Home Page - P.S. 161 The Arthur Ashe, Jr. School

Chancellor's letter to families

click end-of-year-2022-letter-to-families.pdf to access full letter

Early Childhood Mask Policy

click early-childhood-mask-policy-update-june-10-2022.pdf to access links for translations

Free Book Giveaway

click free books.pdf to access link

P-EBT Food Benefits

click P-EBT.pdf to access link and download

NYC CARE

click nyccare-flyer.pdf to download

June Movies with Speaker Adams

click June Movies w Speaker.pdf to download

UPDATE ABOUT COVID-19

click Letter to send home.pdf to download

New Mask Policy

click Dear PS 161Q families new mask.pdf to download

P.S. 161Q's COVID Report Card

Please click here to access the COVID report card for P.S. 161

If your child tests positive for COVID-19, please email Mrs. Katz, PS161Q Safety Coordinator at mkatz7@schools.nyc.gov.

Be sure to include in your email your child's name, class, teacher's name and a copy of your child's test results.

COVID-19 Student Testing

Click COVID-19 Student Testing.docx to download flier

New COVID Guidelines for Early Childhood

click covid-flowchart-early-childhood.pdf to access complete letter and download

New COVID Guidelines for K-12

click covid-flowchart-k-12.pdf to access letter and download

NYCSA Parent Portal Click NYCSA.pdf to download the flier

Message for Families from Chancellor

click nyc-doe-family-update-february-4-2022.pdf to see the complete letter and to access links and download

Mask Update

click nyc-doe-family-update-february-25-2022.pdf to download and access links

NYCDOE School Visitor Policy to PS161Q

All visitors (age 12 and older) must show proof of at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination to enter a DOE building. Visitors do not include students attending school in a DOE building.

Acceptable proof of vaccination is one of the following:

A CDC Vaccination Card(Open external link); a photo or photocopy is also acceptable.
A NYC Vaccination Record(Open external link) or other official immunization record from within or outside the US, including from a health care provider. A photo or photocopy of this card is also acceptable.
NYC COVID Safe App on Android(Open external link) or iOS(Open external link).
Excelsior Pass or Excelsior Pass Plus(Open external link).
DOE COVID-19 Vaccine Portal(Open external link).

An acceptable COVID-19 vaccination includes one dose of any COVID-19 vaccine fully authorized or authorized for emergency use by the FDA(Open external link) or WHO(Open external link).

NYCDOE 2021-2022 School Calendar

Below are links to download the NYCDOE school calendar for this school year. The calendars are in different language.

NYCDOE School Calendar 2021-2022-Bengali.pdf

NYCDOE School Calendar 2021-2022-English.pdf

NYCDOE School Calendar 2021-2022-Spanish.pdf

NYCDOE School Calendar 2021-2022-Urdu.pdf