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Family Guidebook 2020-2021

Information in this guide may be changed at any time. SIGN UP FOR PTA NOTIFICATIONS to get updates via e-mail pta@newyorkharborschool.org

Urban Assembly New York Harbor School10 South Street, New York, NY 10004Phone: (212) 458-0800/www.newyorkharborschool.org\

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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction

2. History of Harbor

3. GENUS Loci: About the island we call home

4. Our Campus and where to find what

5. Glossary of Terms

6. CTEs: Choose your Course

7.The Basics: Pupil Path, Google Classroom

Attendance/Bells/Email/MetroCards/IDs

8. Faculty, Guidance, Counseling/ Extra Help

9. Afterschool Clubs

10. Work Based Learning (WBL) aka Junior/Senior INTERNSHIPS

11. Policies

A. Attendance

B. Bathrooms

C. Dress Code

D. Our Buildings

E. Academic Integrity

F. Electronics

G. Homework

H. Lockers

I. Food Lunchroom Norms

J. Respectful language & actions/ bullying and cyber-bullying

K. Lost and Found

L. Fire Drills and Lockdown drills

M. Consequences: DOE Discipline Code

12. Academics

13. Student Council

14. PTA and SLT

Hello Harbor students and parents

On behalf of the Parents Association, Welcome!

We are thrilled that you chose to be part of our school. Our goal is to help make your transition to this unique place easier. This parent and student-made guidebook was created to help you minimize your apprehension, help with your day-to-day at a very special high school, and get you excited for the great school years ahead!

Doing well at Harbor, succeeding academically and socially here, are up to you. We are committed to supporting you fully. When you are alive to the world around you; when you are academically interested and involved, questioning, and thinking; when you are happy and doing your best work—that’s when we know we’re succeeding. While there’s no substitute for lived experience, we hope that this booklet will help you begin Harbor. As it says on the wall of our school: The World’s your Oyster!

In this year of Covid, much of what is in this guide is outmod-ed (when procedures are changing weekly), so let it be a guide to what was and what will be, when the world starts spinning again.

Nan RichardsonPTA President, 2019; PTA Board 2017 – 2021

Kudos to Ellen Dobbyn-Blackmore, Amy Koethe, Nancy Usiatynski, Christian and Emma Acker, Tara Askin, Theresa Jordan, Franklin Okumu, Lisa Edstrom, Raquel Morales, and Lissa Wolfe for their help in writing and designing this!

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1. INTRODUCTION

Being in high school is challenging. It is a springboard to the defining choice of your life: college. Keeping up grades is a key factor in making sure you can attend the college of your choice.

To prepare for the upcoming year, make sure you know what is expected of you, use your time wisely, create study schedules, create a study group, go to tutoring if you need it, and always ask your teachers questions if you are confused. Make sure to always be on time to class. Keep those headphones in your pockets, not on your ears. Raise your hand when you know the answer (or if you need help with something). Complete your homework EVERY DAY and on time, even if it seems like a nuisance, as it is based on the lesson taught in class that day or week, so designed therefore to help you understand the lesson in a deeper way. Plus handing it in late means you lose points.

Join at least one (and preferably three), afterschool clubs. You will make friends, learn cool things, and start a great college-ready resume!In other words, HARBOR UP! And have a great year!Fair winds and following seas,

Your PTA In the fall of 2003, The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School opened its doors on the fourth floor of the Bushwick Campus High Schools to 125 freshmen who lived almost exclusively in the surrounding neighbor-hood. At the time, the New York City Department of Education looked to improve the community’s local graduation rate, which had hovered for too long at 24 percent. Offering a maritime-themed academic program, despite its land-locked location, Harbor School infused the standard New York State Education Department Regents-based curriculum with high-interest, water-related topics and then brought those topics to life by exposing students to local water bodies, including New York Harbor, the Hudson River, the East River, and the Gowanus Canal. By 2010, Harbor School had improved the local graduation rate by more than 200 percent. In 2010, Harbor School moved to its new home in the historic landmarked north-ern district of Governors Island between Clayton Road on the east and Division Road on the left, with an entrance facing Wheeler (though the ad-dress is technically 550 Short (the road behind the school). Today it serves a diverse group of 550 students, who come from neighborhoods across the city, both public and private middle schools, and whose life experienc-es and interests bring them to a high school focused on marine science and technology. All current students at Harbor School enroll in traditional New York State Regents-based academic courses and one of seven career and technical education (CTE) programs of study. As they prepare for

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college and train for industry, students cultivate an ethic of environmental stewardship and learn about and work toward protecting, conserving, and restoring the environment.

THE TIMELINE

In 2002, NYHS Founder Murray Fisher posed the question to Richard Kahan of Urban Assembly: “What about a Maritime High School?” Murray then met Nathan Dudley, who became the founding principal, and Roy Arezzo, who became a founding teacher. Waterkeeper Alliance and South Street Seaport Museum came aboard as founding partners. The team of students, parents, educators, and non-profits crafted a proposal to New Visions for Public Schools for approval for a “Brooklyn New Century High School.” In 2003 the school proposal was accepted along with an imple-mentation grant from the Gates Foundation, The Open Society, and the Carnegie Corporation. Harbor School opened in a storied high school building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. addressed students on the first day of school. The first year’s class comprised 125 students, 90 percent of whom fell “below” or “far below” grade level in reading and mathematics. The faculty and staff consisted of eight dedicated teachers and Nate Dudley. In 2005 the city issued a Request for Proposals for re-developing Governors Island and Fisher formed a Harbor School Advisory Committee, which became the New York Harbor Foundation. Fisher and Kahan proposed to move the Harbor School to Governors Island. In 2006 Harbor School joined The Urban Assembly’s network of schools in the newly formed the New York City Department of Education Empowerment Zone. Following a highly competitive process, Harbor School won the bid to become the first tenant of Governors Island, located in the heart of New York Harbor.

By 2007 Harbor School celebrated its first Commencement at the South Street Seaport Museum, graduating more than three times as many students as at the school it replaced. Dennis Walcott, Chancellor of the NYC Department of Education, addressed the graduating class. Harbor School and Stroud Water Research Center organized a three-week trek for six Harbor School students and six Sidney High School students from Delaware County, New York to explore New York’s water supply, on foot and by boat, from the source in the Catskill Mountains to the taps of the city. The trek is documented in a video, “From Mountaintop to Water Tap.” By the time Harbor School graduated its second class in 2008, 90 percent were admitted to colleges, including Cornell, Skidmore, SUNY Maritime, and SUNY Stonybrook.

By 2009, The New York City Department of Education awarded an “A” rat-ing to Harbor School on its Progress Report. The school held Commence-ment on Governors Island for the first time. Harbor School embarked on its first year of summer school on Governors Island, successfully combin-ing the standard summer school curriculum with maritime and environ-mental programs. To align more closely with the Urban Assembly’s net-work of small college-preparatory public schools in New York City, Harbor School changed its name to The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School.

In 2010 construction and renovations on Building 550, the school’s new home on Governors Island, were completed and classes began. Students traveled to school by ferry for first time. “Water“ a 30-minute documenta-ry about the Harbor School, premiered on NYC LifeTV and later won an Emmy.

The First Annual Harbor School Regatta attracted more than 400 partic-ipating sailors, spectators, and revelers to support New York City’s only public high school dedicated to maritime and environmental education. The Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. and his wife returned to Governors Island for the first time since they lived on the island years prior, in a visit that included a tour of the school and began the school’s active partnership with U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York. Following a two-year application process, the school’s request for membership in the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) was approved the AAUS board, and Harbor School became the first public high school—and one of only two high schools—to be named members of this prestigious group, which comprises 138 other member organizations. Students, teachers, and administrators, joined by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Chancellor Joel Klein, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, UFT’s Michael Mulgrew, EPA’s Judith Enck, Council member Margaret Chin, State Senator Daniel Squadron and many supporters joined to celebrate at a “Net Cutting” ceremony the school’s opening on Governors Island. Stu-dents presented their oyster project to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and teleconferenced their presentation to EPA offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Edison, New Jersey. In 2011 Harbor School won the Rising Star High School Award from Blackboard and two of the school’s founding teachers, Ann Fraioli and Roy Arezzo, were awarded the Sloane Award for Excellence in Teaching in Mathematics and Science for the innovative course, “Introduction to New York Harbor. “The schooner Spirit of Massachusetts tied up at Yankee Pier on Governors Island to begin a month-long series of programs for the school’s students and staff, including day trips and a series of weekend overnights.

Hurricane Sandy devastated New York City in 2012 and crippled the tele-communication service to Governors Island. Remarkably, Governors Island

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itself and Harbor School’s building survived the storm without lasting damage. Chancellor of New York State Board of Regents Meryl Tisch vis-ited Harbor School and said, “This is what CTE should look like.” Seniors in the Class of 2012 participated in the first annual “Harbor Up All Night” college overnight on Governors Island. Harbor School broke ground on the Marine Affairs, Science, and Technology Center, located at Pier 101 on Governors Island. Principal Nathan Dudley celebrated the school’s sixth Commencement and departed, promoted to the rank of Deputy Net-work Leader, supporting a network of 25 schools within the DOE, and VP Edward Biederman became Principal. By 2013 the MAST Center was ready for occupancy and students moved in. President Bill Clinton addressed supporters of New York Harbor School at the school’s annual Awards Dinner, championing the work of the school and its efforts to empower students through a long-term, multi-agency environmental action project The Billion Oyster Project (BOP), started by Aquaculture teacher Pete Malinowski. In 2014 Principal Biederman left and Kimberly Swanson took his place. 2015 Principal Swanson left and Principal Jeff Chetirko arrived. In 2017, The New York Harbor Foundation ceased to exist and became the BOP.

The PTA started a parent action to acquire much-needed facilities for the school—a gym, auditorium, pool, and more classrooms. Chancellor Farina promised a classroom building (Building 555, directly behind, on Short Road facing Manhattan) and gymnatorium (asking TGI for another space for this) by the SCA the PTA was awarded 1.1 million towards the pool by Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Margaret Chin. 2018 Harbor’s graduating class hit a high-water mark with 100% of gradu-ates attending college. The school celebrated its 15th anniversary with a symposium at Chelsea Piers and a boat ride with the signing of Memos of Understanding with The Coast Guard, SUNY Maritime and Kingsborough College. In 2019, on April 10, new Chancellor Richard Carranza, at the invitation of the PTA’s School Expansion Committee, visited the school.

The PTA applied for and received $100,000 in funding in Summer 2019 from Borough President Gale Brewer and Council Member Margaret Chin to rehab the electrical systems in the MAST Center, and work was com-pleted over the end-year vacation 2019.

A campaign to restore 44% of funding for Work-based learning intern-ships (cut by the DOE in Fall 2019) was started in November 2019; that campaign is ongoing...

A 172-acre oasis in the heart of New York Harbor, 800 yards away from lower Manhattan and only 400 from Brooklyn across Buttermilk Channel, Governors Island is accessible by ferry and open to the public from May1 -October 31. In the other six months, it is ours, shared with a handful of artists and a few dozen Billion Oyster Project (BOP) and Trust for Governors Island (TGI) staff members. The original settlers, the Lenape tribe, called it Pagganuck (“Nut Island”) after its plentiful hickory, oak, and chestnut trees. They used it as a fishing camp seasonally. In 1624 the Dutch arrived and set up there rather than the wilds of Manhattan, calling it “Noten Eylandt”(Nut Island”) and Wouter Van Twiller, the director general for the Dutch West India Company, reportedly purchased the Island from the Lenape for “two ax heads, a string of beads, and a handful of nails.” In 1664, the English captured New Amsterdam, renamed it New York, and renamed what they called Nutten Island, “Governors Island,” reserved for the “benefit and accommodation of His Majesty’s Governors.”

Fast forward 100 years to the American Revolution. The Americans cap-tured the island, fortifying it against the British Royal Navy. But when in the Battle of Long Island, the British overpowered General George Washington and his men, American forces retreated from Governors Island, which then became British North American military headquarters for the rest of the war. After, the state of New York inherited all lands owned by the British, including Governors Island. In 1794, with the country in need of a

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system of coastal defenses, the fledgling government began to fortify the Harbor, including construction of Fort Jay, on high ground in the center of the Island. In 1800, New York transferred the Island to the U.S. government for military use. Between 1806 and 1809, the U.S. Army reconstructed Fort Jay and renamed it Fort Columbus (in 1904, the name changed back to Fort Jay). Castle Williams, the second of three historical forts, was built on a rocky outcropping facing the harbor. During the War of 1812, the South Battery, the third fort on the Island, was constructed and artillery and infantry troops concentrated on Governors Island. The fortifications deterred a British invasion, sparing New York the fiery fate that befell

Washington, D.C.

A mere 50 years later, war again shook America and as the Civil War bloodied on, Fort Jay and Castle Williams were transformed into holding facilities for Confederate prisoners. Officers were detained at Fort Jay, allowed to stroll most of the Island at their leisure. Enlisted prisoners on

the island did not as fare as well; the number of imprisoned rose to nearly 1,000 men, creating cramped, filthy conditions. By 1878, Governors Island had evolved to a fulltime army headquarters and garrison. By the 1900s things changed. Using rocks and dirt from the excavation of the Lexington Avenue Subway and dredge from New York Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers supervised the deposit of 4,787,000 cubic yards of fill on the south side of Governors Island. This fill was used to add 103 acres of flat, treeless land, increasing the size of the Island to its present size of 172 acres by 1912.

In WWI the 22nd Infantry Regiment stationed on Governors Island seized all German-owned cruise ships and ship terminals in the Hudson River in Manhattan and Hoboken. Within weeks, those same ships would be used to transport most of the two million American soldiers to France to fight in the war. The 22nd Infantry stayed behind, to protect the supply depot and vital infrastructure from New York to Washington. By World War II, the U.S. First Army had taken the island as its headquarters and initiat-ed their planning efforts for the D-Day invasion from Governors Island. Twenty years later (1964), in response to changing military technology and budget constraints, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the pending closure of Governors Island and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, effected by 1966, when the United States Coast Guard took over. With a residential community of 3,000 and a commuting population of 1500 more, under the Guard the island was the home of the Atlantic Area Command, the Mainte-nance and Logistics Command, and the Captain of the Port of New York.

Thirty years after (1996) budget cuts forced the Coast Guard closed its facilities on Governors Island. The New York City Landmarks Preserva-tion Commission designated the 92 acres (the area where our school is) north of Division Road as a local Historic District (they were a Nation-al Historic District since 1985.) In January 2001, President Bill Clinton designated 22 acres of the Island, including Fort Jay and Castle Williams, as the Governors Island National Monument, to be owned and managed by the National Park Service. The federal government sold the remaining 150 acres of Governors Island to the people of the City and State of New York (at a nominal cost). Provisions in the deed ensured that most of the Island

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would be “used for public benefit.”

Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), was formed, changing in 2014 to the Trust for Governors Island. In 2006 it opened to the public with 8000 visitors; by 2009 ferries allowed 275,000 to come. In 2010 Harbor School became the first tenant, with a 99-year lease, along with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Art Center (Build-ing 100, just to the right off the ferry, houses art studios to this day and was renovated in 2019), and the park officially passed to the city from the state’s jurisdiction. In 2019 a record 850,000 visitors came in the six

months of the island’s open season.

We start our day taking the 8 am ferry (the 9 am on Wednesdays) from the Battery Maritime Building (we call it the BMB) at 10 South Street to Soissons Landing (across) on Governors Island. Lots of subways run nearby. Students swipe in with their ID cards at the BMB for the day, and parents sign in at the welcome desk. Note the ferry is free for Harbor families during school days or at school events on weekends! Students leave on the 3:30 ferry unless they have afterschool clubs, when they leave (latest) on the 6 pm ferry. The ferries run on this schedule below:

Ferry Schedule From Battery Maritime Building 7:30am, 8:00am, 8:30am, 9:00am, 9:30am, 10:00am, 11:00am,

12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 3:45pm, 4:15pm, 4:45pm

NOTE: There is not a ferry that leaves from Brooklyn during the week. From Governors Island 7:45am, 8:15am, 8:45am, 9:15am, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:30am,

12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, 6:00pm

Soissons landing, the ferry dock for Manhattan. Photograph courtesy of Governors Island

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On exiting the ferry, turn right at top of the hill, left at Castle Williams right at Colonels’ Row and you will see the school on your right.

Near the MAST Center we also hold a lease to Dock 101 where we base our oyster production. Our thirteen vessels are kept in the boathouse in Bushwick at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and our sea rowing team pulls out of Pier 40 in Manhattan (using the Whitehall gigs of the Village Community Boathouse). Lastly, our scuba students train at Bushwick High School, our original school location, a trip that makes for long days. This reality drove our ongoing parent-led campaign for a future for Harbor, with plans to add a third building, 555 Short Avenue, right behind the school facing Manhat-tan, and a gym with an indoor aquatic center, to be built nearby. We are also looking for additional space for a possible tie-in to local colleges for an associate degree program.

The MAIN building (550 Short Avenue) and the MAST Center (Marine Affairs, Science, and Technology ), below, located in Building 134.

Bushwick High, 400 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn. The original site of Harbor School.

The Harbor School has two buildings in the historic north end of the island...

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Pier 101. Photo copyright 2000@ courtesy of Waterfront Alliance

There are picnic tables outside used in fine weather as an outdoor classroom, or for students and faculty to relax and eat lunch at. There is a basketball court in the area before the school, and as of a PTA gift in 2019, an outdoor pingpong table, and a badminton court.

The Main building was renovated in 2009 and welcomed its first students in September 2010. It houses all the academic classrooms, the Mess Hall, the school’s administration offices, services, and the CTE “homerooms” of Marine Biology, Marine Policy, Ocean Engineering, as well as the wood workshop and boatbuilding half of Machine Systems Technology (which has its welding workshop across island in the MAST building). It boasts an organic garden that grows vegetables, herbs, and flowers, a rainwater catchment system, and a composting operation for all food scraps in the school powered by two giant Earth Tubs.

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In the Main building (above), here are the key rooms:

The Office - Suite 213 Principal, Parent Coordinator, School Secretary) Address changes should be logged with Cadian Leys in this office, while Pam Edwards handles Metrocards and IDs. George Peter-kin is Operations, with Marlon Scott (who handles lockers, too!)

The Guidance and Social Services office - Suite 211 The Dean, the Guidance Counselors, the Attendance Officer Special Education - Room 206 Services for students with IEPs, paraprofessionals, and AT/OT therapists The College Office - Suite 216 College Counselor Jessica Cuevas The Nurse’s Office - Suite 212 Helaine Winograd is our nurse The Business Manager’s Office - Room 215 Vice Principal Jackye Stephenson is our Business Manager The Weight Room - Room 218 (Coach Sammarco is our gym teacher and Ian Srebnick, our health teacher)

The Mess Hall (aka the cafeteria) Lavernon Ebron is our cook and Crystal Smith and a third rotating person are his assistants.

The Custodians’ Office - Room 106 Jim Malone is our Facilities Director and Luis Colon, Benito Nunez, and Mr. O (Orel Stephson) are our Custodians. If anything breaks or needs cleaning, we report it to them.

LAUNDRY - Room 104 There is a room with a washer/dryer through the door left of the MST room on the first floor of the Main Building. The PTA (or any user) must supply their own soap pods.

NOTE: There is, sadly, no library, no school store, no working papers room, no gym, and no PTA or alumni room.

The MAST Center is home base for four different CTEs and the Billion Oyster project (at least until the latter move into their own building, projected for 2021.) Scuba and Ves-sels Ops live on the second floor to the left (with the BOP on right) and on the first floor there is Aquaculture on the left and part of MST on the right. Note that: Most kids won’t work at the MAST until sophomore year when they choose their CTEs, except for when Harbor Class brings them there to sample CTE life.

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Office Name EmailAttendance Belia Lopez blopez@newyorkhaborschool.org

BOP Theresa Case tcase@nyharbor.org

Business VP Jackye Stephenson jstephenson@newyorkharborschool.org

Coach Michael Sammarco msammarco@newyorkharborschool.org

College Jessica Cuevas jcuevas@newyorkharborschool.org

Counseling Yuderca Castillo ycastillo@newyorkharborschool.org

Counseling Jennifer Feltes jfeltes@newyorkharborschool.org

Social Worker Christina Ramirez cramirez@newyorkharborschool.org

CTEs (below)

Custodians James Malone CM877@schools.nyc.gov

Dean Paul Garcia pgarcia2@newyorkharborschool.org

Kitchen Lavernon Ebron

Nurse Helaine Winograd hwinograd@health.nyc.gov

Parent Coord. Ronni Ettinger rettinger@newyorkharborschool.org

Principal Jeff Chetirko jchetirko@newyorkharborschool.org

PTA Marjorie Richards pta@newyorkharborschool.org

PTA Ian McGrath pta@newyorkharborschool.org

PTA Tamara Johnson ptatreasurer@newyorkharborschool.org

PTA Ellen Dobbyn-Blackmore ptasecretary@newyorkharborschool.org

PTA Angelic Martinez ptasecretary@newyorkharborschool.org

Special Ed Rebecca Grussgott rgrussgott@newyorkharborschool.org

Supervisor Fred Walsh fwalsh@schools.nyc.gov

Polly Chea (parent rep) pchea@schools.nyc.gov

VP (Academics) Diana Halluska dhalluska@newyorkharborschool.org

VP (General) Aneal Helms ahelms@newyorkharborschool.org

Aquaculture Roy Arezzo rarezzo@newyorkharborschool.org

MST Randall “Clarke” Dennis rdennis@newyorkharborschool.org

Marine Biology Mauricio Gonzalez mgonzalez@newyorkharborschool.org

Maine Policy Rob Markuske rmarkuske@newyorkharborschool.org

Scuba Lenny Speregen lsperegen@newyorkharborschool.org

OE Dorick Lee rlee@newyorkharborschool.org

Vessel Ops Aaron Singh asingh@newyorkharborschool.org

• The Student Council Lounge is located in the right corner of the Mess Hall

• The PE Office is located in Weight Room 218 on the western side of the second floor. It is run by Coach Michael Sammarco msammarco@newyo-rkharborschool.org. Coach is the head of health and physical education and the coach of the Boys’ Basketball team. In physical education class, students must have appropriate attire to participate in the variety of courses offered to learn how to live a fit lifestyle. The gym uniform consists of ankle-sup-porting sneakers, socks, T-shirts/sweatshirt (blue with school logo), solid navy blue or black or grey shorts or sweatpants. Students change in bathrooms and keep their personal belongings safe in their locker. Students must purchase their own locks and bring them on day one.

• Health education is a mandatory class for all sophomores. Ian Srebnick is the teacher. The students will be taught Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, Coping Mechanisms & how to deal with stress, Diseases, Nutrition, Substance Abuse, and Human Sexuality to help students make informed choices regarding all the things that can affect their present and future.

• The Dean, Paul Garcia, pgarcia@newyorkharborschool.org, makes sure students abide by all school policies including dress code, academic integrity, and more. He will help resolve issues between students, parents, and faculty like cyberbullying or plagiarism. Email the Dean to answer any questions or concerns. The Dean’s Office is in Suite 210. The Parent Coordinator’s Office is in the Main Office, Suite 213. Ronni Ettinger is at rettinger@newyorkharborschool.org. The purpose of this office is to maintain strong community through communication between students, parents, and administrative staff members. Important notices are mailed, daily announcements are emailed to parents, staff and students.

• Permission slips for Senior Trip and senior dues can be paid here. (payable to New York Harbor School.) • Community Service credits can be logged here.

• PTA and Alumni don’t have an office but can be contacted c/o the Parent Coordinator (213). If you’re a parent interested in joining the PTA, please email pta@newyorkharborschool.org. The PTA creates a great bond between parents and students and the school with events and fundraisers. The ALUMNI Board encourages graduates to support Harbor School. They support us with donations as well as college and career opportunities. Alumni are important for giving this specialized high powerful education experiences. They also host alumni events. Contact: alumni@newyorkhar-borschool.org

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• Principal’s Office is Room 213. The Principal works here, along with the school secretary. Principal is Jeff Chetirko, jchetirko@newyorkharbor-school.orgAneal Helms, VP, Parent & Student Engagement: ahelms@newyorkharbor-school.org. Her office is in Room 203.Diana Halluska, VP, Academics: dhalluska@newyorkharborschool.org. Office is Room 303.Jackye Stephenson, VP, Business Affairs: jstephenson@newyorkharbor-school.org. Room 215.• The Nurse’s Office, is located in Room 212 on the second floor. If you get hurt or get sick, you should visit there. Nurse Helaine Winograd hwinograd@health.nyc.gov works here. • The College Office (Room 216). Our College counselor Jessica Cuevas, email: jcuevas@newyorkharborschool.org) provides services for students undergoing their college application process, coordinates events relating to colleges, and organizes the Annual College Trips. Assists with interviewing, college essay/personal statement and resumes. The College and Career Office offers access to:

• Fee waivers for SAT/SAT Subject Tests/ACT and College Applications • Navigation and College Application questions • Advisement to seniors and juniors on their college lists • Information on upcoming College Visits and college related events • Information on FAFSA and financial aid • Information on Scholarships for college including POSSE and

Questbridge

5. GLOSSARY of Harbor-isms and Acronyms Harbor UP- initiated by founding Principal Nate Dudley, a handsign made by forming a U with thumbs touching and palms facing outward, basically meaning, LETS DO IT! Fair winds and following seas- a sailor’s farewell term, used in sign-ing correspondence, wishing optimum sailing conditions.

BOP (Billion Oyster Project). The non-governmental charity (once the New York Harbor Foundation) that created the school, till the school’s Aquaculture teacher, Pete Malinowski, started the BOP to clean up NYC Harbor, making The Harbor School their flagship and with the kids from Harbor School as their principal work force. Now grown to almost 40 em-ployees with a 5-million-per-year budget, BOP contributes to the school by supporting six teachers’ salaries and the cost of running the boats at Harbor School.

BMB (Battery Maritime Building). The historic ferry terminal on the Manhattan Side that the access boats to Governors Island run from, also known as Pier 7 or Slip 7.

Friends of Governors Island. The support organization for funding and volunteers for the island.

MAST Center. (See above- Harbor’s second building)

Pier 101. The dock east of the MAST where our boats are tied up and the oyster production starts.

Soissons Landing. Where the ferry from Manhattan docks on Gover-nors Island.

TGI (The Trust for Governors Island). Our landlord, the entity that runs Governors Island and makes all the rules for it. Run by a board of about 16 city-appointed officials. We have a 99-year lease with the Trust starting in 2010 for the buildings we occupy and the docks we use.

Yankee Pier Ferries to Brooklyn leave from here on weekends.

For more sea terms: https://www.crewseekers.net/notices/three-sheets-wind-nautical-slang-common-usage/

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6. CTEs: Set your CourseCTES are one of the seven different disciplines students choose at the end of their Freshman year which they will stay with for the next three years at Harbor. Think of them like “Majors” in college (some have called it “the Sorting Hat” a la Harry Potter.)

The CTE process starts Freshman year when students attend Harbor Class, run by Sean Lynch, which takes place during (and sometimes after) school. They get a scientific, cultural, historical, and geographic introduction to the New York Harbor and the various water bodies that make up the estuary. In so doing they also experience exposure to each CTE, and get to see, feel, and learn what to expect on a daily basis if they choose that particular CTE. The CTE heads and BOP associate teachers will talk to students about their respective discipline to help the students understand which one is right for them. They meet environmentalists, boat builders, industry personnel, waterfront advocates and other professionals.

Then, come May, they are asked to rank their preferences in order: 1 through 7. Students are given roughly about a week or two to fill out the form until it closes. If the student does not fill it out, then the student will be put into a random CTE that has room. A team of the principals and the CTE heads and BOP adjunct teachers then meet (behind closed doors) to fill the seats. They don’t talk about their criteria publicly, but anecdotally, Marine Bio is the most academic, with a lot of research and hard science involved, and Scuba is the biggest commitment of time (both three days after school and on weekends (it is also the smallest, only 16 kids out of a class of 150 taken in recent memory) making Scuba, of necessity, very hard to get into). Vessel Ops seems to have a lot of good internships, as does MST.

They are, of course, longstanding programs with great industry connec-tions on their own. Marine Policy is new, and only set up its internships in 2019 for the first time, plus a new debate team, so they have plenty of new possibilities to explore. Most students get choices 1 or 2, so it’s important you like both. Think hard on your list. Occasionally someone gets number 3, and yes, they can appeal that, but no promises are made. For everyone else, there is NO APPEAL possible. Don’t ask. Once you are in, if you de-cide after a year you hate it, you cannot change. There has ONLY been one exception (that we ever heard of.)

Here is a quick overview: Ocean Engineering deals with the design, construction, development, testing, maintenance of physical and naturally built underwater environ-ments including canals, dams, and other structures, Students learn the fundamentals of engineering and mechatronics, through hands-on experi-ences using robotics underwater. The Ocean Engineering program intro-duces students to the discipline of engineering and engineering technology in an ocean environment by providing opportunities to learn as they design, build and test remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and Autonomous Underwater vehicles (AUVs), and a variety of other mechanical and elec-trical inventions. While designing and constructing, students are exposed to several three-dimensional modeling programs, from Google Sketchup to Solidworks. Ultimately, the students will receive Solidworks Certified Solidworks Associate certificate by their senior year. Filling the severe demand for engineers and technology innovators has become a national priority, and the opportunities afforded graduates either heading to college or directly into the field has never been greater, especially in the maritime industry. By the end of their three years studying Ocean Engineering, stu-dents will have demonstrable skills in design and engineering and connec-tions to the field that are unlike any other program in the country.

Marine Systems Technology has to do with planning, designing, and constructing form, space, considerations in the fabrication and testing of mechanical assemblies and automated products. The demand for well-trained marine engineers, marine mechanics, marine technicians and welders/metal fabricators is extremely high. This program offers an entry way into these exciting, hands-on and highly technical career fields. Wheth-er working as crew on-board vessels or shoreside in marinas, boatyards, shipyards and manufacturing plants these careers are well paying and offer plenty of room for advancement.

Marine Biology provides an overview of marine sciences. Students will be exposed to subtopics in biology including biochemistry, energy, genetics, evolution, and ecology. Human impact on natural resources, the environment, climate change, and soil and water quality are also studied. In three challenging college level courses, students begin by creating Aquat-ic Ecosystem Models (AEMs) to learn the basics in biology, ecology, and oceanography. Intermediate students acquire college level reading, writing, and statistics skills while creating a project. Advanced students finish their research projects in marine biology with the help of scientists and propose solutions to environmental problems. Depending on your path, you’ll be eligible for 18 college credits and various certifications that will give you a competitive advantage in college and industry. www.harborseals.org

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Marine Policy presents students with a rigorous curriculum that encapsulates a synergy between government and environmental advocacy through hands-on activities and classwork. NYHS students learn the basics of environmental law and policy, and the citizen policy-making process, spe-cifically as they apply to our CTE programs at the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School. The Marine Policy and Advocacy curriculum explores the nexus of citizen science and policymaking. https://nyhspolicy.wordpress.com/

Professional Scientific Diving (aka Scuba) presents students with a rigorous curriculum that involves undersea diving. NYHS Professional Diving is the only program of its kind in the United States, training high school students as effective divers and putting them to work underwater on real environmental restoration efforts like the Billion Oyster Project. The Professional Diving program prepares students for work in the com-mercial and recreational diving industries, as well as providing a scientific diving. www.nyhsdivers.com

Aquaculture presents students with a rigorous curriculum that teach-es about fish propagation and farming. Aquaculture is a growing industry, locally and globally, in response to habitat loss, overfishing and increased human populations. Students work to understand the fundamentals of wa-ter chemistry, marine biology, environmental science, and animal husband-ry through real world projects. In collaboration with the Billion Oyster Project, students grow and prep oysters for restoration and education. Other food systems work includes Aquaponics, fin fish production and algae cultures.

Vessel Operations (aka Vessel Ops) prepares students for careers as licensed deck crews, as well as serving as a stepping stone into manage-ment and operations positions aboard small passenger vessels and com-mercial towing units. Vessel Ops students will receive extensive theoretical and practical training in navigation, boat handling, seamanship, safety and industry rules and standards. Students train on the school’s vessels and through internships in the marine field during their last two years in the program. Internships will provide excellent opportunities to apply for posi-tions upon graduation. www.vesselops.com

7. THE BASICS: A to F

A. Attendance, Absences, Lateness, and Cuts • SWIPE IN: Start the day from the Battery Maritime Building at Pier 7, by swiping in with your student ID to record your attendance. • Don’t miss the 8 am boat! Arrive a few minutes before and know students are asked to seat themselves on the upper deck or the left side of the boat (teachers, BOP, TGI staff use the right side, mainly.)• If a student does not have an ID, sign the visitors’ log at the desk.• If a student enters school late, after the 8 am ferry, go to Attendance in room 210 to receive a late pass. • If a student has a special schedule and starts classes later, he/she can come in early and stay in the cafeteria.

Maintaining excellent attendance is essential to getting good grades. Missing lessons can impact knowledge in the class and participation grade. Students are responsible for making up tests, quizzes, and homework, but they should make sure to talk to the teacher about their testing policy and if they allow retakes. Some teachers will only allow retakes or makeup homework with an absence note. Any class cuts, lates, or absences will be documented. If a student is absent, because of an injury, sickness, or per-sonal issues, an email must be sent by your parent, attention Belia Lopez, blopez@newyorkharborschool.org or else an absence form needs to be filled out and returned to the Attendance Office upon return, no later than within one week of the absence date. (A doctor’s note should be attached to the form if the student was sick for more than two days.)

• If a student is absent, parents are notified via an automated phone call from Attendance. Parents unaware of the absence can reach the office at 212.458.0800.

• If you miss class by being late, you still have to follow the procedure above. • Lateness to Class. Being on time to class is important. Attendance af-fects class participation grade, so be sure to arrive on time. If a teacher or school administrator made a mistake on Pupil Path regarding a stu-dent’s attendance, the student should email them so they can rectify the situation. Typically, a student can find whether he/she was marked absent on pupilpath.skedula.com, where attendance is noted. • Class Cutting. A class cut is indicated when student is absent for a class period, but he/she was marked present for school for the school day. If a student is picked up, he/she will be marked as cutting class, unless they have a parent’s email or note requesting or providing an absence excuse for the periods missed.

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• Entering/exiting in the afternoon. If a student ends regularly scheduled classes early, say in eighth or ninth period, he/she may leave after the last class. Club meetings and team practices are always after 10th period, so if a student ends early, he/she can also stay in the Mess Hall until clubs start.

B. Bells (Except Wednesdays) period 1 8:40 - 9:26 period 2 9:29 - 10:15 period 3 10:18 - 11:04 period 4 11:07 - 11:53 period 5 11:56 - 12:42 period 6 12:45 - 1:31 period 7 1:34 - 2:20 period 8 2:23 - 3:09

Bells WEDS onlyperiod 1 9:40 - 10:20 period 2 10:22 - 11:02 period 3 11:04 - 11:44 period 4 11:46 - 12:26 period 5 12:28 - 1:08 period 6 1:10 - 1:50 period 7 1:52 - 2:32 period 8 2:34 - 3:14

C. Dress Code The dress code is an important policy to be upheld. Harbor logo must be worn as your top layer at all times while in school. That means a T-shirt, or hoody (with hood down). Remaining clothing must be school-appropriate and should not reveal your chest, midriff, back, buttocks, etc. On Fridays, school-approved alternative shirts or outerwear are allowed to be worn (such as those for clubs like Sail, CTEs, Breast Cancer Awareness, Black History Month and more.)

• No outerwear should promote drugs, alcohol or exhibit offensive language, or anything to offend a specific race, gender or religion. Hoods, masks, caps, hats are not allowed, per NYC DOE regs. • Uniform tees, polos, and sweatshirts are sold before school and at lunch in the office. Costs range from $7 for tee-shirts, $10 for polo shirts and $20 for sweatshirts. • The PTA sells Harbor gear as well, with every dollar you spend returning to the school, including umbrellas, watch caps, mugs, pint glasses, tote bags, chargers for phones, magnets, Parent T-shirts and more. https://newyorkharborschoolpta.com/gear/• Other approved clothing is available through Lands’ End www.landsend.com (in Menu go to School > Find Your School > enter our school number 900167545.)

D. Email Addresses Every student is given a Harbor email at the beginning of their freshman year. This email is the primary source of communication for the students and it is important they start the practice of checking their emails twice every day. The emails follow this identical format: initial of first name, dot, last name@nyharborstudent.org. Students receive daily announcements, newsletters, email blasts, and more through their email. If the student for-gets their password they can request it from the OFFICE.

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E. ID Cards At the beginning of freshman year, every student will receive his/her own Harbor ID card. This ID card is how students will get onto the ferry for

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school every day (they swipe in there), as well as how students swipe in for (free for ALL) lunch. If a student loses their ID card, they will need to go to the School Office and reprint a new one (which also takes days). If a student forgets the ID at home, he/she will be able to get into the school by signing in at the BMB desk, and your OSIS number will get you lunch (so write it down or remember it if you didn’t do that in middle school!). If you don’t remember it, the office has it.

F. Metro Cards Students will also receive a Metro Card at the beginning of every school year. It will last only half the year, and then everyone will receive new Met-ro Cards in January. If a student loses their Metro Card, they will be given a replacement Metro Card for free the first time they lose it. When you receive a new Metro Card in the middle of the year, the number of lost Metro Card resets.

8. FACULTY and COUNSELING/Guidance/Tutoring HelpIn the case that a faculty member needs to be contacted, their emails follow this identical format: initial of first name, last name@newyorkhar-borschool.org.

Emailing Teachers or Students 1. Use your Harbor email when emailing staff or other students. 2. YOU MUST WRITE A SUBJECT when emailing. Many students write their email with the subject blank or they write something like, Im-portant or Must Read. Such as: NEED HELP with Lab #6. Writing the subject will give the reader an idea on what a student needs help with before the email is even opened. Also, there’s a chance that the email will be sent to spam and get deleted if there is no subject. The subject should be short and concise. 3. Include a greeting such as “Good afternoon. I am __”. If students are emailing a teacher, they should introduce themselves along with their class and period because the teacher has many students. 4. Keep the email concise and straight to the point. 5. Be polite and respectful. 6. Do not use all capital letters, text abbreviations, or slang. 7. In the end of the email, remember to end it with a signature: name, class period or class. 8. Students should be sure to follow up if they don’t get a response within three days. 9. Students can also let a teacher know about their issue in person.Remember that seeking help from others is a good thing to do when you need it. Don’t be shy or afraid to speak up! Students should use these tips as a guide through their years at Harbor. They will need all these skills in college so best to learn and practice them NOW.

Guidance Counselors and Social Workers Yuderca (Judy) Castillo ycastillo@newyorkharborschool.org Room 211 Jennifer Feltes jfeltes@newyorkharborschool.org Room 211Christina Ramirez cramirez@newyorkharborschool.org Room 211

Guidance counselors support students and help them face problems that may be harming their physical or mental health. Guidance counselors should be contacted if there are any problems or questions, either through email or going to his/her office, located in the Student Support suite, Room 211. If the matter is urgent, students should arrange a meeting through email. • If students need a physical copy of an official transcript, they can ask the guidance counselor to print it out. • If students wish to make changes to their schedule (such as adding or dropping a class) they should speak to their guidance counselor and pro-vide reasoning within the first few days of school. • If students want to retake a Regents, they can ask their guidance counsel-or. They may do this by email. • For juniors and seniors, The College Counselor, Jessica Cuevas, discusses the college process and guides students on their decisions for the future. She is responsible for providing students with a recommendation (along with their CTE teachers and other teachers). Students should get to know her so she can write them a good recommendation.

• THE SAIL PROGRAM helps incoming freshmen get settled in their daunting first year by pairing them up with junior, or senior mentors. The freshmen receive contact information for their mentors and will meet them during freshmen orientation, or INDOCK, over the span of 4 days. Mentors are assigned from a group of dedicated sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a wide range of goals and interests. There is an application process and mentors receive Community Service credits. If you have any questions or concerns, students can visit Ronni Ettinger, Parent Coordinator. Students’ mentors cannot be changed/re-moved unless they violate the Code of Conduct. In that case, email and meet with Ronni.

Working PapersYuderca (Judy) Castillo handles these: ycastillo@newyorkharborschool.org (In this year of Covid, Ronni Ettinger is handling working papers. Parents must complete Part 1 of AT-17 Application for Employment Certificate form on NYSED’s Employment of Minors website. The school will also need a note from your child’s doctor stating that they are “fit for employ-ment.” Send a request to your pediatrician. Then email BOTH documents to Ronni.)

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9. CLUBS and EXTRACURRICULAR Over 21 clubs are available at Harbor. A list can be found on the school website under “For Students” and then “Clubs,” or by clicking HERE.

Boat Building Club

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Harbor Anglers Fishing Club

Media Department

Rowing Team*

Mondays & Thursdays

Swimming

Saturday Mornings

Yearbook

Aquaponics Club

Debate Team

GSA Spectrum

Harbor Seals Citizen Science Wednesdays

RC Club

Soccer Team

Welding Club Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays

Chess Club

Gardening Club Thursdays

Harbor Corps Fridays, 7:30 am

The Moth

Sailing Team Wednesdays - dinghy, Fridays- keel boat

Welding Club Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays

Young Women’s Leadership Club

Creating your own Club. 1. Make sure the club does not already exist. 2. If it doesn’t exist, find a teacher to be your advisor. 3. Talk to them and determine a good time and room for this club to meet. 4. Find four other people to join your club. 5. Have the new advisor fill out the club form application. 6. The rest is up to you, you can advertise, make posters, but it’s all up to you and your club members once the principal approves your club. 7. For more help or information please contact our school principal.

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10. WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL, aka Junior/Senior Internships) Career and Technical Education (CTE) is a model of education meant to address the needs of real-world jobs. It means a rigorous sequence of academic AND technical courses that offer experiential learning. Students meet Regents diploma requirements in addition to a CTE sequence of technical certifications. It incorporates learning by DOING, to provide a high-value strategy supporting both students’ postsecondary aspirations and the strength of the City’s economy. While 100% of Harbor graduates were accepted to college last year, with the certitude that requirements of modern jobs make a BA or BS a prerequisite in most cases, our hope as parents is that they graduate college as highly desirable employees when they join the work force. The Harbor School offers programs with robust industry partnerships allowing students to gain those invaluable work-based learning experiences via internships outside of the classroom, often in high-tech and modernized contexts. Vessel Operations and Ocean Engineering, for example, are aligned to an acute labor market demand for these skills in maritime training. (As are our other CTES, Machine Systems Technology, Aquaculture. Marine Biology, Professional Scientific Diving, and Marine Policy).

There are 90 CTE programs in NYC alone and programs nationwide have grown to encompass a wide variety of career types aligned with different career clusters as defined by the U.S. Department of Education:

• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources• Architecture and Construction• Arts, A/V Technology & Communication• Business, Management & Administration• Education and Training• Government and Public Administration• Health Science • Hospitality and Tourism• Human Services• Information Technology• Law and Public Safety• Manufacturing Production• Marketing, Sales & Service• Recording Arts Technology/Technician• Scientific Research and Engineering• Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Program elements of CTE include:• All traditional academic courses (math, English language arts, science, etc.); • Technical curricula vetted and approved by industry; • Work-based learning opportunities providing real-world experiences; • Teachers with appropriate certifications, licenses, and industry experience;• Student opportunities to earn industry-recognized certification• Articulation agreements with universities confirming programs aid college readiness.

HOW DOES IT WORK? In the second semester of junior year and throughout senior year, students who are eligible passing their courses and on-track to graduate may apply for and take on outside internships working for companies or not-for-profits.

The State sets maximum hours for these internships, namely on school days M-Th 15 hours a week (4 hrs. a day max). On Fridays,weekends, and vacation breaks, 8 hrs. a day (or 30 hrs. a week max). There is a mandated 30-minute break after 5 hours of work and the total permitted hours in the entire school year is 300.

The DOE pays the student for these learning experiences from its CTE budget. Host Companies interested need to fill out some papers to be-come a Host WORKSITE, and then sign timesheets to get the interns paid, based on time worked. The students may work throughout the July 1 – June 30 DOE calendar year.

1. Students then take charge of the paycheck process with their school CTE teachers, and the kids, with supervision, will fill out a paper timesheet weekly and have the employer’s designated Internship Supervisor sign it to confirm hours worked. Students will then enter and submit their time weekly via the Participant Portal IMS (Internship Management System) and each bi-weekly pay period, Monday to the following Sunday, payroll is approved the Tuesday following the end of the pay period. 2. A list of the companies that provide internships is on the website:.3.The citywide info line for this is wblbox@schools.nyc.gov, 718-935-5820.

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11. POLICIES A. Academic Integrity As a Harbor student, one is expected to maintain their academic integrity. Academic integrity includes values that highlight honesty and responsibility in an educational environment. Cheat-ing is one of the worst infractions a student can commit. There are many different violations that are considered cheating, including when a student:

• Copies or attempts to copy from another’s exam paper during an examination • Uses material while being assessed which is not authorized by the person giving the assessment • Collaborates with another student during the assessment without authorization • Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, soliciting, in whole or in part, the contents of an administered assessment • Substituting for another student or permitting another student to substitute for one’s self to take an assessment • Bribing another person to obtain an assessment that is to be admin-istered • Securing or providing copies of the assessment, scoring device, or answers to the assessment in advance of the administration • Posting answers to the assessment on the internet • Use or potential use of an electronic device during an assessment.

Any suspicion of cheating can have serious consequences. Students can receive a failing grade on the test/quiz, their parents will be notified, the dean will be notified, and the occurrence of cheating will be put on the student’s permanent record. Cheating can make students ineligible for Student Government positions, National Honor Society positions, another club positions, and possibly banned from school trips. Plagiarism is another serious infraction a student can commit. There are a few different violations that are considered plagiarism, including when a student: • Copies or paraphrases written work from the Internet or any other source without citing the source • Represents the product of someone else’s creativity as his/her own work • Takes actions to circumvent counter-plagiarism software and/or procedures

Like cheating, any suspicion of plagiarism can have serious consequences. Students will receive a failing grade on the paper, their parents will be notified, the dean will be notified, and the occurrence of plagiarism will be put on the student’s permanent record. Plagiarism can also make students ineligible for Student Government positions, National Honor Society positions, other club positions, and get students banned from school trips.

Plagiarism ruins a student’s academic integrity. By plagiarizing or cheating and getting caught, any credibility you had as a student is gone. Papers will be scrutinized more closely by teachers, and plagiarism on a student’s per-manent record may be a reason why a college decides to turn away one’s application.

B. Food Policies and Sustainability• Selling food and other items is forbidden.• Food in classes Is NOT allowed. • Breakfast is available free daily in the cafeteria from 7:30 to 8:25 a.m. • Lunch is held in the Mess Hall between 4th and 9th period every day.Students may get lunch there or bring their own lunch from home. All students are required to fill out lunch forms in the beginning of the school year to determine if they are eligible for free lunch and fee waivers. Students are expected to swipe in with their ID upon enter-ing the inner Mess Hall. If you forget it, you can use your OSIS number.• Harbor is a school that tries to instill an ethos of care for the en-vironment and the planet’s future. We have taken the ZERO WASTE Pledge and we expect students to observe the rules of recycling and composting. All school food trays are compostable and students do this work for the entire school. We have banned single-use plastic bot-tles schoolwide. Instead, we encourage students to use water bottles. If a family cannot afford a water bottle for their child, do contact the PTA and we will help!

C. Electronics Policy (Phone, Computer and other devices)Students are allowed to bring in electronic devices and must be responsible for the security of said devices. Phones are permitted anywhere in the building before 8:25 a.m. or after 3:35 p.m., as long as they don’t provide a distraction. They are also permitted during free periods in the cafeteria. However:• Students are not permitted to connect to the school’s WIFI. • Phones are prohibited during class, unless they are used for academic purposes with a teacher’s permission. • Phones are prohibited during any quiz, test, or exam. • Phones are prohibited during drills, in the halls, bathrooms, stairwells. Computer policy. The computer policy depends on the teacher who will address the protocols, rules, and everything in the class contract in the beginning of the school year. Remember that computers aren’t to be used for entertainment, watching videos, and browsing inappropri-ate content. If this policy is violated, disciplinary actions include: • Device confiscation: the device will only be returned to a parent or legal guardian with a conference regarding behavior. • Losing the privilege of bringing an electronic device to school. • Disciplinary measures in accordance with the discipline code.

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D. Firedrills and Lockdown drillsFiredrills are conducted regularly and designed to rehearse protocols in an orderly and speedy fashion in the event of an emergency. All rooms have a poster indicating exits. Lockdown drills are ordered by the Chancellor at random during the school year. Students are expected to be silent and follow staff instructions throughout the drill.

E. Free PeriodsFree periods are periods when a student does not have class. During a free period, a student may go to the Mess Hall. Students may leave if it is their last period. Free periods can be used for tutoring as well as doing other productive work. Students are not allowed to be in the hallways without a pass during a free period.

F. Lost and Found If you find a lost item, bring it to the 213 MAIN OFFICE. Your help is appreciated in returning items to their rightful owner! If you lost an item, you can check there. Twice a year (Dec 15 and June 15, the bin contents will be given to charity if unclaimed.

G. Respecting the building • Elevator During the school day there are two elevators that run from the 1st and 3rd floors. They are not available to students unless there is a medical reason that prevents the student from using the stairs. In this case, students need a pass from the office to show to the front desk or a teacher or staff member to key the elevator open.

• Bathroom NO SMOKING OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED in the school, especially in the bathrooms as per NY City law and Chancel-lor’s regs.• Each floor has one boy’s bathroom on the east side and one girl’s bathroom on the west side. • The third floor has a boy’s bathroom on the west side and the sec-ond floor has a girl’s bathroom on the west side.• Respect the bathroom and do your best to keep it clean. • Lockers are located on the second floor. Everyone is required to buy their own lock. If you lock yourself out go to Marlon in the Office (213) to get the locker opened. • Stairwell rule. All stairwells may be used throughout the day. No van-dalism, no littering, or no garbage should be thrown in the stairwells

H. School Policies Bullying and Cyberbullying / Respect-ing peers and teachers • Be kind and considerate to fellow classmates and teachers. Use respectful language.• Disrespect can negatively impact students and the school environ-

ment. Try to avoid it to promote better welfare for both the staff and the students.• We have among us students with learning issues that sometimes can read as crossing lines. Be sensitive to these students and be tolerant of mistakes they might make.

We say NO to Bullying and if a student is aware of bullying or cyberbully-ing in the student body, please report it to a guidance counselor, the Dean, or any other adult. If a student is uncomfortable with going to an adult, he/she can anonymously put a suggestion in the box outside the Office.If a student feels that a school policy is unfair or can be improved, please email the Student Council President, or any of the class executives. Students and Parents are also welcome to attend an SLT Meeting (held the second Thursday of each month from 3:30 to 6) when the policy and any adjustments can be discussed by the parents, teachers, principal, and students.

I. Violations of the Discipline Code School policies are compliant with New York City, New York State, and federal laws and policies. If a student is caught in violation of these rules, he/she will be punished in accordance to the NYC DOE Discipline Code https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/rules-for-students/discipline-code.

12. ACADEMICS /CREDIT REQUIREMENTS TO GRADUATE Students all receive a diploma to show that they have successfully complet-ed their years in high school. All students are required to take (see Footnote, pg. 67):

• 2 semesters of Art and Music • 8 semesters of English Language Arts • 8 semesters of Social Studies (4 Global History, 2 US History, 1 US Government, 1 Economics) • 6 semesters of Mathematics (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry) • 6 semesters of Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) • 2 semesters of World Languages (French) • A CTE concentration • 8 semesters of Physical Education & 1 semester of Health Education Passing with a 65 on the following Regents assessments allows for the Advanced Regents Diploma. All students must take the following exams: • ELA Regents (11th grade) • Global History Regents (10th grade), US History Regents (11th) • Algebra Regents (8th or9th Grade), Geometry Regents (9th or 10th)• Algebra 2 ( Trigonometry) Regents (10th or 11th grade) • Living Environment Regents (9th Grade), Chemistry Regents (10th)• Physics Regents (11th grade)

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Advanced Placement• Students are eligible for AP classes if they maintain a certain average in specific subjects. These vary based on the AP class. More informa-tion can be found on the website.• AP classes result in an AP Exam to be taken in May.

• Testing policy Terms • Every teacher must give five school days of advanced notice before giving an exam. The only exception is quizzes 10 minutes or less that are worth much less than a test. • There are some exceptions. Fire drills, makeup exams (for absenc-es, etc.) are valid reasons to postpone an exam. Weighted grades schedules are different but specific subjects are still limited to specific days, so a student does not have five exams in one day. The maximum number of exams a student can take are three in a day. • Teacher Tutoring Schedules: Teachers are available at certain periods and can help you understand what you find confusing. • Their schedules are distributed the first day of class, and can be found in the Main Office.

13. STUDENT COUNCIL (SC)Student Council bridges the student body and the school as it:

• Works to create a positive student environment. • Creates, oversees, and takes part in school-wide events. • Listens to the voices of fellow students. • Creates and adjusts policies to fit student needs.

Communication between students, PTA and Student Council is vital. While any SC member can be approached with issues or ideas, the President should be the first member contacted.

Communication also has to be between students and their peers. While one student may have a particular issue with something, they should check with their peers before bringing it to the Student Council. An issue that affects only one person may not be dealt with as quickly, but an issue that many people say they are affected by will have the ability to create sweep-ing change. In writing emails to other students, treat them with respect. Students also will need to communicate with faculty members constantly. They may be less accessible than student members, so sending them an email will likely be the most effective way of communication. Faculty mem-bers should only be contacted if an issue is something a student thinks that a student or a Student Council member cannot resolve.

SC Members are the student executives for each class. They can all be reached by email. If student has any issues or ideas, they should email the

appropriate member of SC. If the email is about a club, then it should go to the Club President. If the email is about a specific class government, then the email should go to the class rep. If the email is about money or funds, then the email should go to the Treasurer. SC meetings are open to all students who want to see how SC runs and action. For information about upcoming meetings, students should email their class President.

Advertising STUDENT EVENTSHow students spread the word of an event they are planning. Without advertising, the targeted audience will never learn about the event!

Tips to Advertise 1. Be short and concise. Whether it’s a poster or an email, use key points, like date, time, place, and price, but nothing too detailed.

2. Utilize different means of advertisement. There are a variety of different ways to advertise something that you are planning:

a) Posters/Flyers Printed documents that can be posted up on a wall or other surface for students to view. These should be eye-catching since they must per-suade a person to stop what they’re doing and read.

b) Morning Announcements Daily Except weekends, all students are emailed with daily announcements about events happening, plus other reminders. At the beginning of first period, these announcements are made through the speaker in each class. To add another topic to these announcements, one can email the Assistant Principal ANEAL HELMS with their text in the email; send the email before 5 p.m. the day before to ensure your message will be put in the announcements.

c) Email Blast An email blast is where an email is sent to everyone in a specific group. One can send an email to, for example, the entire freshman class with this method. To send an email, one must email the parent coordinator Ronni Ettinger and the Assistant Principal Aneal Helms with the desired audience, email subject, email body, and ask for it to be blasted to that audience at the date you specify. Give this at least 48 hours in advance to be approved by the principal and sent by Ronni.

d) Social Mediai. There are several group pages on different social media platforms

that contain massive amounts of students, like Facebook. Post on these pages with the necessary information to advertise the event.

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ii. The issue with this method of advertisement is that people could leave rude comments to your post, but the best thing to do is to ignore them. If they are really being offensive and you feel unsafe, immediately tell a staff member and the issue will be placed in the right hands.

e) Verbal CommunicationThough these are all adequate forms of advertisement, many will argue the best way to advertise is on an actual face-to-face basis. Going to different students during your lunch period and providing a description of your event can only stir more interest for your event. Some students will not respond, while others will be kind and show genuine interest. If you ever end up feeling you’ve been annoying, then understand that you have instilled your event in the mind of the person you think you’ve annoyed. f) Develop Your Own The previous methods are generic types that can be used as a model, but different contexts may require different actions. Don’t be afraid to come up with your own way of spreading the word of your event. Ask teachers to make announcements in class or ask Aneal the VP to make an announcement during lunch. The possibilities are endless.

3. Share the tasks. If students are working in a group they should all help advertise the event. The more people advertising the more people that will hear about the event. If one student were to announce the event in a mini speech at the beginning of each of their classes, that’s more than 34 students hearing about the event.

How to Successfully Plan an Event I. Location

A. How to reserve space outside of school: When reserving a space, consider the rental fee (if any), number of attendees, and if the loca-tion chosen can accommodate the needs of the event being planned. Contact the organization or the people in charge of the area to be reserved and see if they would allow the event to happen.

B. How to make phone calls and emails to companies about locations: The information that needs to be provided includes:Full Name, address (of the school), email, phone number of the group and individuals making the request. When making phone calls and emails to companies remember to: • Be courteous and patient. • Describe the reason to reserve the space for and what type of event is going to be held

• Include details about the date, time, and number of people going. • Explain if admission will be charged and what good cause the pro-ceeds go to! Good communication is key to making clear what is and is not possible, as well as determining whether a location is suitable for an event.

II. Budget To access fundraising forms, SC members can print them from the PTA DROPBOX (Contact pta@newyorkharborshool.org to get a copy).

III. Target consumer a) Many events are aimed at students to enjoy themselves. Know your target audience and what they like and dislike to help you determine things like food and event content. b) For all fundraisers, permission must first be obtained from the SC advisor, and then by the principal. If the UAYW site is to be used VP Aneal Helms must get a permit. If the school is used as the event site, Jeff or Aneal must obtain the permit for that as well. Remember when requesting a permit to include the set up and clean up hours! An event from 2-4 pm should really be for 12- 5pm to allow enough time to prepare and shut down.c) A budget form should be submitted with the request, with the form must be signed by a student representative, by SC advisor, and, if it involves another Club or the PTA, by a representative from those groups. d) If a club needs funding for supplies, then they would most likely have to fundraise but can ask the PTA and the SC for help.

In researching prices on food and other event needs, the students could ask their advisors what food vendors are used at many school events. Most food that is sold should be prepackaged items. However, this can be negotiated depending on the food item and event. It is also important to keep in mind food allergies students may have and if possible label the food items so people know. Use only compostable servewear.The budget can be managed with Excel sheets using the categories income, expenses, and profit to track sales and funds. If the event is intended to make profit, keep in mind the maximum amount of money that should be spent to be able to still have a positive net.

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IV. Entertainment A. To provide entertainment to the audience, reach out to clubs or teams.

1. For example, Talent Show participants or the Music Club people2. To contact clubs, email the advisor and president. Introduce the student council, ask the club if they would be interested in performing at the event, and include the date of rehearsals. Make sure to keep in contact before the event, and invite them to rehears-als, if possible.

V. Advertisement A. Posters should be created by students and hung on the school walls.

1. First, one poster should be printed and shown to the Principal for approval.

a) If approved, he will initial the bottom right of the paper.b) Then ask Bev Means in Operations in the office to please copy the approved poster—however many are needed. Twenty seem to do it for most events.B) In addition, use creative ways to promote events such as the monitors, or, for example, playing Twister during lunch periods to promote a Game Night.

VI. Chaperones A. Three chaperones are needed for the first thirty students, and this applies even if the number of students is less than thirty. Ex: nineteen students attending still require three chaperones. After the first thirty, one chaperone is needed for every thirty.

VII. Organization A) Brainstorm about the details of the event, such as food or games. Create a list of necessary materials before the event. Ideas can be considered at home and then during brainstorming during meetings. Everyone can contribute their ideas. B) Create a timeline to track what’s happening and planning next steps including the date, description, and deadlines for making decisions. The PTA has templates should you need them.C) Food and supplies should be bought beforehand. Calculate the quantity and price using the number of people who bought tickets, chaperones, and helpers. Consider the budget. For instance, in the Oyster Classic 5K race event, the amounts of food were first pre-or-dered based on signups as of June 2 (one week before) and a plan to get them on island with a car was made for June 8 (the day before). All this should be made clear and discussed beforehand and built on the experience past events to see the success rates.

D). Set a S.M.A.R.T.goal. 1. S stands for specific. The goal must be specific and clearly de-fined. 2. M stands for measurable. The goal should be able to be tracked using a timeline, resulting in tangible evidence. 3. A stands for achievable. The goal must be possible to accomplish. 4. R stands for results-focused. The goal must measure the out-comes. 5. T stands for timely. The goal must be completed in time.

E) Tickets1. Tickets should be sold in the SCHOOL with a reasonable price. The prices should not be exceptionally high that no one can buy them but, should not be so low that no profit is made from it. 2. Look at past events and see how much is charged and how the event went. 3. To keep track of tickets sold, students can sign their OSIS and names on a sheet of paper or on an online document. SC can assist and organize forms by posting forms and online ticket sales. 4. If prices need to be raised, think of how that change can be explained to students. 5. After the event, make the chairpersons and all key personnel sit together for a meeting and write up an exit sheet on how-to-do the event, what went right, what went wrong, ideas to do it better in the future. File that report somewhere in the Student Council DROPBOX if you have one. Or give to the PTA to file for you.

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14.The NYHS PTA and the SLT (School Leadership Team)All parents, foster parents, guardians, and “persons in parental relations legally appointed to students” currently attending New York Harbor School are members of the PTA automatically (and therefore eligible to run for a leadership position in the organization).

The mission of the New York Harbor School PTA is to engage, empow-er, and advocate for families and for every student in our school and by fostering an atmosphere of inclusivity, respect, and collaboration in our community, make each child’s educational success, health, and wellness a reality.

Meets the third TUESDAY of each month (except as noted) from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in sister school Richard Green, 7 Beaver Street, first floor cafeteria or library.

Mailing address: NEW YORK HARBOR SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION,10 South Street, PIER 7New York, NY 10004 EIN: 27-1178829 (Tax ID for donation purposes)

PTA Meeting Dates 2020-2021: https://newyorkharborschoolpta.com/meeting-dates-and-location/

The mission of the School Leadership Team (SLT), which has 5 parents sit-ting on it (along with 4 teachers, the principal, 5 students and a rep from a community organization (in our case, the BOP)) is to establish yearly goals and longer-term action plans of the school, and to ensure that the school’s budget aligns with and supports these goals and action plans. The School Leadership Team meets at least once a month during the school year. The time of the meetings is decided by consensus ( in SLT there are no votes; instead all must agree on every decision) at the first September meeting of a new SLT, but the time is supposed to favor the parents’ schedules (not the teachers or students, ergo in past it has been off island in the evening). However, in the past two years, meetings were held on the second Thurs-day of each month from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on island at the school, usually in the (former) library.

• The Executive Board of the PTA meets the second Wednesday of the month in room at 90 Broad street, 21st floor conference room A (Urban Assembly headquarters), from 5:30-7:30 pm.

• Each April, Executive Board or SLT nominations open for the following school year, with the election held the last meeting in June. (The actual term starts July 1, allowing the exiting board to transition the new members.) Many of our current Executive Board mem-bers and SLT parent members switch roles, ending their terms or as parents of seniors, leaving the school, which means there is plenty of room for others to step up and become parent leaders at NYHS! Participating on the Executive Board or SLT means you can take a more active role in your child’s education, work closely with teachers and school administrators, fostering our sense of community, en-couraging involvement and much more. Full details about the respon-sibilities of each position are listed below. (Note all PTA Executive Board Positions may be held by a single individual or by a team of two sharing the position.

Executive Board:• President (mandatory- you must have these posts to have a bonafide PTA)• Recording Secretary (mandatory)• Treasurer (mandatory) • Vice President• Fundraising Chair• Aquaculture-Representative-At-Large• Marine Biology Research-Representative-At-Large• Marine Policy and Advocacy-Representative-At-Large• Marine Systems Technology-At-Large• Ocean Engineering-Representative-At-Large• Professional Diving-Representative-At-Large• Vessel Operations-Representative-At-Large • Freshman-Representative-at-Large

To nominate yourself (or someone else), send your NAME, POSITION FOR WHICH YOU ARE RUNNING, PHONE, EMAIL, & GRADE YOUR CHILD WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER following to pta@newyorkharborschool.org. Watch for an email confirmation of receipt. Positions and responsibili-ties include:

President and/or Co-Presidents: The president or co-presidents shall preside at all meetings of the association and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee. The president(s) shall appoint chairpersons of association committees with the approval of the executive board. The president(s) shall delegate responsibilities to other association members and shall encourage meaningful participation in all parent and school activities. The president(s) shall attend all regular meetings of the presidents’ council and shall be a mandatory member of the school leadership team and communicate to mem-bership information discussed at SLT meetings, including CEP and the budget from

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DOE’s Galaxy system. The president shall meet regularly with the executive board members in accordance with these bylaws to plan the agendas for the general membership meetings. The president shall be one of the eligible signatories on checks. The president will review and approve all external communications from Executive Board and Committee members pertaining to school and PTA business. The president shall be responsible for checking and responding to all email sent to pta@newyorkharborschool.org at least once weekly. The president shall assist with the June transfer of association records to the incoming executive board. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities as Co-Presidents. Each Co-President shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Recording Secretary: The recording secretary shall attend and record minutes at all association meetings. The recording secretary’s responsibilities shall include the preparation of notices, agendas, sign-in sheets and materials for distribution. The recording secretary shall prepare and read the minutes of each association meeting and shall distribute copies of the minutes at the next scheduled meeting for review and approval by the general membership. The recording secretary shall maintain custody of the association’s records on school premises. The recording secretary shall incorporate all amendments into the bylaws and shall ensure that signed copies of the bylaws with the latest amendments are on file in the princi-pal’s office. The recording secretary may be asked to review and approve, with the PTA President, all external communications from Executive Board and Committee members pertaining to school and PTA business. The recording secretary shall assist with the June transfer of all association records to the incoming executive board. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run togeth-er as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Recording Secretaries. Only one Co-Recording Secretary shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Treasurer: The treasurer shall be responsible for all financial affairs and funds of the association. The treasurer shall also be responsible for maintaining an updated record of all income and expenditures on school premises and shall be one of the signatories on checks. The Treasurer shall adhere to and implement all financial procedures established by the association. The treasurer shall attend, prepare and present a written report of all transactions at every executive board and general membership meeting. This report must include income, refunds, reimbursements and other expenditures, and opening and closing balances for the reporting period. The treasurer shall also prepare the association’s interim and annual financial re-ports. The treasurer shall make available all books and financial records for viewing by members upon request and for audit. The Treasurer runs the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign. The treasurer shall assist with the June transfer of all association records to the incoming executive board. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Treasurers. Only one Co-Treasurer shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Vice President: Shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting and assist the president(s) and assume the president’s duties in his/her absence or at the president’s request, therefore representing the association at meetings the presi-dent cannot attend, and presiding at meetings of the association when the president is unable to attend. The vice president shall be one of the signatories on all checks. The vice-president shall be in charge of Merchandising (ordering and sales) for the PTA. The VP assists with the June transfer of association records to the incoming executive board. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Vice Presidents. Only one Co-Vice President shall have full voting rights on the Execu-tive Board.

Fundraising Chair: The Fundraising Chair (FC) shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. The FC develops fundraising strategies and oversees the PTA’s overall fundraising efforts to support student and school activities. The FC works with the Treasurer on theAll Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign.

Additionally, this position is responsible for overseeing grant procurement activities. The FC is responsible for forming and overseeing ad hoc Fundraising and Grant Committees, and recruiting committee members for each. The FC is responsible for ensuring that all fundraising activities comply with all Chancellor’s Regulations, including A-660, A-610, A-650 and A-812. The chair is also responsible for obtain-ing membership approval for all fundraising activities during a regularly scheduled meeting prior to initiating the activity and for ensuring the approval is reflected in the minutes. The chair must prepare a Fundraising Activity Report following the completion of each fundraising activity and provide the report to the principal no more than 5 days after the fundraising activity. The report must be made available to members at the next general membership. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibili-ties thereby acting as Co-Fundraising Chairs. Only one Co-Fundraising Chair shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board

Aquaculture-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Aqua-culture CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to that community and will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. The position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities, thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large representative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

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Marine Biology Research-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Marine Biology Research CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting.This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large representative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Marine Policy and Advocacy-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Marine Policy and Advocacy CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large representative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Marine Systems Technology-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Marine Systems Technology CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting.This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large representative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Ocean Engineering-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Ocean Engineering CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large repre-sentative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large representative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Professional Diving-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensurethat the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Professional Diving CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck An-nual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsi-bilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large repre-sentative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Vessel Operations-Representative-At-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA executive board includes representation for families with children in the Vessel Operations CTE. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck An-nual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting. This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsi-bilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Only one At-Large repre-sentative shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Freshman Representative-at-Large: is designed to ensure that the PTA Executive Board includes representation for families with incom-ing freshman students. The At-large representative will act as a liaison to their respective communities, will encourage participation in the All Hands On Deck Annual Fund Campaign and other PTA and school activities, and assist in the planning of activities and events for member participation. The At-Large representative shall attend each executive and general PTA meeting.This position may be held by one or two people who agree to run together as a slate and to jointly share responsibilities thereby acting as Co-Representatives-At-Large. Both representatives shall have full voting rights on the Executive Board.

Footnote: Graduation requirements as per the NYSED & DOE:

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