Mandatory In-School COVID-19 Testing In order for your child to return to in-person learning, you must submit the consent form for in-school COVID-19 testing. Mandatory in-school testing will happen weekly for a random selection of staff and students in all reopened school buildings. If you submitted a consent form before October 15th, please complete a new consent. There is an update in […]
Contacting PS 8
Our school phones are not working. If you need assistance from November 19th to 30th, please call Keisha Worrell, our school secretary, at 201 579 3223 or Tracey Briggman, our school aide, at 973 850 9120.
Prospective Family Virtual Open House
We will have our first Virtual Open Houses on December 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM. Pre-registration is required. We will send a link to the meeting in advance. Register for 10:00 AM Session. Register for 1:00 PM Session
Student Conferences
November 18th Conference Day Schedule All instruction will be remote and end at 11:00 AM. Remote conferences will be held from 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM and from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM. Watch for sign-ups from your child’s classroom teachers.
Curriculum Upd8
Curriculum Upd8s will be facilitated by classroom and specialty teachers on Monday, November 16th. The 40 minute Upd8s will provide information on the current and upcoming units of study and provide you with a picture of what daily instruction is like for your child. We hope these Upd8s will support the upcoming 1:1 conferences. Please […]
Parent Coordinator Upd8
The Weekly Upd8 is sent to families every Monday via Operoo. February 02-22-21 02-08-21 02-01-21 January 01-25-21 01-19-21 01-11-21 01-04-21
Remote Tutoring with TakeLessons.com
We’re excited to announce our partnership with TakeLessons.com! They are offering online, supplemental tutoring for our students (both blended and remote). TakeLessons’ highly qualified, US-based educators will provide 6 hours of tutoring per week in both core academic subjects and enrichment activities. MORE INFORMATION TakeLessons prepared a presentation exclusively for PS8 families to learn more […]
School Supplies List 2020-2021
2020-21 Supply List Use this list if you prefer to gather school supplies on your own or missed the chance to order supplies through the PTA back in late June.
Nominations for the 2020-21 PTA executive board and SLT are open! The only qualification for office is that you are a parent or legal guardian of a student at PS8. Please nominate yourself and indicate your willingness to serve by filling out this form. The deadline for holding PTA elections has been extended to October […]