NEW STUDENT/PARENT ORIENTATIONS MAY 15 & MAY 17, 2017 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dear Incoming 9th & 10th Grades Students and Parents:
We would like to welcome you and your child to Midwood High School at Brooklyn College. Your child is about to begin the most exciting period in his/her life. By working together, the school and family can make a student’s high school career both meaningful and successful. We look forward to working with you in this endeavor. Please attend one of our two New Student/Parent Orientations which are scheduled for:
MONDAY, MAY 15TH, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (For students with last names that begin with A – L) WEDNESDAY, MAY 17TH, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (For students with last names that begin with M – Z) (If you cannot attend on your assigned day, you may attend the other.)
At the meetings we will introduce you and your child to key members of the Midwood staff. At the New Student/Parent Orientations, students will meet with other students and discuss various instructional programs and become acclimated to high school life. From past experiences we believe that it is very important that your child attend this program. I look forward to greeting you at these events. Sincerely, MICHAEL MCDONNELL, PRINCIPAL
PARKING IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN THE AREA SURROUNDING MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN THE TARGET PARKING LOT LOCATED AT NOSTRAND AVENUE AND AVENUE H (AT A COST TO YOU). WE ALSO SUGGEST USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
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Attention Seniors & Parents! The faculty and graduating class of 2017 cordially invite you to the Commencement Exercises of Midwood High School at Brooklyn College Friday, June 23, 2017 at ten o’clock in the morning at the Kings Theatre 1054 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Doors Open 9:00 a.m.
March 21, 2017 Chancellor Letter Supporting All of Our Students
Midwood Receives 2nd Most High School Applications:
Midwood's 75th Anniversary featured on WNYC
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Midwood (#15) selected as a top 40 high school in New York City.
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2016/2017 School Calendar
Affordable Care Act
The federal Affordable Care Act requires everyone to obtain health insurance. If you or your staff receive questions from families about health insurance enrollment, please direct families to explore health insurance options here and apply online using the NY State of Health website. Note that students and their families who qualify for Medicaid, Child Health Plus, or the Essential Plan can enroll online all year long, but should do so as soon as possible to avoid paying a penalty. Students and their families who do not qualify for Medicaid, Child Health Plus, or the Essential Plan may enroll online in private health insurance plans during the next open-enrollment period, which runs from November 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017. Families may also be able to enroll in private health insurance outside of the open-enrollment period if they experience a qualifying event, such as job loss or the birth of a child. You can distribute this letter to parents who inquire about health insurance enrollment policies.
Pupil Path
To register into PupilPath.com, go to https://pupilpath.skedula.com/ and click "Student Register". Then complete the following:
- Your email address
- Your school
- Your ID# (9 digit # which appears on .pdf file below)
- Your date of birth
- The registration code (appears in the file below)
After clicking "Register," you will receive an email with an activation link that will allow you to set your password. You can also download PupilPath.com to your iPhone/iPad devices via the iTunes App Store.
Please let your parents know that they will be given their access to PupilPath in the near future.
Changes to Immunization Requirements for the 2016-17 School Year
All schools
As required by state law, you are responsible for ensuring that students are fully vaccinated against specific preventable diseases in order to attend school. You should work with your staff to ensure that all new students provide proof of immunization upon enrollment and to ensure that returning students provide proof of immunization, if they are entering a grade affected by a new vaccine requirement. You should especially focus on ensuring that students who are listed as “excludable” (i.e., not in compliance with immunization requirements) on the RHIL report in ATS provide proof of immunization.
In addition, please note the following changes to immunization requirements for the 2016–17 school year:
- Two doses of the chicken pox (varicella) vaccine are now required for all students entering grades K-2 and grades 6-8.
- Three to five doses of the polio (IPV/OPV) vaccine are now required for all students entering grades K-2 and grades 6-8.
- All students in grades 7 and 12, and District 75 students who are 12-years-old, and 16- to 17-years-old will be required to have the Meningococcal Quadrivalent Vaccine, MenACWY, previously known as MCV4 (brand names Menactra and Menveo). Students entering grade 7 must have received one dose of MenACWY, and students entering grade 12 must have received two doses of MenACWY, unless their first dose was administered at 16 years of age or older. If the student’s first MenACWY was administered at 16 years of age or older, then only one dose will be required. A third dose of MenACWY will be required for entry into grade 12, if the second dose of MenACWY was administered before a student turned 16-years-old.
Senior Eligibility
Please see attachment for policy regarding student eligibility for participation in senior events.
SeniorEligibility.doc
Programming & Class Equalization
Midwood High School is a term school.
Students receive programs at the beginning of each term.
Programming any school, but especially one as large as Midwood High School, is a challenging task and typically results in the need for program changes.
The need for changes can include errors, oversights, and most importantly the need to equalize class sizes according to union rules.
By union contract all schools have the first ten {10} days of school each term to finalize the equalization process.
Unfortunately this process often leads to students receiving program changes that they did not request.
While we recognize the initial disruption that this causes to students, it is necessary and part of the mandatory process.
It is important that parents and students understand that these changes may occur randomly for any students during the first 10 days of the semester.
We ask for your patience and understanding during this process.
Midwood High School's programming office cannot accommodate individual students personal programming needs (i.e., before/after school responsibilities,employment.)
Each term parents and students {at each grade level} must assume that their school can start as early as 1st period {7:15A.M.} and end as late as 10th period {3:30P.M.}.
Cell Phone Policy
School Meals Application
We encourage families to complete their School Meals Application online so that they will not need to submit a paper form.
https://www.applyforlunch.com/
Free Microsoft Software
The Department of Education has a new program which allows all students the ability to download Microsoft Office software for free.
Please see the attached letter regarding this offer.
Free Microsoft software.pdf
Midwood Homework Policy
Info about the Zika Virus
Please see attachment for basic facts about Zika virus, including where you can find more information, alerts and warnings.
Immunization Requirements
2016 -2017 SCHOOL YEAR NEW YORK STATE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS:
MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE
GRADE 12 – 2 DOSES OR 1 DOSE (IF THE DOSE WAS RECEIVED AT 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER)
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