Friday, September 30, 2016

10/03/16


 Monday,
October 3
Tuesday,
October 4
Wednesday,
October 5
Thursday,
October 6
Friday,
October 7
Rosh Hashanah – School Closed
Rosh Hashanah – School Closed
Assistant Superintendent Visit
3rd Period:
12th Grade CUNY Presentation Auditorium
4th Period:
9th Grade Girls Assembly
Board Game Club – Café
5th Period:
Board Game Club – Café
History Day Club – 409
3:00:
Cooking – 451
3:20:
Youth Court – 450
Stoked Sports – 409
Weight Training – WR
Poetry and Rap – 426
Dance Team – 412
Sustainability Club – 410
Debate Club – 410
Guitar Club – 412
9th Grade Trip – Alley Pond
4th Period:
Board Game Club – Café
5th Period:
Board Game Club – Café
Video Game Club – 494
3:00:
PNA Yearbook – 449
3:00:
Dance – 462
3:20:
Youth Court – 450
Weight Training – WR
Youth Service Trip – Team Leaders
2nd Period:
Attendance Team Meeting
12:12 – 12:45:
Parent outreach
12:45 – 1:35:
Department Meetings
Safety Meeting
1:35 – 2:29:
Grade Team Meetings
3:20:
Yoga Club – 426
Weight Training – WR


Assistant Superintendent Visit
On Wednesday, October 6th the Assistant Superintendent of Bronx High Schools (Sabrina Cook) will be visiting our school.  She will be observing our instruction and school culture.  Throughout the day, admin may be asking for artifacts on behalf of the visitors such as student work, student folders, etc.  She will be looking for continuity in all classrooms around the work we are doing: Life Skills/PBIS, Lesson Plans, Literacy Plan/Datacycle, Differentiation, Etc.
7th period daily attendance (Suspended)
We are suspending 7th Period attendance for now as central offices fix a bug in the scanning system.  Once it is up and running, we will notify all teachers via weekly update.
Skedula Anecdotal – Incorrect Contact Information
Please note that there is an anecdotal tab for “Incorrect contact information.” If you discover that any part of a student’s Skedula contact information is incorrect during your parent outreach, please use this tab.  Skedula will automatically email the attendance team to follow up.
Afterschool & Lunchtime Activities Starting the week of October 3rd – Sharing with Bronx Guild
Afterschool & Lunchtime Activities will begin the week of October 3rd. As a reminder, you must average 10 students for the club to be continued for the month of November.  All submission of per session or daytime activity coverages for clubs must be accompanied by a student sign in sheet.  All clubs between Bronx Guild and Pablo Neruda Academy are being offered to both student populations.
Reimbursements for PBIS and School Supplies
Due to heavy restrictions from the Department of Education, any purchase that may requires a reimbursement must be approved by Mr. Liu first.  In order to obtain approval, please submit the request on our supply request form.  As a reminder, items found in www.shopdoe.com system have less restrictions, as well as purchases that will be going toward teacher’s choice reimbursements. 
SMART Notebook resources and software
If you are interested in using the SMART Notebook software or learning about SMART Notebook and features for your personal computers which are easily transferable to the school computers, you may find the software and introduction videos at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7w7vEcYscUWaTFSWDBPSWdydmM?usp=sharing
Achieve 3000 update
Many of you have asked if Achieve 3000 will be available this year.  Sign-in information will be given to us next week, and will be communicated to staff via email.  All students and all teachers will have access to the program.  If you have any questions about Achieve 3000 please contact Mr. Valencia (dvalencia@pablonerudaacademy.org).
Per Session Postings
All postings can be found at the following link: