“If kids have the opportunity to come together to get to know one another, they can judge for themselves who they want their friends to be. All children should have that choice. We, as adults, shouldn’t make those choices for children. That’s how racism starts.” ~ Ruby Bridges.
Good morning; afternoon; and evening friends and fans! Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. I’ve been researching more resources for parents and teachers alike. And it’s different from my Public Assistance Resources blog in April, I mean, I’ll be providing certain information pertaining to what you need to know from my own personal knowledge. If you have any additional information that I may have missed or overlooked within this blog and feel free to pass that information along at your leisure. As I’m listening to music on Spotify and continuing to search for any additional information so I’m not missing any important information. Since the Corona virus had closed many educational facilities, and as well as non-essential stores/restaurants since March making it a challenge to keep up with your children’s remote learning or finding little odds and ends for financial purposes, which ties into Public Assistance Resources and an upcoming blog about vegan because at some point your children will eventually take up health classes in high school. In a way, when I was attending Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, I honestly didn’t know what a vegetarian or a vegan was in high school up until several years ago when I had found several cookbooks with vegetarian recipes and until the last five years when I began hearing about celebrities going vegan. I’m not going to get too heavily into the topic of veganism, it’s a conversation for another time. Here is a New York Times article on the Coronavirus: New York Times: Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Latest Updates; and New York Closes Schools Through End of Academic Year to read at your own leisure.
If you have young children and enjoys coloring, I’ve found Coloring Castle and there’s different coloring activities such as Valentines Coloring Pages; Birthday Coloring Pages; Mother’s Day Coloring Pages; State Coloring Pages; and just to name a few. However, there are some educational coloring pages such as: Alphabets; States Coloring Pages; Food Pyramid and everything from this website are printer friendly or you can save them onto your flash drives. Again, you can refer to my previous blog, Public Assistance Resources to check out flash drives from Adorama or B&H and I would stay away from Walgreens, Staples or wherever flash drives are sold. If your dependent(s) have an upcoming [dental or pediatric] appointment or an unexpected trip to City MD: Urgent Care, make sure you have all of the forms that your child’s school sent home early in the academic school year which includes: Child & Adolescent Health Examination Form: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; and other documentation on hand but make sure you scan every piece of document onto your Kingston 128gb DataTraveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 Flash Drive. My best advice is to create a folder for each of your dependents and make sure you put each of these documents in each of their designated folder. Send an email to your dependents teachers with these documents so your dependents teachers (including school nurse) cannot say shit that they’ve “never received” any of these documents and it’s always good to have proof if in the event that these teachers have something to say. Create a folder for your dependents which would include the year for each school semester, for example: if the school year begins in September then put the year (meaning from September 2019 - June 2020) then create ten folders in each of your children’s folders and also scan your children’s report cards per report card term. It’s best to be prepared than under prepared. Also include a scan of Allergies/Anaphylaxis Medication Administration Form: School Year 2020 - 2021; Emergency Contact Card; Child & Adolescent Health Examination Form: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene; Consent to photograph, film, or videotape a student for non-profit; and Housing Questionnaire to your children’s folder. Another excellent reason to scan your dependents’ Child & Adolescent Health Examination Form is if you are planning to go back to college but your dependents aren’t old enough to stay home alone without ACS - Administration for Child Services making visits to your home and think of it this way, it’s best to make it less stressful for your children’s pediatrician to fill the same form twice. Best to do yourselves a favor by scanning and print a second copy for the college you wish to attend for the upcoming semester.
- Allergies/Anaphylaxis Medication Administration Form: School Year 2020 - 2021
- Child & Adolescent Health Examination Form: NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
- Consent to photograph, film, or videotape a student for non-profit
- Emergency Contact Card
- Housing Questionnaire
- Kingston 128gb DataTraveler SE9 G2 USB 3.0 Flash Drive
I’ve also found additional forms for IDNYC Middle School Card Application; IDNYC Application For Applicants Ages 10 - 13; RESIDENCY ATTESTATION for Applicant Age 10 -21; NYC DOE Student Verification Consent Form for IDNYC; RESIDENCY LETTER for a Student Enrolled in any Private, Parochial, or NYC DOE School; or a Head Start or Early Learn program; and RESIDENCY LETTER for Student enrolled in a Private or Parochial School you can send to your children’s teachers by email in hopes of them having common sense to print and fill out the forms so you can take your dependents to your local library. Only two Queens Public Libraries are: Central Queens Public Library and Flushing Queens Public Library. I’ve noticed that many grade schools aren’t teaching cursive writing much and I remember learning cursive writing in the fifth grade. Yes, I sadly realize technology has dumbed us down but many people are dependent on technology. I am not 100% sure which other Queens Public Library participates in the IDNYC program and it’s best to contact your local Queens Public Library at your earliest convenience. Links will be provided below for IDNYC applications and similiar forms for legal guardians to fill out. I’ve found a website where parents or guardians can print out pages for their children can learn cursive writing because these children are gonna have to eventually have to sign their names on the dotted line. Here are some websites for printer friendly pages: Cursive Writing Worksheets and Cursive Writing Worksheets to encourage your children to improve their penmanship. Best to be prepared for their future and you’re welcome. I encourage everyone to do their own personal research and let me know if I had missed anything within this blog. To a certain extent, this blog ties into the Public Assistance Resources blog.
- IDNYC Application For Applicants Ages 10 - 13
- RESIDENCY ATTESTATION for Applicant Age 10 - 21
- IDNYC Middle School Card Application
- NYC DOE Student Verification Consent Form for IDNYC
- RESIDENCY LETTER for a Student Enrolled in any Private, Parochial, or NYC DOE School or a Head Start or Early Learn Program
- RESIDENCY LETTER for Student enrolled in a Private or Parochial School
