Week of Nov 24

                                                              

Volume: XIII

Issue: 14

November 24, 2025

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP MESSAGE

As we enter Thanksgiving week (these next three days will be BUSY), I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for each of you. The work you do (seen and unseen) shapes our students’ lives in meaningful and lasting ways. Your dedication, patience, creativity, and relentless care make our school a place where students feel supported, challenged, and valued.

Thank you for showing up each day with professionalism and heart. Thank you for the countless extra moments you invest, the flexibility you show when things get complicated, and the compassion you extend to our students, their families, and to one another. Our school is stronger because of you.

I hope this short break brings you time to slow down, rest, and enjoy the people and traditions that matter most to you. 

UPCOMING DATES

• NOV24: Turkey Giveaway
• NOV24: MS Potluck
• NOV25: Know Your Rights Workshop
• NOV26: 2:30p Rapid dismissal
• NOV27-28: Thanksgiving Break
• DEC05: Operation Smile (dentist) at UAI

*All Student Engagement activities for the year will now be listed in this spreadsheet and on the UAI School Calendar! Thanks to Shan, Jen, Sue and the RPET team for bring our community to life through their planning of these events.

UPCOMING TRIPS

Trip Requests.  Here's the trip request protocol...

• Step 1:   Read the DOE FAQ on Field Trips
  https://infohub.nyced.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/faqs-regarding-school-trips.pdf
• Step 2:   Get Pre-Approval from Kiri according to the timeline below
  - 1 week (Trips within NYC)
  - 2 months (Trips within the Tri-State Area)
  - 6 months (Trips outside of the Tri-State Area)
  - 9 months (International Trips)
• Step 3:  Complete the Trip Form (ALL TABS)
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U3i3fgENVCpX6MA51r_1jsmxVavRm12-oaB9ieiNA8Q/edit?usp=sharing
• Step 4:  Share form (anyone with link can view) with Kiri so she can share in announcements to let everyone know who is on the trip and what trips are expected when

Tuesday 25NOV: LVMH, Future Ready Trip

Friday 05DEC: African Diaspora International Film Festival

  

FUTURE READY HIGHLIGHTS

Upcoming FRNYC Events

WBL Career Exposure Trips. Through NYC Service's speed mentoring program, all students in the Career Explorations course will select one trip to attend. After learning about each field and connecting with current employees, students will receive 1:1 mentoring to discuss their post-secondary goals and backwards plan the steps needed to get there. We'll share trip lists once they are finalized!

• Reschedule pending - (January Digital - Marketing Agency)
• November 25th from 1-3 (LVMH)

TO DO THIS WEEK

Monday PD SnackLuck. Our 3pm PD will be our next session on SL-IEPs but we're going to sweeten the hour with our annual SnackLuck! Please bring a snack or drink to share with colleagues!

Know Your Rights. We are hosting our first event on Tuesday Nov 25th, 5:30-7:00pm, in Person at UAI - dinner served and translation available. Families, students, and staff invited! This event is being organized by our new UAI UFT immigrant support committee, in coordination with Emily Payamps and Perla Silva, student Aileen Ramirez's mom. Perla will be leading the training with an immigration attorney. Perla has led many trainings like this in her role at Make the Road New York, and will have lots of resources and information to share with families. In addition, we are using this meeting as a launch for a UAI immigrant support network, which Emily is coordinating. This network will include a parent committee and a whatsapp community for parents, where we can share resources and information, and foster a strong community of immigrant and non-immigrant families. 

Food Pantry. We are still going strong! Over 30 families have shopped the pantry. We've raised over $7200 so far (see donation page link here)! We were also featured on News12 - see here for the story!

In order to keep the momentum going, we are still looking to stock our shelves with the following items.

• All non-perishable food items: Shelf-stable milk, flour, sugar and spices, coffee and tea, baby food, bouillon cubes, instant oats, instant mashed potatoes, etc. 

Turkey Drive. On Monday we will be distributing turkeys to families in need - if you know of a family who needs support, please do let us know! Thank you to Brenda for taking the lead on ensuring our pantry and turkey giveaway continues to be successful.

Student Profiles are visible in OASIS. Click here to view students' academic, attendance, schedule... you name it, it's here - this is your one stop shop for all student info!

Purchasing Requests. In an effort to better track and streamline purchasing, we ask that you fill in this form for all purchasing requests. You can find the form on our staff Google Classroom as well.

PER SESSION POSTINGS

FOR ALL PER SESSION JOBS:  You must apply by completing THIS FORM

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