We are overjoyed to welcome back our students and staff for the 2024–25 school year!
The safety of our students, families, and staff is paramount and guides our schools’ operations. We recognize that we live in an ever-changing environment and that we may need to adjust our plans should important health and safety indicators change. KIPP NYC and its schools will continue to provide you with timely information via our website, and by email, text, and social media. Please check this page for the most up-to-date information about our health and safety protocols and resources for your family.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years of age has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). This is the final approval needed in order to begin vaccinating this age group. We strongly encourage you to vaccinate your children to protect them, their fellow students, our school staff, and our wider communities. Children can get vaccinated at their doctor’s office, pharmacies, and vaccine sites across the city.
Here is a list of vaccination sites across the city.
The following resources provide information about the importance and safety of the COVID vaccine in children:
As of January 18, any home in the United States can order up to four free COVID-19 tests from the government. Please visit https://www.covidtests.gov or the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) site to order the free tests.
Testing sites in your ZIP code (including mobile testing sites) can be found here.
We are operating a food pantry for all KIPP NYC students at our High School located at 201 E 144th St, Bronx, NY 10451. It will be open each Friday at 10am between July 29 and September 2, 2022 (except for August 12). We will be providing meal kits with food for seven days’ worth of breakfasts and lunches. Students, their guardians or family members may pick up the kits; however, it is not available to non-KIPP NYC students and their families/guardians due to state regulations.
Click here to find a free meal location near you. Breakfast is served from 8-9:15am. Lunch is served from 11am-1:15pm. Free meal services are available through Friday, September 2.
The 300 summer meal sites include schools, community pool centers, and parks, including food trucks at three parks (Sara D. Roosevelt Park in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Holcombe Rucker Park in Harlem, and Rufus King Playground in Jamaica Queens).
No registration, documentation, or ID is necessary to receive a free breakfast or lunch meal. You can text “NYC Food” or “NYC COMIDA” to 304-304, and No Kid Hungry will respond with your nearest locations. You can also call 311 for nearby meal sites. Adults must be accompanied by a young person to pick up meals. You must remain on-site to eat hot meals, but can take pre-packaged cold meals to go.
Through the P-EBT program, all families regardless of income will receive $375 per child in food benefits to help cover the costs of meals from last summer. The money will be automatically loaded on P-EBT cards that eligible families received in the mail in 2020 or 2021. (Please keep your cards after the money is used in case the program continues after this round of benefits.) The benefits can be used to purchase eligible food items in stores that accept them and are available for at least 274 days from the date they were issued. You can check the Connect EBT site to see if your summer benefit was deposited. To learn more about P-EBT benefits or to replace a missing card please the NYS SNAP COVID-19 Information Page.
If you have misplaced a P-EBT Food Benefit card issued to your child[ren), you may order a replacement card by calling 1-888-328-6399. If your child(ren) received P-EBT benefits on a Medicaid card and you need to order a replacement NYS Medicaid card or select a PIN, go to otda.ny.gov for more information.
Once you have set up a PIN to access your P-EBT food benefits, you can check your family’s P-EBT food benefits balance by visiting www.connectebt.com or by calling 1-888-328-6399.
Community Food Connection (CFC), formerly known as the Emergency Food Assistance Program (EFAP), provides funding to more than 500 community kitchens and food pantries citywide. If you need food, you can get help today at one of New York City’s food pantries, which provide groceries to cook at home, or community kitchens, which provide hot meals. Need to find an active food pantry near you? Look it up with this interactive Food Assistance Map. In addition, you can download a list of NYC Food Pantries and Community Kitchens, or call 311 to find the locations nearest to you. Agents are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
KIPP NYC has arranged for all returning students to keep and use their KIPP-issued student Chromebook computer during the summer months. We are hopeful that providing access to the Chromebook and online learning platforms during the summer will enhance your student’s learning experience and support in preventing summer learning loss.
Your student either has been or will be sent home with their student Chromebook and an informational packet, which outlines best practices for care, troubleshooting, and more. Please refer to this tech packet for support, which includes solutions to common problems, answers to frequently asked questions, and troubleshooting steps to take for specific issues.
If you have any tech questions or Chromebook repairs, please complete this Tech Support Request Form.
Students and families should contact their schools directly to arrange returns of damaged Chromebooks.
New Students and Families – Get your Chromebook and KIPP NYC Login!
New students can pick up their KIPP NYC Chromebooks and KIPP NYC logins directly from their school campuses. Please reach out to the Director of Operations at your schools with any questions.
Visit the Clever portal and launch the new Canvas Learning Management System.
Video: How To Login To Clever
To connect with teachers for live video conferences, and learning sessions, follow the steps in this video.
The example below shows the process when using a Chromebook. Regardless of what device you use, you’ll use your KIPP student email to login to each service.
You can access a folder of helpful videos and guides broken down by program here.
We are prioritizing the emotional health needs of our students and staff with the same level of attention and concern with which we are prioritizing physical health.
We are creating a restorative model in all schools, increasing student opportunities to develop and strengthen social-emotional learning skills, and including circle time or advisory to enhance a sense of student belonging.
We have trained staff members in developing a trauma-conscious lens to enable us to be more attuned to student and family needs as well as building opportunities for resiliency in students. We are committed to being a protective factor for students as well as our families whether we are working with them remotely or in person.
Our social workers and counselors have participated in additional professional development to enter the school year well prepared to respond to the needs of students and families given the challenges arising from the pandemic.
Social workers and counselors will continue to work with families directly to support them in connecting with resources.
Students and families will have access to KIPP NYC’s Social Work and Counseling team to address social-emotional needs as well as case management and access to resources.
KIPP NYC has partnerships with Northside and Interborough, providing on-site, school-based mental health services to KIPP schools located in Brooklyn, Harlem, and the South Bronx.
KIPP NYC has a professional partnership with Headway andAyana Therapy, providing both in-person and teletherapy services. Headway and Ayana each offer accessible, diverse, and culturally competent therapy services for our students and families. We also have a relationship with the Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services for its loss and bereavement programs.
Our Community Resources page has the most up-to-date programs and services for students and families.
Daily student attendance has resumed as normal, with students being marked as absent if they are not physically present in school, with the following exception:
If students are required to quarantine due to exposure and/or a positive COVID-19 test, they will have the opportunity to participate in asynchronous learning and will be marked as Remote Attendance Present (REP). This will be determined by students’ daily login to Canvas.
In order to protect staff and students in our buildings, any visitor to the building must show identification and complete the daily health screening.
Exceptions to the visitor vaccine mandate:
KIPP NYC will work with the NYC Department of Education to ensure daily cleaning and sanitizing of all used spaces.
At night, our buildings will be disinfected using electrostatic machines.
Classrooms will be stocked with spray cleaner and paper towels.
Yes, each school building has a nurse onsite throughout the school day.
Schools may take field trips across New York City and the tri-state area. Out-of-tri-state area school trips and overnight trips are permitted for students who are fully vaccinated. International trips continue to be prohibited. Future trip guidance is subject to COVID-19 positivity rates, variants, and continued CDC guidelines.
KIPP NYC will continue to collaborate with the NYC Department of Education to ensure that all eligible students who ride the bus abide by New York State public transit guidance and health protocols. Many KIPP NYC students, families, and staff use public transportation to travel to and from school each day. We expect those who take public transportation to wear a mask or face covering if it is required. Regardless of the means of transportation, we will require any staff member or student with any COVID-19 symptoms to remain home.
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*represents our support of KIPP NYC Middle School Alumni that attend high schools other than KIPP NYC College Prep and KIPP NYC 8th grade completers that have graduated KIPP NYC College Prep or other high schools within the past six years.