Parents

Log in and view your child’s FREE NYC Kids Rise Scholarship account! All kindergarten accounts are new and they ALL need to be activated by you (guardian).

The 2024-2025 Annual Parent Information Letter may be found here:

In English – APIL 2024-2025

En español – APIL 2024-2025

Arrival and Dismissal Safety Protocols – 2023-2024 School Year

1. Please see the attached Fall 2023 Arrival and Dismissal
2. Your child is assigned a specific door to enter the building, according to grade level
1. PK parents may escort children to their classrooms – only 1 adult per family may enter the building.
2. All other grades will be escorted by school staff.
3. Parents, you will be asked to come in and out of the building quickly to minimize social interaction–you must not try to engage teachers in conversations at arrival or dismissal. Please email your teacher to set up a time to meet if you have concerns that need to be addressed.
4. If you arrive late during Arrival, after your child’s class has entered the building, you will be required to wait until all students have entered the building. This is when we will have staff available to escort your child.
3. During Dismissal, please follow the procedures in the attached document. 
1. ONLY adults with Family Pickup Cards will be allowed into the building. 
2. If you arrive late to pick up your child, please go directly to the 3rd-floor stage area on the elementary school side of our building. PreK parents may have to wait for their children to be escorted upstairs.
4. Your child is welcome to take supper with them. Supper is served grab-and-go style and can be picked up from the cafeteria.

Monday Early Dismissal for Staff Professional Development

1. Every Monday all Kindergarten-12th grade students will be dismissed at 1:31 PM to accommodate teacher professional development. 
2. Pre-Kindergarten students will be dismissed at the regular time (3:10 PM.) 
3. After-school programs will be available starting at the early dismissal time. See below for more information on After-School Programming.

Please note that 1st and 10th-period programming may change throughout the year based on the academic needs of each student. If your child is scheduled for 1st or 10th period, it is a mandatory part of their school day. Your 7th-12th grade child may be dismissed at 3:10 on some days and at 4:00 on others. You will be promptly notified of any changes. 

Certain forms can be downloaded from the list below.  Please only fill out new emergency and medical forms if the information has changed, i.e. phone number, email or mailing address or emergency contact information; or a child’s medical condition. We do need a new McKinney Vento form every year.

• PK-6 Emergency Contact Form
• 7-12 Grade Emergency Contact Form
• Medical Form
• McKinney-Vento Form
• Fillable CEP Household Income Form
• Parent Association Form
• Remote Learning Expectations

Please read the important NYC and NYS DOH  COVID-19 Health protocols before entering our school building.

• NYC COVID-19 Prevention and Guidance
• NYS COVID-19 Prevention
• NYS COVID-19 Guidance Documents
• Overview
• What you need to know

Please see the Accountability Page for more information on our COVID-related responses.

To stay responsive to your needs, please see this Contact Sheet for quick access to the correct staff member to contact with your questions!

¡Consulte esta Hoja de contacto para acceder rápidamente al miembro del personal correcto para contactar con sus preguntas! Hojo De Contacto Para Padres.

Compliance with Education Law § 2-d and Part 121 requires that we post our Parents Bill of Rights, regarding data privacy and security for our students.

In accordance with New York State Education Law Section 2-d, the Renaissance Charter School hereby sets forth the following Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security, which is applicable to all students and their parents and legal guardians.

(1) A student’s personally identifiable information (PII) cannot be sold or released for any commercial purposes. PII, as defined by Education Law § 2-d and FERPA, includes direct identifiers such as a student’s name or identification number, parent’s name, or address; and indirect identifiers such as a student’s date of birth, which when linked to or combined with other information can be used to distinguish or trace a student’s identity. Please see the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) regulations at 34 CFR 99.3 for a more complete definition;

(2) In accordance with FERPA and Education Law § 2-d Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child’s education record;

(3) State and federal laws including, but not limited to, Education Law § 2-d; the Commissioner of Education’s Regulations at 8 NYCRR Part 121; FERPA; and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act at 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. (34 CFR Part 300), protect the confidentiality of a student’s PII; (4) When student PII is stored or transferred, safeguards associated with industry standards and best practices including but not limited to encryption, firewalls and password protection must be in place;

(4) New York State, through the New York State Education Department (NYSED), collects a number of student data elements for authorized uses. A complete list of all student data elements collected by the State is available for public review at http://www.nysed.gov/data-privacysecurity/student-data-inventory or by writing to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234; and

(5) Parents have the right to have complaints about possible breaches of student data addressed. Complaints should be directed to Stacey Gauthier, Principal and Executive Director, by telephone at 718-803-0060, ext. 115; by email sgauthier@renaissancecharter.org; or by mail at The Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81 Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Complaints may also be submitted to NYSED at http://www.nysed.gov/data-privacysecurity/report-improperdisclosure; by mail to: Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234; by email to privacy@nysed.gov; or by telephone at 518-474- 0937.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS Each contract that TRCS enters into with a third party contractor where the contractor receives PII from student educational records or certain teacher or principal data, will include the following information:

(1) The exclusive purposes for which the student data or teacher or principal data will be used;

(2) How the third party contractor will ensure that the subcontractors, persons or entities that the third party contractor will share the student data or teacher or principal data with, if any, will abide by data protection and security requirements;

(3) When the agreement expires and what happens to the student data or teacher or principal data upon expiration of the agreement;

(4) If and how a parent, student, eligible student, teacher or principal may challenge the accuracy of the student data or teacher or principal data that is collected; and

(5) Where the student data or teacher or principal data will be stored (described in such a manner as to protect data security), and the security protections taken to ensure such data will be protected, including whether such data will be encrypted.