Phone Policy

In order to ensure students are able to fully engage in learning activities and to promote positive socialization with peers, we collect all student’s electronics, including phones & any bluetooth headphones in the morning and return them at dismissal. 

• Advisory teachers collect cell phones at breakfast, they are stored in a lockbox in the main office throughout the day, and are returned at dismissal time.
• If there are electronic devices that you do not want to be collected, please do not send them to school with your child. 
• If scholars are found with a phone or electronic device that has not been turned in, parents will be contacted to pick it up that day. No exceptions will be made. 

We have developed this policy for the removal of electronics during the school day in accordance with Chancellor’s Regulation A-413.  Per the New York City Department of Education, “Students may bring cellphones to school, but they will be collected by the school upon entry to the school building and stored in a designated location until the end of the school day.  If a school confiscates a cell phone, computing device, or portable music or entertainment system for violation of the DOE’s Discipline Code, the school’s policy, Chancellor’s Regulation A-413 and/or the DOE’s IAUSP, a staff member must contact the student’s parent. Confiscation, storage and return of such items will be handled in accordance with the school’s policy.".

If you have any questions, please contact the school at 718-547-1890 and ask to speak to Rebecca Checo, Assistant Principal, or Kevin Bonar, the Dean of Students.