Registration is now open for Pre-K, kindergarten and students who are new to the City School District of New Rochelle. It will continue through July 31. Visit this page for all information about the registration process, which has been modified for the COVID-19 crisis.
Sincerely,
Dr. Laura Feijóo
Superintendent
March 10, 2020
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The City School District of New Rochelle is pleased to announce that local community organizations have stepped up to help mitigate the food shortage that will be experienced by some students during the two-week closure of three schools in the state-designated Coronavirus (COVID-19) “containment area.”
We understand that some of our students are food-dependent on the district. As we await support from the state government to help provide these students with food support, we are very thankful to local organizations who have stepped up in this critical time.
Additionally, we will share information about the 2,822 students who are food dependent with Governor Cuomo’s office. We anticipate that the National Guard will help distribute food to these students in need.
As we have made clear, the choice to close specific schools came from the Governor's office in consultation with federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health professionals. The Governor chose to close schools within the containment area – within one mile of the impacted synagogue. The impacted schools are New Rochelle High School, Albert Leonard Middle School and William B. Ward Elementary School.
The impacted schools MUST close based on the latest guidance from the Governor. In addition, the CSDNR PREP Plan, which aligns with the plan provided by the NYS Department of Health and the NYS Education Department, contemplates closing schools when there is a confirmed case of COVID-19. We will continue to be guided by these documents.
At this time, there have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our schools. We are closing the three schools from March 11 to March 25 in compliance with the Governor’s directive.
Sincerely,
Dr. Laura Feijóo
Superintendent
City School District of New Rochelle
IMPORTANT ELECTION NOTICE:
Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.13, issued on March 30, 2020, delays school district elections until a date in June, reserving for future action the adjourned election date and voting methodology. The Executive Order specifically states: “Any school board, library board, or village election scheduled to take place in April or May of 2020 is hereby postponed until at least June 1, 2020, and subject to further directive as to the timing, location or manner of voting for such elections.” The Executive Order does not specifically reference the budget vote, but it is our understanding that since the budget vote occurs on the same date as the election, that too is postponed. Also, the circulation, filing, and collection of nominating petitions has likewise been postponed.
AVISO IMPORTANTE DE ELECCIÓN:
La Orden Ejecutiva 202.13 del Gobernador Cuomo, emitida el 30 de marzo de 2020, retrasa las elecciones del distrito escolar hasta una fecha en junio, reservando para acciones futuras la fecha de la elección aplazada y la metodología de votación. La Orden Ejecutiva establece específicamente: “Cualquier elección de junta escolar, junta de biblioteca o aldea programada para abril o mayo de 2020 se aplaza al menos hasta el 1 de junio de 2020, y está sujeta a directivas adicionales en cuanto al horario, ubicación o manera de votar por tales elecciones ". La Orden Ejecutiva no hace referencia específica al voto del presupuesto, pero entendemos que dado que el voto del presupuesto ocurre en la misma fecha que la elección, eso también se pospone. Además, la circulación, la presentación y la recolección de peticiones de nominación también se ha pospuesto.
Lisdalia I. Saraiva
Clerk and Secretary to the Board of Education
The District has moved its sports calendar to a new platform. View the Athletics Schedule here.
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Forty New Rochelle High School students were treated to healthy dishes including beet bruschetta with hummus and sweet potato and parsnip soup served by their schoolmates recently.
The student cooks in the Science of Food class whipped up dishes from their own recipes with farm-to-table, sustainable ingredients as the culmination of a semester-long "Food Ed" program with the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture.
They studied personal and cultural connections to food as well as topics of sustainability. The lessons focused on many facets of agriculture, even caring for the soil itself.
"They studied how to maintain healthy soil, how to restore depleted soil and how the foods that you choose to grow have an impact on that living skin of the earth," teacher Julia Chillemi Kouyoumdjian said.
For the lunch event, Chillemi Kouyoumdjian's 30 students prepared, cooked and served the meal to two other classes in Room 207. The focus was "mindful eating," which "increases your awareness of the positive and nurturing opportunities that are available through food selection and preparation," their menu explains. It continues, "Eating mindfully is a practice that uses all your senses in choosing to eat food that is both satisfying to you and nourishing to your body."
They chose ingredients from the Stone Barns farm; others were sustainably sourced. In addition to the bruschetta and the sweet potato soup, there was kale risotto, "classic farm soup" and a seasonal salad. With each course came a story about how people can share their cultures by sharing foods, how food can be a form of medicine and how healthy soil leads to more nutritious ingredients.
Students who took the class said they planned to eat healthier and to spread the word about the connection between how we grow food and the world around us.
"I commit to eating healthy foods and staying away from bad foods that may be detrimental to my health," Gillian Okaiteye wrote in an action plan questionnaire.
Several said they would start their own gardens or join a community garden. Nick Calderone said he would like to help his mother cook and perhaps even make the family dinner on his own. Colin Logan, like many others, said he would let others know what he had learned.
"I will spread awareness about issues with the food system, such as unfair distribution and non-ethical production practices," Logan said. |
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Watch the performance of the Hallelujah Chorus, conducted by Choral Director Jeremy Barbaro with piano accompaniment by Co-Director David Jutt here.
The New Rochelle Public Library has many programs and resources available to students and families throughout the summer. Go to https://nrpl.org/ for more information or click on their summer program information sheets below.
Coming your way July 6th! A fantasy-filled summer of reading, activities and so much more!
The doors may be shut, but NRPL still offers a treasure trove of books just waiting to be discovered. Use your library card to access digital materials
through our Overdrive, Hoopla, Bookflix, and other Online collections. When logging into these resources, you may be asked to enter a PIN number which is
most likely the last 4 digits of the phone number associated with your library card.
Need help? Call (914) 813-3737, Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 4:45 pm, or email the NRPL at info@nrpl.org .
Physical books inside the library can still be picked up through our Curbside Delivery Service.
1.) Search our catalog at or call us at 914-813-3737.
2.) Place your holds (for now holds are limited to items found within the New Rochelle Public Library, there is no inter-library loan service.)
3.) You will be notified by email, text or phone that your holds are available.
4.) Call our reference desk at 914-813-3737 or email NRPLcurbsidedelivery@wlsmail.org to schedule your pickup time.
Librarians are answering phone calls to help with research questions, book suggestions and assistance with accessing our wealth of on-line resources. Call (914) 813-3737, Mondays through Fridays, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The City School District of New Rochelle is launching electronic report cards across the district for this school year. Parents of students in grades PreK, K, 1 and 2 will use the Home Access Center (HAC) to view report cards, rather than receive printed copies.
The following is important in order for you to be able to view your child’s report card:
All parent email addresses have been entered into our student information system using current emergency cards. If you changed your email address AFTER September 2019 and have not notified Barnard’s main office, please send your updated email address to Ms. Daisy Guizar at dguizar@nredlearn.org
You can log onto Home Access by going to https:// hac.lhric.org/HomeAccess OR by going to Barnard’s Homepage at barnard.nred.org. Once there, click on Parents and Community. Then click on Home Access Center for Parents and Guardians.
Home-Access-Registration-SPANISH 1.pdf
Queridos padres y guardianes,
El Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de New Rochelle está lanzando boletas de calificaciones electrónicas en todo el distrito para este año escolar. Los padres de estudiantes en los grados PreK, K, 1 y 2 usarán el Centro de acceso al hogar (HAC) para ver las boletas de calificaciones, en lugar de recibir copias impresas.
Lo siguiente es importante para que pueda ver la boleta de calificaciones de su hijo:
Todas las direcciones de correo electrónico de los padres se han ingresado en nuestro sistema de información estudiantil utilizando tarjetas de emergencia actuales. Si cambió su dirección de correo electrónico DESPUÉS de septiembre de 2019 y no ha notificado a la oficina principal de Barnard, envíe su dirección de correo electrónico actualizada a la Sra. Daisy Guizar a dguizar@nredlearn.org
Puede iniciar sesión en Home Access yendo a https: // hac.lhric.org/HomeAccess O yendo a la página de inicio de Barnard en barnard.nred.org. Una vez allí, haga clic en Padres y comunidad. Luego haga clic en Home Access Center para padres y tutores.
Accessing the Distance Learning Plan
Acceso al Plan de aprendizaje a distancia (ESP)
Workout with Mr. Cohen!!!
Amal Alarkhia is a Barnard Alumni and now goes to school and lives in Arusha, Tanzania.
Amal Alarkhia was in Ms. Pinn's Kindergarten class in 2014-2015
Find out more information about Primary Project. Click here!
