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What is going on at EBT?

The Department of Education has announced that students are expected to continue remote learning on June 4, which was originally scheduled to be a non-attendance day. Read Chancellor Carranza's letter here.

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New York City has announced P-EBT, a program for families to buy food while students are learning from home. Click here for information about this program.

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The Department of Education has released guidance about summer school 2020. Please click here for information.

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The Department of Education has released guidance related to the new health condition known as Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome, or PMIS. Click here to read the letter. If you need a translated version of the attached letter, please click here for the DOE web site.

UPDATE: This syndrome is now known as Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). NYC Health has released a fact sheet for your information; click here.

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If you were not able to pick up a lap top at the Grand Street Campus, please go to the DOE's Remote Learning Device Request page, to request a digital device.

If you DO NOT have Internet access at home, please contact Spectrum at 844-488-8395 or 844-488-8398 to obtain FREE Internet Service.

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The Department of Education has released guidance on the grading policy for the current semester, given the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic. The parent letter explaining the grading policy is available here. Translated versions will soon be available at the DOE parents page.

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The Department of Education is asking all students and parents to take a short survey to help them collect feedback about your experience with remote learning. Please click here to take the survey.

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NYC students can pick up 3 free meals daily from city-wide "grab and go" sites. A complete list of these sites can be found here.

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Teachers are reaching out to students with instructions on how we will conduct classes while schools are closed. Most classes will have a direct instruction component via Google Meet, which is a free online meeting platform. Students will go online, following the updated period schedule posted below. More detailed information will be sent from students' teachers, either via Jupitergrades or ebtbrooklyn.com email.

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Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, schools will be closed. Breakfast and lunch are available for grab-and-go meals. Beginning on March 23, remote learning will be instituted city-wide. More information on that process to follow.

Read the Chancellor's letter to families, dated March 16, 2020.

And click here for the most up-to-date information from the Department of Education regarding coronavirus.

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Congratulations to the Grand Street Campus wrestling team! We are 2020 city champions!

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Beginning on January 6, 2020, EBT is becoming a phone-free space. Information about the implementation of Yondr phone pouches was mailed home to all parents, and is available here:

• Parent letter - English: what is Yondr and why is EBT implementing this policy?
• Parent letter - Spanish
• Full Yondr policy: how will policy be implemented and enforced?
• Full Yondr policy - Spanish
• No Cell Phone Verification Form: if your child does not bring a cell phone to school, please fill out this form and have student return it to room 416A.

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In May, 2018, EBT was approved by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB) to offer the IB Diploma Programme. According to the IB web site, students in this internationally recognized program will:

• be encouraged to think independently and drive their own learning
• take part in programs of education that can lead them to some of the highest ranking universities around the world
• become more culturally aware, through the development of a second language
• be able to engage with people in an increasingly globalized, rapidly changing world.

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