Central Park East II
19 East 103 Street
New York, NY 10029
(212) 860-5992
Naomi Smith, Principal, (646) 438 4914
Theresa Luongo, Assistant Principal
Saramit Morales, Parent Coordinator,
CPE II Parents’ Association Website: www.cpe2.org
CPE II NOTES – October 15, 2013
In this edition:
• ALL OUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL HEARING ON OCTOBER 17 - RSVP Link
• Fall Fair Oct. 19, from noon - 5pm
• PARENT MATH WORKSHOP - Wednesday, October 16th – Sign up Form link
• Annual Square 1 Art – Order forms sent last Friday
• CPE II Library Notes
• Calendar – Save the date: Sunday, December 8th – Annual CPE II Bookfair at Barnes and Nobles –
This is always a fun event and another opportunity to do Holiday Shopping that benefits CPE II
ALL OUT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL HEARING ON OCTOBER 17:
We are on our final steps of the long road we have been traveling on to getting our CPE II Middle
School expansion for September, 2014. We need CPE II families to come to the hearing, bring signs and
speak out in support of our school.
The hearing on October 17, 2013 at 6:00 PM at the proposed site, 1573 Madison Avenue, Manhattan,
New York 10029, is the mandatory hearing that allows the community to comment on this proposal.
Sign up for public comment will begins at 5:30 and close 15 minutes following the start of the hearing.
An Educational Impact Statement describing the proposal is available at:
thttp://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/leadership/PEP/publicnotice/2013-2014/Oct30SchoolProposals.
The Panel for Education Policy will consider and vote on this proposal on October 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM at
Prospect Heights Campus located at883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
Written comments can be sent to:[email protected] Oral comments can be called in
to: 212-374-3466 Attendees with disabilities or with concerns about access to the hearing site should
call: 212-374-3466
Sign up to register your attendance (and get pizza) or indicate that you cannot attend at this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18r0FKWD9d5Xtew6_9AwnBLImE6LNvAnJ_ZAk6P2I8YY/viewform
There is an opportunity to indicate that you will send or call in comments before the October 30th vote
as well.
Fall Fair
The Fall Fair is here -- Oct. 19, from noon - 5pm – It will be bigger and better than ever.
Volunteer to Help the Fall Fair! – Sign-up here if you haven’t yet.
Donations of Time: Fill Out This Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xzEdI2BLfAyZXY_xqoCtfeigyLtllenRZ_jJG_baNSE/viewform
Donations of food:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Fa3imq1mXoQiUaYSTb-u15RLULOkGNCo2QFj3mFBh_c/viewform
Please call or e-mail Liz Cohen, Gracie and Ian's mom,[email protected] or 917-596-8955 with any
questions.
Donations of Rummage: Books, clothing, household goods and knick-knack. New items too. Best drop
off is any time on Friday, October 18th If you need to drop off at another time, let us know.
Publicize: We can send you flyers to post. Please email all your friends to attend. Just cut and paste
this blurb.
Come to CPE II’s Fall Fair – Saturday, October 19th 12-5pm!
On Saturday, October 19, from noon to 5pm, head to East Harlem for fun for all ages, including two
bouncy houses, carnival games, arts and crafts, pumpkin and cupcake decorating, face painting,
body art, live entertainment, a rummage sale, homemade eats, popcorn and cotton candy,
motorcycle photo ops, jewelry and Halloween merchandise, FDNY touch-a-firetruck, and museum
tables from the Museum of the City of New York and the Studio Museum of Harlem.
Admission to the fair is free, as are select activities. Tickets for other fun (bouncy houses, carnival games,
etc.) cost $1 each. Pay-to-play-all-day wristbands will also be available. Bonus: After the fair, stay and
explore the neighborhood! Nearby attractions include Central Park’s stunning Conservatory Garden,
the just renovated East 110th Street Playground in Central Park, the Museum of the City of New York and
El Museo del Barrio, which will be hosting its free Day of the Dead celebration that day.
Where: E. 104th Street between 5th and Madison Avenues. Take the 6 to 103rd and Lexington Avenue or
the 2 or 3 to 110th and Lenox Avenue. It is also easily accessible via the M1, M2, M3, M4 and M106
buses. When: Saturday, October 19 from noon to 5pm, rain or shine Cost: Admission is free; activity
tickets are $1 each; unlimited activity wristbands will also be available. For additional info, please call
(646) 535-CPE2 or visit our website at www.cpe2.org/fallfair
Spread the word: email your friends, link to this page, or use our Facebook Event Page https://www.facebook.com/events/1422157721345289
Our new Math Program:
We will have our first PARENT MATH WORKSHOP - on the evening of Wednesday, October 16th Kate, our
math specialist, will hold a workshop to help parents understand our math program. Sign up at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TLeDYxBVBiirlHo4J1Q4ifRWCO2M2_rJHcUHoOMw8H4/viewform
Annual Square 1 Art Fundraiser:
Our annual Square 1 Art Fundraiser is in the works! .
All families received their personalized Square 1 Art kit that included 20 LARGE STICKERS with your child’s
artwork.
Now you can order Ornaments, travel mugs, coasters and more... Key chains, mouse pads, simply too
good to ignore! We always need gifts for family and friends. Not to mention great keepsakes where
memories never end!
And because the kids and Carlos finished so ahead of schedule, and if all goes well (which it usually
does), we will have our Square 1 Art orders before Thanksgiving.
Send your orders in as soon as they are ready!
Library Notes From Barbara
We have a wonderful collection of books, and many of our students really use the library well.
I want to make sure that everyone knows about some of the electronic resources that are available.
Our Library Home Page is at: to http://library.nycenet.edu
You’ll see Central Park East II Elementary near the top of the right column.
There are several sites that present the illustrations and text from books so that children can read online.
Books: Read-Alouds is the second section on the left. If you have a Public Library card, you can also use
the site from ON-LION for Kids from the NY Public Library.
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Aesop’s Fables – a few readings of some favorite fables
BookPals - actors read the books aloud
Toon Book Read-Alouds (Multi-language) TOON books are high quality comics designed for
children ages 4 and up.
OneMoreStory (password needed) Several shelves of old and new favorites
Of course there are many other sites as well. Please let me know which sites you find useful or if you
have other sites that you think I should add to the list.
Book Borrowing for 1st through 5th graders:
Just so you know, though exceptions are made, our policy is that children can take out one book at a
time and need to return or renew the book in a week. I am now in the library on Wednesdays and
Thursdays. It is best that books are returned the day before their scheduled class so they can be
checked in before the class comes to the library.
The following classes have library on Wednesdays: Andrietta, Claudia/Matt, Cristel/Valerie, Karen and
Alison/Naomi. The following classes have library on Thursdays: Vida, Gina/Len and Rajihah/Lee Ann.
Please help your child remember to return their books on time.
From time to time, I’ll continue to let you know about library resources in CPE II Notes, but also come
and visit the library. Thursday mornings at 8:30 are the best times for parents to visit.
I look forward to working with all of you.
Weekend Family Events by Raven:
To make the CPE 2 Notes a bit more manageable, Raven’s great weekend family fun events have been
moved to the CPE 2 Website. On the cpe2.org home page, look for the link “Raven’s Weekend Events”
below the “Upcoming Events” list or go directly to : http://www.cpe2.org/weekend-events/
CPE II Calendar
Days of student non-attendance:
November 5 Tuesday Election Day Students will not be in attendance.
November 11 Monday Veterans Day observed (schools closed)
November 28 Thursday & November 29 Friday Thanksgiving Recess (schools closed)
December 23 Monday- January 1 Wednesday Winter Recess (schools closed -students return to school
on Thursday, January 2, 2014).
January 20 Monday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (schools closed)
February 17- 21 Monday through Friday Midwinter Recess (schools closed)
April 14 Monday – April 22 Tuesday Spring Recess (including Good Friday, Easter and Passover)
(schools closed) Students return to school on Wednesday, April 23.
May 26 Monday Memorial Day Observed (schools closed)
June 5 Thursday Chancellor’s Conference Day Students will not be in attendance.
June 26 Thursday Last Day of School Last Day of CPE II Classes will be Monday, June 23
Early dismissal days including two family conference days. CPE II has received permission from the
NYCDOE to add an additional 5 early dismissal days to the school year. These five early dismissal days
will be used for Professional Development. Although CPE II teachers spend every Monday afternoon
until 5:30 engaging in Professional Development, we have found that this is not enough. In striving to do
our best for your children, these additional times are important and we appreciate parent support for
this time. It also has given us the possibility to move up mid-year reports and conferences to February,
to better support our students.
Thursday, November 14
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Tuesday, March 11
Thursday, May 08, 2014
Tuesday June 3, 2014
Monday June 9, 2014
Early dismissal Family Goal Setting Conferences
Early dismissal Staff Professional Development
Early dismissal Staff Professional Development
Early dismissal Family Conferences
Early dismissal Staff Professional Development
Early dismissal Staff Professional Development
Early dismissal DOE June Clerical
Early dismissal DOE June Clerical
Citywide & Statewide Assessments
NY State English Language Arts (ELA) grades 3-8: April 1 - April 3, 2014
NY State Mathematics grades 3-8: April 30 - May 2, 2014
NY State Grade 4 Science Performance Test, Wednesday, May 21 – Friday, May 30 (Two days will be
selected, and each child will have a single session within these days.)
NY State Grade 4 Science Written Monday, June 2