MS74 Newsletter School year 2024-25
Holiday PTA Merch Store is Open Online!
Lost & Found is Overflowing!
Holiday Shopping
November Calendar
Please note, on Wednesday November 27th there will be no MS74 afterschool clubs or sports meetings. SONYC will be open for their regular afterschool programming.
Please join us for a December to Remember Parent Social! RSVP Today!
Save the Date for our Charity Club's Virtual Baking Event!
MS74 Open House
Please join us on December 3rd for our in-person School Tour! Two Sessions, both the same: 3:30PM and 5PM.
Pre-Registration is NOT required. We look forward to welcoming 5th graders and their families!
If you missed our Virtual Open House in October, please watch the recording below.
Keep Scrolling!
The following Sections can be found Below: Action Steps, Guidance, Student News, High School Info, Grade Specific Info, District 26 Info and MORE!!
In this section, we'll be posting information that pertains to our students, but that we think our parents will also want to know about! Our students are made aware of this information in Morning Meeting Slides, shown every morning in AM Homeroom and/or through information posted in their Google Homerooms.
Information Regarding the Hunter Application
Hunter College High School/ 7th- 12 Grades
Picture Orders
We have not received the 6th grade pictures yet. Lifetouch has estimated we will receive the photos within the next 2 weeks. As soon as we receive them, they will be distributed to all homerooms. We apologize for the delay.
Picture Orders
We have not received the 7th grade pictures yet. Lifetouch has estimated we will receive the photos within the next 2 weeks. As soon as we receive them, they will be distributed to all homerooms. We apologize for the delay.
Free Summer Program! Application Due 2/26/25
Proofs are Ready!
Proofs and Packages (for those that purchased) have arrived and were distributed in 8th Grade Homerooms. There are instructions in the envelope for ordering prints if you like the image of your child.
If you do NOT like the photo, hold onto the proof/ package and sign up in January for the re-take on February 6th. Parents MUST complete the sign-up sheet in January AND return the Fall Package in its entirety if they want their child to re-take the photo.
Free Summer Program! Application Due 2/26/25
High School Info
11/19: Note from Guidance:
This is a friendly reminder that High School Applications are due by December 4th. All additional materials for screened and audition programs are also due on the 4th.
Several students have not started working on their applications. We can also see that several students' applications are still in progress. Please don't forget to go back in and submit your applications.
One last reminder, If you list any programs after you have put your zoned high school program down, they will not be considered. Your application will stop at your zoned program:
Example:
- 1- Cardozo Davinci Program
- 2- Cardozo Zoned
- 3- Cardozo Law Program
If you are zoned for Cardozo and you do not get accepted to the Davinci program your application will stop at #2. Your #3 choice will not be considered.
If you have placed your zoned program above other programs that you want to be considered for you must go in and correct your application by December 4th.
If you have any questions, please contact your child's guidance counselor.
Please complete the Family Income Inquiry Form if you haven't yet - this form is used for programs in high schools that you may be applying to. Choose New York City Schools as your District.
Flyers for Upcoming High School Open Houses. Please click on the flyer to see it larger. Some schools posted links to their Open Houses. Please click the button to open the link & see more.
NEW High School Coming to Queens! Click the Link Below to Learn More about Northwell School of Health Sciences - opening 2025!
Please Complete If You Haven't Already
- Please bookmark the MS74 Newsletter in your Favorites and check it often!
- Please READ and SIGN the Handbook Page (see above). Signed pages should be returned to the Dean.
- Please complete the Media Consent Form, located in your New York Schools Account (NYCSA). You can access NYCSA by clicking here.
- Please complete the Family Income Inquiry Form by clicking here. You will need to enter 11364 as the zip code and select New York City Schools as the school district.
Student Action Items
- READ and SIGN the Culture and Climate Handbook, see above!
- Bookmark this page on a device you'll check daily, so you're up to date on news from the school with key dates (like sports tryouts, bake sales, merch sales, club events, and more!).
Ms. Calderon is our Transportation Specialist. She can be reached at mcalderon28@schools.nyc.gov or in room 126 at school.
What To Do If:
- My child has been assigned to a Bus: TRACK your child's bus using the new NYC BUS APP.
- My child Qualifies, but did not receive an OMNY card: Please see note above.
- My child didn't Qualify for OMNY card or Yellow Bus: We are so sorry, but it is the Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) that makes this determination, not our school staff. Please click here to learn more about Transportation Eligibility.
- I don't know if my child Qualifies for either OMNY or Yellow Bus. Please check the Transportation tab in your NYCSA account OR email Ms. Calderon mcalderon28@schools.nyc.gov
- My child LOST their OMNY Card. What do we do? Please see note above.
In this section we're sharing information that may be of interest to our families. Some are links, some are flyers. If it's a flyer, you may click it to view it larger.
MoMA Events
MoMA provides New York City teens with the opportunity to explore art making, engage with the contemporary art world and artists, and connect with other teens from across the city.
MoMA Teens offers a variety of unique and free hands-on, drop-in studio art courses and behind-the-scenes, internship-like programs.
NYC Parks Department offers free events ALL year, throughout the city! Click the link below to learn more!
NYC Public Libraries offer many year-round activities and free events. Please click on the link to learn more about events happening in our Queens Libraries!
How to reach us at MS74
718.631.6800 (phone)
61-15 Oceania Street Bayside, NY 11364
Good Things to Know:
- If you move, change your number, or need to update your email address, please contact the Main Office at 718.631.6800. Please also ask your child to stop by the Main Office to pick up 2 new Emergency Blue Cards.
- If your child is out sick - please send them in with a note the day they return to school. The note should go to Attendance in room 126.
That's it for now, but please check the Newsletter often for updates and notices! If anything pops up - last minute club changes or sports announcements, closures due to weather, etc. - we will post it here.