PS 255 The Barbara Reing School

See the links below on COVID-19 Testing in Schools:

Click here for the Updated Letter for Families on COVID-19 Testing (Dated: September 29, 2020)  

Click here for the Student COVID-19 Testing Consent Form  

This year’s application deadline will be later than the traditional early December deadline.

o   This information is now available on 

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/middle-school and will be shared with families who have signed up for email alerts, here 

o   We will be sharing a more detailed timeline in the near future.

• Later this fall, Welcome Letters will be available before the application opens.

o   Each Welcome Letter has instructions on creating a MySchools account, and the account creation code that lets parents link their child to their account.

o   Welcome Letters will be mailed directly to all families; elementary school staff may also provide them to families.

o   Families can continue exploring options through the  MySchools DIrectory  https://www.myschools.nyc/en/schools/middle-school/

• After Welcome Letters are distributed to families, the application will then open.

o   At that time, families will then be able to access their personalized application, rank up to 12 program choices, and submit their application up until the application deadline.

o   As in past years, families may also elect to submit their application through their elementary school.

Directories: This year, due to budget priorities, the middle school directory and admissions guide will exist exclusively in a virtual format, and will not be printed.

• We know this was a tool that families used to explore school options; however, the MySchools Directorycontains all the information about middle schools that was previously in printed admissions guides.
• As the application opens, families may learn about the admissions process on schools.nyc.gov​​​​​​​ where they can both read an admissions guide and watch videos explaining the admissions process.
• Additional resources will be developed and distributed digitally, as well as through elementary schools.

Open Houses and Fairs: We know that open houses and fairs have served as a key way for families to learn about school options and the admissions process, and we are committed to continuing this tradition even while many of our families are remote. We’re developing resources for middle schools to hold virtual open houses so that families can learn about school options.

This would allow us to temporarily pause in-person middle school open houses and fairs, until it is safe for us to resume in-person large open houses and fairs. As always, our team will continue to work closely with middle schools on recruitment and promotional strategies, and share updates as those develop. Additionally, our team will be producing a series of online videos for families that explain the admissions process, provide a MySchools tutorial, and answer FAQs. These videos will be uploaded to our website, and will be shared directly with you and families as they are created. 

Families Temporarily Living Outside NYC: Students who have temporarily relocated outside NYC, but who have maintained a permanent residence in NYC, may participate in admissions.

If you have a family in this situation, please be sure that the family’s address in ATS remains the permanent NYC address. If an address outside NYC is in ATS, the family will not receive a Welcome Letter or be able to submit an application until it is updated to their permanent NYC address.