Paulo Panther Weekly

This week's events:

• Mon. Feb. 26th - Senior Awards applications due (8th grade)

• Mon. Feb. 26th - School resumes
  

• Tues. Feb. 27th- Picture retake day (again)

• Tues. Feb. 27th - Heart of Humble Heroes Challenge ends

• Weds. Feb. 28th - Spirit Day - Rare Disease Awareness Day- Wear "Jeans"

• Thurs. Feb. 29th - Deadline to submit yearbook ads (8th grade)

• Fri. March 1st - Deadline to submit baby photos for yearbook (8th grade)

• Fri. March 1st - Principal's Book Club PDS 4,5,&6

February at IS75 is filled with fun, educational lessons and experiences. We have diversity lessons interwoven into curriculum, advisory activities drenched in history, our annual Cove Competition, and finally our International Night which is always an amazing experience showcasing cultures world wide by our own families and staff!

“Cultural differences should not separate us from each other,

but rather cultural diversity brings a collective strength that can benefit all of humanity”

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Our participation in the Bread of Life Food Drive has begun. Never, in the years that our food drive has been serving people has there been a greater request for food at local Staten Island organizations that serve the poor, the homeless and families in need. Now more than ever we need your help!

Collection of food will begin on Monday, February 12th, 2024 and will continue until Thursday, March 21, 2024. Kindly place the items in a bag and clearly mark your child’s name and homeroom so that they will receive service credits for their donation(s). The donations will be collected daily during homeroom to Room 221.

Some needed food items (please nothing in glass) include: Canned meat and fish, Canned fruit and juices, Canned pasta sauce, stew, chili and soup, Canned vegetables, Dried pasta, white and brown rice and dried beans, cold cereal, oatmeal and pancake mix, Peanut butter and jelly, powdered or evaporated milk, coffee, tea and sugar, Macaroni and cheese, Baby food and formula.

Please make every effort to help make this year’s Bread of Life Food Drive at Paulo Intermediate School our most successful. Thank you.

Sincerely yours,

STAR Coordinators

Mr. Ferraro, Ms. Henrich, and our students have been hard at work writing articles and reviews, while also adding original stories and sports updates. Follow this link to find all issues of the Paulo pages: check it out here The Paulo Pages

Thank you to our publishers

We are happy to offer free, Tuesday afternoon Virtual English tutoring support to our students. Classes will meet weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm (classes started December 5th) Classes will take place remotely through the "Tuesday Virtual ELA Tutoring Google Classroom". To attend, register your student at IS75.org under the payment & Registration tab. Registration is free and guarantees your child an invite into the google classroom.

See the full details on the IS75 Website.

6th Grade - Thursday - Period 4 - Room 203 (Mrs. Sears)

7th Grade - Friday - Period 5 - Room 359 (Mrs. Gregorio)

7th Grade Scholars - Tuesdays - Period 5 - Room 349 (Ms. LaRocca)

8th Grade - Thursday - Period 6 - Room 445 (Mrs. Crowdell)

We are happy to be able to provide additional Math support "virtually" on Saturdays!!

1. Classes will meet weekly on Saturdays from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM beginning on October 7th.

2. Tutoring will be available for 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 7th Grade Scholars, 8th Grade, and Algebra.

3. Classes will take place remotely. Students WILL NOT report to school.

4. You must register your child at the link below or at IS75.org under the Payment & Registration tab in order to attend. If you are interested in registering more than one child for this program, you must register each child separately.

Click below for all info and to sign up:

https://www.is75.org/apps/form/form.FRADPI.tQvyezM.2qh_

Mr. Mariconda

MARCH:

7th High School Offers will be released

The assessment for senior dues for each student is $195. The cost of senior dues covers setup and materials that make the graduation ceremony beautiful and special, including your child’s graduation gown, diploma and diploma case, awards and certificates, and graduation tickets (2 per family). Senior dues also include the senior t-shirt, yearbook, video yearbook, and many other incidental but essential materials that make your child’s senior year memorable. Graduation is scheduled for June 21, 2024 at the College of Staten Island.

If you have not already done so, please make you payment ASAP. Payment of Senior Dues can be made via our website at www.is75.org under the “Payment & Registration” tab.

As always, we would like to thank you for your continued cooperation and support of the many once-in-a-lifetime activities to come. If you have any questions concerning the dues or activities planned, please reach out to our senior events coordinators via email, Ms. LaRocca (alarocca6@schools.nyc.gov) or Ms. Boshnack (mboshnack@schools.nyc.gov).

We look forward to a memorable year for our graduating class of 2024!

The 3rd annual Heart of Humble Heroes Hundred-Day Challenge is coming to an end. The Challenge runs from 11/19 - 2/27, with final submissions due 3/10.

The Humble Heroes of FDNY and I.S.75 would like to show appreciation for students who volunteer and make an impact in their community. Heart of Humble Heroes was created to celebrate young volunteers.

Panthers! You have 100 days to make a difference! After the 100 days, you will submit a final reflection of your experience which will be reviewed by members of the Board of Humble Heroes (excluding Ms. LaRocca). The Committee will choose one winner from each grade who made the greatest impact in his/her community. Each winner will win a scholarship prize. All participants will receive 2 service credits.

The DOE is helping to promote a new program offered by the NYC Health Department for NYC teens. NYC Teenspace, powered by Talkspace offers NYC teens ages 13–17 virtual therapy with a licensed therapist, at no cost. Teens can be connected to a licensed therapist for ongoing support and/or can access online mental health exercises to complete on their own. Teens can sign up for this program on their own by following these steps. Note that teens do not need to be experiencing mental health symptoms to participate and can discuss their thoughts and feelings about their day-to-day life with a Talkspace therapist. More information can be accessed through the parents and guardians FAQ.

• For questions, email OfficeofSchoolHealth@schools.nyc.gov.
  

• Tues. Mar. 12th - SLT Meeting 2:30 PM

• Tues. Mar. 12th - Spring Musical 6 PM

• Weds. Mar. 13th - Spring Musical 6 PM

• Thurs. Mar. 14th - Half-day dismissal at 11:20 am for PTC

• Thurs. Mar. 14th - PTC 12:20 PM - 2:20 PM and 4:30 pm - 7:30 PM

• Fri. Mar. 15th - Spirit Day - Wear Green for St. Patrick's Day

• Tues. Mar. 19th - PTA Meeting (Zoom) 7 PM

• Tues. March 19th - Fri. March 22nd - Quarterly Exams

• Mon. Mar. 25th- Candid Photo Day

• Thurs. Mar. 28th - Spirit Day- Basketball Jersey Day

• Thurs. Mar. 28th - Student vs Faculty Basketball Game

• Fri. March 29th - Mon. Apr. 1st - School Closed in observance of Easter Holiday

The list of our upcoming school spirit days throughout 2023 - 24. Here at Paulo, we understand the importance of cultivating a sense of student pride and ownership across our hallways and classrooms. We believe that this sense of warmth and optimism allows our students to feel valued and welcomed each and every day and makes Paulo a place where all students can flourish. To this end, we enlist your support in ensuring your child participates in our various Paulo Pride days. We are sharing this calendar of events with you now because we realize on some occasions you may need to secure a special outfit or piece of apparel. Every Friday students are encouraged to wear Paulo apparel. Students who have Paulo pajama pants can only wear them on Fridays. Again, our goal is 100% student participation, and we can’t do it without you!

February 14, 2024 – Wear Red for Valentine’s Day

February 15, 2024 - International Night

February 28, 2024 - Rare Disease Awareness Day-wear “jeans”

March 15, 2024 – Wear Green for St. Patrick’s Day

March 28, 2024- Basketball Jersey Day

May 3, 2024 – Light it Up Blue for Autism

May 24, 2024 - Mental Health Awareness & Awareness Walk, Wear Green

June 12, 2024 - High School T-Shirt Day

June 26, 2024- Hawaiian Shirt Day

Looking for something fun and creative to do with your children, especially during these cold and somewhat boring winter months? We are excited to announce that IS 75 is once again partnering with Sundog Theatre, Inc., to bring you an innovative in-person, parent/child Saturday morning painting program. Many IS 75 families have had great fun with this in the past, so we encourage you to consider joining us!

You can choose from the session dates that appear below (indicate first and second choice):

Session I – February 3, February 10, and March 2

Session II – March 9, March 16, and March 23

Session III – April 6, April 13, and May 4

Session IV – May 11, May 18, and June 1

Cumulative Share-Out Celebration for participants of all sessions will be on Saturday, June 8.

Use a g-mail account or your child’s student g-mail account to fill out the Google Form below as soon as possible, with a first and second choice of dates (you can even register for more than one session and make two projects!):

Google Form Link (https://forms.gle/cVoCASsDKGYip4mu7)

For questions, contact Mrs. Mary Tomes at mquinlivantomes@gmail.com.

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM

Membership in the Paulo Arista Society is reserved for students meeting all of the following requirements:

1. Scholarship – Academic average of at least 91.00% in each marking period with no grade, in any subject, below 80 or “S”. Please note that a course grade of 79 or lower precludes a student from Arista.

2. Citizenship – No citizenship grade below “S” in any marking period. Satisfactory* record of attendance and punctuality. (*See lateness policy in Honor Roll Section, as lateness impacts citizenship.)

3. Service – The attainment of at least 20 service credits per school year.

4. Attendance/Punctuality – Students absent more than 8 days per school year are precluded. (If medical documentation (from a medical office/practitioner) is provided, medical-related absences will not count toward the 8-day limit.) Also, students who are picked up early from school five or more times in a given semester are also precluded from this recognition. Excessive lateness (more than 5 in a given marking period) precludes a student from Arista.

5. Application – New for 2023-2024: All students who have met the above criteria and would like to be considered for induction into Arista must complete an online application that will be made available in April. As a required part of the application, students must write a 2-4 paragraph description of a personal accomplishment from the 2023-2024 school year for which they are particularly proud

Please see the Student Handbook for a more in-depth explanation of criteria for the Paulo Arista Society.

A letter with the check-list went home this week via operoo. Administration felt it would be useful for students and families who aspire to join the ranks of Honor Society, JR. Arista, and Arista to have something at home to keep them on track with where they need to be. This is for home use only for students to self-evaluate.Please DO NOT send this back to school, it is for your use only.

8:00 School Day Begins

8:07 - 8:20 Advisory Period

8:24 - 9:04 Period 1

9:08 - 9:48 Period 2

9:52 - 10:32 Period 3

10:36 - 11:17 Period 4

11:21 - 12:02 Period 5

12:06 - 12:47 Period 6

12:51 - 1:31 Period 7

1:36 - 2:16 Period 8

2:17 Dismissal – 1st & 4th Floor

2:18 Dismissal – 3rd Floor

2:19 Dismissal – 2nd Floor

The NYC Public Schools Family Update provides important information about the 2023–24 school year calendar, admissions and enrollment deadlines, parent-teacher conferences, and how to get the latest news from New York City Public Schools.

• School Year 2023-24 Calendar

• Parent-Teacher Conferences: Thursday, November 9: Afternoon and evening conferences for middle schools and D-75 schools.

• Admissions Information and Deadlines

• Stay Connected click this link for entire newsletter from NYC Public Schools

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