Teacher Times #5
September 29, 2014

Birthdays of the Week 

William Soltis 10/2
Nicole Stuart 10/3

Grant Opportunities

Grant opportunities are posted on the Grants website (you can visit the page on any computer using this link). This week’s highlights include:

§  Accelerate STEM Programs and Technology Use at Your School

§  School Wellness Council Grant Program

Referrals to Programmer 

No parent calls should ever be routed directly to Linda. The appropriate channel is Guidance Counselor Sadler for MS or Guidance Counselor Acevedo for HS.

 
Help Students and Staff Avoid Common Viruses at School

Back-to-school season coincides with an increase in the viruses that can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and breathing problems. These include noroviruses (commonly known as the stomach flu), influenza (commonly known as the common cold), and enteroviruses (mild to severe respiratory illness). Please encourage your staff and students to take the following simple actions that can help stop viruses from spreading at school:

§  Students and staff should wash hands frequently with soap and water for 20 seconds. In general, students and staff should wash hands after arriving at school, before touching food, after using the bathroom, after coughing or sneezing, and after coming in from outside. Please work with your staff to ensure that soap and paper towels are available and note that alcohol-based sanitizers are not as effective against viruses as soap and water.

§  Students and staff should over coughs and sneezes with a tissue or shirt sleeve, not with their hands.

§  Students and staff members who are sick should stay home to reduce the risk that others will get sick as well. Children with fever, vomiting, or diarrhea should stay home until the symptoms are gone or until a doctor indicates that it is appropriate to return. Children who develop breathing problems should stay home until cough symptoms are gone.

§  Students and staff should get vaccinated against the flu.

Pic Of The Week
NYC HS Fair

Professional Development and Student Opportunities

Professional development and student opportunities are posted on the PD and Student Opportunities page. This week’s highlights include:

All Schools:

§  Participate on October 1: All Schools: New Teacher Mentoring

§  Participate on October 9: New Amsterdam Exposed: Debunking the Myths of Seventeenth-Century Dutch New York

§  Register by October 14: Five Session Fall Afterschool Series for Educators: Reading, Writing, and Documenting the City, at the Museum of the City of New York

§  Register by October 14: Attend the Free Educator Open House at the Environmental Study Center

§  Participate on October 15: The Service in Schools Partner Fair

§  Register by October 15: Register Now for Student Matinees of El gato con botas (Puss in Boots) at Gotham Chamber Opera

Elementary and High Schools:

§  Register by October 10: Yo-Dan-Nastics™ (blend of yoga, dance, and gymnastics) Classes for Children, Teens, and Adults

Middle Schools:

§  Register by October 1: Middle School Counselors’ Information Session on NYC P-Tech 9-14 Schools

§  Register by October 10: Green Horizons Environmental Careers "Hands-On" Activities for Students and Teachers

Middle and High Schools:

§  Register by October 18: Free Program in Theater for Social Change with Professional Artist in Brooklyn

§  Ongoing: News Literacy Project Digital Unit

High Schools:

§  Apply by October 10: Schools Nominate Sophomores and Juniors for Saturday Art Career Workshops

§  Register by October 15: New York Cares Youth Service Clubs

§  Participate on October 17: Teen Night: Teens Take the Met!

§  Apply by October 18: Advocate Food Justice in Brooklyn with Indoor Urban Farming & Outreach

§  Apply by October 31: Nominate your 10th Grade Boys to Become a NYC Urban Ambassador

§  Ongoing: Assembly Opportunities to Educate Students about Gun Violence