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Parents' Association
Stuyvesant High School
December 13, 2009 News Update |
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Greetings!
As the winter holiday season approaches, we have important updates and requests for you. This update reminds you that it's crucial for everyone to send in their "free lunch" form -- it could mean between $1-2 million to Stuyvesant. Scroll down or click on "Free Lunch" form in the box to the left to read more. We also want to let you know why certain after-school activities have stopped for now, and how the PA can fund those activities again with the approval of the PA membership. To learn more about this issue, scroll down or click on "After-school activities" to the left.
As always, let me know if you have any concerns or comments. I look forward to continuing to stay in touch with you and to fielding your questions and suggestions.
Sincerely,
Florence Hutner
Corresponding Secretary
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We still need everyone's help in sending in their "free lunch" form!
As we requested last week, if you didn't already send in your "free lunch" form, please send it in now. This is such an easy way to counter some of the severe budget cuts that we are anticipating -- it's like making a financial contribution to the school without writing a check!
Apparently Stuyvesant HS is still just short of the 40% threshold to qualify as a "Title 1" school---which would result in a significant increase in Federal education funding to the school, potentially over $1-Million dollars in additional aid. We still need every family to send in their form.
To obtain an original 2009-2010 Application for Free and Reduced-Price
Meals in any of the 15 languages available, please contact the school
office at 212-312-4800 (ext 2 -- student services) or the DOE Office of School-Food Help Desk at (718) 707-4400, or go to:
http://www.opt-osfns.org/osfns/meals/default.aspx .
The forms have been put up on the PA website, at www.stuy-pa.org -- you can download them there. Since the form must be in red ink, if you do not have a color printer, have your child please pick it up at school.
For the English version of the form, click HERE, for Chinese, click HERE, for Korean, click HERE
The forms must be returned by the end of the year; you can mail them to:
School Food Program
Room 103
Stuyvesant High School
345 Chambers St, NY, NY 10282.
Thank you.
Larry Wood and Alex Cai
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Suspension of after-school extracurricular and tutoring programs and PA plan to restore these activities
The December 10, 2009 New York Times reported that the Department of Education has been asked to prepare for a 1.5 percent midyear cut and a 4 percent cut for next autumn's entering class. You can see the full article for details and the painful choices facing many schools and Principals by clicking here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/education/11school.html?_r=2&hpw
Like other Principals around the city, Principal Teitel was notified by the Department of Education to prepare for a mid-year budget cut due to the City budget deficit. In response, Mr. Teitel has been forced to eliminate all "per-session" funding money used to pay faculty advisors for overseeing the various clubs and publications, and for administering after-school academic tutoring and AP test review. As of December 1st, most "per-session" funded activities were suspended.
The PA executive board is quickly taking steps to restore as much of the "per-session" funding in the school's budget as possible so programs can promptly resume. At the December PA meeting, members will be asked to approve an appropriation of $60,000 from the PA budget for this purpose. Please attend the December 15 PA meeting for more information and next steps.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday December 15
Parents' Association Meeting
Join us at 6:30 for refreshments and socializing; meeting starts at 7:00 sharp!
Our featured topic is summer opportunities for students, and the meeting will be preceded by a special holiday performance by the Stuyvesant A Cappella chorus. The agenda will include:
- Principal's report, including investigation into fires
- Update on responding to school budget cuts and PA budget appropriations, including vote to fund after-school activities
- Featured topic: It's time to start thinking seriously about summer for students to find the kind of internships, academic programs and jobs that can pay big dividends (like exploring a potential career, winning an invaluable reference, having an eye-opening experience that will inspire that compelling college application essay.) Handouts and information from Social Studies AP Jennifer Suri, Math AP Maryann Ferrer, Research Coordinator Jonathan Gastel and Parent Coordinator Harvey Blumm.
Friday December 18
6pm in the Murray Kahn Theater
Student Holiday Winter Concert/Art Show
Our talented student musicians and singers will be performing, and our student artists will be displaying their creative art and technology work. Additionally, student photographs will be auctioned in a silent auction to benefit an orphanage in Mekele, Ethiopia.
Looking ahead:
Wednesday December 23 is the last day of school until Monday, January 4th, 2010. |
Check out the bulletin:
November/December bulletin available now
The current Parents' Association bulletin is just a click away on the PA website, at www.stuy-pa.org -- check it out!
Remember: to receive a hard copy of the bulletin in the mail, you MUST send in a request for a hard copy with your address. Feel free to email your request to florence@stuypanews.org. |
If you know of any Stuy parents who are not receiving this email, feel free to forward it to them or to let me know their name and email address. Thanks! | |
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