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Renaissance Again Named Top NYC Charter High School
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Renaissance has again been named one of the top High Schools in New York City by the New York Daily News! On Thursday September 17th, the newspaper sent a reporter and photographer to the school. Principal Stacey gave them a tour and was interviewed about Renaissance, particularly about all the programs that are part of the success of our high school. We will follow up with details as to when you can read about Renaissance in the Daily News. For now, this is a great way to start the new school year. Congratulations to all!
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New Looks Around Renaissance
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Over the summer our building is carefully cleaned by our great custodians and teachers come in to set up the rooms to make them fun and engaging. But this year we also had some great updates to two areas - the elementary common area and the PTA office. The 3rd floor elementary common area has been repainted with a beautiful nature scene by art teacher Robert Evangelista and students Ella Shea, Camilla Cheng and Alice Yoshida. This will make a great place for our young students to let their imagination go wild!
| Our PTA office is under renovation to be outfitted as a Parent Engagement Room. We were fortunate to have a few parents who volunteered to help with painting,including Nestor Miranda - dad of Naidym, and Chima Houston & Iris Vega - parents of Elijah and Elisa.
While the room will function for various uses, we hope to have a schedule when families can use the room for resources, a lending library, as well as computer/internet access and a printer.
Thanks to Lowe's for funding this project through their
Toolbox for Education Grants and thanks to all the parents who offered their help! |
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This year's Curriculum Night began with an Open House Tour of the school. This was a great chance for families who cannot always come up to the school to see some of the improvements made recently, as well as get a taste of our cafeteria fare. Chef Mo and his staff prepared samplings of some great food including fresh soup and wrap sandwiches. The general presentation featured introductions of the School Management Team and PTA Executive Board. Parents and guardians then went to the respective areas assigned to meet with teachers and advisers. Each grade's curriculum was covered, giving parents a better understanding of what will be expected in the coming school year so they can help keep their students on track to success! There were also presentations on some school initiatives, such as Urban Science, Families for Excellent Schools and Pupil Path.
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Renaissance Gardeners Receive Recognition
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In our last newsletter we gave you an update of the great summer program we had at the school this year. But we also recently learned that our summer gardeners were named Queens People of the Week by NY1. Check out the coverage of their work at the Jackson Heights Post Office here!
(students with Len Maniace of JH Beautification Group)
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Families for Excellent Schools
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Founded in 2011 through a partnership between schools and families, Families for Excellent Schools (FES) has built power in communities by engaging parents in the transformation of their schools. Their mission is to ensure that every child attends an excellent school by building coalitions of families and their allies and running campaigns that change education policy, envisioning schools, community organizations and government leaders working together to guarantee a great education for every child. Renaissance hopes to work with FES this year to address serious issues facing charters schools, especially the inequality of funding. We are hoping we can count on you, parents of charter school students, to join us and make your voices heard. We will be participating in a short rally on September 30th that will be receiving a lot of press coverage. Bus transportation from Renaissance, as well as lunch, will be provided. Please contact [email protected] for more information or to reserve your spot on the bus!
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Spotlight On...... New Staff!
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The College and Career Office at The Renaissance Charter School is pleased to introduce Derrick Patterson, our new Leadership Program Coordinator/College Bound Associate.
Derrick has 14 years experience in increasingly responsible and diverse roles in schools and education companies. In his most recent position, Derrick served as a program coordinator for direct instruction and professional development departments at an international test preparation and educational services company. His experience is enhanced by his training in social research and previous roles in education programs development both domestically and internationally.
As Leadership Program Coordinator and College Bound Associate, Derrick is responsible for the overall management of Leadership Program activities in addition to assisting with the services and functioning of the College Bound Office. He reports to Ana Falla-Riff - College Adviser/HS Coordinator. Derrick looks forward to working with the school community to help our young people reach their goals. You can find him in the College Bound Office, Room 314. He can be reached at dpatterson@renaissancecharter.org
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The PTA invites you all to attend it's 2015-16 school year Meet & Greet. Please join them on Wednesday, September 30th at 6:30 to meet your class cluster representative, as well as all the PTA Executive Board members. Help share ideas on how your PTA can better serve Renaissance and it's families! Click here to see a list of PTA contacts.
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Class of 2015 graduate Emily Sugrue is attending SUNY at Cobleskill in upstate New York. She is in the agriculture program and is studying animal science. Emily is happy to be spending a large part of the day outdoors, involved in hands-on learning. And the animals look happy, too!
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Wednesday, 9/23 - Yom Kippur, School Closed Thursday, 9/24 -Eid al-Adah,School Closed Wednesday, 9/30, 6:30-8PM - PTA Meeting Wednesday, 10/7, 6:45PM - Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, 10/12 - Columbus Day, School Closed Thursday, 10/15, 6-8PM - High School Unwrapped
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HELPFUL HINTS AND COOL LINKS
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Make an investment in children, education and the future of our world. Safer, better-educated communities are great for business; they improve the quality of life for everyone. Renaissance's hard-working, high-achieving students strive to make that happen and with your help that goal is closer to being a reality: Please visit our website for more information, and lick on the red DONATE button on the bottom of each page: http://www.renaissancecharter.org/. Thank you!
Sincerely,
The Renaissance Charter School
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