KIPP NYC CP March Newsletter

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years. As you know, wehave spent the past threeyears looking for a great HSspace. We have decided tobuild our own building, butneed a temporary locationwhile construction takesplace.

The building that has beenselected for our temporary

space is IS 195 located on133rd and Broadway inManhattan. The spacewill be shared with twoKIPP schools; howeverKIPP NYC College Prepwill have a large percentageof the building for our kids.

In order for us to secure thespace, we will have to gothrough one more hearing,which will determine if we

are able to move into theschool. The hearing willtake place onWednesday, March 23rdat Brooklyn Tech.Please see the flyerattached for moredetails. This meeting willbe a chance for us to speakpositively about the work

Hello! Welcome to theMarch edition of our newslet-ter. We are excited to sharewith you the great events andhappenings, so that you haveall the information needed tosupport your child in ourschool. We are halfwaythrough the third quarter andgetting closer to the end of theyear each day. There is asense of urgency in the class-rooms and progress towardsour goals being made eachday.

In this packet, you will alsofind your child’s progressreport. As we near the end of the year, it is vital for you tostay on top of your child’s

grades and continue to pushthem to seek the support they

need to be successful in theirclasses. As our sophomoresknow, Regents exams arechallenging and this yearstudents will take four to fivein 10th grade and two examsin 9th grade. Now is the timefor our kids to start studying!Please encourage your child toget the help they need and

make sure they attendtutoring. As we havementioned before, we havetutoring available beforeschool, during lunch, andafter-school. Please reachout to us if you want moreinformation.

Secondly, it is that time of year again – time for our

end of the year trips! Asyou know, this yearstudents have theopportunity to apply fortwo trips – freshmen canapply to Puerto Rico andsophomores have chosenNew Orleans as theirdestination. Applicationsfor both trips have beenhanded out and are due onWednesday, March

23rd. Students will learnif they are accepted at theend of the 3rd quarter.We are thrilled to be ableto offer these opportuni-ties!

Lastly, one of mostimportant upcoming eventsis the finalization of ourspace for the next two

NOTE FROM MS . WEBB

KIPP NYC COLLEGE PREP NEWSLETTER YEAR 2, ISSUE 4

KIPP NYC

IN THIS NEWSLETTER .. .

Note from Ms. Webb

March and April Calendars

End of Year Trips

Super-Size Scholar Shout-Outs

Summer Opportunities Update

Spring Athletics Note

that KIPP has done and let theDOE know that we are excit-ed about our potential newspace. The actual vote willtake place this evening andyour support and turnoutmatters!

If you have further questionsabout space, our end of theyear trips, or our school,please do not hesitate to askyour child’s advisor or my-self. We look forward to con-tinuing this exciting and posi-tive year!

Thank you for your continuedfaith and support.

Ms. Natalie Webb

Congratulations to our Q2 Award Winners!



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MARCH

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

March 11: Progress Reports senthome

March 12: Optional Saturday School.Girls Basketball Finals at Home.

March 17: School Talent Show, 5p.m. in the Auditorium

March 18: No School for Students

March 19: Optional Saturday School

March 23: Panel Educational PolicyMeeting at Brooklyn Tech, 6 p.m.

March 23: Deadline for TripApplications (9th and 10th Grades)

March 26: Optional Saturday School

APRIL

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

April 6: End of Third Quarter

April 11 - 15: Spirit Week

April 13: Half-Day of School, Q3Awards Assembly. Report CardNight. Fifth newsletter distributed

April 14: Spring Fling Dance

April 15: Field Day

April 18 – 26: No School, SpringBreak

April 27: School Begins

APRIL 2011Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

4 5 6 End of Q3 7 8 9

11 12 13 ReportCard Night

Half Day forStudents

14 SpringFling

15 Field Day 16

18 19 20 21 22 23

25 26 27 SchoolBegins

28 29 30

MARCH 2011Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

7 8 9 10 11 ProgressReports SentHome

12 GirlsBasketballFinals

14 15 16 17 TalentShow

18 No Schoolfor Students

19

21 22 23 SpaceHearing inBrooklyn TripApplicationDue

24 25 26

28 29 30 31 1 2

Spirit Week

No School Spring Break

No School



Freshman Class Trip

This year we will once again be taking those ninth graders who have worked hard and been nice all year to PuertoRico. Those students who went last year had an absolute blast, and we look forward to having even more fun this year.We will land and head to Luquillo Beach for an afternoon of fun in the sun, followed by a catered dinner right there onthe sand. On day two, we’ll explore the Camuy Caverns and then go kayaking through the bioluminescent bay. Theglowing waters of the bay were a huge hit last year! The next day, students and chaperones will hike through therainforest El Yunque, take a swim in La Mina waterfalls, and then dance the night away with Salsa lessons at the hotel,courtesy of our dance teacher Ms. Lauren. On our fourth day we will head to Old San Juan to visit the historical sitesand, of course, to do some souvenir shopping! Finally on our last day we will catch some last-minute rays on the beachbefore boarding our planes back to New York. We are excited! Attendance on the trip is not guaranteed, asstudents must meet grade and character requirements in order to be considered.All students must submit anapplication no later than Wednesday, March 23rd to Ms. Webb, Mr. Imwold or Ms. Wondwossen.

END OF YEAR TRIP UPDATES

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Sophomore Class Trip

The sophomores have spoken: the Class of 2017 is headed to New Orleans! We willspend five days in Louisiana enjoying the French Quarter, the World War II Museum, aGhost Tour, and a Jazz Dinner Cruise. Students will also spend some time getting toknow the people of New Orleans through service learning projects and a visit to oursouthern KIPP cousins. Finally, we'll spend some time on the water in airboats for aSwamp Tour and then on a day trip to one of the beautiful beaches of Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Interested students should spend the remainder of this year continuing to growas young adults, showing grit and commitment to their studies by raising their gradesand being NICE. Students must complete the application by Wednesday,March 23rd to be eligible for this trip. Students will be reviewed based on

academic performance, character, and quality of application. We are excited to spendsome down time learning and exploring with our founders this summer!

Join us on Wednesday, March 23 for our space hearing at BrooklynTech. Buses will be leaving from the high school at 4:30 p.m. and all

are welcome to join us to travel out to Brooklyn. Families can alsomeet us at Brooklyn Tech by 5:30 p.m. If you have questions, please

call your advisor or Ms. Taylor at 917.686.1216.



From Ms. WodaShout-out to Pauline Evans forkeeping your classmates focused

during fitness!Shout-out to all of Period 8 for yourflexibility while the gym is underconstruction and for braving thecold.

From Mr. HollingerShout-out to Kaylla St. Luce.Kaylla has grown so much in first half of school and I am so excited to seewhat else will come. She hasincreased her grade, reading skills,

and ability to create a wonderfulwritten piece of work. It also hasbeen great to start hearing her voicein class. The ideas and understandingof the texts being read is awesome.Great job and keep it up Kaylla!!

From Ms. NelsonShout-out to Jasmine Gordon formaking great strides in geometry andfollowing up with anything that mayconfuse her. Keep up the great en-thusiasm Jasmine!

From Ms. WoodsShout-out to Pamela Munoz forher continued dedication to heracademic success and her consistentparticipation in Global History.

Shout-out to Tiana Herrera formaking a commitment to improvingher performance in Global History.The last essay she wrote in GlobalHistory was the best on she haswritten all year.

Shout-out to Anabel Taveras forher continued commitment toputting her best foot forward everyday and working hard in GlobalHistory. She asked for extra helpwith her take home essay and it paidoff, she wrote her best essay to date.

Shout-out to Floralma Reynosofor the great improvements she hasmade and continues to make in

Global History. She is working hardto complete all her homeworkassignments to the best of her ability.

Shout-out to ChristopherGonzalez for always participating inGlobal History and his dedication tohis education.

Shout-out to Aleah Latouche forher tremendous effort in GlobalHistory, Aleah comes for extra helpalmost every day.

Shout-out to Erick Salomon for hisimproved effort in Global History.His last quiz grade was excellent andhis homework grade has improvedgreatly.

Shout-out to Kenneth Williams forhis improved effort in GlobalHistory. He worked very hard on hislast essay and it paid off he earned hisfirst 4 which is equal to a 90%,excellent work Kenneth.

From Ms. NiewaldShout-out to Ashlee Vargas forserving as our advisoryrepresentative!

From Ms. RichardsonShout-out to Maria Tatis forbringing a positive attitude to EnglishHonors that has helped her turn hergrade around.

Shout-out to Jasmin Tavarez forsharing her poetic voice in response

to our last text, The Boy in theStriped Pajamas.

Shout-out to Jaime Pena forkeeping up the motivation so you cankeep sharing your work with ourclass.

SUPERSIZE SCHOLAR SHOUT-OUTS

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Shout-out to Hakeen Thomas forkeeping his focus throughout the unit. Ilook forward to seeing you continue to

step it up!

From Ms. PaulShout-out to Cesar Quintanilla, StarDenny, Quiara Capellan, and TroyHull for being great team players insixth period health class.

Shout out Miriam Meza, PamelaMunoz, Mia Peralta, Shayla King,Keasha Williams, Aleah Latouche

and Kaseem Preston from secondperiod health class for being team

players and for taking risks participatingin class.

From Mr. RouthierShout-out to Briana McCall, LauraFord, and Ashley Myers for pushingthemselves toward great scholarship!Thorough HW’s + Active Participation

Success!

Shout-out to Troy Ramadin forbringing creativity and humor tounderstanding world history.

Shout-out to Pamela Negrin for herthoughtful connections and seeinghistory in the big picture

Shout-out to Kevin Gonzalez,Gabriel Rodriguez, Aronys Perez,and Ismael Pieter for their leadershipand consistency in homework and class-work.

Shout-out to Steph Jurado, JenniferBravo, Paola Munoz, Tony Turner,Claudia Almazo, Harold

Mercedes, Shakeema Blanco and Leah Collazo for always pushingthemselves to be great writers in theclassroom.

From Ms. GodwinShout-out to Joytza Diaz – I am soproud of you for working to make such ahuge jump in your GPA!



Shout-out to Ashley Ceron – Thank you for always bringing posi-tive energy into our advisory – it

makes my day!Shout-out to Tanyka Alexander– You have got such a great style!Thank you for creating our fabulousnew polos!

Shout-out to Troy Ramadin-Your sense of humor is the best – thank you for the early morninglaughs in Spanish and late-afternoongiggles in advisory.

Shout-out to Hannatu Otoo –

Thank you for being a risk-taker inadvisory on Saturday and applyingfor a job at the Spanish Emporium.

Shout-out to Rachel Hutchinson– I don’t see you every day, butwhen I do, my day is alwaysbrighter!

Shout-out to J’son Robinson – thank you for sharing youracademic goals with our advisory; ittakes a lot of guts to do that!

Shout-out to Melissa Gonzales – I really appreciate the efforts youare making to make each year andeach day better than the last.

Shout-out to Nelkie Gonell – Thank you for always getting snackfor our advisory. It’s a little thing,but it really helps me out and I’mglad I can count on you!

From Ms. WondwossenShout-out to Jordan Dunmore

for working super hard to maintainan A in Speech and Comp. Keepup the great work!

Shout-out to Troi Chambers forshowing grit and perseverance bypushing through her fear of publicspeaking. I’m very proud of you

for facing your fear!

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Shout-out to Tony Turner. Tonyembodies the “Work Hard, BeNice” motto. He’s always doingthe right thing and has never had adetention (gotta love that!). Hisacademics are strong and he’salways trying to improve. He is anasset to our KIPP community.

From Mr. HansanShout-out to Brieanna-LeeHarris, Cheryl Liburd, AshleyLopez, and Shanice Richards

for consistently coming for extrahelp for Geometry. Your hardwork paid off of the first test of the

2nd semester!Shout-out to Gabriel Rodriguezfor achieving the highest score onthe first Logic and Reasoning Test.

We’ve gone virtual and want to

share some helpful online resourceswith you.

KIPP NYC CP Website: www.kippnyc.org Find updated information about ourschool (including a copy of thisnewsletter).

Power Parent: https://powerschool.kippnyc.org/public/

Check your child’s grades to stay

updated on their attendance andacademic progress.

KIPP ONLINE

From Ms. BamblingShout-out to Ashley Lopez forbeing so thoughtful and pushingherself to think critically and makehistorical connections!

Shout-out to Jericho Nesbitt andEmily Montesino for being greatteam leaders andencouraging their peers!

Shout-out to Lisamar Pena forkicking her academics into high gearand working hard to reach her goals!

From Ms. JanelleShout-out to Quanece

Thompson for completing herweekly prompts with voice andengagement.

Shout-out to Daquan Davis forbecoming more proactive about hisschoolwork and pushing himself toachieve higher than a C.

Shout-out to De'Andre Mazyckfor tracking me down to make surehe gets the work he needs in order tobe successful. I appreciate the

dedication.Shout-out to Maya Bowen fortaking the first step, trying in classand pushing herself and those aroundher to be better academically.

Shout-out to Anthony Lawrence

for revising his thesis statement andhaving a clear engaging intro to hisessay.

From Mr. Powell

Shout-out to Shelly Hopper.Shelly is the definition of a KIPPster,“Work Hard, Be Nice.” She’s nice,always has a good disposition, everytime I see her she is either, studying,doing homework, or on her way topractice.



Thank you to all the students andfamilies that came out to the first-annual Summer Opportunities Fairlast Saturday. It was a great event and

students left with information aboutdifferent summer programs and nextsteps on how to plan for a successfulsummer.

Please remember that academics arethe priority and that all students mustpass the Regents with a 75 or aboveto participate in summer programs.

Thank you to Elise Taylor, RonetteSummers and Yuvonne Lewis fortheir unwavering support of ourteams.

Let's play ball!

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES UPDATE

We are at the end of the winterseason and gearing up for our springsports.

The boys ended their season in earlyFebruary. The team finished 5-4.They had a very strong start to theseason. After a few players returnedfrom injury the team went 1-1 intheir only home contests.

As for the girls, this past Saturday,sophomores, Inaely Turbis andJanuary Harriet represented KIPP inthe CSAA All- Star game.Congratulations ladies.

On Saturday, March 12th at 2 p.m.the Lady Bulldogs will play in thesemi-finals of the CSAAChampionships at home in the North

NOTE FROM MS . WODA , ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

gym of the Mott Haven Campus. Pleasecome out to support our Lady Bulldogs.

This spring we have softball, baseball, andtrack teams for students. Tryouts began onMarch 7 and softball announcements will bemade on March 11. Selection for thebaseball team will be announced on March18. Games will begin the first week of April. Stay tuned for the schedule in thenext edition of the newsletter.

Special thanks to Peter Kilgallen, headcoach of JV girls basketball team, SusieLeingang, assistant coach of the JV girlsbasketball team, Kevin Harris, head coachof the JV boys basketball team and NicoleNiewald, assistant coach of the JV boysbasketball team.

Students should use the next fewmonths to get extra help if they arestruggling in any subject areas.

Students should be working onapplications to programs that theywant to participate in this summer.Remember that deadlines are fastapproaching so please talk to yourchildren to make sure theirapplications are completed on time.Students should also speak to Ms.DeSario if they have questions about

the application, or to find out moreinformation about the SummerOpportunities Fund (SOF). The SOFapplication is also available on the

family documents page of the KIPPNYC College Prep website. Theworking paper application (and list of required documents is also availableonline)

Parents are welcome to contact Ms.DeSario at [email protected] or516.658.4167 if they have questionsabout summer opportunities.

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KIPP NYC CP March Newsletter