"Support for Stuy Students", an excellent guide to support services available to students at Stuyvesant High School, has been distributed to the students in homeroom and is also available by
clicking here.
"Biegelson's Theory of Small Pieces" by Stuy Guidance Counselor Jay Biegelson is a "must read" for all Stuy students and parents. It is included in section 4 of the Parent Handbook, and is also accessible by
clicking here.
Building Stuy Community is a group of students, teachers, parents, and administrators who have been meeting regularly since Spring 2005 to counteract overly competitive, stressful, and unhealthy aspects of the Stuyvesant culture and form a more cohesive and supportive high school environment. Started in response to An Open Letter to the Stuy Community written by English teacher Jonathan Weil, the group is now student-run.
Thus far, the group has increased the focus of freshman orientation on friendliness rather than on college; published student support information in the Big Sib Handbook and brochures distributed to all homerooms; formed a Building Stuy Community Yahoo group as a forum for online communications between meetings; made plans for a Stuy Community student website; and scheduled a student panel discussion to be presented at the February 28 Parents' Association meeting. The October 21 issue of the Spectator carried an article and editorial on this initiative, and in a letter published in the November 17 Spectator, all students were invited to join in the effort by sending their name, phone number, and email address to
BuildingStuyCommunity@yahoo.com. Interested parents can contact PA Program Chair Gina Anderson at
gsa1700@msn.com for more information. Encourage your children to participate in Building Stuy Community and contact
BuildingStuyCommunity@yahoo.com to be notified of forthcoming meetings.
In Mr. Weil’s words, "It's a chance for Stuyvesant to live up to its reputation for greatness, a chance to be as compassionate as we are competitive."
The Building Stuy Community group published an excellent guide to support services available to Stuyvesant students. That guide, entitled
"Support for Stuy Students," was distributed to students in homeroom, and is also available by
CLICKING HERE.
Note: The Building Stuy Community Yahoo group is not a function of the school or the Parents' Association, its owner or moderator, which are not responsible for the group site or any content on it.
Stuy Gifted and Challenged is a Yahoo Groups online support group for parents of students with learning differences/disabilities or who are trying to understand why their students are not thriving at Stuy. You are welcome to participate whether or not your child receives formal accommodations from the school.
- Share information, ideas, and parenting strategies.
- Long-term goals include working with the school to identify and address students’ unmet learning needs.
- If there is sufficient interest, meetings will be held in person.
”Different kids have different needs, they have the right to have their needs met.” – Dr. Mel Levine,
A Mind at a Time
If you wish to join the group or learn more about it, contact Chandra Chauhan at
Candyhopper@aol.com.
Note: The StuyGiftedandChallenged Yahoo group is not a function of the school or the Parents’ Association, its owner or moderator, which are not responsible for the group site or any content on it.
