What should I expect this School Year?

Good Day PS 101 Families,

While we do not have our usual Back to School evening, we wanted you to have all the information you need to learn about your child’s teacher and the expectations for the grade including classwork, homework, tests and more. We also have many other staff members who you have yet to meet and learn about such as our Cluster staff (art, music, STEM, etc), our Related Service Providers such as Speech, Occupational Therapy, and more!

Please click on the link below for your child’s grade to learn about our teaching staff and the expectations for the year. Please also visit the link for Clusters, ESL and Related Service providers if your child has these services.
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Pre-Kindergarten

Kindergarten

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Grade 5

Specialty Classes/ Clusters

ESL (English as a Second Language)

Related Services (OT, PT, Speech)

RTI (Small Group Teachers)

GK

An Amazing Beginning!

Dear PS 101 Families,

We had an amazing start to the school year! You can see videos and pictures from today on our Instagram page (if you don’t follow us yet, you definitely want to).

Thank you to our outstanding PTA for coming in the past week and today to help with school supplies.

We look forward to a safe and fun school year, filled with a tremendous amount of learning!

GK

Welcome Back to School Information

Dear PS 101 Families!

We are super excited to begin the fantastic new school year that is finally here!

Here’s what you need to know (please read carefully):

First day of School: Thursday September 8

School Hours:
8:00am-8:25am: Breakfast is served in the cafeteria
8:30am-2:45pm -School hours
*younger grades will be dismissed slightly earlier- your teacher will let you know the time

Where does my child enter PS 101?
All students will enter the school through the Main Entrance (except Pre-K)
Students arriving to their classroom after 8:35am will be marked late

After students enter PS 101 in the morning:

Breakfast for all of our students will be in the cafeteria. If your child is eating they will first start in the cafeteria.

After Breakfast (or if not having breakfast in school)

Grade K & 1 students will remain in the cafeteria.
Grades 2, 3, 4 students will report to the auditorium.  
Grade 5 students will report to the gymnasium.

At 8:30 am grades 2-5 students will all walk on their own to their classrooms.  Teachers will greet their students at the classroom door at 8:30.  

Grade K & 1 teachers will meet their classes in the cafeteria.  

Pre-Kindergarten ONLY: Pre-K students enter in the same place they exit (see map below)
Pre-K-1 students will enter on 24 Avenue; Pre-K-2 students will enter on Bay 35th Street.

Where does my child dismiss from?

Dismissal Map:

Do we still have to do the Daily Health Screener?
No- daily health screeners are no longer required, however, if your child is sick you must keep them home from school. You can read all about the Health and Safety protocols here.

What School Supplies do I need?
Click here for School Supply Lists for all students

Please make sure to write your child’s name and class on the bag of school supplies

When is school closed for Holidays?
2022-2023 School year Calendar

Want to meet with the Principal?
Sign up: Parent meetings with Principal Korrol

First Day of School information for Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Information:
***Please check your email for important information about the first day of school***

Kindergarten September 8 ONLY:
Kindergarten students will arrive at 9am through the schoolyard gates and have an outdoor line-up.

Kindergarten families will return to the schoolyard in designated color/class stations at 1pm to engage in an outdoor orientation with families. After the outdoor parent meeting, students will be dismissed to their parent/guardian.

On Friday, September 9th, all Kindergarten students will enter through the main entrance.

GK