If your child received an offer for Kindergarten at PS 8, please either accept or decline the offer as soon as possible in MySchools. You must accept or decline by May 3, 2024 or the seat may not be held. If you accept the offer, we will reach out to you with instructions for registration. Registration must be completed by June 14, 2024 for the kindergarten seat to be held.
If your child has been placed on the waitlist for PS 8. You can see their waitlist number in MySchools. You can also add your child to waitlists.
If you live in the PS 8 Zone and want to pre-register a child for Grades 1-5, we ask that you wait until after May 3rd contact our Parent Coordinator, Eileen Carrier or 718 834 6740 X 1061
PS 8 held three open houses this year. Please review the slides we used for the Open Houses to learn more about PS 8. We are not able to offer more tours of the school. If you have any questions, reach out to our Parent Coordinator Eileen Carrier.
If you live in the PS 8 Zone and want to pre-register a child or the 2023-2024 school year, please email our Parent Coordinator, Eileen Carrier or call at (718) 834-6740 X 1061
Tuesday, December 5, 2023: Kindergarten Application Opens
Friday, January 19, 2024: Kindergarten Application Closes
Wednesday, March 27, 2024: Kindergarten Offer Release
PS 8 will offer three open houses this year. We ask that you attend just one of these open houses. We expect only families of students who are turning 5 in 2019 or planning to enroll in grades 1 to 5 attend.
Please join Trish and Caren for Fall Grade-wide Family-Administration Meetings. These meetings are a chance to discuss grade-wide curriculum and school issues. As a reminder, this is not a forum to discuss concerns about individual children. We look forward to seeing you all!
All meetings will begin at 8:30 AM in the Multi-Purpose Room.
There are several similarly named. Thus, it is a little confusing. If you have any questions, please reach out to Brandie Hayes at bhayes7@schools.nyc.gov.
1.DOE Student Account– Every New York City public school student has a DOE account. It is created automatically when your child enrolls in school. This account stays the same the entire time a child is in school. With it, all DOE technology platforms can be assessed. The DOE creates the email address (xxx@nycstudents.net) and username. Make sure that you are signed out of any browser or tab yourself. You will not be able to access DOE programs for your child if you have other open tabs.
2.NYC Schools Account (NYCSA)– This is a parent-facing account where you see and download report cards, attendance, transportation, find student email addresses, reset your student’s NYC Student password, etc. You need a letter with an account creation code along with your child’s 9-digit ID (found in Operoo) to get started, but then everything else is in your control. We will send letters home to anyone without an account in the next few weeks. Please note that all parents/guardians should have an account. Reach out to Eileen with any questions.
Where do I find my child’s nycstudents.net email address? Look in your parent-facing NYCSA.
How to reset student passwords:
Parents can set or reset a student’s password using their parent-facing New York City Schools Accounts (NYCSA). We’ve asked families with children in grades 2-5 to locate their child’s username and reset their child’s password, if necessary. At this point, if you were not successful in resetting your child’s password, it will be reset by Ms. Hayes. A sheet with your child’s login information will be sent home by your child’s classroom teacher within the upcoming week. In the future, if you ever need to reset your child’s password, know that you can visit the NYC School Accounts Parent Portal section titled Resetting Student Passwords (https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/student-journey/nyc-schools-account#jump-to-heading-6) for guidance. You can increase the likelihood of your child remembering their password by making it as short as allowed and including familiar things that your child will easily recall such as:
names- their nickname, family names, pet names
familiar numbers- favorite numbers, birthdays, house numbers
passwords they already know
If you ever reset your child’s password in the future, please complete this FORM to share your child’s username and new password with school administration. 3.MySchools– the parent-facing account used to apply to public schools from 3K to high school. Fifth grade families, for example, will receive a letter at their home address with an account creation code in the Fall when it is time to apply to middle school.
District 13 Community Education Council Meeting Dates
Community Education Council 13 (CEC13) is made up of nine elected parents of current pre-K–grade eight students, two members appointed by the Borough President, and one non-voting high school student. At least one must be the parent of a student classified as an English Language Learner and at least one must be the parent of a student with an IEP. They meet at 7:00 PM. Meeting Dates: 1/16, 2/20, 3/19, 4/16, 5/21, 6/18, 7/16, 8/20
D13 Anti-racist Town Hall Meetings are on Zoom (link below) from 7:00 to 8:30 PM – January 9, February 6, March 5, April 2, May 7 and June 13 – in person
Please register for our District 13 Anti-racist Town Hall. In 2024 we will continue our collective learning on what it means to be an anti-racist, anti-oppressive school district. Please share!
PS 8 was able to celebrate our new school name on May 24th. Students, staff, many families and NYC Council member Lincoln Restler gathered for our ribbon-cutting ceremony. May 24th happened to be the 139th anniversary of the dedication of the Brooklyn Bridge. Students in grades 2-5 then walked to the first tower of the bridge to commemorate Emily Warren Roebling’s first crossing and just like Emily, the students in the front of the parade carried a rooster, a symbol of victory, though the students used a toy rooster. Our afterschool club Raise The Bar collaborated as a group, wrote and recorded this amazing tale about an extraordinary woman. “Once Upon A Bridge” is a Hip Hop style narrated story about the life of Emily
Our book of the month encourages conversations around the 5 stances (optimism, persistence, flexibility, resilience, empathy) and often connects with the monthly celebration.
Our September Book of the Month is Kick Push by Frank Morrison. Epic has tricks you won’t believe. He’s the kick flipping, big rail king. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he can’t wait to hit the street with his skateboard. But his old moves don’t feel fresh without a crew to see ’em. Epic thinks about giving up his board to fit in, but an encouraging word from his dad helps him see that the trick to making new friends is to always be yourself. Be you. . . be epic!. We have a list ready for the 2023-2024 school year if you would like to donate books to PS 8 classrooms.
