Communication from Mrs. Kirrane & Our School Chancellor
Robert J. Christen School P.S. 81
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE FROM MRS. KIRRANE...
Mark your calendars! Our next Climate Action Day will be taking place on Earth Day, next Wednesday, April 22nd. Join us as we focus on:
❤️Health
🧘♂️Wellness
🌱Green Spaces
Climate action that connects us to nature can also support our health and wellness. That’s why in celebration of Earth Day, we’re focusing on the theme of Health, Wellness, and Green Space.
Join with schools across NYC to help keep our communities clean, green, and more resilient for future generations!
At PS 81, we are asking our school community to take action on April 22nd (and beyond!) to improve our health and wellness and connect to the outdoors and green spaces in our neighborhood.
Here are some actions you can take:
-Care for a nearby tree or garden in your neighborhood
-Have a “Plant Powered” Day by eating plant-based meals
-Create a health or wellness pledge - setting a goal is the first step to making it happen!
-Set aside time for meditation or mindful breathing
-Spend time outdoors connecting with nature
-Plan or join a neighborhood litter clean up
We’re excited to work together to make a difference!
❤️Health
🧘♂️Wellness
🌱Green Spaces
Climate action that connects us to nature can also support our health and wellness. That’s why in celebration of Earth Day, we’re focusing on the theme of Health, Wellness, and Green Space.
Join with schools across NYC to help keep our communities clean, green, and more resilient for future generations!
At PS 81, we are asking our school community to take action on April 22nd (and beyond!) to improve our health and wellness and connect to the outdoors and green spaces in our neighborhood.
Here are some actions you can take:
-Care for a nearby tree or garden in your neighborhood
-Have a “Plant Powered” Day by eating plant-based meals
-Create a health or wellness pledge - setting a goal is the first step to making it happen!
-Set aside time for meditation or mindful breathing
-Spend time outdoors connecting with nature
-Plan or join a neighborhood litter clean up
We’re excited to work together to make a difference!
THE NYC FAMILY SURVEY DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 17, 2026!
We would greatly appreciate everyone completing the NYC School Survey!! Your input provides valuable information for our school. We always strive for 100% participation from our P.S.81 Community! Currently, we are at 55%. Let's keep going!
Please visit the link to complete the survey (or use the QR Code in this post):
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nycdoe/login
Your ACCESS CODE to the NYC School Survey is a lowercase “f” followed by your child’s ID number. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or Nina Velazquez (NVelazquez@schools.nyc.gov), our parent coordinator if you need your child's ID number.
If you complete the survey online or mail the survey in yourself, please Dojo your child’s teacher to inform them.
***All classes that have 100% completion will receive bonus GYM time***
We already have 4 classes that have 100% completion and 9 classes that are VERY close. THANK YOU to those families that have already completed the survey! We appreciate your participation.
Join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/4239521200?omn=99701298632
There is an App for you to access your New York City Schools Account NYSCA
Mission
In partnership with our families and the community, we are committed to celebrating the diverse social emotional, linguistic and academic strengths and needs of our children through culturally responsive, tiered and rigorous instruction.
Vision
The vision of the PS 81 community, including students, families and staff, is to provide a safe, equitable and child-centered educational experience that prepares our children to be compassionate, civically-minded, productive members of society.
Instructional Focus
If we know each child well through Social and Emotional Learning and Culturally Responsive Teaching, while sustaining a collaborative learning environment, then we will see an increase in proficiency in Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in ELA and Numbers and Operations in Math.
