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For Parents
Parents and schools need to work together for the betterment of the students. Parents play an important role in providing support and building the confidence of their children. Parents should check some of the tips or activities they can use to develop their children’s confidence and improve their school experience.
Below are some helpful links and resources to better prepare yourself and your child for success!
Positive Behavior Intervention & Support (PBIS)

What is PBIS?
PBIS is a framework or approach for assisting school personnel in adopting and organizing evidence-based behavioral interventions into an integrated continuum that enhances academic and social behavior outcomes for all students.
PBIS IS NOT a packaged curriculum, scripted intervention, or manualized strategy.
PBIS IS a prevention-oriented way for school personnel to (a) organize evidence-based practices, (b) improve their implementation of those practices, and (c) maximize academic and social behavior outcomes for students.
PBIS supports the success of ALL students.
Dignity For All Students Act

New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (The Dignity Act) seeks to provide the State’s public elementary and secondary school students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, the school bus and at school functions.
Dignity Act Coordinators:
Kenneth Clark Academy – Dr. O’Toole
REACH Academy– Jean Maier
Greenburgh Academy – Tiffany Nagorny
Kaplan Career Academy - Open
Learning Communities

Learning Communities:
Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students. Teaching occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.
Check out the following links:
Teen Organizations/Volunteerism
DoSomething.org:
A global organization that inspires and energize teens to get involved in their communities and work for positive change.
My Hero:
A place to share your hero stories and see what other teens would like to share about the heroes in their lives.
B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO):
A worldwide youth organization, providing Jewish youth opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
Rustic Pathways:
Empowering students through innovative and responsible travel experiences to positively impact lives and communities around the world.
Cross-Cultural Solutions:
Programs for high school students who want to volunteer while traveling abroad.
VolunteerMatch.org:
Connects students with organizations in need of volunteers.
Assessments, Study Guides, & Tools
How to Create Study Guides:
Everything you need to know to create your own study guides.
Mastery Connect:
An online resource that helps identify and track student mastery of Common Core State Standards to inform teaching practice.
Memorize.com:
A free tool to help you remember and understand information.
Study Guides and Strategies:
This site is intended for all people with resources intended to empower all learners.
Study Stack:
Helps with memorization tasks through a variety of online flashcard activities.
Quizlet:
Simple tools for learning anything. Search millions of study sets or create your own. Improve your grades by studying with flashcards, games and more.
Thrively:
Helps students discover and pursue their passions in life by introducing them to those activities where they are most likely to Thrive.
CliffNotes:
Study Guides
Publicity Release
A parent may withhold permission to have a student photographed, videotaped, and/ or audio taped during school-sponsored activities, learning experiences, and/or media events. If you opt-out, your child will not be included in pictures taken by school staff, students, or anyone outside the school, including commercial photographers and the media, nor will your child’s picture be part of a school yearbook, memory book, memory video, sports team, club, or any other medium.
If you do not want your child to be photographed, videotaped and/or audio taped, please complete the following form and return it to your child's building principal.