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Announcements

• Important: COVID Testing Consent Form

  This month, NYC DOE will begin school-based testing for COVID-19. In order for us to administer a COVID-19 test to your child, we need your consent. We strongly encourage you to sign and return the consent form that we sent home last week. 

  • If you have a NYC Schools Account (NYCSA),Opens in a new browser tab you can complete the consent form electronically through the web application. If you revoke consent for testing through NYCSA, please notify us. 
    • Don't have a New York City Schools Account? Get one today!
  • Read the letter from Chancellor Carranza about the testing (translations also available).

  For More Information: Click Here

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• How to Access & Submit Required Forms

  Dear FMHS Families, 

  Please visit our updated FORMS page to access and submit REQUIRED forms like the lunch form, Emergency Contact, Clinic Consent, and more. 

  Let us know if you have any questions!

   

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• Wednesday 10/7: New Family Night

  We will be hosting a virtual New Family Night at 7pm on Wednesday 10/7. Email invitation with link to follow!

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• Update for Students And Families - Excerpt from 9/23 email home

   

  This week, Chancellor Carranza’s office released new guidance to support health and safety for students who will be returning to FMHS for blended learning.  A letter, attached here, explains the following new expectations and protocols for re-entry to school:

  • SCREENING EXPECTATIONS
    • DOE continues to recommend that all staff and students take advantage of the Priority Testing for COVID 19 that is available.  
    • In addition to staff, students registered for blended learning are now expected to complete the DOE Health Screening before leaving for school.  Digital oral thermometers will be distributed to blended learning families for use to confirm that students leaving for school do not have a temperature above 100.0 F.  The tool will also ask about COVID 19 exposure, travel and COVID 19 symptoms (cough, loss of taste/smell, difficulty breathing.)
    • Students arriving to FMHS will be expected to show the receipt for the Health Screening before they enter the building.
    • Students who do not complete the health screening prior to arrival will have their temperatures taken at entry and they will be required to complete the health screening on site, prior to entry.
    • Building Response Team members from the 5 schools on campus will be supporting School Safety agents to verify the health screen and take random temperatures as students enter.
  • MASK REQUIREMENTS
    • All students and staff are required to wear face coverings to enter the building and for the duration of their time on site.
    • Face coverings, as defined by the NYC Health Department must meet the following criteria (see attached document for further details.)
      • Acceptable face coverings in school cannot have an exhalation valve.
      • Acceptable face coverings should have two or more layers of material.
      • Face coverings must be worn so that they fit snuggly and cover both the nose and mouth without slipping.
      • It is not recommended to use N95 masks that are needed by healthcare workers and remain in short supply.
    • Students who arrive with face coverings that do not meet this criteria will be asked to use a disposable mask provided by FMHS for the duration of the school day.
  • FREE MEALS
    • Breakfast and Lunch will be available for grab and go pick up at FMHS when blended learning begins.
    • In the interim, DOE is providing free meals to all New Yorkers in need at Meal Hubs throughout the City.  CHildren and families can access meals from 7:30am-11:30am and adults can find free meals at Meal Hubs 11:30am-1:30pm.  (PS 9 at 100 West 84th Street is the closest Meal Hub to FMHS.)
  • DEVICES for REMOTE LEARNING
    • DOE has limited inventory of WiFi enabled devices that can be used for remote learning.  FMHS has ordered and will continue to distribute their own devices.  Please use the remote learning Device Request form to request a device.  Once all information has been entered and an agreement signed, FMHS will be notified.  We are processing requests as devices become available.
    • If you require technical support for a DOE /FMHS device, please use this LINK. 

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• FMHS Blended Learning Family Guidebook 2020-1

  We have created a resource for families that will allow families to access information in one place.  Please review it together to find links and information about school policies and plans for the 2020-1 school year.

  • FMHS Family Guidebook.pdf

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