January 30, 2020
"The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win"
Kobe Bryant
GET DOWN TO THE DETAILS ON HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SCHOOL START TIME
HEAR FROM PANELISTS WHO KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE how to address the difficulties encountered when a district chooses to start school later. If this is a discussion topic in your district, you won't want to miss WPSBA's School Smart Time Workshop and Breakfast (2/13 at 8:00 am). Ask you district clerk to sign you up and learn how to get around issues like transportation, athletics, and community resistance.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GIVE OFFICIAL INPUT ON NEW YORK GRADUATION MEASURES
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS NOW, before the input period closes, on ways NYSED should approach pathways to graduation. There is no need to travel, you can sign up to speak at the Feb. 3rd meeting at SW BOCES or you can read more at the graduation measures webpage. Take this opportunity to be part of the solution.
EDUCATING STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE CITIZENS
SOME NYC STUDENTS HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED IN CIVICS DAY and now they find themselves with a passion to change the system. We know there's a national conversation about civics education, but NYS policymakers are looking at how to ensure that students become active citizens in their communities. What resources our schools need to implement this curriculum is another important piece of the puzzle.
CENSUS 2020 FUN FACT
In February of the Census year, U.S. residents receive a letter notifying that they will soon be counted.
(Keep your eye on the mail!)
Update your social condition