Parent Resources
Parent Resources
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New York City Schools Account
NYC Schools Account (NYCSA) is an app that helps you track your child’s education. Through NYCSA, you can see their grades, attendance, fitness results, schedule, and more. Find out how to sign up, now.
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Parent Teacher Conferences
How to make the most of your parent teacher conference. Learn questions to ask and how to request translation and interpretation services.
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Family Empowerment
We encourage all parents/guardians to get involved with New York City public schools. Families are our closest partners in helping our 1.1 million students to thrive. Learn some ways you can connect with your child’s school.
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School Wellness Councils
A School Wellness Council is a group of parents, students, school staff, and community members who work together and with the school administration to promote a healthy school community.
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Family and Community Empowerment (FACE)
The FACE team has staff members focused on parent empowerment at school-based, district, and citywide levels. All team members help to amplify parent voices across the city.
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Family and Community Wellness Collective
Join the Family and Community Wellness Collective: A community of parents or caregivers who want to learn more about how to care for themselves and their school community.
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Guidance on Public Meetings and School Visits
Learn how SLT and CCEC meetings can be conducted in accordance with recent changes in law and vaccination mandates.
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Superintendent Candidate Town Hall
Register to join an upcoming town hall or if you missed your district's Superintendent Candidate Town Hall, you can watch the recording here!
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Literacy Resources for Families
NYC Public School Literacy resources and activities are available for all families to use to continue learning at home, and will help your child build important literacy skills necessary for educational, career, and lifetime success.
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Community Resources for Immigrant NYers
The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) is an umbrella policy & advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York.
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Immigrant Families
NYCPS and the Mayor’s Office are committed to protecting the right of every student to attend public school, regardless of immigration status, national origin, or religion. The United States Supreme Court has also recognized the importance of public education for all students, including undocumented students.
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Kids Belongs in Classrooms
As families across the country have reentered their school communities in the back-to-school season—celebrating milestones, picking out first-day outfits, and gathering school supplies—many immigrant children, parents, workers, and teachers, and the US Citizens who love them are facing a very different reality. Instead of joy and anticipation of what the school day may bring, they’re living with the constant fear of ICE tearing their families apart.
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From Minnesota Parents: Resources to Support Conversations with Kids
gs in ClassroomsThe news has been heavy lately. You may be wondering how on earth you're supposed to parent in times like these. It's tough to talk to our children when the world feels upside down.
Here's a list of resources offering age-appropriate ways to talk to your children about what they may have seen or heard. Be gentle with yourselves. Build safe spaces while also acknowledging that sometimes bad things happen. Recognize moments of joy and let them disrupt even the slightest heaviness.
- Talking to Children about Traumatic Events
- Helping Children Cope (Sesame Street, American Academy of Pediatrics, National
- Association of School Psychologists)
- Spiritual First Aid
- Talking to Children About Ice
Planing Tools for Immnigrant Parents
Immigrant parents who are worried that they may be separated from their child because of an immigration action, such as an arrest, detention, or deportation, should consider making a plan now for the future care and custody of their children. There are several tools for parents. Parents should consult with an attorney to discuss their needs.
