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Dear Harbor View School Families,

We values your input and hope you know that every member of community voice does matter. Please take a moment to let us know how we are doing and ways we can improve by completing our family feedback survey. We appreciate the time it takes to provide this valued feedback. 

Thank you,
Hanin Hasweh & Valerie Sanchez

Join us for a free art experience to highlight healthy relationships and mindfulness practices on May 8th from 3:30pm - 5:30pm. Please RSVP KDruda@theharborviewschool.org 

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week: In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 6th – 10th), we are asking P.S. 59 families to help recognize and celebrate all the hard work and dedication of our teachers, paraprofessionals and support staff. On Friday, May 10th, we will host a Staff Appreciation Lunch for our amazing teachers, paraprofessionals and support staff. Please help us make this event super special by donating drinks, snacks or desserts for this occasion. Please drop them off to the main office by 9:00 am on Friday, May 10th. We are bursting with APPRECIATION! Share a message expressing your gratitude for our amazing teachers and staff! Please complete and return the STAR backpacked home by Tuesday, May 7th. We will use these STARS to decorate for our appreciation luncheon on Friday, May 10th.

School Spirit Week: Join in the fun and show appreciation for our fantastic teachers and staff by participating in one or all of the THEME Days.

Spring Picture Re-take Day - Thursday, May 9th: All spring and senior picture packages have been distributed. On Thursday, May 9th Yearbook Innovations will be here for the final picture re-take day. (originally scheduled for 4/16 but changed due to scheduling conflict). Please complete this form (https://forms.gle/m5kVqy2wNC7PegAZA) if you would like to have your child picture re-taken or if you have issues with your picture package so we can follow up with Yearbook Innovation.

PTA / Title 1 Meeting Slides from 5/2 meeting:  April 2024 PTA Title 1 PAC Meeting.pdf 

Election Information: Elections will be held on Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm via ZOOM. If you are interested in serving as an Officer of the PTA Executive Committee SY 2024-2025, SLT 2024-2026 or Title 1 PAC 2024-2026. Please complete the information via the online form no later than Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Positions Available

• PTA Executive Board Mandatory:
  • President
  • Treasurer
  • Recording Secretary
• PTA Executive Board Non-Mandatory:
  • Vice-President
  • Corresponding Secretary
• SLT Parent Member Seats (2 year terms) - 3 open positions
• Title 1 PAC
  • Chairperson (2 year terms)
  • Co-Chairperson (2 year terms)

PS 59 Title 1 Parent Advisory Council, The Harbor View School PTA and NYCID host our 2024 family night: Do you have what it takes to solve puzzles, clues, and riddles? We hope so, because that’s what you’ll need to “escape” the school on Tuesday, May 29th at 5:30pm. Please RSVP by May 22nd. Light refreshments and raffles will be available for purchase by our Class of 2024!

Here are a few updates, resources and reminders now that the warmer weather is here! 

• Schoolyard: For the safety of our students and families please refrain from driving into the school yard during arrival and dismissal times. Also, we currently have the ferry side of the building walkway closed as the house next door is having repairs. 
• Clothing: What to wear? Now that the warmer weather is here, we recommend that students come to school dressed in layers. Some of our classrooms are colder than others, then once the students go outside it becomes much warmer. To help them regulate their body temperature during the day we suggest always having a sweatshirt or light sweater available. In addition, many students like to run around outside during recess, please keep this in mind and have your child wear comfortable closed toes show to prevent them from falling or scrapping their toes. 
• School Bus Lane and crosswalks: please refrain from parking in front of the school building or in crosswalks during arrival and dismissal. When cars are stopped or parked in these locations it creates a safety hazard for our students as they are trying to arrive and leave from our school building. 
• Lice: The presence of head lice in institutions such as schools is an uncomfortable fact of life. Together we can help ensure these occurrences do not become a greater problem. We encourage families to notify the main office if they detect head lice in their child's hair. When a student is found to have lice, notes are sent home to members of the child's class.
  • What are head lice?
    • Head lice are small insects with six legs usually the size of a sesame seed (the seeds on burger buns).
    • They live on or very close to the scalp and don’t wander far down the hair shafts for very long.
    • They can only live on human beings; you can’t catch them from animals.
    • Nits are not the same thing as lice. Lice are the insects which move around the head. Nits are egg cases laid by lice, stuck on to hair shafts; they are smaller than a pin head and are pearly white.
    • If you have nits it doesn’t always mean that you have head lice. When you have got rid of all the lice, the nits will stay stuck to the hair until it grows out.
    • You only have head lice if you can find a living, moving louse (not a nit) on the scalp.
    • Anybody can get head lice.
    • Head lice infections are caught from close family and friends in the home and community, not from the school.
    • Spread of head lice requires direct head to head contact. They can’t swim, fly, hop or jump.
  • Here are a few tips to help prevent the spread of head lice:
    • Check your child's hair on a regular basis.
    • Because head lice need close head-to-head contact to spread from one person to another, to reduce the spread of head lice, teachers will discourage students from activities which may involve head to head contact.
    • To reduce your child’s risk of getting head lice, make sure that long hair is tied up and discourage children from sharing their brushes and combs and having head to head contact with others.
    • Remember - Anyone can get head lice – they have no preferences for cleanliness, hair color, hair type, ethnicity or age.
  • Here are some resources to learn more about lice and treatments:
    • American Academy of Dermatology - Head Lice: Hoe to Treat Video 
    • What Causes Head Lice? | Treatment For Head Lice | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz
    • NYC Public School's Head Lice Information and Polices

The annual New York State English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics will be administered to all students in grades 3-8. Students in grades 5 and 8 will also sit for the New York State science test. These tests are required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and are designed to provide important information about whether students are prepared to progress through school and graduate with the critical-thinking, problem-solving, and reasoning skills they need for long-term success in school, college, and careers, and to support students in their pursuit of economic security and a choice-filled life. 

Exam Schedule for 3rd and 4th grade students:

Exam Schedule for 5th grade students:

 2024-nys-grades-3-8-exams-faq-english.pdf 

Field experiences are an important part of our curriculum and your child’s education. The experiences are used to enhance the units of study. We will plan many experiences for the calendar year. Some experiences are planned well in advance and other trips have a shorter information turn around period.  

• Our Field Experiences are a mandatory part of our curriculum. 
• Family chaperones will be selected by lottery for each experience. Please complete this form ( https://forms.gle/XkgodfiBZ1V9Sqe68 ) to be entered into the lottery. 
• Our school requests a traveling NYC DOE school nurse to attend every experience, but unfortunately, they cannot always accommodate our requests. If your child has a 504 please see the main office for further information on our policy for when a school nurse cannot attend.
• Regardless of the type of experience, it is not permissible for students to meet at or be dismissed from a site other than the school.. 
• Please see our Family Handbook for more details regarding field experience expectations and chaperone requirements.