Monday, September 1, 2014

UAI High School Newsletter September 2014

UAI High School Parent Newsletter

Volume 2
Issue 1
September 2014


Ms. Kiri and Class of 2015, Javeen Walker
High School Principals' Address.
Welcome back to the 2014-2015 school year!  It's hard to believe that we just wrapped up a wonderfully successful year just a few short months ago.

Last year ended with our 2nd graduation.  In June 83.6% of our seniors graduated and participated in our ceremonies at LIU's Kumbel theater.  By the end of this past summer, several more graduates completed their requirements, and in the end, UAI finished with a 90.9% graduation rate!  We are so proud of our young women.

All of our newest alumni are now on their way to (or have already enrolled in) college and those who are still working towards their diplomas are working along side us as we find the best resources to make sure they get to the finish line!

Looking forward to this year, UAI has a lot to be excited about.  The Class of 2015, our founding cohort the Carrera Treasure Academy, is already starting the year off strong.  This summer, our newest seniors had the opportunity to gear up for their senior year by visiting colleges, studying for the SAT, and working with our academic support team to refine their college essays.  We invite all our Class of 2015 parents to our first college night meeting on Wednesday, September 17th at 5:30PM for our Curriculum Night and Senior College Meeting.

The Class of 2016 is also starting off the year strong.  Having ended the year with student elections, the junior class president, Lucy Lewis, is addressing her class during the junior orientation on Thursday 04SEP14 at 8:30AM.  The juniors have a lot planned and are setting the bar for student involvement and student organization at UAI.  This summer, as our 4th cohort at NYU-Poly, our Class of 2016 got an early view on the college application process.  They interviewed with NYU-Poly staff to earn their spot in the UAI-NYU Poly Engineering courses for the fall.  Later this fall, they will have the opportunity to interview for acceptance into the spring courses for UAI-NYU Poly Engineering and UAI-NYU Poly Pre-Calculus.  For both our juniors and seniors, the road to college has already started, and we're cheering them on the entire way!

We welcome in our newest freshmen and  and welcome back our returning sophomores, the Classes of 2018 and 2017.   This year's sophomores were one of the most successful incoming classes ever to enroll at UAI.  Over 80% of the class earning their credits and passing their regents to promote to the next grade.  Transitioning from middle to high school is a difficult journey.  Our sophomores did it with style!  We look forward to them being positive peer role models for our newest students.








Attendance and Lateness

There's no argument when you look at the data.  Student who have strong attendance (they miss fewer than one day per month) are more likely to pass classes with higher grades, pass Regents exams, promote to the next grade, graduate, and get into the college of their choice.  From the perspective of a day here or there, it doesn't seem like much.  However, this year, every student who was mandated to summer school or is repeating the grade had attendance problems.  This year, UAI needs your help.  It's our mission to make sure that our students are "In it to WIN it!"  We are aiming to support every student in meeting the goal of having an average daily attendance of 95% or more.  That means we want our girls to miss no more than 8 days for the whole year!

It's important to start the year off right! Help us by getting the girls up and ready for school each morning and getting them out of the house to be at school by 8AM.  Start doing this on the first day of school.  Every day counts at UAI.  At UAI, we have a lot of different resources to support both students and their families in meeting our 95% goal. Do not hesitate to reach out if you have questions or need support in getting your teenager up, ready, and out of the door on time each day.  




September Dates

  • Thursday, 04SEP14.  The First Day of School starts at 8:20AM.  Students should plan to report to the cafeteria at 8:00AM to receive their advisory assignments.  School programs and group assignments will be distributed during Advisory.  
  • Friday, 12SEP14.  The Degrees of Reading Power Baseline Assessment.  This is our annual literacy assessment to measure student reading levels and need.  This is the first of three times that we give this test throughout the year.
  • Tuesday, 23SEP14 and Wednesday, 24SEP14. High School Benchmark Assessments.  We measure student progress towards meeting Regents Exams requirements several times throughout the year.  This first test is only used to give us a starting point for each student so that we can measure growth at each subsequent testing.  Students are released early at 1:30 on both days to allow time for teachers to grade exams.
  • Thursday, 25SEP14 and Friday, 26SEP14.  Rosh Hashanah, NO SCHOOL. These two days are school holidays.  There are no classes.  School resumes promptly at 8:20AM (remember breakfast starts at 8AM and students should aim to arrive no later than 8) on Monday, 29SEP14.



General School Supplies

These are classroom supplies for the grade team and are due to your daughter's advisor by Friday 12SEP14.  These links are to the supplies available at Staples.
The following supplies are for individual student use



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