The safety and well-being of every community member at P.S./I.S. 128 remains our highest priority.

To continue to keep our school community safe we are asking our parents to schedule meetings with staff members in advance. If you would like to schedule a parent meeting, please reach out to your child’s teacher to arrange a date and time to meet. If you would like to meet with administration or any other staff members, please also schedule the meeting in advance. Once the meeting is scheduled, we will inform school safety of the date and time of the meeting. When you arrive at the school building, please have picture ID available. In addition, you must pass the health screening, and show proof of vaccination.

We kindly ask all parents and family members to refrain from coming to the school building to pick up a student before 2:30pm our dismissal time. In the event you have an emergency and need to pick up your child early, we ask that you please email your child's teacher, administration, and the Parent Coordinator ahead of time. In the email, please include your child’s name , the date and time you need to pick up your child before dismissal and the parent, family member, or friend that will be picking up your child. The person picking up the student must be on the students' blue card and show picture ID when they arrive. They will also be asked to sign the student out in our building sign out book .

Thank you for your support as we continue to keep P.S./I.S. 128 a safe environment.

Please review the Safety information in the link below:

Parent Guide to School Safety and Emergency Preparedness (nyc.gov)

schools.nyc.gov/school-life/safe-schools/emergency-readiness.

schools.nyc.gov/messagesforfamilies.

The links below were also mentioned in a recent notification by the Chancellor.

Please share the attached letter with your school community; you can find translated versions when available at schools.nyc.gov/messagesforfamilies. Also, please encourage families to sign up for NotifyNYC—New York City’s dedicated emergency public communications program and official source for information about emergency alerts and important city services. For information on school safety, you can direct families to the DOE website at schools.nyc.gov/school-life/safe-schools/emergency-readiness.

Over the past several years, our School Leadership Team has met to review the criteria for admission into the middle school honors classes for incoming 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. I would like to share with you the criteria that was finalized by the SLT at the last meeting and will be used to determine honors class placement for the 2022-23 school year.

Criteria for honors class placement for the 2022-2023 school year:

· Students will be initially ranked highest to lowest according to their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd marking period overall average in the core subject areas (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies).

· The first 33 students with the highest averages will be placed in the honors class.

· A minimum of 90% is required in each of the core subject areas.

· If two students have the exact same average, we will then consider the ELA and Math overall average to determine their placement.

· In the event that multiple students meet this criteria, the student’s overall Lexile score on the MAP Growth assessment will be used to make the final determination.

For the 2022-2023 school year, all students in the honors class must maintain a clean disciplinary record, which includes not having any suspensions throughout the school year. If a student does not maintain a clean disciplinary record and has any suspensions throughout the school year, they will be removed from the honors class.