Our Policies

Arrival and Dismissal

Main Building Arrival - Yard

  • The school day begins at 8:30 am.
  • Students should be on line by 8:25am.
  • Parents, please leave your child at the gate after showing your health screener.

1st grade – Lower yard by 40th Street gate
2nd grade – Lower yard by 41st Street gate
3rd grade – Lower yard by 40th Street gate
4th grade – Gates closest to the school building
5th and 6th grade – Gazebo entrance

Latecomers must enter through the main building entrance

For safety reasons, we ask all parents to please stay away from congregating outside the gate

 

Main Building Dismissal - Yard

1st grade – 2:50pm Lower yard by 40th Street gate
2nd grade – 2:45pm Lower yard by 41st Street gate
3rd grade – 2:45pm Lower yard by 40th Street gate
4th grade – 2:50pm Lower yard by 41st Street gate
5th and 6th grade – Gazebo entrance

 

Annex Arrival

  • The school day begins at 8:30am
  • Kindergarten students can begin lining up in the yard as early as 8:25am
  • Pre-K – students should arrive at the side gate near the main entrance

Latecomers must enter through main Annex entrance
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Annex Dismissal

  • K1 - 2:45pm School Yard
  • K2 - 2:45pm School Yard
  • K3 - 2:50pm School Yard
  • K4 - 2:50pm School Yard
  • K5 - 2:50pm School Yard
  • K7 - 2:45pm School Yard
  • Pre-K – Main Annex entrance

For safety reasons, we ask all parents to please stay away from congregating outside the gate

Inclement Weather

Main Building Arrival – Indoors

  • The school day begins at 8:30 am.

Grades 1-4 will be let in through the yard and go straight upstairs starting at 8:25am

Grades 5-6 will be let in through the gazebo entrance and go straight upstairs starting at 8:25am

 

Main Building Dismissal – Outdoors

  • Please note dismissal will always be outdoors, check our website and ClassDojo for any updates.

  • All students will be dismissed from their regular dismissal locations during inclement weather. 

Please note: All remaining students will be in the blue area by the main entrance for pickup.

 

After school Programs: During inclement weather, ALL after school programs will wait until notification is received from an administrator prior to going to their assigned locations.

 

Annex Arrival and Dismissal – Indoors

Pre-K Students
Students will be let into the building as early as 8:25am. For dismissal, parents wait outside the main entrance for regular dismissal. 

Kindergarten Students
Morning Arrival: Students will be let into the building as early as 8:25am at the 43rd Street gate. 
Dismissal: Parents line up in two single lines and wait for students against the 43rd Street gate. Please do not congregate at gate entrance. During dismissal, the playground is closed. As soon as you pick up your child, please exit.

 

Discipline

At PS 150Q, we believe in a reflective approach and acknowledging positive behaviors.  Our motto is Respect-Reflect-Revise.  Our Positive Behavior System (PBIS) has a Respect Matrix that outlines the expected behaviors. 

Students can receive ClassDojo points and rewards - individual and whole class.  We currently have a social emotional curriculum, Stamford Harmony, which has monthly themes.    Our counselors have monthly assemblies that are aligned to PBIS and the Harmony Social Emotional Learning themes. Our focus is always to teach our students to be respectful, reflect , and learn from their actions.  We want to teach them life skills that will allow them to become productive and respectful citizens.

Respect Matrix: Positive Behavior Intervention System

Cafeteria and Recess Policy

 

Emergencies

If there is an emergency and we have to evacuate the building, our students are taken to locations indicated on our safety plan.   To find your child after an evacuation, you will need to call 311. Please DO NOT contact the school. 

If there is an emergency outside the school and NYPD instructs us to lock down, we will send you a ClassDojo message and keep you updated.  

We have evacuation and lock down drills that allow our community to practice and be prepared for any emergency.

Grading Policy

Students are expected to participate in conversations, complete classwork, submit homework and projects on time, and take tests.

There are three marking periods:

  • September–November
  • December–March
  • April–June

Kindergarten students will receive a progress report for their fall (November) report card.

Their first report card will be in the Spring (March).

Homework Policy

Homework is given Monday through Thursday in all grades. The level of homework is based on the grade level. Worksheet packets may be given during long holidays.

Families are encouraged to have family time on the weekends, visit zoos, museums, see a movie, take nature walks.

Reading to your children or independent reading is always recommended.

Cellular Phone Policy

Chancellors Regulation A-413 permits students to bring their cellular phones to school. Use of cell phones when school is in session may disturb the learning environment and have students accessing inappropriate sites; therefore our cellular policy remains unchanged.

  • Students may bring a cellular phones to school. They must keep them in their bags and off while they are on school premise.
  • Anyone found with a cellular phone will be required to surrender the device to school personnel. The device will be returned to the student by the end of the day and a parent or guardian will be notified.
  • If a student is found a second time with the cellular phone, a parent or guardian will be contacted and asked to come to the school to pick-up the device.  There will be a meeting to review our policy.   
  • If there is a third  violation or more, the cellular phone may be returned to the parent on Friday. It may be followed by further disciplinary action .

**Please Note: Cellular phones or other electronics are not permitted during State testing. Consequently, all cellular phones  and other devices will be collected and placed in a box. Students will receive them at the end of the test.