WHAT A HUGE DAY! (Third) First Day of School underway! Our students, teachers, principals, and SO MANY dedicated staff citywide made this happen -- thank you!! And welcome back in person!
It's the first day of in-person learning for thousands of middle and high school students! Nothing can replace in-person education, and it was pure magic this morning when we welcomed students and families at One World Middle School #intheBronx!
Today, @DOEChancellor Carranza decided to join students and families from his home to celebrate Arts Day! 🎶 Music always make things better... La música siempre hace que todo sea mejor...
learning Spanish made me a better thinker, citizen, and community member. [o sea, aprender español me convirtió en una mejor pensadora, ciudadana, y miembro de la comunidad!) our @NYCSchools are all the stronger with their vast habilidades lingüísticas! #thefutureismultilingual
so happy to see our @NYCSchools essential workers, like those preparing and feeding 200K+ New Yorkers daily throughout the pandemic, lauded for their critical work! THANK YOU!
NEWS: starting tomorrow, Friday, April 3, 2020 three free meals will be available daily for ALL New Yorkers in more than 400 Meal Hubs across the 5 boroughs. To find a location near you visit https://t.co/ZOQdtTXnLo or text "NYC FOOD" to 877-877.
Infinitely grateful to @Rihanna and @S_C_ for donating to @TheFundforPS’s - @NYCSchools COVID-19 Response Effort - through the @ClaraLionelFdn and @ShawnCarterSF. Our school communities will be stronger because of you.
2019 Big Apple Award Winner computer science teacher Jo Ann Westhall and her 5th grade student Jacob teach @DOEChancellor to code in virtual reality. Talk about a fun Friday!
To kick of national Community School Director appreciation week, we are proud to highlight @ChildrensAIdNYC CSD Arnery Reyes and her partnership at PS 8 in Washington Heights. Take a look at the day in the life of one of NYC’s 266 Community School Directors:
🆕 @DOEChancellor Carranza just announced new efforts to accelerate learning & instruction across @NYCschools, including:
🔹Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CR-SE) Fellows Program
🔹More inclusive NYCReads 365 Book List
🔹Align all future adopted curriculum to CR-SE
“The parents tell me a lot how much they appreciate me,” says Fred Sinclair, who for the past 20 years of his 43 as a New York City bus driver has chosen to transport students in wheelchairs. “They are like a second family to me and me to them.” #WeAreDOE https://t.co/tpxJh5FbO7
our children in classrooms TODAY weren't alive on 9/11. it's up to us to #neverforget the people and that fateful day, and to prepare our next generation of #nyc heroes at
@UASEM_NYC! @NYCSchools
Honored to be with the students of Urban Assembly for Emergency Management HS this morning to observe a minute of silence for all those that perished on #911. Their teacher - Mr Puglisi was a 911 first responder 18 yrs ago.
STOP 3: Bronx Leadership Academy II! @DOEChancellor Carranza, @NYCMayor de Blasio, & @UFT Prez Mulgrew visit Rebecca Adler’s Algebra II class. It's one of 60 schools in the #BronxPlan, which helps find, retain, & empower amazing teachers just like Ms. Adler! #BackToSchoolNYC
📝 Pop quiz: what is Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) and how are we planning to weave it into our classrooms? Here’s the definition we’ve proposed and a THREAD for more info: https://t.co/ObAOnFogEG [1/x]
rise and shine! 5:30am at an @NYCSchools#BK bus yard with @DOEChancellor to thank our hard working bus drivers who drive our kids to learn every day! THANK YOU and happy last day of school!