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District 25 superintendent reviews enrollment windows, assessments and wellness plans; asks to bring student ‘soapbox’ speeches to council
Summary
At the January President’s Council meeting, District 25 Superintendent Dr. Mike reviewed enrollment and assessment calendars, previewed a March 15 wellness day, and invited student presentations for Project Soapbox. He also urged parent leaders to promote council discretionary funding (Reso A) outreach to building principals.
Dr. Mike, superintendent for New York City Geographic District 25, used the Jan. president’s council meeting to review enrollment and assessment dates, preview a district wellness event and request parent support for outreach on discretionary council funding.
The superintendent said high-school offers are scheduled to be released March 6, middle-school offers on April 9, and kindergarten, Gifted & Talented and prekindergarten windows and offer dates as follows: the kindergarten window closed Jan. 24 and G&T offers will be released April 2; Pre-K/3-K enrollment closes Feb. 28 with offers released “on the thirteenth and the twentieth.” Grades 1–4 enrollment opens April 21, closes May 9 and offers are due June 11. Dr. Mike also said Algebra I Regents diagnostics are being administered via MAP and that winter diagnostic screens (K–2 Acadience; grades 3–8 i-Ready) should finish within about two weeks.
Why it matters: the dates govern admissions and assessment timelines for thousands of District 25 families and inform outreach parents and PTA leaders should prioritize now.
The superintendent described several family-facing initiatives. He asked parent leaders if they would welcome students participating in Project Soapbox — a civics program in which pupils research and deliver “calls to action” — and offered to arrange for students to present at future president’s council meetings. He previewed a District 25 wellness day planned for Saturday, March 15, likely 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., to be held with partners including Commonpoint Queens and at Bell Academy (P.S. 169). The event will feature SEL programming tied to the MindUP curriculum, physical-activity stations on an outdoor field and vendor resources, and the superintendent invited PTA presidents to volunteer and offer ideas.
Dr. Mike also thanked Council Member Peter A. (referred to in the meeting as “Council member Ong”) and other council members for a $480,000 allocation for auditorium technology and bathroom upgrades and encouraged parent leaders to remind principals to request Reso A funding when appropriate.
On academics and progress monitoring he said district schools should be using benchmarks established in each school’s Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP). “Every single one of our schools should be progress monitoring their CEP goals at this point of the year,” he said, listing priorities that include Acadience and i-Ready screening, math and parent-survey goals and chronic absenteeism targets. He emphasized that schools must review benchmark results and plan next steps if targets are not met.
The superintendent said families will be able to review recorded workshops on special education topics (including a March 18 session about kindergarten IEPs) and an upcoming i-Ready family session on Feb. 13 to help parents access diagnostic reports.
The meeting included a brief public exchange about how schools communicate with families. Parent leaders reported widely used tools such as ParentSquare, ClassDojo and school apps; some asked for translated materials, consistent math benchmark reporting and clearer teacher availability. Dr. Mike said he will emphasize consistent distribution of benchmark reports in upcoming meetings with principals and teachers.
Ending: Dr. Mike closed by noting the district’s youth leadership team and by reiterating invitations for students to present Project Soapbox speeches to the council and for parent leaders to help publicize enrollment and assessment schedules.
