Family Newsletter - 10-26-26

• District 21 is excited to welcome everyone to the 2026-2027 school year and to share their October 2026 District 21 Newsletter! This edition highlights important updates, upcoming events, student and family opportunities, and celebrations from across our district. There is so much amazing work taking place in our schools, and the newsletter is one of the many ways we showcase the dedication of our students, families, educators, and school communities.
• This week, Thursday, October 29th, we will be hosting our Fall Festival Dance. This is a fun event for our students to take part in. We have a DJ, costume contest, pizza and photo op for kids to enjoy. Students must have a permission slip to attend and make every effort to donate non-perishable food to our Food Drive for entry. (see the attached permission slip)
   
• As per the DOE calendar, Election Day, November 3, is designated as a fully-remote instructional day for the 2026–27 school year. All school staff and students are expected to participate in remote instruction on this day. Our instructional day will follow our regular bell schedule (see attached) from 7:50 - 2:10, and students will follow their Tuesday schedules. Students will be required to log in to Google classroom for each of their classes from pds. 1-8, excluding their designated lunch periods. Teachers will have a link posted for students to log in, record their attendance, and participate in live synchronous instruction, with appropriate lessons and assignments tied in. Families, please ensure that your child has accessed their Google classrooms from home prior to November 3rd. If you have any issues, please contact Ms. DiMatteo in the main office for assistance.
   
• Families, if you have not done so yet, please complete the school foods lunch forms using the following link:  form online, .  Just a note, the family income inquiry forms are ONLY used to provide schools with their Title I funding, which is used to support all of our after-school programs for our students.
   
• You must have a current email address, phone number and home address listed in your child's NYCSA account to be linked to my Parent distribution list. Update or register following this link: https://www.schoolsaccount.nyc/
• We want to remind you that the deadline to register for the SHSAT is this Friday, October 30th.

Academic Vocabulary Word of the Week: 

10/26/2026 – Relevant, Irrelevant

Spanish: Relevante, Irrelevante

Chinese:  相關、不相關

Russian:  Релевантно, Нерелевантно

Urdu:  متعلقہ، غیر متعلقہ

Relevant (adj.): closely related or appropriate to what is being done or considered.

Synonyms: appropriate, related, connected

Irrelevant (adj.): not connected with what is being done or considered.

Synonyms:  unrelated, unconnected