Fort Students and Families,
We head into the week of October 18 and conclude Marking Period 1 on Friday, October 22. Student progress will be reflected with letter grades on Pupilpath by November 2, 2021 as follows:
E – Excellent with numeric range 90-100
G – Good with numeric range 80-89
S – Satisfactory with numeric range 70-19
N – Needs improvement with numeric range 65-69
U – Unsatisfactory with numeric range 64 and below
Parent Teacher Conferences will be conducted virtually on the evening of Wednesday, November 10 and the afternoon of Friday, November 12. Information about how to schedule one-on-one conferences along with the special bell schedule on November 12 will be shared after MP1 ends.
Reminder about the Title I and PTA meeting on Thursday, October 21st starting at 6:30pm. Registration for this virtual meeting is required.
When: October 21, 2021 at 6:30pm (US and Canada)
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Annual Title1 PAC & PTA October General Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We had 1 positive case of covid-19 this week that necessitated 20 unvaccinated students to quarantine. As described last week, when a staff member tests positive who works directly with students in the classroom, a partial classroom closure is required. Unvaccinated students who were in close contact with this staff member are required to quarantine for 10 days and participate in classwork from home. If students are tested 5 or more days after exposure, they can return to school with negative test results as long as they don’t have symptoms on the 8 day. All teachers who have the 20 unvaccinated students were sent the list of students and are providing work via Google Classroom.
Instructional Assessments administered in MATH week of 10/18:
All students in each core math class (Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2) will be taking digital assessments from Map Growth this coming week, primarily 10/18-19.
Thanks to everyone for a smooth administration of the Map Growth Reading assessment to grades 9 and 10 in ELA/ENL classes. These city-wide assessments will be administered 3 times this year in both English/ENL and Math; thet are not graded and will assist instructional planning only. Teachers will be working together to analyze the results by grade as well as individual classes and students, and instruction will address skill gaps. To facilitate the classes taking these assessments on 10/18-19, no other classrooms will use computers.
NX Online Classes: Teachers will be supporting a caseload of students who need to make up NX courses from Spring 2021. NX Lab will be available during Saturday Academy from 9-11am starting October 23. It’s critical that students complete the work no later than January 15 to avoid having to make up the full course.
Weekly Covid testing is ongoing and we urge all parents of unvaccinated students to give consent on the NYC School Account so that we have a variety of students tested each week.
Please check our website at fthhs.org for updates and links to Pupilpath, NYC School Accounts, and other etc.
Thank you for your cooperation and dedication to our school community.