Cordero Digest October 15

The Cordero Digest 2021-22

Cordero Webpage

Infinite Campus Student Portal (Having problems logging in?)

Teacher Emails | Google Classroom Codes

District Calendar

Any questions? Please reach out to us: contactps37@jcboe.org 
Or Call us 201-714-4390:

You can also leave a message with our Google Voice Numbers: 
201-448-7573 (Mr. Stanton)
201-448-7947 (Mr. Cabrera)
201-706-7494 (Ms. Oyola)
201-855-6582 (Mrs. Davenport)

TAG Day Friday, October 22

Please note that students and staff can come in with Jeans and Orange/Black school-appropriate tops this Friday. $1 for students, $3 for staff. All proceeds go to fund student activities. 

Picture Day is Coming

School Name: Rafael Cordero Elem Sch 37

Picture Day Dates: 

Monday, October 25 (GRADES PK-2) &

Tuesday, October 26 (GRADES 3-7)

Picture Day ID: EVTF38GJQ

Ordering Website

Students may come in their picture day outfit. Please note that students who need to take gym should have a change of clothes for gym.

Halloween

Unfortunately, we will not have our Halloween Parade this year. Please read through our Halloween Letter. More details will come from your child's homeroom teacher.

Please remember to bring your child with mask and wear it properly every day

 

Welcome from our School-Based Mental Health Clinician, Ms. Mehda Kudaisya

My name is Medha and I am delighted to become a part of the Cordero school community for the 2021-22 school year as a School-Based Mental Health Clinician. Our company, Reimagined Mind, has been contracted by the Jersey City Board of Education to provide counseling and therapeutic services to students who may be facing challenges that impact their academic, social and emotional growth and development. Our mission, as clinicians for Reimagined Mind, is to promote holistic wellbeing for the child using evidence-based and trauma-informed practices while recognizing that mental health, physical health and academic performance do not exist in silos, but are interconnected. 

As a Reimagined Mind clinician, I will be based at Cordero Community School for the entire year, 5 days a week, providing individual and group therapy to students who are referred to me via the school counselors. It can be challenging being a student, especially during these times of masking up and social distancing, and our goal is to work with students who may need some extra support navigating these and other challenges that impact their social and emotional domains. 

While my journey to become a mental health clinician took a couple of turns on the way, working with families and survivors of trauma has always been important to me, and I have in the past worked with survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, as well as provided peer-to-peer support to families who have youth with behavioral, mental, developmental or substance abuse challenges via Performcare NJ. I am a social worker by training, and graduated with my MSW from Rutgers University. I’m an immigrant, originally from India, but have been a proud New Jerseyan since 2010, and am a resident of Hudson County. I am also a parent to a first grader as well as a furbaby, a Girl Scout troop leader and dream of obtaining a PhD in trauma-informed interventions for immigrants. 

District Title 1 Parent Meetings

Kindness Rocks: Kickstart Cordero Care Pantry Friday, October 15, 4-6pm in Hamilton Park

Kindness Rocks: Kickstart Cordero Care Pantry

Fri, Oct 15, 4-6pm in Hamilton Park

All are invited to a social event where families can come to paint kindness rocks, have snacks, and bring their donations or learn more about the pantry. RSVP by Tuesday October 12 at https://www.ps37pta.org 

or 

https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSeasnLdGHWmiOIF4rFtf9RvRdgAaXVMou6N2Mp74FGXNsz-qw/alreadyresponded?usp=sf_link

Uniform Sale Update

Distribution of uniforms have begun, it will continue throughout the middle of October. Students will receive them in the classroom. 

Please check your child's bookbag. 

 

All September orders should be completed and received by no later then Friday, October 29th, 2021. If You do NOT receive your uniform order by this date, please reach out to me.

 

All Exchanges must be done in person by parent/guardian,

Friday's only.

8am to 8:30am 

 

Thank you for your patience

 

Mrs. Carattini - ccarattini@jcboe.org

Under Construction: Water Fountains/Bottle Fill System

Throughout the building, we are getting closer to water fountains on each corner of every floor and in every Pre-K classroom. At this time, please provide enough water for your child for the school day as we are not using the water coolers. We have been told these should be up and running by the third or fourth week of November.

Could your child be sick? Contact Nurse Stone (on leave 9/21-11/1) & Nurse Managault

Please review this diagram to help you decide when you should send your child to school. If your child stays home, you must contact Ms. Coleman and Nurse Stone (on leave 9/21-11/1) & Nurse Managault.

Click the image above for more detail.

The Jersey City Public Schools District Nurse has developed a comprehensive informational powerpoint. Included is guidance for coming to school, traveling, vaccinations and much more.

You can view it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nqTAR2Ih-jpUul3eK1_AhYqoeFlzdj5H/view?usp=sharing

COVID Concerns, Quarantine and Close Contact

Anyime your child is out for anything medical, please make sure you contact Nurse Managault (tbrown3@jcboe.org) and Ms. Coleman (dcoleman@jcboe.org). 

If a any individual has COVID, the following steps apply. Please remember that every case is a special case, so there can be alterations to this process.

STEP 1 - A Case is reported and the Nurse is notified

STEP 2 - Nurse notifies the district and begins school-based contact tracing

STEP 3 - District notifies custodial staff of cleaning need and cleaning is done

STEP 4 - Contact tracing reveals close contacts (15 minutes aggregate in 24 hour period without a mask and not distanced [3 feet])

STEP 5 - Close contacts are notified directly by the Nurse via phone and given quarantine timeline

STEP 6 - School is notified of Close Contacts and Quarantine Needs

STEP 7 - School provides close contacts with notification and information about remote instruction while they quarantine

STEP 8 - School is provided District Notification for Employees and Students

STEP 9 - School provides Employees and Families of Students of Positive Individual's Class/Classes who are not close contacts

STEP 10 - Teachers are provided individual quarantine instructions for remote instruction for applicable students

Please understand that immediate notification still takes time. The notifications will not identify if it is staff or student to protect the privacy of the individual.

Quarantine Travel Rules

Please see the rules for quarantining if you are traveling. The pictures below denote checkmarks as things that must be done as it applies to your particular situation.

Note: Travel Quarantine students will not qualify for live instruction. 

How Does Quarantine Education Work?

Please receive the district process for remote learning while under quarantine:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vblgvsXwanCzRTtKsTST57RWesZxowx5KGDrpOXjSZ8/present?slide=id.gf507b9b62a_3_0

Be Reminded of the following:

REMINDERS

General Reminders for Parents/Guardians

Please be reminded of the following that teachers should have shared with you:

• Students who are picked up early for appointments will not be permitted to return to the building that day even if the child is in CASPER.
• To reduce traffic and the possible spread of COVID parents will not be permitted to bring lunch or water bottles to the building for students who left these items behind.  Since lunch is free for all students this year, the children will be fed if they forgot to bring it with them. If there is a medical concern for your child, please ensure you have communication with the nurse to address their needs. 
• In order to support smoother entry/dismissal, please do not engage in conversations with the teacher during drop off or dismissal. Please set up time via email to meet virtually. 
• We appreciate your trust to have your child here for school. We need you to allow your children to walk with their class into the building. Say goodbye outside and help their independence by doing so. 
• Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we fight the spread of disease, together.   
• Any questions/concerns should be directed to Mr. Stanton. 

Attendance

Being punctual and present are core responsibilities of parents and students. The JCPS Student Code of Conduct and promotional policy clearly lay out maximum absences that may prevent promotion. Lateness and Absences will be considered unexcused without appropriate documentation submitted to Ms. Coleman (dcoleman@jcboe.org) in the attendance office (109W). All excused absences and the documentation needed is explicitly defined in the JCPS Student Code of Conduct. Parent notes will inform us of absence but will not excuse it.

Visitor Entry

Consistent with last Spring, there will be NO visitors to the building without an appointment. All visitors to the school must enter through the metal detector and thermal scan at the main entrance on Erie St. and sign in at the security desk. This is a point of safety and protection for all of our students and staff. All doors outside are locked throughout the year and you may only enter through the main entrance in order to come into the school.

CASPER (Grades PK-5 After School) & Morning STARS (Before School) Information

Any questions for our before care (Morning STARS) and aftercare (CASPER) programs, please contact the following individuals:

• Mr. Mulholland (CASPER)
• Ms. Towers-Hernandez (CASPER)
• Mr. Khiry (Morning STARS)

Please note that this program is a district program and not a school-based program. 

In-Person YMCA Program Begins on Monday, October 4 (Students Grades 3-8)

All questions should be directed to:

acohen@newarkymca.org or DQuockco@newarkymca.org

Registration Link:

https://app.campdoc.com/!/home/auth/login?r=ymcanewark

NOTE FROM YMCA PROGRAM LEADS:

Good Afternoon, 

 

We are pleased to announce that Monday October 4th we will begin in person programming. We are excited to bring a safe and fun program back to P.S. 37. 

 

Just as a reminder in order for your child to begin on the 4th, the registration application on Campdocs must be at 100%. There is a cap of 125 participants. Once at 125 children the YMCA will be placing additional students on a waiting list and reaching to parents to update them on a possible start date. 

 

Also every Saturdays until October 30th we are hosting a virtual basketball clinic, teaching fundamentals, showing instructional videos, and demonstration.