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2011-12 NYC School Calendar



Gotham Schools

City plan to shrink Wadleigh draws vocal and official opposition - Read Full Article

Ninth-grader Geronimo Miranda joins sixth-graders Ariyelle Ceasar, Tiane Jackson, Cheyanne Young and Nia Manerville in describing Wadleigh Middle School's positive qualities at a school truncation hearing Jan. 26. A who’s who of elected officials and Harlem leaders turned out Thursday to defend the Wadleigh Secondary School of Performing Arts against the Department of Education’s plan to [...]

Rise & Shine: Chelsea HS fretting about losing funds that helped - Read Full Article

Chelsea High School, left out of “turnaround” plans, is worrying about losing federal funds. (Times) The principal of Jane Addams High School has resigned. (GothamSchools, Daily News, SchoolBook) A hearing about the city’s plan to close a Harlem middle school drew fire. (GothamSchools, SchoolBook) A requirement that the city try to help teachers before firing them ended some [...]

Remainders: Skepticism about school size, ed tech silver bullets - Read Full Article

Andy Rotherham: Much of ed technology amounts to distracting bells and whistles. (School of Thought) Leonie Haimson lists seven reasons to be skeptical of MDRC’s small-schools report. (NYC P.S. Parents) The founders of the city’s School of One launched a new nonprofit to keep it going. (Digital Education) The nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York relaunched its [...]

NY Times School Book

At Chelsea Career H.S., Worries About How to Get the Job Done - Read Full Article

With $58 million in federal grant money still in suspension until the city can reach a deal on a teacher evaluation system for its struggling schools, the principal at Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School in Soho, Brian Rosenbloom, wonders how he is going to get the money to continue his efforts to raise attendance and graduation rates, among other goals.

Strong Opinions About Reading and Testing - Read Full Article

A post last week -- "Dear Governor: Lobby to Save a Love of Reading" -- by Anne Stone and Jeff Nichols about their New Year's Eve encounter with their son’s third-grade English Language Arts practice test struck a nerve. Numerous responses came in to SchoolBook's query, “What effect is standardized testing having on reading?” Here are some of them.

Where Was the Help?, Wadleigh Supporters Ask Education Official - Read Full Article

A crowd of about 200 community leaders, elected officials and NAACP members turned out Thursday night to oppose the city's plan to phase out the middle grades of Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Harlem. They had tough questions -- and tough words -- for Deputy Chancellor Shael Polakow-Suransky.

Schools of Thought

My View: An education crisis that never should have happened - Read Full Article

by Sara Ferguson, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Sara Ferguson is a 20 year employee of the Chester Upland School District where she currently teaches Literacy and Math. She is a third generation educator in Chester Upland. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Widener University, a Masters of Education in Elementary Education [...]

The growing alternative to English-only education - Read Full Article

By Alyse Shorland, CNN (CNN) – Republicans vying for the GOP presidential nomination are debating and disagreeing about the economy and foreign policy, but they backed each other on one issue this week: the English language. At Monday's debate in Florida, Newt Gingrich said this week he supports English as an official language of the [...]

STEM stories on CNN Student News - Read Full Article

(CNN) – Here are some recent Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math stories covered on CNN Student News. Transcript Transcript Transcript CNN Student News is a commercial-free, ten-minute news program for middle and high school students. In addition, we offer Daily Discussion questions and a weekly Newsquiz aligned with several of our news stories.



Students from District 3 Magnet Schools Honor Dr. King.
 Featured on the home page of the NYC DOE website 



Liu Blasts City's Plan to Close Harlem's Wadleigh Middle School Grades

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Taking a Vision into a Community: The Ringing Ear


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THIRD REVISED AMENDMENT TO CAPITAL PLAN 2010-2014

Oral and written comments will be accepted until 6:00 p.m. on February 8, 2012.
 Written comments can be sent to capitalplan@schools.nyc.gov.
Oral comments can be left at 212-374-6853.

The proposed amendment to the FY2010 – 2014 Capital Plan can be found on the Department of Education’s website: http://www.nycsca.org/Community/CapitalPlanManagementReportsData/CapPlan/110111_10-14_CapitalPlan.pdf

 

 

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AMENDMENTS TO A-102 REGULATION OF THE CHANCELLOR
The full text of the amendments to the regulation, and the regulation in its entirety, can be found on the main page of the PEP website:  Read More 
Inside Schools Article

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The Proposed Phase-out of Manhattan Theatre Lab High School (03M283) Beginning in 2012-2013

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The Proposed Grade Expansion of Special Music School (03M859) to a K-12 School and Co-Location of the High School Grades with Existing Schools High School for Arts, Imagination, and Inquiry (03M299), High School for Law, Advocacy, and Community Justice (03M492), High School of Arts and Technology (03M494), Manhattan/Hunter Science High School (03M541), Urban Assembly School for Media Studies (03M307), and Manhattan Theatre Lab High School (03M283) in Building M490 Beginning in 2013-2014

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The Proposed Grade Truncation of Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts (03M415) to a High School Beginning in 2012-2013

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School Admissions News

2012-13 D3 Magnet School Applications
in English; Spanish; French; Haitian Creole; Russian; Arabic; Bengali; Chinese; Korean; &Urdu on line at:
http://www.d3mag.net/apply.html
Applications are due April 20, 2012.
Applications may be returned to the CSD3 Office
154 West 93 Street, Room 122

 

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Museum Magnet School Tour dates  
Tours will be every Wednesday in the months of January, February and March at 9am. 
Parents may book a tour by calling or e-mailing:
Damaris Carrion, Parent Coordinator
347 563-5064
dcarrion@schools.nyc.gov



 

2011-12 District 3 Elementary School School Directory
Now available online!
Click on picture to view & download


Kindergarten Information for Parents of Students with Disabilities born in 2007

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Gifted & Talented Admissions 2011-12 Calendar

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Middle School Choice Calendar 2011-2012

Dates

Activity

November 2011*

Middle School Applications Distributed to Families

December 3–11, 2011

Middle School OLSAT Testing for Academically Enriched Programs

December 16, 2011

Deadline for Families to Return Middle School Choice Applications in All Districts

January 21, 2012 –
February 12, 2012

District 21/Mark Twain Middle School Talent Testing

January, 2012 – February, 2012

Student Interviews and Testing at Selected Middle Schools

May 2012*

Decision Letters Distributed to Families

June 2012*

Appeal Decision Letters Distributed to Families

 *Dates are subject to change. Please continue to check this website for updates.

For information about District Middle School Choice processes, contact your local Borough Enrollment Office

 


Community Events


Upcoming Events

Friday, January 27
Pre-K Non Attendance Day
Sunday, January 29
G&T Testing
Testing for Non-Public School Students for G&T
Monday, January 30
G&T Testing
Testing for Non-Public School Students for G&T
Tuesday, January 31
CEC3
Middle School Committee Meeting
154 W. 93rd St.
Room 204
Agenda TBD
Wednesday, February 1
Elementary School
Museum Magnet School Tour
9:00 AM
Parents may book a tour by calling or e-mailing  
Damaris Carrion
Parent Coordinator
347 563-5064
dcarrion@schools.nyc.gov
CEC3
Business Meeting
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
JOA rm. 204
154 W. 93rd St.

CDEC3 News

CEC3 Vacancy! 
Applications are now being accepted to fill one seat that is currently vacant on the District 3 Community Education Council

Application-Spanish

Application-Haitian Creole
Application-Chinese
Application-Russian.
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CEC3 Passes Resolution Opposing the Chancellor's Policy of Closing Schools and Calling for an Immediate Moratorium on all NYC School Closings
at the January 18, 2012 CEC3 Calendar Meeting
Approved Resolution

 


CEC3 Passes Resolution to Amend the Bylaws
at the January 18, 2012 CEC3 Calendar Meeting
Approved Resolution

 


Miriam Rengier Elected to Fill the Vacant ELL Seat on the CEC3 at the December 21, 2011 Calendar Meeting!


CEC3 Passes Contract for Excellence Resolution
at the December 21, 2011 CEC3 Calendar Meeting


CEC3 Passes Resolution Regarding PCBs Contamination Remediation
at the November 9, 2011 CEC3 Calendar Meeting


Supporting College & Career Readiness:
Moving to the Common Core Standards
in NYC

Given by DOE Chief Academic Officer, Shael Suransky
at the Nov. 9, 2011 CEC3 Meeting


Education Reports

 
Chancellor Walcott Releases 2011 Progress Reports for K-8 Schools

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CHANCELLOR WALCOTT RELEASES
2011 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRESS REPORTS

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"A Vote for Change"
The Manhattan Burough President's Report on Reform for Community Education Councils and Citywide Education Councils

 




DOE 2010-2011 
Enrollment-Capacity-Utilization Report
Released

 

"DOE Priorities and Plans for District 3 for the 2011-12 School Year" Presentation
Presented by Elizabeth Rose, Director, Office of Portfolio Planning at the 9/21/11 CEC3 Meeting


 IBO Releases New Public School Report
on Data on Demographics, Resources, and Outcomes and Launches a Web Page Providing Similar Data for Every Public School

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NYC Comptroller Releases

Blue Book Audit Audit Report on the Collection and Reporting of School Capacity andUtilization Data by the Department of Education and the School Construction

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 "Consensus for Reform"
New York City Public Advocate's Office's  report on school co-locations 

 

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