Category: School News

May 7: Spring Band Concert @ US

Please join us in supporting our 4th Grade Beginning and 5th Grade Advanced Band students for an evening of music with instructors from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. This FREE concert is on Wednesday, May 7th, at 6:30pm in the Upper School auditorium. Band students should wear a white/light top and black/dark bottoms (no logos […]

Great News! School Survey Extended to Friday, May 2nd

Thanks to all who have already submitted their survey – you are making a difference for our school! We were just informed that the School Survey has been extended until Friday, May 2nd (online only; paper surveys no longer accepted). You still have a chance to truly help PS 321 quickly, painlessly, and anonymously. If we could get […]

MAP & Acadience Mid-Year Reports Now in NYCSA

Login to your child’s NYCSA and go to “Reading & Math Progress” to check their mid-year assessment levels for ELA and Math. Don’t have NYCSA access? Email Parent Coordinator Deb Orr (including your child’s name!), and she will set you up. You will want your activated NYCSA to vote in the CEC Elections, view state testing scores (grades 3 – 5), download […]

The Sunday Routine – Check Your Kid’s Head for Lice

Dear families – with lice on the loose in so many classrooms, we’d like to remind you to do your part to keep your child’s classroom lice free. Please get in the habit of checking your child’s head every weekend for lice and nits before returning them to school on Monday. Children with active cases of lice are not […]

MAP & Acadience Mid-Year Reports Now in NYCSA

Login to your child’s NYCSA and go to “Reading & Math Progress” to check their mid-year assessment levels for ELA and Math. Don’t have NYCSA access? Email Parent Coordinator Deb Orr (including your child’s name!), and she will set you up. You will want your activated NYCSA to vote in the CEC Elections, view state testing scores (grades 3 – 5), download […]

March 3: Summer Rising Applications Open

From March 3rd through March 28, Families can apply to Summer Rising through MySchools. The application process is NOT first-come, first-served. Families that have used MySchools for any previous DOE admissions cycle will be able to access their child’s account and apply. If you need a MySchools account creation letter, email Parent Coordinator Deb Orr. (MySchools is the DOE’s […]

March 14: HALF DAY; March 13 & 14: Parent Teacher Conferences

PS 321’s Parent-Teacher Conferences are on Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. Report cards will be available by the end of the school day on Wednesday, March 12. Thursday’s Evening P-T Conferences are scheduled from 5:00 – 8:00pm. Friday Half-Day Dismissal is at 11:40am Upper School; 11:50am Lower School. Friday’s Afternoon P-T conferences are from 1:00 – 3:00pm.

Feb 12: Know Your Rights Info Session @ PS 295, 8:35am

As many of you know, the Department of Homeland Security has expanded its expedited removal process, putting undocumented families at greater risk of rapid deportation.The DOE does not consent to non-local law enforcement (including ICE) accessing school facilities in any circumstances, and principals and other school personnel may not give consent for entry. A “Know […]