High School Admissions 2010-11 - Calendar and Events - New York City Department of Education

High School Admissions 2010-11 - Calendar and Events - New York City Department of Education

Dates	Activity
February 11	Students receive Specialized High School results New High Schools Choice Forms available
February 12 and 13	New High Schools Fair (See event flyer for more information)
February 28	Students Specialized High School decisions due back to guidance counselors New Schools Choice Forms due to guidance counselors
March 31	Students receive Main Round results
April 5	Supplementary Round Information Session (Location TBA)
April 15	Supplementary Round Applications due to counselors
May 27	Students recieve Supplementary Round results

Please Note: All dates subject to change.

Special Needs Camp Fair 2011 - This Saturday Snow or Shine!

This Saturday Snow or Shine! January 29th 11am to 3pm
Church of St. Paul the Apostle Columbus Ave. & West 60th St. Manhattan FREE ADMISSION!	Reminder: RCSN invites you to join us at our Annual Special Camp Fair! Find the right summer program for your child   Speak with Camp Directors   Discover programs and services to help your family year-round  Pick up your free copy of the Camps 2011-2012 Directory in English or Spanish! Spanish and Sign Language interpreters will be available.
Visit the Special Camp Fair Book Booth! You'll get to choose from: Comprehensive Directory   Schools for Children with Special Needs   Schools and Services for Autism   Transition Matters
Publications are in limited quantities and are available on a first-come first-served basis. Suggested donation is $5 per book. Donations support RCSN's information, direct assistance and capacity-building work to help children and youth with special needs.
For more information e-mail Gary Shulman or call (212) 677-4650 x20 or visit our website: www.resourcesnyc.org While there is no charge for the event, contributions are always appreciated.

NY Family Camp Fair

UPCOMING FAIRS!:

TO REGISTER FOR A FAIR JUST CLICK ON ANY OF THE DATES BELOW!
	Saturday, January 29, 2011: 12 - 3pm Downtown Manhattan Friends Seminary School 222 East 16th Street btwn 3rd Ave and Rutherford Place		Sunday, January 30, 2011:LOCATION CHANGE!! 12 - 3pm Brooklyn – Park Slope The Grand Prospect Hall 263 Prospect Avenue (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
	Saturday, February 5, 2011: 12 - 3pm Columbia Heights The Bank Street School 610 West 112th Street btwn Broadway and Riverside Drive		Saturday, February 12, 2011: 12 - 3pm Westchester/Larchmont Murray Ave School 250 Murray Avenue Larchmont, NY
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE!

The New York Family Camp Fair Series is the best way to help parents make informed decisions about which camp is "the perfect fit" for their child. New York Family and the American Camp Association- NY (ACA-NY) will bring more than 60 camps straight to parents and provide previews of the summertime experience that can have a huge, positive impact on campers. Renee Flax, the Associate Director of the American Camp Association will also be on hand at each of the New York Family Camp Fairs to answer parents' questions and help guide them in their search for the right camp. The wide variety of camps represented make the event perfect for children ages three to seventeen.

PRE-REGISTER NOW to receive a gift bag at the fair! Anyone who pre-registers and attends one of the coming Camp Fairs also qualifies to participate in a BIG RAFFLE for a chance to win a Camp Trunk from Lesters or our grand prize family trip! Pre-registerhere!

FREE performing arts classes for Youth (9 - 18) with Aspergers

TOUCHING HUMANITY’S ARTS and THEATRE PROGRAMS

(T.H.A.T. Program)

Classes for children with Asperger’s forming for

Feb, 2011

Developed by Dr. Michael A. Pizzi

Occupational therapist and actor

Classes are being formed for children with Asperger’s aged 9-18, focusing on the use of the performing arts to enable participation, increase self esteem and develop social skills. Our acting and movement classes include programs that introduce your child to warm-ups, improv games, character building exercises and scene study. This interactive, non-competitive program is structured so the students work with each other to build social confidence.

 

The arts, particularly the performing arts, assist in the development of the child in emotional, physical, social, intellectual and psychological areas.  The arts programs are non-competitive and focus on developmental and personal growth.  Whether on a one to one basis or within a group setting, arts programming can

(1) assist in social skill building and teach appropriate interactions with others;

(2) engage children in self expression through a non-threatening medium;

(3) improves abilities such as Skills for Expressing Feelings, Social Relationship Skills, Organizational Skills, Decision Making, Problem Solving Skills and Conflict Management Skills;

(4) provides an outlet for creativity, joy and hope;

(5) engages children in developing collaboration and sharing;

(6) increase and improve self-esteem

 

Touching Humanity, Inc. (THI)  (www.touchinghumanityinc.org) is a non-profit organization committed to promoting disability awareness and social and occupational justice through the arts and education.  The basic mission of THI is to develop programs that serve the artistic and expressive needs of children and adults with disabilities; create new and adapt previously performed works that are disability themed; create opportunities for actors with disabilities; and to educate through the arts, symposia, festivals and conferences.

 

The overall mission is to build an environment of inclusiveness, enabling those with disabilities to participate, and those without disabilities to be educated. 

 

T.H.A.T Workshop was developed by Michael A. Pizzi, PhD, an occupational therapist, performing artist, and Founder of THI.  It’s development arose from the need to provide artistic outlets for children and adults with special needs.  Provision of opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in the arts promotes occupational justice (the rights of individuals to engage in productive and meaningful activity), social justice (the rights of people to be treated fairly and equitably), and avenues for creative and artistic expression  

 

All classes are co-developed with Dr. Pizzi and overseen by him.  The instructors have backgrounds in the performing arts, special education, ABA method, occupational therapy and prior work with children with disabilities.

 

 

Objectives:

·      To increase students social confidence and awareness

·      To develop creativity

·      To increase self esteem and self confidence

·      To facilitate individual expression as well as instill a sense of teamwork

·      To create a sense of goal achievement

·      To develop engagement in meaningful activity

Other objectives that can be realized through this program:

·      Invite imagination

·      Promote social interactions

·      Develop communication skills

·      Improve memorization skills

·      Increase vocal skills

·      Develop sensory skills

·      Improve patterns of movement and sequencing

·      Promote emotional expression

·      Have fun !

 

Length of sessions:  We will offer 8 week one hour weekend classes beginning mid Feb, 2011 ending with a grand performance

Cost:  FREE

Location:  Rehearsal studio midtown NYC

 

Our autism and creative, expressive and performing arts programming also include:

·      private classes for individuals

·      all day intensive creative and performing arts workshops

·      siblings workshops

·      Parent/caregiver creative arts workshop

Please email us about your interest.

Contact with questions or to register:

Dr. Michael A. Pizzi       347-385-4207     mptouchinghumanity@gmail.com or Laura.Cusumano@gmail.com

Website:  www.touchinghumanityinc.org

 

Our motto:  Given opportunity, always able

 

Millennium Brooklyn High School Open House

Current 8th grade middle school parents are invited to learn more about the new Millennium Brooklyn High School that will be co-located at the John Jay Educational Campus beginning September 2011...

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Millennium Brooklyn High School

A bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Open House

Current eighth grade students & families are invited.

Dates:    Tuesday, February 1, 2011 from 6 to 7PM

              Wednesday, February 2, 2011 from 6 to 7PM

              Thursday, February 3, 2011 from 6 to 7PM

Location: First Floor Auditorium, 345 Dean Street,

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Come meet with Founding Principal, Lisa Gioe and members of the Millennium Brooklyn planning team for a presentation and question and answer session.

Race to Nowhere Screening

Join the BNS and BCS PTA for a special screening of a controversial new documentary, 

Race to Nowhere


Thursday, February 10, 2011

BNS / BCS Auditorium

$10 in advance, $15 at the door

5:30 - 6 pm food!

6 - 7:30 pm screening

7:30 panel discussion

Please forward! Invite friends!


A concerned mother turned filmmaker aims her camera at the high-stakes, high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth.Featuring the heartbreaking stories of young people across the country who have been pushed to the brink, educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills they need, and parents who are trying to do what’s best for their kids, Race to Nowhere points to the silent epidemic in our schools: cheating has become commonplace, students have become disengaged, stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant, and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.Race to Nowhere is a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.In a grassroots sensation already feeding a groundswell for change, hundreds of theaters, schools and organizations nationwide are hosting community screenings during a six month campaign to screen the film nationwide. Tens of thousands of people are coming together, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, radically changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.Featured in the film:
Dr. Madeline Levine, Clinical Psychologist and author of the best-seller, The Price of Privilege
Dr. Wendy Mogel, Clinical Psychologist and author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Adolescent Medicine Specialist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Deborah Stipek, Dean of the School of Education at Stanford University
Dr. Denise Pope, Co-Founder, Challenge Success, Stanford University
Sara Bennett, Founder, Stop Homework