Students & Families
School Leader Update
Each week, one of our school leaders will address our community to give updates, shout out community members, and announce any upcoming events. Please check back here each Monday for our weekly address.
Instructional Resources
Attendance information
QUESTION
Can the NJDOE please provide guidance regarding how attendance will be captured if schools were to close due to COVID-19?
As relayed in the March 13, 2020 NJDOE Memo, Guidance Regarding Requirements for Public Health-Related School Closure, “[a]ny day on which all students impacted by a public health-related closure have access to home instruction services provided consistent with the guidance in this memo will count as a day on which the board of education has provided public school facilities toward its compliance with the 180-day requirement in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9.” Because such instruction is being provided, all students can be recorded as present for applicable days unless the district knowingly determines a student was not participating in any such instruction during health-related school closures.
Questions? Contact Ms. Gift or Ms. Lopez.
Mental Health Resources
Crisis Hotlines and Services:
1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) Suicide Prevention Hotline
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Psychiatric Emergency Screening Programs: 201-262-HELP (4357)
HFC After Hours Emergency Contact: 201-291-0055
Crisis Text Line: Text START to 741-741
2nd Floor Youth Helpline: 888-222-2228
Psychiatric Emergency Services:
University Behavioral Health Care: 973-623-2323
East Orange General Hospital: 973-266-4478
Clara Maas Medical Center: 973-450-2000
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center: 973-926-7444
Additional Supports:
PerformCare (For Children or Adolescents w/serious emotional and/or Behavioral Challenges): 877-652-7624
Family Support Organization of Essex County: 973-395-1441
Addiction Hotline: 800-238-2333
National Drug and Alcohol Resource Centers: 800-784-6776
Sexual Assault: 800-601-7200
Domestic Violence: 800-572-SAFE (7233)
Family Helpline: 800-843-5437
