Announcements

All students will have Back to School Orientation this week on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The orientation will be live online for ALL students. Students must attend all 3 days of the orientation. All students will receive an email invitation to the Orientation Google Classroom by Tuesday, September 15 at 12 PM. If your child does not have access to their East-West email account, or if your child does not receive the orientation invitation, please email the Parent Coordinator at shu@ewsis.org.

Students can come in to collect their textbooks for their courses according to the following schedule: 

領取教科書
您好! 這裡是東西方學校打來告訴您有關教科書領取日期和時間的重要信息。
在接下來的幾天,學生可以從中午12:00到下午2:00到校領取教科書:請把課程表一起帶上
星期三, 9月16日 11和12年級,
星期四, 9月17曰 8、9、10年級
星期五, 9月18日 6和7年級。
謝謝您! 晚安!

The first day of school is fast approaching; please make sure you have completed the learning preferences online survey for your child/children. You must choose between the options of remote learning or a blended in-school and remote learning schedule. If you do not choose, your child will default to being in school.

Please fill out the learning preference survey if you would prefer remote learning.

晚上好,這裡是東西方學校打來告訴您一個重要的訊息。
開學日即將到來。我們聯繫您是因為您尚未完成在線學習偏好調查。您必須在遠程學習選項或學
校和遠程學習混合型之間進行選擇。如果您不選擇,您的孩子即是默認選擇混合型到校上課。
如果您希望進行遠程學習,請在學校網站上填寫調查表。
如果您錯過了此消息的任何部分,請查閱我們的網站 www.ewsis.org。
謝謝您, 晚安!

**UPDATED 9/1: Changes made to start of school year and blended learning calendar. For more information, view the announcement about the start of the school year**

August 27, 2020: Community Meeting Update

Thank you for joining us last night for our most recent East-West Community Meeting where we shared an overview of our plan for reopening in September.  If you missed it, you can review the presentation.

Below, please find the blended learning groups that will be scheduled for in-person instruction, as well as the tentative calendar that we will be following for September. As of today, school will start on Wednesday, September 16th, for all students - remote and blended.  

The blended learning plans and schedule can be seen below:

Additionally, we are working to create a Frequently Asked Questions document based on the questions posed by families last night. This will be shared soon.

Gentle Reminder: The DOE Learning Preference Survey is still open for families who would like to choose full remote instruction for the start of the school year. You can opt in for remote learning but you may not, at this time, opt-in for blended learning.

For more information, please use the links provided below:

• Learning Preference Survey
• Information on Choosing Remote Instructions for the Fall

As always, we appreciate your patience and flexibility as we continue to develop new systems and procedures that support the health and safety of our school community. 

August 14, 2020

Dear East-West Families,

Hello and I hope this letter finds you healthy and safe.  We are anxiously approaching the 2020-2021 school year and working tirelessly to ensure our academic program meets the needs of all of our 660 students.  As of this week 43% of our families have opted for  “All Remote Learning” in which their children will receive instruction exclusively at home from teachers using our online  platform, the way we have been teaching students since March of this year.  The rest of our students will receive a “Blended Learning” structure for September in which they will receive a combination of in-person and remote learning.  Students who opt into the blended learning model will be assigned to a group and will come into school one to two times per week to receive in-school instruction and remain home other days  to receive online instruction.

New York City has offered schools basically four options for programming students this coming fall.  The model that our school chose is aligned to Chancellor’s option# 2 based on data from our parent information session in July 2020, staff and parent surveys, and surveys from the NYC Department of Education.

In order to continue to talk through shifts and answer your questions about the upcoming school year, we will be hosting another family information session on August 26th at 6pm. Please check your email for the link. We hope to see you there!

On July 28th, Principal Cromer discussed East-West's reopening plan for September.

• View the community meeting recording on YouTube
• Read the community meeting slides (PDF) / Community meeting slides translated in Chinese (PDF)