270Q PTA Chronicles

All NYC Public School Families Will Receive $420 Per Child For Food Benefits Through Federal Coronavirus Relief Effort Every public school student in New York City will soon receive more than $400 to help pay for food while school buildings are shut down, regardless of family income. Through a federal relief effort, the state was recently approved to disperse the Coronavirus Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer or P-EBT. The sweeping program will automatically send families the equivalent of about $5.70 per day to make up for meals that each student would have been eligible for while in school. Because New York City is a universal free lunch district, providing no-cost meals to all 1 million students regardless of need, every child in a city-run public school qualifies. It adds up to about $420 per child — retroactive from the time buildings were shuttered in mid-March, through the end of the academic year in June. Across the state, the program will bring in more than $880 million in ...

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Greetings PTA Family, These are unchartered times we have been living in these past six weeks. We are giving it our best effort in spite of this global coronavirus that has changed everything about the way we live. Are you doing OK? Are you sure? It is OK not to be OK... Now that we have the officially official word from our Governor that we are remaining out of school for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, we have by now I think prepared to buckle down to the end of June. We have refreshed our digital space so that we can bring you resources and provide support. We are all in this together. A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR ESSENTIAL WORKER PARENTS / GUARDIANS We are praying for our GPS families and we encourage you to Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Safe, and Be Kind to one another. The PTA Executive Board would like to empower our parents, information is key and through this PTA portal, we intend to engage and empower you with informative and useful infor...

NYCDOE Remote Learning Feedback Due by Friday, May 1 The DOE is looking for students and parents/guardians to share their experiences with learning at home. Let’s inform DOE’s evaluation of the transition to remote learning and its current implementation; the feedback will help direct DOE’s learning at home supports to students and families. All students in grades 6–12 are invited to participate; ALL parents/guardians are asked to provide their feedback. Visit  schools.nyc.gov/RLsurvey   to take the survey now!

Dear GPS Families,  Please take the time to fill out this survey and refer to it in the future when you would like to get to the Superintendents office.  District 29Q Family Check-In Survey This check-in survey from the Office of Community Superintendent Beverly Mitchell gives families the opportunity to provide feedback to the District office team on a variety of items around remote learning, social and emotional support, and resource needs. This survey will remain open please return to it whenever you need to share more information with the District Office team. Click the highlighted link below. CLICK FOR SURVEY