Last Day of School
The last day of school will be on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
Have a Great Summer!
The first day of chapter 683 summer school for students will be on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
Staff will report on Tuesday, July 1st and Wednesday, July 2nd for orientation.
There will be no school on Friday, July 4, 2025.
The last day of chapter 683 will be on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.
News from
P.S. 596X
MTV Dance Party
Wednesday,
July 30, 2025
10:00am
Harry S. Truman H.S.
750 Baychester Ave.
Bronx, NY 10475
Maye A. Shaw Auditorium
1st Floor
MTV Dance Party at Truman High School
10:00am (Parents Welcome)
Parents and staff must bring identification. Parents must go through a security screening - leave extra time to enter the building prior to the show.
Prismatic Magic
Laser Show
Thursday,
July 10, 2025
10:00am to 11:00am
Harry S. Truman H.S.
Maye A. Shaw Auditorium
750 Baychester Ave.
Bronx, NY 10475
1st Floor
Join us for a summer laser light show!
Parents and staff must bring identification.
Parents must go through a security screening - leave extra time to enter the building prior to the show.
Water Mania
2025
Thursday,
July 24, 2025
9:00am to 1:00pm
P.S. 596X@178
School Yard
850 Baychester Ave.
Bronx, NY 10475
Join us for Water Mania 2025!
Small water slides, slip and slide, dunk tank and more!
Parents: Please send a bathing suit, towel, and water shoes. Sunscreen and hat also recommended.
Parent permission required.
NYPD Jazz Band
Summer Performance 2025
Thursday,
July 31, 2025
10:00am to 11:00am
Harry S. Truman H.S.
Maye A. Shaw Auditorium
750 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
1st Floor
The NYPD Band performs at department ceremonies, parades and community events across the city and in concerts around the world. They will perform for P596X again this summer!
Parents and staff must bring identification. Parents must go through a security screening - leave extra time to enter the building prior to the show.
Family
Resources
DENTAL RESOURCES
The following is a list of locations/clinics to receive dental services.
Please reach out to our social worker with any questions:
Please e-mail:
Additional Family Resources can be found on our Parent Page.
TAKE A VIDEO TOUR
OF OUR SCHOOL
Take our video tour to learn more about our programs and school community.
PHOTO OF
THE WEEK
Week of June 16, 2025
This week's photos feature P596X Field Day 2025!
On Friday, May 23rd, students, parents and staff participated in Field Day 2025. The activities included ring toss, javelin throw, torch relay, pin the tail on the donkey, car racing, limbo, hurdle relay, long jump, home run derby, frisbee toss, soccer, volleyball, parachute games, bouncy ball racing, bubbles and more! The ceremony also included the 596X color guard! The students and staff enjoyed participating in this fun event and walked away with a medal for their participation!
Former P596X student Joliah Ceda drew and created our school logo.
WELCOME
Welcome to P.S. 596X! We are a district 75 New York City Public School serving students on the autism spectrum and other special needs from Pre-K through age 11 in three co-located sites: 11X178, 11X153 and 11X498.
Through this website, you will be able to step into our classrooms and hallways to get an idea of the wide variety of creative programs and practices in which students participate on a daily basis.
Our commitment is to provide the highest quality, state of the art instructional programs to our students, and to offer parents workshops and activities to equip themselves with the skills to best help their child. Through hands-on learning and fun-filled opportunities, our students make tremendous gains in social skills, language, and academics.
John Siracuse, Principal
BOOK OF THE MONTH
May - June
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki- Shaw
What is the book of the month?
We have selected books that relate to our ReThink social/emotional curriculum. Bi-monthly, teachers and coaches will collaborate to unpack each book and design lessons, adaptations and resources to support the book’s topics. Our goal is to build on our students’ knowledge and understanding of social emotional concepts through literacy, vocabulary, writing, and discussions!
How can you get involved?
We would really love for the activities we complete at school, to also be reinforced at home. This includes the targeted vocabulary words, and some fun activities you can do at home or in the community with your child!