Letters from the Principal

These letters provide updates about what’s happening at CPE1. Below are letters from 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026.

July 22, 2026

Hello from Sandy

June 22, 2026

Family outing this week, connecting classroom environments to rec days, what your child needs for rec days

June 8, 2026

Sandy George named interim acting pincipal, final All-School Sing and acknowledging community members moving on

May 13, 2026

What our children are telling us about how they use devices, update on ICT in 4/5s next year, invitation to graduation

May 7, 2026

On why the City Hall trip was canceled, and how children react

May 4, 2026

More on logisitics and purpose at City Hall

April 30, 2026

Protesting for pre-K buses at City Hall, major building renovation coming soon

April 13, 2026

New school coming to our building in 2027-2028, learning outdoors in warmer weather

March 11, 2026

Students, civics, funding, and complex thinking; appreciation for book swap

February 24, 2026

Meeting for families about state exams, active or add to your child’s NYCKids Rise account, apply soon for Summer Rising

February 12, 2026

Community coffee, progress reports for families, reminder about candy, upcoming testing meeting for families, town hall with the chancellor near CPE1, rec days return in June

February 2, 2026

Children’s conversations about immigration and Minneapolis, Project Open Arms and legal support for migrants, upcoming lockdown drills, children savoring cold weather

January 21, 2026

Superintendent’s survey for CPE1 community, computer-based testing simulation, improved space for Aishah’s classroom, magical skating in Central Park

December 5, 2025

Gabe and Josie working with 2-3s

December 4, 2025

Community coffee, Festival of Lights, outdoor play in cold weather

November 26, 2025

Staffing update

November 7, 2025

New mental health partnership with Northside Center for Child Development, food during the government shutdown

October 30, 2025

Plans if yellow school buses stop, Halloween in and out of school, fourth and fifth graders camping

October 14, 2025

Fall Festival, staffing update, second and third graders begin swimming

October 6, 2025

Re-scheduling grades 2-5 picture day, start of lockdown drills

September 22, 2025

Welcome, Gary; café comunitario on Friday; start of screeners; Peggy in the New York Film Festival

September 10, 2025

New restroom, unfinished construction

September 8, 2025

Beauty of the start of school, first parent association meeting, first All-School Sing

September 1, 2025

Setting up for the start of the year; welcome-back potluck; hiring update; welcome, Gabe and Andrew

August 1, 2025

Welcome, Yamilka and Asael; complete your emergency contact form, apply for after-school

June 18, 2025

Transforming classrooms into exhibition spaces, graduation and family outing coming up, appreciation from fourth and fifth graders

May 16, 2025

Darrell and Donna preparing to retire, recognizing CPE’s past and present, starting the week without screens

May 7, 2025

No screens week and our children’s online lives, update on parent coordinator hiring, vote for community education council

April 24, 2025

Community coffee this week, new mental health partnership, May 1 meetings about young children with phones and tablets

April 3, 2025

Meeting about phones, tablets, and our children; more college savings donated to CPE1 students

March 20, 2025

Choosing iReady before state exams, Ray changing classes, save the date for an education conference honoring Central Park East

March 4, 2025

Early dismissal Thursday, apply for Summer Rising, previous day’s shelter-in, nonattendance days at the end of June

February 24, 2025

Learning through and beyond books, testing meeting for families, community coffee, early dismissal and family conferences, new visual arts partnership

February 5, 2025

BLM at schools event, update your emergency contacts, progress reports going home

January 31, 2025

Author Megan Madison leads BLM Week of Action event for families, Justine’s last day at CPE1, reading about difficult history and beautiful legacies

January 17, 2025

Activate your NYC Kids Rise college savings account, more reading support in the upper grades, additional meeting for families about school-based investigations

January 2, 2025

Long article about CPE1 and update on CPE1 reading curriculum, meeting for families about school-based investigations, skating dates for this winter

December 11, 2024

Winter concert this week, share your family’s traditions atFestival of Lights, migrants inside public school buildings, personal thanks

November 26, 2024

Community luncheon for children, our attendance so far this year, Festival of Lights on December 19

November 20, 2024

Ice skating begins, hosting national conference on special education

November 7, 2024

Molluscum in Hansel and Selena’s Class

October 31, 2024

Diwali and calendar updates, staff work on no-school day, families conferences coming up

October 25, 2024

Reflecting on Fall Festival and what CPE means to alumni, Halloween parade, camping with CPE1

October 16, 2024

Counting down to Fall Festival, family contact lists sent home, a new book going home to CPE1 families

October 10, 2024

Fiftieth anniversary next week; welcome, Judy

September 30, 2024

Update on occupational therapy, documentary showing on October 8, new after-school program

September 16, 2024

Curriculum Night, a film for our fiftieth anniversary, starting screeners in K-5, scheduling lockdown drills, ven a nuestro café comunitario

September 6, 2024

The first day of school, celebrating fifty years of Central Park East

August 27, 2024

Teachers arranging classrooms; after-school, emergency contacts, the family handbook, and school calendar; sign up for the potluck

August 5, 2024

Applying to after-school programs; save the date for welcome-back potluck

July 15, 2024

Welcome, Yasmin; Safer Access doors now open

June 26, 2024

Patricia’s leaving and hiring a new teacher, CPE1’s 2024-2025 calendar, free summer meals, wishes for summer

June 12, 2024

Update on 2024-2025 budget, expanding fulltime integrated collaborative education, footwear in warmer weather

May 23, 2024

Rescheduling Family Game Night because of flooding

May 22, 2024

Family Game Night, city council and budget meeting at CPE, your vote on changing the school calendar

May 2, 2024

Update on reading at CPE1

February 15, 2024

Najah’s final day at CPE1, community coffee in Spanish

February 6, 2024

Learning songs for Lunar New Year, Black Lives Matter in Schools Week of Action, More Skating Dates, Cafeteria Budget Cuts

January 16, 2024

Skating at Wollman Rink, teachers training in new literacy curriculum, petition to remove early voting from school buildings

January 10, 2024

Family workshop on January 11, state exams on computers, remember CPE’s first superintendent

January 2, 2024

New progress report format, Give Kids a Smile dental screening

November 28, 2023

Community luncheon for children, Festival of Lights, ice skating in January

November 9, 2023

Gender workshop coming soon, laptops for snow days, Halloween costumes for older students

October 16, 2023

Family Festival week; welcome, Joseph; water quality passes inspection

October 4, 2023

Workshop on gender, picture days, January 11 arts workshop, complete meal and housing forms

September 27, 2023

Principal’s Welcome - Curriculum Night

September 26, 2023

Curriculum Night This Week, letter from Deborah Meier about CPE’s fiftieth anniversary

September 19, 2023

Alana leaving, learning songs for All-School Sing, screeners begin, upgrading auditorium seats

September 1, 2023

Potluck and welcome coffee, emergency contacts, occupational therapy, the magic of first days of school

August 2, 2023

Welcome Kiyah, Josie, and Kim; budget and art; restroom project