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We are implementing a Testing Schedule. This will reduce the number of tests that students may take in a single day.

Testing Day Schedule

Students attending school in person will be offered free breakfast and lunch daily in school. Please contact your school for more information on meal times and locations.

Support School Funding

You do not need to apply for your child to receive meals. However, we do ask families to complete Family Income Inquiry FormOpens in a new browser tab , which helps schools receive money for their programs. Your school will send a copy of this form home with your child, or you can get it from your school’s main office.

This must be completed each school year. Please complete a 2023-2024 Family Income Inquiry Form (formerly known as School Meals Form) Complete the Family Income Inquiry Form onlineOpens in a new browser tab . Submit only one form for all children in the household attending school in grades Pre-K through High School. Click the headline for further information.

2023-2024 Family Income Inquiry Form

(formerly known as School Meals Form)

You can complete online HERE from any computerOpens in a new browser tab , tablet or smartphone with an internet connection. (The zip code for LaGuardia Arts is 10023.)

Completing your form online is quick and easy.  

Families, regardless of income, are asked to complete a 2023-2024 Family Income Inquiry Form (formerly known as School Meals Form) so that our school can receive additional funding.  You do not have to give any income information if you are certain that you don't qualify, however the NYC DOE asks that families submit the form.  Income Eligibility Guidelines are HERE. Opens in a new browser tab ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Forms submitted online are processed quickly and you will receive immediate confirmation that your form was submitted.  Please retain the confirmation information.

If families qualify according to the information submitted on the Family Income Inquiry Form (formerly known as School Meals Form), their child will be entitled to:

• College Board and ACT fee waivers
• College application fee waivers
• A waiver of Advanced Placement (AP) exam fees (if they are waived)

Remember, families need to complete a 2023-2024 Family Income Inquiry Form (formerly known as School Meals Form).  Submit only one form for all children in the household attending school in grades Pre-K through High School.

We greatly appreciate your support and cooperation.

Contact the Office of SchoolFood directly if you need further assistance or have questions about completing this online application:
Office of Food and Nutrition Services
New York City Schools
(877)-363-6325
(718)-707-4400

CLASS OF 2024!

GET READY FOR YOUR SENIOR YEARBOOK PORTRAITS

Dates: October 16, 2023 – October 20, 2023

Appointments are available from 8-4pm

Sitting Fee: $10

Schedule Your Appointment Here 

Dress Code for Senior Portraits: There is no specific dress code for senior portraits since the portrait company provides a “drape” for all students to wear for the sitting.  For the Yearbook Portrait, students can choose between a drape, a suit, or a black button-down shirt.  Both are worn over their own clothes.  We recommend that all students wear a tank top or tube top underneath their clothing to make changing into and wearing the drapes easier.  We also ask that students come to their appointment with their hands and nails camera-ready. Students would like an additional photo in their own clothing, they have the option of taking one, as well as taking portraits wearing a cap and gown.

Portraits USA, Inc. is committed to the safety of students, staff and parents.  All attire, props and stations are sanitized with CDC approved cleaners and UV Light sanitation. 

 Each year, the graduating class walks to Central Park, Bethesda Fountain, to take yearbook photos of the entire class and of each studio.

This year's trip is on Monday, October 30, 2023.  The trip begins and 8:00 AM, and we return to school around 12:00 PM.

Permission Slips are required.  Pick up the Permission Slips across from the Deans Office, Room 229.  Permission Slips should be returned by the end of the day on Thursday, the 26th.  

It is important that you include your OP in the upper right-hand side of the Permission Slip, as this is how we are organizing students and chaperones.

To ask questions or for more information, please see Dr. Stricklin-Witherspoon in Room 234A or email mstricklin@schools.nyc.gov.

Hi everyone,

Thank you again for your continued interest in Austria, Germany and Switzerland this Spring. There are so many families excited by this opportunity and we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to join our waitlist before spots are selected.

Please make sure your student joins our waitlist by October 15 as selections will be made that week. Joining the waitlist requires a $95 deposit that is refundable should your student not be selected for tour.

Here is the waitlist enrollment link: www.eftours.com/2651722MA

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