<div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-2177597847804423984gmail-docs-internal-guid-71c43d50-7fff-c373-acca-0edeb03236e3"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear TNS Community,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Every year, families are required to complete a DOE emergency, safety, and health information form (aka the “blue card”). Because of remote learning, it is more difficult to do this in person, so we have moved the form to an online, secure link for you to fill out. This should take 5-10 minutes to complete and hopefully is easier to do. You must fill out one form for each child you have attending TNS.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emergency, safety, and health information is confidential and will not be shared outside of the DOE or TNS administration. Your contact information (email, phone number, and address) will be added to a directory for teachers, PTA, and other parents. The Parent Coordinator will use the family survey to assist individual families and to recommend priorities and goals for the PTA.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also have some optional survey questions for you to fill out regarding</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> your TNS community needs and interests. This information will be critical to us so that we can prioritize resources and energy. This is also an opportunity to indicate to the PTA if your family is interested in online or in-person activities outside of school, forming a learning pod with other TNS families or other ideas as well as a way to get involved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Here's the form:</div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b><a href="https://forms.tnsny.org/" target="_blank">https://forms.tnsny.org/</a></b></div><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dyanthe</span></p></font></span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, sans-serif">-- <br></font><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://tnsny.org" target="_blank">tnsny.org</a><br></font></div><div><a href="mailto:DSpielberg@schools.nyc.gov" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif">DSpielberg@schools.nyc.gov</font></a></div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Preferred pronouns: <i>she, her, hers</i></font><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>