parent-Teacher Conferences: Friday afternoon from 1-3 pm teachers will meet with parents in their rooms. We will have a room layout, and tentatively operate a period 1-5 schedule on Friday (to be confirmed Wednesday in Staff Meeting).
-Alan’s House-Warming

Upcoming Events:
1) 11/7 (Tues) – Full day PD – No Students
2) 11/8 (Wed) – 8th Grader Open House (Ali is coordinating)
3) 12/1 (Fri) – End of 2nd Marking Period

Information:
1)Hallowe'en Candy Grams: Sonia's advisees are selling Hallowe'en Candy-Grams this year. They will be coming around to advisories to take orders soon. Candy-grams will be delivered in advisories on Hallowe'en. Thanks for your support and understanding -- they have come up with these fundraising projects on their own and I'm very proud of their hard work!
2) Harbor Uniform Sweatshirts: Alma has placed an order so hopefully we'll have them in a few weeks. 9th graders will get one free, after that they're $15. Upperclassmen will NOT get one free.
3) Lunch Books: Advisors, make sure to pick up all lunch ticket books from Maureen for distribution to students. Ticket #1 must be used for lunch on Monday, otherwise students must pay $1.50. If there is no book number next to the student's name on the sign in sheet, then the student did not return a lunch form, and should do so as soon as possible. Remember every lunch form is worth approximately $1000 in school funding for our school. Even if students do not eat school lunch they should bring the lunch form in.
4) Computer lab open for students: Lauren will be staffing the computer lab from 2:25 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays for students. If anyone else is interested in doing this on another day, please email Jen.
5) DIAL-A-TEACHER: Teachers, let your students know that they can get homework help over the phone by calling Dial-A-Teacher at (212)777-3380, Monday through Thursday, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
6) Teacher’s Contract On-Line: http://www.uft.org/member/contracts/teachers_contract/
Para’s Contract On-Line: http://www.uft.org/chapter/paraprofessional/contract/