Dear Grade Eight Families of the MS 104 Community:

Happy Tuesday! I hope this message finds you well. The Graduation and Senior Activities are hard at work planning the end of year events that our graduating class will be experiencing together as a way to celebrate their middle school years. Please see important information below regarding how your child can stay updated, yearbook ads and photo submissions, the Senior Trip and the Senior Prom and important dates for our eighth grade students and families.

We look forward to celebrating our senior class together!

Have a great evening!

Sincerely,

Rocco Macri, Principal

Remind Students to Sign Up For The Eighth Grade Google Classroom

As a reminder, important information regarding all things senior news and activities can be found on the Eighth Grade Senior Information and Events Google classroom page. Students were invited to join this classroom earlier in the year so that they can stay up to date on all things eighth grade. At this time, about sixty of our eighth grade students have yet to sign up for the classroom. Please speak with your child to ensure that they have signed up for this important Google classroom. The code to join the classroom is bldaavq.

Senior Activities

As a celebration for 8th grade students concluding their dedication and hard work at Baruch, we facilitate two very exciting events that are exclusive for our 8th graders in June; the senior trip to Six Flags Great Adventure  and the senior prom. For our trip to Six Flags, transportation will be provided by coach buses and students will get to enjoy a full day at the park with their classmates. Our senior prom is a wonderful event hosted at the school where students can enjoy a night filled with dancing, music and socializing with peers.

Senior trip and senior prom are two of the most fun and exciting events in 8th grade.  However, these two events are privileges that require students to exhibit high levels of responsibility, accountability in order to be able to participate. and an ability to follow rules and directions to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience. 

There are two areas of behavior that students need to have self awareness around. These will be the areas of focus that will determine your child's ability to participate in these special events:

• Interactions-  Students need to maintain healthy, respectful and safe interactions with peers and adults. When making determinations about student eligibility for senior activities, we will be looking at the history of each student’s interactions and their disciplinary record.
• Attendance in Class- Students are given a great deal of independence and autonomy in middle school as they navigate their daily schedule and it is their responsibility to arrive to their classes on time. When determining eligibility for senior activities, we will be looking at the history of each student’s follow through with arriving to classes on time.

We will check in with students and communicate with families if a student is in jeopardy of losing these privileges. 

Eighth Grade Assistant Principal Anne Traversa and I will be holding assemblies for our eighth grade students to remind them of these expectations as well.

I thank you in advance for reviewing these expectations with your child. Your support and partnership are appreciated, as always.

Important Dates For Grade Eight

Please see the list of important dates for our eighth graders below:

Wednesday, June 7th: Graduation (MS 104 Yard; Start times for each house graduation is forthcoming)

Wednesday, June 14th at 9:15 am: Living Environment Regents Exam

Thursday, June 15th at  9:15 am: Algebra 1 Regents

Friday, June 16th: Senior Prom (Exclusive for MS 104 8th Grade Students. Event start and end time is forthcoming)

Tuesday, June 20th: World Language Assessment (Spanish) Start Time 9:15 am

Thursday, June 22nd: Senior Trip to Six Flags

Yearbook Advertisements

The 8th Grade yearbook is an exciting opportunity to say goodbye to our class of 2023!! Let's make this yearbook our best yet. We sell ad-space in the yearbook to generate funding for our school's General Fund and the PTA. This year we have several options for local businesses or to just say goodbye/congrats to our graduates. The options for advertisements are as follows:

• Quarter-page ads will appear vertically. 
• Half and eighth-page ads will appear Horizontally.  

Have besties since grade-school? Consider fun group pics to go in with another family.  Sample pages are below. Be creative. Have FUN!!

The details regarding payment for advertisements as well as the format of and deadline for submissions is as follows:

1. The form to submit advertisement orders can be accessed by clicking here. Students can also access this link on the Google classroom.
2. Payment must be submitted to Mr. Melnick in room 324.  Students can drop by during Lunch. Checks (or Money Orders) should be made out to Simon Baruch 104 General Fund.  
3. Advertisements must be submitted as a JPEG file to bmelnick@schools.nyc.gov no later than 3/24. Please Make sure the sender of the Advertisement identifies the Student and HR in the body of the email.

Questions regarding the yearbook can be emailed to Mr. Melnick at bmelnick@schools.nyc.gov.

Yearbook Photo Submissions

Please see the information below regarding the submission of photos to be included in the yearbook.

Baby photos are a fun way to see how you've grown over the years. Please send a baby photo the same way as your Extra Curricular Activities below. We try to keep the photos under the age of 3. If you need help scanning, hard-copy photos can be delivered to room 324 or placed in Mr. Melnick's mailbox in the main office.  Make sure you put the full student name on the back of your photo.

Club and Sports Photos - We are now accepting student photos for the yearbook. We are looking for candids, team pics, or fun group photos. 

Students can submit photos online accessing the yearbook website provided here. This is also the website where yearbooks can be purchased. Once you arrive at the website, students must create an account and enter the School Code : 713492 to upload photos to be submitted. Photos should be tagged to the best of your ability so we know who is in the picture and what event, team, or program is being represented.

Questions regarding the yearbook can be emailed to Mr. Melnick at bmelnick@schools.nyc.gov.