The Yellow Sheet

26 OCT, SAT

PSAT

28 OCT, MON

Progress Report for MP1 available in NYCSA

Club Meetings Begin (for approved clubs with advisors present)

29 OCT, TUES

Period 2 & 3: Senior Class Group Photo Trip to Lincoln Center

30 OCT, WED

Period 3: January Regents Exam Invitations Distributed

31, OCT, THURS

LaG O'Ween

Clubs Do Not Meet

3 NOV, SUN

2:00 AM Daylight Saving Time Ends (Clocks Fall Back 1 hour)

31 OCT, THU

LaG-o-Ween

Clubs Do Not Meet

1 NOV, FRI

Diwali (Schools Closed)

American Indian Heritage Month Begins

4 NOV, MON

Faculty Meeting

Clubs Do Not Meet

5 NOV, TUE

Election Day Staff Professional Development Day (No Students)

View the Complete Public Facing Calendar

Use this link (by pasting it into your personal web calendar) to Subscribe to our Web Calendar: webcal://www.laguardiahs.org/servlet/ICalServlet?id=0

Web Updates: Guidance Presentation Videos

The Guidance Department page on the school's website has a couple additions. A new Calendar tab highlights dates of College Admission Rep Visits, in addition to Guidance Department presentations. Also, a Video & Audio tab hosts recordings of Guidance Department presentations. The Senior Parent Information Sessions for September and October 2024 are available.

Coming Soon: $5 ID Replacement Fee

Soon it will cost $5 for students to replace their ID Card. We have been fortunate not to charge for ID Card replacement, but we can no longe continue this practice. This puts LaGuardia in line with other high schools' replacement fees.

What Can NYCSA Do?

NYCSA now allows you to submit digital versions of paper forms directly. Using technology powered by Docusign, you can fill out and sign a digital form that will be made immediately available to your school. You will no longer need to submit paper versions of these forms to your school. NYCSA currently hosts the following forms:

• Media Consent For NYC Department of Education Use
• Request to Identify Parents on Active Duty in the Armed Forces
• Special Education Recovery Services Form (for students with IEPs only)
• Digital Equity Family Questionnaire
• Student Ethnic and Race Identification Form
• Housing Questionnaire
• Military Recruitment Opt Out

Condom Availability Program (CAP)

The Condom Availability Program is part of the HIV/AIDS education program in New York City Public Schools. NY State requires HIV/AIDS education for all students, every year. The information that students get through the Condom Availability Program helps them learn how to:

• live a healthy life
• make good decisions that keep them safe
• communicate with others
• avoid risky behavior

We offer high school students a Condom Availability Program to help them make decisions that can keep them healthy and safe. Students in grades 9-12 can go to their school’s Health Resource Room to request free:

• condoms
• information about HIV/AIDS
• information about reproductive and sexual health and other health topics, including healthy relationships
• referrals to health clinics and services in the neighborhood
• information about how to get tested for sexually transmitted infections

So where can you get condoms and advice:

Room 206B, Maya, RAPP Counselor

Room 208A , Dr. Cambell, Social Worker

Room 234A, Alex, SAPPIS

Room 261, Dr. Stricklin-Witherspoon, Assistant Principal

Room 837, Mr. Sinacori, Assistant Principal

The Filipino Artists of the Day

During Filipino Heritage & History Month, different artists of Filipino decent are introduced to the community during our daily Morning Announcements. Our artists were selected by Aurora May Dunlap-Ramnath, who also created each announcement. The announcement of each of the focused artist is included in the YS.

Today's Filipino artist is Lea Salonga. Salonga is a Filipino international superstar, actress, and singer. Born in 1971, Solanga is known for her crystal clear, powerful voice with perfect pitch, having starred in musicals on Broadway and the West End. She began voice lessons at age 3; made her professional debut at 7, and released her first album at age 10; the album was certified Gold in the Philippines. Salonga originated the leading role in Miss Saigon in London and on Broadway. For her portrayal of Kim, she won the Laurence Olivier Award (the British Tony), the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical – becoming the first Asian actress to ever win a Tony. Other ‘featured’ and ‘leading’ actor musical theater credits include Les Miserables, Flower Drum Song, Allegiance, Once on This Island, Here Lies Love, and the musical revue Old Friends.

You may know her as the singing voice for Jasmine (in Disney’s Aladdin) and Mulan. Salonga was named a Disney Legend back in 2011. We encourage you to learn more about this iconic Filipino performer, Lea Salonga.

The 2024 All School Musical presentation of the Stephen Sondheim classic, INTO THE WOODS, takes the LaGuardia Concert Hall Stage. Tickets are now on sale!

December 5 & 6 7:00 PM

December 7 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

December 8 2:00 PM

December 12 & 13 7:00 PM

December 14 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM

December 15 2:00 PM

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW!

• All seats are reserved
• Assigned seats will be honored only until showtime, at which point priority seating will be at the discretion of House Management.

• Each person must have a ticket.

• No children under 5 will be admitted.
  

Dear LaGuardia Students, Parents, and Guardians,

Friday, October 18, 2024 was the end of our 1st marking period. On Monday, October 28, 2024, students and families will have access to the 1st marking period Progress Report in NYCSA, where teachers report on student progress by providing a grade and comments. Families should schedule time to review this progress report together, determine next steps to celebrate the students’ areas of strength, and put in place support for areas that need improvement.

For this 1st marking period, all grades are reported using the letters P, D, or F.

• P is Passing. Students who are averaging a grade higher than 70 receive a P.
• D is in Danger of Failing. Students who are averaging a grade between 65-70 receive a D.
• F is Failing. Students who are averaging a grade below 65 receive an F.

Teachers also had a bank of comments that they could choose from to capture the student’s progress in narrative form.

Although LaGuardia is an annualized high school, transcript updates are semester-based. Students receive final grades at the end of each semester - Fall and Spring. Each semester has three marking periods. Progress reports are generated for the 1st and 2nd marking periods, followed by a final report card for the 3rd marking period. The grades for the 3rd marking period report card appear on the official transcript. The grades on the 1st and 2nd marking period progress reports do not appear on the official transcript. Attendance records also do not appear on the official transcript.

Students can access their marks by visiting Teach Hub, the DOE portal used to support students. Students should sign in with their DOE Student Accounts, and then navigate to Student Report Cards (available in the Student Documents icon).

Parents/Guardians can access student marks by signing into their NYCSA account, which can be found at www.schoolsaccount.nyc and then navigating to the Grades button.

Please contact the teacher directly if you have questions about the 1st marking period progress report grade and/or comments. Our faculty/staff directory can be found here: https://www.laguardiahs.org/directory/faculty

We look forward to a productive school year.

My very best to you,

Jonathan Abikzer

Program Chair/Data Leader/ Yearbook Teacher/English Teacher

Today’s Filipino artist is Pacita Abad. Her family escaped political persecution from the Marcos’ regime. She eventually settled and attended Corcoran School of Art and the Art Students League of New York.

Abad’s earliest paintings were of social or political subjects “I have always believed that an artist has a special obligation to remind society of its social responsibility,” she said. Her work segued into Abstract painting, where she developed an art technique called trapunto painting, which involved stuffing and stitching her canvases to create a sculptural quality.

In her 30-year painting career, Abad created 5,000 artworks, exhibiting in over 200 museums and galleries, including 75 solo shows and across 70 countries. She died of lung cancer in 2004. In 2023, an exhibition of her work became the largest museum exhibit in the U.S. devoted to an Asian American female artist. We encourage you to learn more about this amazing painter and activist Pacita Abad.

Summary

Safer Access, coming to LaG in December, is to ensure that all doors remain locked outside of the morning-entry and afternoon-dismissal periods. When school doors are locked, individuals wishing to gain access and identify themselves before access is granted into the school building.

• Everyone must use the system with notable exceptions.
• Students and Staff may enter the building through designated doors during designated times (e.g. morning entry, open lunch periods, immediately after school) without using the Safer Access Intercom system.

Dear Families,

We have some important news to share regarding the safety measures at our school. In

line with our commitment to enhance security practices, all NYC Public Schools have/will have a

Safer Access system installed during the 2023-25 school years. The Safer Access system is

designed to strengthen our existing safety and security practices as part of the overall visitor

protocols at our school.

LaGuardia's system is installed, and this communication is part of our training process. The anticipated date of full activation is estimated to be in December.

What is Safer Access?

The primary objective of the Safer Access system is to ensure that all doors remain locked

outside of the morning-entry and afternoon-dismissal periods. When school doors are locked,

visitors wishing to gain access to the building will ring the intercom at the main entrance door and identify themselves before access is granted into the school building. Safer Access allows our dedicated staff assigned to the main desk (School Safety Agents and/or school staff) to be able to see and speak with visitors before granting them access inside. Please be assured that all visitors to our school will continue to be treated with courtesy, professionalism, and respect while awaiting entry into our building. In addition to enhancing safety, this system allows for easy access for first responders during an emergency.

Once our Safer Access system is installed and operational, our school staff (including School

Safety Agents) and students will receive training on using the system as well as how to support

all visitors in accordance with our policy.

We believe Safer Access will greatly contribute to maintaining a secure learning environment for

our students and staff.

We look forward to the NYC Public Schools Safer Access system creating a safer environment

for everyone. Please feel free to let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your

continued support in keeping our school community safe.

Key Information

The information below is tentative and will be refined over the next month:

• Our designated Entrance Door is the second door on the far right of our regular entrance 65th/Amsterdam) and will be continually locked.
  
• Our Main Entrance/Exit doors will be unlocked for morning entry, Open Lunch, school dismissal, and emergency drills. The locked main entrance door is not to be deactivated or used for entry, dismissal, or emergency drills.
  
• For evening performances and other nighttime events, all doors will be locked a TBD amount after schedule start time. Individuals arriving once the doors are locked will have to use the intercom.

We look forward to providing more information on Safer Access as we near the system's implementation.

Gregory Brummell,

Assistant Principal

New York City Public Schools

Dear LaGuardia Parents,

I am delighted to announce that Assistant Principal of Organization, Mr. Justin Mackey, will join me on Friday, November 8, between 9:00am and 10:30am, for another round of Coffee & Donuts. Our conversation will focus on the allocation of funds for the current school year budget. If you are able to join us, please reply to this email no later than Thursday, November 7, by 12 noon. Upon entering the building, you will be directed to The Little Flower Theatre.

If coming to campus is not possible, recordings of all Coffee and Donuts are placed on the website.

As always, looking forward to continuing our conversation,

Jerrianna

Jerrianna Phenix, MFA, BS Communications

Parent Coordinator/Community Engagement Manager

Today we are focusing on two Filipino artists: Luis Borromeo and Katy De La Cruz.

Born in 1879, Luis Borromeo - known as Borromeo Lou and the “King of Jazz” – popularized jazz and bobadil the Filipino variation “vaudeville”. He went on to the U.S. to pursue piano studies. And performed on the famed Orpheum Circuit. “Borrromeo Lou” returned to the Philippines and introduced the Borroemeo Follies, a vaudeville-type review. Little is known about Borroemo’s later life, since his death certificate was lost during World War II.

Katy de la Cruz - a legendary Filipina singer was hailed as “The Queen of Filipino Jazz,” “The Queen of Bobadil,” and known affectionately as “Mommy Kate” in the music scene. Born in 1907, De la Cruz specialized in jazz vocals and torch songs (which are sentimental love songs). De la Cruz’s vocal style was described as impish and rustic, rounded out by her low, playfully dragging key. She became an international star. De la Cruz also received the Best Supporting Actress Award from FAMAS, known as the Filipino Oscars. At the end of a career that spanned eight decades, De la Cruz De la Cruz died at age 97.

We encourage you to learn more about this pair of legendary Filipino figures of jazz, Luis Borromeo and Katy de la Cruz.

sgolag

LAG-OWEEN IS APPROACHING, AND SO IS SPIRIT WEEK🎃👻💀.

MAKE SURE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THE DAYS TO FEEL THE SPOOKY SPIRIT 👻

MONDAY 10/28 - PAJAMA DAY 😴💤
TUESDAY 10/29 - DECADES DAY/ LAG SWAG🕺❤️🖤
WEDNESDAY 10/30 - TWIN DAY 👯👯‍♀️
THURSDAY 10/31 - LAG-OWEEN 🎃👻

**SENIORS PLEASE BRING A LAG SHIRT TO WEAR OVER YOUR CLOTHES FOR OUR YEARBOOK PHOTO‼️‼️

And no school on NOV 1 For Diwali‼️

As usual, we want you to celebrate your creativity; however, please be aware that, at the same time, we expect you to be respectful of others and still adhere to the rules and regulations of the school and the NYCPS. And if you don't want to wear a costume...wear an orange, purple, green, or black shirt.

What is not permissible?

• Faces must be recognizable. You may not wear a mask that covers your face. Face paint and makeup are allowed, as long as you’re still recognizable.
• Costumes must be appropriate for school. You may not wear a costume which is considered to be lewd, indecent, or offensive or one that interferes with the educational process. These include costumes which depict terrorists, religious figures, or any costume deemed to be sexually explicit.
• Students dressed inappropriately will be required to change into street clothes and their families notified, or a family member must bring you home.
• You may not bring outsiders to school.
• Follow school/NYCPS Rules. You may not have any item in school that is normally not allowed in school, namely cigarettes, lighters, handcuffs, masks, weapons or any other object with the potential to cause harm to oneself or to others, regardless of their authenticity. Such items will be confiscated and, depending on the item, may not be returned.
• Attend your classes. Students cannot leave class without a pass for any reason. Deans and security agents will be out patrolling the halls on that day looking for students who are not complying with school regulations.

Today's Filipino artist is Clint Ramos. As a creative director, costume and set designer, advocate and producer for stage and screen, Ramos is known for pushing beyond the traditional designations in art-making. Born in the Philippines in 1975, he moved to the U.S. and graduated NYU Tisch with his Masters degree. Named one of “ASIA’S MOST INFLUENTIAL” and “VARIETY’S 10 TO WATCH”, he is considered one of the “50 Key Figures in Queer US Theatre”.

His credits include over 200 theater, opera and dance productions. Ramos received the TONY® Award for Best Costume Design of a Play, making him the first person of color to win that category. His numerous awards include two OBIE’s, 3 Lucille Lortel Awards, A Drama Desk Award, An Outer Critics Circle Award, 2 American Theater Wing Henry Hewes Awards, and is a two-time recipient of the Philippines’ Presidential Medal for Dramatic Arts.

In addition, Ramos has hundreds of film credits and is the Producing Creative Director for “Encores! at New York City Center”. He serves on the American Theatre Wing’s Advisory Board and is a co-founder of Design Action. His lifelong advocacy is for an equitable landscape in theatre and film for People of Color and for the rights of immigrants. Ramos lives in NYC with his husband and daughter. We encourage you to learn more about Filipino Artist, Clint Ramos.

January Regents Exams are Tuesday, January 21 through Friday, January 24, 2025. Students who are missing graduation requirements have been registered for the appropriate Regents exam(s).

Such students will receive exam invitations during 3rd period on Wednesday, October 30. If you have any questions, please consult your Guidance Counselor by Friday, November 8.

Please note that the LaGuardia High School exam start times may be different than at other schools.

Regents Exams are given in June. Off-Schedule Regents Exams for Make Up or Retake are given in January and August. Regents Exams count towards a NYS Regents Diploma or an Advanced Regents Diploma.

Information For Everyone

Students generally take Regents Exams in June unless they have previously failed a specific Regents Exam (or wish to take an exam for a higher score.) During Regents Exams testing periods, student only attend school if they are taking a specific exam OR they have a school scheduled event, such as rehearsals, juries, etc. It is possible that students do not have any school test or activity during these testing periods.

Dear AP Students,

College Board's initial deadline for AP exam orders is quickly approaching. To avoid the $40 late fee for any change made after the deadline:

1. Check your College Board account and confirm that you are Registered for each AP exam you wish to take.

2. If your account says Registered, but you do NOT wish to take one or more AP exams, please submit this registration/opt-out form by November 8th for EACH exam you wish to opt out of.

3. If you DO wish to take an AP exam, but you did not join your teacher's AP Classroom, you are not registered for that exam! Please join their AP Classroom ASAP and you will be automatically registered for the AP exam. If you would like to take an AP exam WITHOUT taking the associated course, please indicate this on the registration/opt-out form for EACH exam you wish to take.

As soon as DOE systems update, you will be able to confirm your exam choices reflected on your student program (in Periods 12 through 16).

Senior Portrait Retakes and Makeup Appointments

Camera Shy
Everyone in the Senior Class is represented in the yearbook. For those who do not take their Senior Picture, they are listed as "camera shy". See how a previous yearbook listed the camera shy.

Class of 2025 Group and Individual Studio Photos

October 29, 2024, is the date for the Class of 2025 field trip to Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza for the annual Group and Individual Studio yearbook photos. Permission Slips were due on Friday to the teacher you received them from.

The Bowling Team did it again with another great showing at the individual Corough championships. Selena Wang had a top 15 finish with an average over 100, and Michelle Lou kept LaGuardia's championship streak going as she won as is Borough Champions. She scored an average over 140. Lou is headed to the City Championships next month. Go, Lions.

The Girls Varsity Soccer team clinched their FIRST EVER division Title with an 11-0 win over MLK on Tuesday. Seniors Isabel Portillo-Collell and Elsie Hennigan scored while Seniors Grace Spence and Maria Portillo-Collell put in an amazing defensive performance. Congrats to Laila Naijer on winning the NYC Scoring title! It was an amazing season, and Mr. Steffa is the proudest coach in the city! (Waiting for response from Mama Greene.)

The Boys Varsity Soccer team finished the season with a resounding 5-3 victory over Julia Richmond campus. A hat trick by captain Isaiah Sadler, a goal by Jules Wagenfield and James Franceour(frank core). Now to the Playoffs on the 26th @ 3:30 pm on the 107th field.

In Swim news! The Lady Lions did another season record in the Medley Relay and 200 Free Relay. Personal best and season best records were also performed in the 200 free and 100 backstroke. Top performance swimmers were Adeline Isakov, Chloe Tan, Lucia Milazzo, Stephanie Stantanna, Clodagh McCann, Elizaveta Gelashvili and Ellajaz Bunbury.

View Club List/Directory under Student Life on the home page.

Clubs officially begin the week of October 28, 2024, and the initial Club List has been released. More clubs will be added as advisors and room numbers are confirmed. Students are encouraged to check the list for updates.

Here is the essential information:

• Clubs are student initiated and student run. A staff member provides supervision for the room, but each club's leadership is expected to plan, run, and direct the meetings and activities.
  
• Clubs must have an advisor preset in the room for all meetings.
  
• Meetings begin after 10th Period and meeting rooms must be cleared by 4:25 PM. The
  
• Students should go to their lockers for their belongings before going to the club meeting.
  
• Advisors are to walk their club(s) down to the Main Exit.
  
• Students should exit the building immediately after the meeting without going to their lockers.
  
• Students are to exit the building by 4:30 PM.
  
• Staff is to exit the building by 4:35 PM.
  
• Students with questions about clubs should speak to the club advisor.