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Student Family Update

BCS Student/Family Update – 9/21

Published September 20, 2025 by Scill Chan

9/21 – Dear BCS Students and Families, here is this week’s family email:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Save the Date – BCS Curriculum Night (Virtual in Zoom) – Thurs 9/25

  • Zoom links will be emailed out the day before
  • 5:45-6:15pm Afterschool Programming – YWCA (MS) and Inspiring Minds (HS)
  • 6:15-7:00pm Academic Teams presentations – meet your child’s teachers
  • 7:00-7:30pm Grade-Specific Workshop (important topics for each grade)
  • 7:30-7:50pm Crew Team presentations – meet your child’s crew leaders

Here are the Grade-Specific Workshops we are hosting on Curriculum Night:

TeamGuest Speaker 
6Transitioning to Middle School
7IXL Educational Website / MS Accelerated Math and Algebra: Targeted support for students to increase skills in Math
8HS Application ProcessGrade 8 End of Year Events/Fees
9Transitioning to High School/ The Path to Graduation
10PBATs, Regents, and College Now
11Internship
12BCS Crew to College & Career: Post secondary planningSenior Events/Fees

Upcoming Dates (No School – Fall Semester)

  • Sept 23-24 – No School – Rosh Hashanah
  • Oct 2 – No School – Yom Kippur
  • Oct 13 – No School – Italian Heritage Day / Indigenous People’s Day
  • Oct 20 – No School – Diwali
  • Nov 4 – No School for Students – Election Day
  • Nov 11 – No School – Veterans Day
  • Nov 27-28 – No School – Thanksgiving Recess
  • Dec 24- Jan 2 – No School – Winter Recess
  • Jan 19 – No School – Dr. MLK Jr Day
  • Jan 26 – No School – Professional Development Day for Staff

HS Green Team

  • Join the Green Team – help keep BCS a green school, lead climate action days, community service hours for HS service seal
  • Email allie@bcs448.org
  • See the other HS clubs here

MS Art Club

  • Access to lots of materials and improve your skills
  • Hang out with other BCS artists
  • Collaborate on beautification projects throughout the school
  • Wed and Thurs after school
  • Email jill@bcs448.org
  • See our other MS clubs here

Please join us for the Brooklyn PTA Fun Run on 10/25!

  • The run is a family-friendly event where Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), and community members of all ages come together to run, bike, scoot or walk around Prospect Park loop road (approximately 5K).   The aim is to raise funds for Brooklyn schools with Title I status, including BCS.  To sign up, click here to register – during registration, pick the Brooklyn Collaborative school team
  • https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Brooklyn/BrooklynPTAFunRun2021

Updated dates for ET permission slip

  • Thank you to our families for signing our Fieldwork ET permission slip
  • Our apologies that the dates were wrong on the hard copy – please see the updated dates here: Fieldwork ET Permission Slip 2025-26
  • Our first Expeditionary Thursday ET is Thurs 10/9

Electric bikes and electric scooters are not permitted in building

  • They must be locked up outside the building and cannot be brought inside

Regular scooters

  • Students who bring regular scooters to school must put them in an office for the whole day, they cannot be carried from room to room

HS PSAL Girls Volleyball and HS PSAL Boys Soccer

  • If you are still interested, there is still time.  We will hold an additional week of tryouts!
  • Download and submit your required forms and you can tryout.  Ask Brandi in Gym if you have questions:
  • Parental Consent Form
  • PSAL Medical Form

HS – Phone Reminders for all HS Students

  • The Yondr pouches have been going smoothly – thank you!
  • Your name/photo must remain in the clear slot – do not take it out
  • Do not power off your phone – staff at entry will check your phone is on, then ask you to put it into airplane mode before locking the pouch – this ensures that students do not place decoy/broken phones in the pouch.  Earbuds and smartwatches go into the pouch.
  • Damaged or lost pouches cost $20 for replacement.  All HS students must bring their pouch daily as part of NYS “Distraction-Free Schools” Policy.
  • Parents can ask any questions at Curriculum Night with their child’s teachers.

MS – Phone Reminders for all MS Students

  • Phones are collected Pd 1 and stored in lock box until Pd 8
  • There is no phone use at all in the building, including before school, at lunch and recess, crew or classes or on field trips

Unity Fest

  • Sat Oct 18 – BCS/BNS Unity Fest (in-person) 11am-3pm – bring your families!
  • Food, fun, clothing swap, and more!  Great for all ages!

Free Homework Help Resources

IMPORTANT LINKS Calendar for NYC Public SchoolsCalendar on our school website (specific to BCS)Instagram — upcoming events and fun recapsSTUDENT OPPORTUNITIES – click this link for ongoing student opportunities citywideCONTACTS Important Staff Contacts – Brooklyn Collaborative

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