Berta A. Dreyfus Intermediate School 49
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Bertha A. Dreyfus Intermediate School 49
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| " We have a resposibility to follow the rules and when we do we respect ourselves and the whole dreyfus community" | |
| Established | 1963 |
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| School type | Public |
| Grades | 6,7,8 |
| Principal | Linda Hill |
| Location | 101 Warren St. (Staten Island) New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Students | 1,095 |
| Mascot | 49er Miner |
| Colors | Gold and Purple |
Bertha A. Dreyfus Intermediate School 49 ("I.S.49" for short) is a middle school in Staten Island, in New York City, New York, United States. It was previously known as "Junior High School 49."
The school is a part of the New York City Department of Education
As of 2000 it has offered a magnet program, a special program for gifted students. I.S.49's school day starts strictly at 7:25 a.m. and ends at 1:45 p.m.. The extended day ends at 2:22 1/2 p.m.. Lateness in this school is a big problem. The school starts marking pupils late right after 7:25. The school starts out with an AM homeroom then 8 periods which are 41 minutes long. After 8th period is a PM homeroom which ends at 1:45. Students not mandated to stay for the extended session leave at 1:45 p.m.. Students mandated to stay leave at 2:22 1/2 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
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[edit] Academies
The school currently operates under an academy system. It was first put into effect at the beginning of the 2004-2005 school year. There are currently three academies: Science & Technology, Journalism, and Law & Government. Each academy has its own assistant principal, dean and lunch period. The lunch periods are 4,5 and 6th. Law & Government has lunch 4th period. Science & Technology has lunch 5th period. Journalism has lunch 6th period. Each academy has students from each grade. Each academy also has its own set of classrooms and homerooms. But a class from one academy can go to another academy's classroom since the academies aren't partioned off. The academy system was implemented in the 2004-2005 school year. It was created to help the school's staff lower their burden. It wasn't made to separate the school community but to create organization. In the 2004-2005 school year there were four academies. They were Global Studies, Journalism, Law & Government and Arts & Humanities. Global Studies is now Science & Technology. The Arts & Humanities academy was dicontinued at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year due to some problems.
[edit] Class number
I.S.49 has a new method of assigning class numbers. It was first used in the 2005-2006 school year. The first number identifies your grade. The second number identifies your academy. The third number identifies your class rank. Science & Technology's number is 1, Journalism's number is 2 and Law and Government's (as of 2007, Law & Goverment is known as enviormental studies)number is 3. For example, if your class is 822,you are in 8th grade journalism and your class rank is 1st. The lower the last number, the better the class. In some cases the third number may not reflect the class. The number 1 is not used as a third number. So it is substituted with 2.
Before the 2005-2006 school year, the method used to be somewhat different. The first number would tell your grade number. The last two digits would tell your class rank (with an exception of magnet classes). The lower the last two numbers, the better the class. Magnet classes used to be 611, 612, 711, 712, 811 & 812. Honors classes used to be 601, 602, 701, 702, 801 & 802. Classes 603-610, 703-710, and 803-810 used to be regular education classes. As of 2006-2007, magnet classes are classes: 610, 620, 630, 710, 720, 730 and 810, 811, 812. Classes ending with 13 and over were formerly special education classes.For the 2006-2007 year the academies have new names except science and technology. Jornalism is now Jornalism and Media. Law and governement is now Enviornmental studies.
[edit] School Building
The building as of 2006 underwent a major renovation. The brick and motar around the building were replaced. The school now has 40 new cameras and fire alarm system. All the windows were also replaced. The floors were replaced. A new speaker and clock system was installed. The building needed this renovation as the previous condition wasn't up to date. The whole renovation project was finished in September 2006. These new changes were recently finished and some say they are now planning to introduce Air Conditionairs to each room. The school is very nice and the teachers are wonderful! Many students who go to high school miss the close relationships they had with their teachers--especially those in the Magnet program.(*Extra Imformation About the Teachers: Mrs. Tromer and Mrs. Obler are both coaches and very experienced robotics teachers that effiecently guide our experienced and winning robotic teams. Mr. Valia is a great teachers and does not tolerate violence.Mrs. Blanchard (is great) will expertly guide and teach you the fine and organized skills of using, a desktop or a laptop, whether it is a complicated function or increasing your typing speed by 2 times your regular amount! Mrs. Wolfson and Mrs. Monohan are exceedingly magnificent teachers. Mrs. Monohan is the coordinator of our cranial crunch team, while Mrs. Wolfson is the coordinator of our Arista program (*which is a gifted program where all the students must have an overall average of over 85%–90% in order to certify). The school also has a good MOUSE squad team and robotics team that came in first place.
[edit] Honors Program
The honors program has two classes per grade. These classes are advanced and for gifted students. You must maintain a good average and other guidelines when in it. The only difference between magnet and honors is that honors doesn't get an extra technology class and that you don't need to take a test to get enrolled. Honors is usually considered an example of a good class. Each honors class has an advanced version of social studies, science, math and language arts. If you maintain your overall performance and keep it in good shape you are most likely to stay in honors for the rest of middle school. You will be with the majority of the same students each year if you stay in honors. Students in regular classes who show great achievement are able to go to honors if there is enough space. Students who don't show good performance and don't belong in honors are put in the class that pertains to them.
[edit] Magnet Program
The magnet program has been with I.S.49 for almost six years. To be able to enroll in magnet, you must take a test. There are three magnet classes for each grade. Magnet is the same as honors except that magnet gets an extra technology related class and honors doesn't. The magnet program is an example of technology integration at I.S.49.
[edit] Lateness
Lateness is a big problem at this school. I.S.49 starts marking students late after 7:25 sharp. Many of them come late to school, so the school is trying to encourage everyone to come early. One example is during New York State testing in 2006. Any homeroom with 100% attendance before the test was able to get a free pizza party.
Another lateness problem at this school is being late for any class or period. Everyone has three minutes to get from one period to another. It is said to be enough time to get to class. After the late bell, the school has a "Lockout" or "Hall Sweep". All the doors get locked. Administrators and safety personnel go through the halls and pick up whoever is there. Anyone who gets picked up is brought to a room and is kept there until next period.After the hall sweep, children that are caught are bought to "inhouse". Inhouse is located on the first floor. Kids think skipping a peroid and getting in inhouse is good. But it is not! Parents get informed and you have to do work in inhouse.
[edit] Feeder patterns
Dreyfus gets most of its students from P.S. 13 M.L. Lindenmeyer and P.S. 14 Cornelius Vanderbilt. Some students from from P.S. 16 John J. Driscoll, P.S. 35 Clove Valley, P.S. 39 Francis J. Murphy Jr.,P.S 46 albert V. Manascaso Schol P.S. 48 William C. Wilcox, and P.S. 57 Hubert H. Humphrey, are zoned to Dreyfus.
Upon graduating, most I.S. 49 students attend either Curtis High School or New Dorp High School (which are the zoned schools).
[edit] External links
- NYC Board of Education, NYC BOE page for I.S.49.
- School Info, Facts about the school.
- The Dreyfus Times, Dreyfus' very own newspaper.
- Teachers
- Statistics
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Region 7 |
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| High schools | Curtis | Dewey | Lafayette | Murrow | Staten Island Technical |
| Middle schools | IS 49 |
