Mrs. Di Chiara

 Special Class English 11, 12, ICT ELA 12 and Resource Room

JJHS Special Education Department 897-6700 Extension 30088

 Google Voice: (845) 859-0558

Diane.DiChiara@WCSDNY.org

Virtual Open House

October 7, Thursday

7:00-9:00

Mrs. Di Chiara's Virtual Open House
Thursday, October 7 · 7:00 – 9:00pm

Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ywm-asrq-shh
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 347-773-4883‬ PIN: ‪462 480 832‬#

Students: Always refer to Google Classroom for assignments and other important information 

GOOGLE CLASSROOM CODES:

ELA Period 1:     eiaftrk            

ELA Period 7:     7pngada3

RR period 2:       gjkhdct

RR period 4:       i7a6xtnv

ICT ELA 12: 

Parent Resources for Digital Learning

https://sites.google.com/wcsdny.org/parent-resource-website/home

How do I get a New York Public Library Card?

The New York Public Library offers a number of online resources, and any New Yorker can sign up for a library card.

Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2020/03/27/new-york-public-library-card-gets-you-access-millions-books-resources/2921617001/

"The only person you are destined to become

                           is the person you decide to be."                         

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Current Read or Listen:

The Restaurant at Christmas by Pamela M. Kelley 

What did I read summer 2021? 

The Restaurant by Pamala M. Kelley

My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinnem

Every Day is a Gift by Tammy Duckworth

The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom

Anxious People by Fredrik Bakman

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Girl A by Abilgail Dean

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Prior Reads:

The Lies We Told by Diane Chamberlain

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevallier

Everything Beautiful in Its Time by Jenna Bush Hager

Me by Elton John

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Not Light, but Fire by Matthew Kay

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

I'm Not Dying With You Tonight by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward

Touched by the Sun by Carly Simon

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

From Scratch by Tembi Locke

George Carlin Reads to You by George Carlin

The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain