The principal welcomes families to the new school year and introduces the new administration team. He highlights initiatives to improve communication between the school and families through the Remind app. An open house event is announced for September 22nd where families can meet teachers, learn about school programs and activities, and attend the first PTA meeting. The principal expresses high expectations for students and welcomes family participation in the school community.

1. Principal’s Message
Dear P.S./I.S. 226 Families:
Welcome back to the 2016-2017 school year! As the new principal of P.S./I.S. 226, let me be the first
to share with you how excited all of us are to begin a new year full of rigorous instruction, engaged
students, and joyful learning. Your children are in excellent hands and we are so fortunate to have such a
strong, dedicated school community here. This is my 14th year in the Department of Education and I have
been fortunate to be a teacher and administrator in both elementary and middle schools. I know first-hand
that the developmental needs of our Pre-K and 8th grade students are quite different. Yet, we are one
school community and committed to differentiating and integrating the learning we do to serve all of our
students and parents equally. Thank you for your support and cooperation in helping make our school such
a successful, collaborative place where our children are always striving to achieve.
Please allow me to introduce you to our new Assistant Principal, Mr. Hyman, who will be supervising
and working closely to support all of our Pre-K to 2nd grade families. He also will be leading our Special
Education Department and joining our leadership team alongside fellow Assistant Principals, Ms. Niarhos -
Grades 3-5, and Ms. Montañes - Grades 6-8.
We are committed to strengthening the collaboration between our school and the families of each
student. As a result, we are happy to announce that we will be using a new schoolwide system of
communication – Remind - to make sure we’re bringing learning home. Since you are your child’s first
teacher, student success depends on the support of the entire school community. Remind is a free
messaging application that helps keep families up to date with what’s happening in the classroom. It
includes quick and important class or personalized information directly from teachers, administrators, and
your parent coordinator, Ms. Frankel, to make sure you receive information your child, schedule changes,

2. field trip updates, and upcoming assessments/projects/events. It also translates messages instantly in over
70 languages before sending. Lastly, Remind keeps personal contact information private and can be used
on any device.
We’d also like to invite you to Open School Family Night on Thursday, September 22nd from 4:30 –
7:30pm where you will get an opportunity to meet your child’s new teacher(s), administrators, visit
classrooms, learn more about Remind, and hear about all the exciting initiatives, extracurricular activities,
and workshops we have in store for this school year. Just to give you a sneak peek, we are fortunate to
have proud partnerships with Carnegie Hall, Broadway Junior, Cool Culture, JP Morgan Chase, Teen
Thursdays/Transit Museum, Urban Advantage, Marquis Studios, and the Federation of Italian-Americans.
They love working with P.S./I.S. 226 students!
We have a brand new website at www.psis226.com that we recommend you visit often to see links to
our classroom websites, school events, the calendar, pictures/video, and more. In addition, please visit the
NYCDOE Website at schools.nyc.gov for the most updated and important citywide school information.
Our first PTA meeting of the 2016-2017 school year, which I encourage all of you to attend, will
also take place during Family Night at 7:30pm. We hope all of you can make it.
Students are expected to arrive at school at 7:50am and line up in their designated areas. School
doors open for breakfast at 7:30am. Dismissal is at 2:20pm. We will continue to offer an after-school
program for grades 5-8. Applications are available in the main office, if you have not already applied.
We have high expectations for all of our students as we strive to prepare them for college and
careers in a challenging and ever changing world. We welcome and encourage your participation as we set
and attain our goals in a safe, positive and rewarding environment. I’m looking forward to meeting all of you
and having an amazing first year together!
Sincerely,
Evan Klein - Principal, I.A.