Dear Fellow Parents & Guardians,
Our next PA meeting will be this Tuesday, November 16th. Assistant Principal Andrew Nasser will be back with a panel of experts addressing the challenges of being a teenager in uncertain times. The theme, though lightheartedly dubbed Teenage Angstland, will provide an important look at how we as parents can support our kids as they continue to re-engage in-person with the world. The panelists will include Alison Gardy, nonprofit consultant and Bronx Science’s inaugural parent volunteer Family Healing Ambassador, a position created under a new DOE initiative to make schools into centers of community self-care and healing; Dr. Heather Goodman, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending in Clinical Psychiatry, New York Presbyterian Hospital; and Dr. Dara Huang, Double Board Certified Physician Specializing in Internal Medicine and Kidney and Hypertension, Bronx Science ’95.
The following sentiment expressed by a Baltimore high school student featured in this NYT article captures the essence of what our kids have endured and at least part of what the evening will be trying to address… “For some, it was a time of reflection. For many, it was a dark period of isolation. For a generation, it was a defining collective experience.” — Parrish André, 18
PA Meeting Zoom login HERE. YouTube link HERE.
View the October Meeting Minutes HERE.
Join our School Safety Committee for its annual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, November 17th from 8:30-9:30am. Please RSVP HERE by Monday, November 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM. You will receive an email from the school on Tuesday, November 16th, with information on how to access the meeting. Stay tuned for more details next week regarding our much anticipated in-person Holiday Meeting/Celebration on December 15th.
Cheers,
Jerome Kramer and Cliff Stanton
PA Co-Presidents
president@bxsciencepa.org
