The Cell Phone Ban
The "Ban the Cell Phone Ban" and press conference were originally organized on the steps of City Hall by the CECD2. The Council vows to support every effort to ensure our children's safety.
Wondering where the cell phone issue stands? A court hearing on a suit challenging the ban was postponed in December, giving school officials time to consider an alternative policy-allowing students to pay to check their cell phones at the school house door...Read More »
January 2007
01/02/07: Students return to school
01/10/07: CECD2 Meeting: First quarterly PTA/SLT meeting of the year.
01/15/07: Martin Luther King Jr. Day-no school
01/23/07 - 01/26/07: Regents Exams
01/24/07: CECD2 Meeting -Differentiated Learning
01/31/07: Last Day of Fall Term-non attendance of high school students
February 2007
02/19/07 - 02/23/07: Mid-Winter Recess
A Mind At A Time, by Mel Levine
Schools in Which All Kinds of Minds Can Grow, by Mel Levine (2006)
Suggested by Daria Rigney, District 2 Superintendent
Community Education Council District 2
333 Seventh Avenue, Rm. 806
New York, NY 10001
Committees
Administrative Assistant: Linda Lumpkin
Email: llumpkin@cecd2.net
Phone: (212) 356-3915
Fax: (212) 356-7506
www.cecd2.net
Chat with other parents and compare notes...Read More »
Welcome
District 2 Community Education Council Wishes You a Very Happy New Year! Please Resolve to Attend a CECD2 Meeting, Held on the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the Month, at 6:30 PM.
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The CEC is an elected volunteer body representing the needs and interests of District 2 students, parents and caregivers. Please come to our meetings at 333 Seventh Avenue to share your thoughts and concerns. Can't make a meeting? You've got options: Use this newsletter to "listen in." Join our blog to benefit from other parents' knowledge and experience. Email us questions and news.
This newsletter will be linked to all D2 schools, helping us learn about and share available district resources and options, whether you're thinking about elementary school, middle school or high school.
A Letter from Our Community Superintendent for District 2
Dear District Two Families,
Most of us remember our own school days in classrooms with rows of seats facing a teacher who spent most of her day standing in front of the room (or sitting at her desk), writing on the board, asking us to read "round robin" style and assigning pages from our textbooks. In a recent Time Magazine article, (How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century, Dec. 10, 2006)...Read More »
Mark Your Calendar
Presenting an outstanding panel of Differentiated Learning Specialists, moderated by Community School Superintendent Daria Rigney...Read More »
Did You Know?
District 2 announced a significant change in the TERC Investigations math curriculum at the December 2006 meeting. Guest speakers were: Suzanne Werner and Kerry Cunningham, Regional Instructional Specialists, Mathematics...Read More »
The CECD2 is pleased to announce the formation of the Special Education committee, chaired by John R. Scott and Arielle Hart, M.D. Learn more about the committee and its goals. »
Beginning next fall, parents in elementary schools that use the TERC Investigations math curriculum could see welcome changes in their children's schoolwork as a result of revisions to the unpopular program that many parents consider to be "fuzzy math." Read More »
The CECD2's Education Research on Human Subjects in Public Schools Committee established a research protocol for approval of research projects involving students, effective this academic year... Read More »
The Good News
Baruch College Campus High School announces "Our history teacher, Catherine Turso was named American Teacher of the Year for New York State by the Gilder Lehrman Society."
The Salk School was one of eight middle schools selected as a model site for science learning and science exit projects by the Urban Advantage program sponsored by the Museum of Natural History.
PS/IS 111 announces "We celebrated our 2nd Family math Night..." and "Our attendance has improved!" Eli Manning of the NY Giants led "What moves U" promoting physical fitness.
PS 116's fourth graders are ranked in the top 10 in the National Grade Elementary Chess Tournament.
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