Saturday, October 21, 2017 9:00 A.M.
Monday, November 13, 2017 5:00 P.M.
Good Afternoon LAMS Family Members,
As you may have heard, our in-person blended learning will begin on October 1, 2020. Until then, all students will be learning remotely.
I would like to address a few concerns that I have heard from parents:
Vacancies/Google Invites/Email:
With the constant shifting of parents moving to remote learning coupled with numerous staff receiving reasonable accommodations to work from home, we had numerous vacancies in our class schedules. NYC DOE is giving us money in our budgets to fill the vacancies and to begin the hiring process. In the interim, we have placed teachers in most vacancies for your child to have a teacher on Monday. For Monday, the only vacancies that we have will be in some fully remote Spanish classes and a few health classes and an in-person music teacher. Hopefully, we will secure a teacher for these gaps. Please be mindful that teachers will be receiving new schedules with new class rosters and will be reaching out to your children to join their classrooms. However, there are still some citywide issues with setting up email classes and receiving invites. It is my hope that these matters will be cleared up soon. Again, I thank you for your continued patience, support, flexibility and understanding.
If your child/student is still unable to login to their NYC DOE account, please open a service ticket with the helpdesk at the link below.
Visit the following DOE web pages for up-to-date guidance and information:
I had scheduled an informational video to be posted today. However, in light of all the new changes, I will have to update the video and will be posting it prior to school re-opening. Please continue to pose your questions on the family survey link on our website at: www.armstrong227q.com, or to access the survey link directly, you can click on: Parent Survey Link
I will continue to update you as I receive information. We will get through these transitional times together. Remember, we are NY strong. We are Queens strong. We are Louis ArmSTRONG. Stay safe.
Helen Ponella
Principal
Louis Armstrong Middle School
Once there please click create a ticket and follow the prompts.
If you have any additional questions not covered in the topics above, please fill out this survey. Responses are due by Thursday, September 17th, 2020. Thank you and we look forward to the start of a successful new year. Helen Ponella Principal Louis Armstrong Middle School.
Please click on the links below to find your child’s schedule. Don’t forget to refer the “In Person” calendar that is posted on our home page for the days that you child will be in attendance, and when your child will be learning from home.
This year all students will be using their DOE email accounts to join their Google Classrooms. If you have not activated your DOE email account, please follow the instructions below.
Your Student Account ID and Password
To retrieve your account ID and password:
Good Afternoon LAMS Family Members,
I'd like to thank everyone who responded to the survey requesting remote learning and our siblings' survey for busing. After reviewing our remote survey, we were approved for the 3 Cohort Model along with Special Classes (12:1:1 Special Education - Self Contained), and our ACES class receiving five-day in-person instruction. See below for a diagram of the 3 Cohort Model. The 3 Cohort Model allows for students to receive more in-person teaching than the 4 Cohort Model discussed at our Zoom Parent Meeting. The 3 Cohort Model also allows for students to come back to in-person teaching during designated times during the year more easily. Students will be placed into Cohorts and schedules will be made. Once we have made the schedules, they will be sent home. The same holds true for busing. We cannot make bus routes until we have developed Cohorts and schedules. I thank you for your continued patience during this time.
Last week, we had our COVID 19 school ready inspection. Our ventilation system needs some repairs. There are currently three exhaust fans with issues - two general exhaust and one toilet exhaust. My Chief Custodian spoke with the Department of School Facilities and stated they will be in service before the start of the new school year. Although the fans will be fixed, I'm still concerned with the room temperatures on the 3rd and 4th floors. We have Hopper Windows (window that opens from the top - not up and down windows) and doesn't allow for proper ventilation. Also, our building was constructed where cross ventilation is not possible. Therefore, limited ventilation. I have escalated these concerns.
To date, schools have not received guidance on who will be teaching our classes for teachers who have requested reasonable accommodations to work from home and who will be teaching our remote classes in need of secondary certifications. I have also escalated these concerns. However, I have been told that the teachers who requested reasonable accommodations will most likely be part of the remote teaching staff for LAMS in their proper certification area.
Also, I had a few parents asking about when their students can pick up their belongings and when will seniors be able to get their senior items. We are still waiting for guidance and hopefully, this will come out soon.
There is a lot to get done before the reopening of school and my greatest concern is making sure all of our students and staff will be safe. As I receive information, I will continue to update you.
Always remember: We are NY Strong. We are Queens Strong. We are Louis ArmSTRONG! Stay safe…Ms. Ponella
Supply List for 5th Grade
2020/2021
The following is a list of basic supplies that students will need in 5th grade. These are the supplies needed for Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Art. Teachers of other subjects may request additional supplies.
Please be reminded that it is the student’s responsibility to replace all supplies as needed.
Thank you,
The 5th Grade Teachers
Supply List for 6th Grade
2020/2021
The following is a list of basic supplies that students will need in 6th grade. These are the supplies needed for Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, and Art. Teachers of other subjects may request additional supplies.
Please be reminded that it is the student’s responsibility to replace all supplies as needed.
Please also keep at home: a notebook, loose-leaf, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, post-its, construction paper, scissors, and coloring pencils.
Supplies need for classroom use. OPTIONAL but greatly appreciated
Thank you,
The 6th Grade Teachers
Supply List for 7th Grade
2020/2021
The following is a list of basic supplies that students will need in 7th grade. These are the supplies needed for Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, and Art. Teachers of other subjects may request additional supplies.
Please be reminded that it is the student’s responsibility to replace all supplies as needed.
Please also keep at home: notebook, loose-leaf, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors and coloring pencils.
Supplies need for classroom use. OPTIONAL but greatly appreciated
Thank you,
The 7th Grade Teachers
Supply List for 8th Grade
2020/2021
The following is a list of basic supplies that students will need in 8th grade. These are the supplies needed for Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, Spanish and Art. Teachers of other subjects may request additional supplies.
Please be reminded that it is the student’s responsibility to replace all supplies as needed.
Please also keep at home: notebook, loose-leaf, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, construction paper, scissors and coloring pencils.
Supplies need for classroom use. OPTIONAL but greatly appreciated
Thank you,
The 8th Grade Teachers
The Mission of the Louis Armstrong Middle School is to bring together a group of culturally diverse children to help them grow academically, emotionally, physically and socially. Our five school goals are: improving literacy and numeracy, fostering caring and ethical citizenship, encouraging substantive parent involvement, practicing the arts in all curriculum areas and growing technologically.
