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News from
P.S. 596X
NYPD Jazz Band Performance
Monday,
January 27, 2025
10:00am
Harry S. Truman H.S.
750 Baychester Avenue
Maye A. Shaw Auditorium
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 January!
Parents who wish to attend should arrive early to sign-in at the second floor entrance and go through a security screening. Please bring identification.
Family Engagement Lunch & Raffle for Literacy
Tuesday
February 4, 2025
11:30am to 1:00pm
P.S. 596X @ 178
850 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
P.S. 596X is partnering with Just Right Reader to accelerate your child's reading skills!
Free Bookbag and 10 Free Books for every family that attends! Learn NEW ways to Read with your child at home! Interactive lunch provided!
RSVP to Principal John Siracuse - JSiracuse@schools.nyc.gov by January 31, 2025
School Spirit/
Respect For All Week
Monday, February 10, 2025
through
Friday, February 14, 2025
P596X @ 178, 153, 498
In honor of School Spirit Week/Respect For All Week, P596X will be “Dressing the Message”! The purpose of this week is to promote the theme of respect by engaging students in meaningful lessons and activities focused on preventing bias-based harassment, intimidation and/or bullying. Participation is optional.
Black History Celebration:
Poetry Slam
Wednesday
February 12, 2025
10:00am
Harry S. Truman HS
750 Baychester Avenue
Maye A. Shaw Auditorium
1st Floor
596x will be celebrating Black History Month throughout the month of February. On February 12th we will be hosting a "poetry slam" with a variety of student performances, student share outs, etc. Families and staff will also be involved in this very special event.
Family
Bingo
Night
Thursday
January 30, 2025
7:00pm to 8:00pm
On Zoom
RSVP by 1/27/25
Let's warm up with some fun family BINGO!
On Zoom - Link Provided Upon Registration
RSVP by January 27th 2025 - MAllen9@schools.nyc.gov
Mark your calendars.
February Saturday Academy
Saturday
February 8, 2025
10:00am to 12:00pm
P.S. 178
850 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
1st Floor Cafeteria
"Triple A - Arts, Academics & Athletics"
Families drop off your 596x student at 9 am. 596x staff will work with students in the areas of academics and arts until 11:15/11:30 am. Families will join for pizza lunch. Registration required. No Walk-Ins! Due to event popularity, there is a waiting list for this program. E-mail DHarney@schools.nyc.gov with any questions.
School Leadership Team Meeting
Tuesday
February 11, 2025
9:30am
PS596X@178X
850 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475
Room 160
The School Leadership Team plays a significant role in creating a structure for school-based decision making and shaping the path to a collaborative school culture. The School Leadership Team functions as the management team of the school, representing the educational community.
Cookshop for Families
Wednesday
February 12, 2025
11:30am to 12:30pm
P.S. 596X @ 153
650 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
Participants complete workshops focusing on such topics as reading food labels, meal planning, portion sizes and physical activity. Through simple, healthy recipes using fresh, affordable ingredients, participants gain skills and knowledge to make CookShop part of their families' daily lives. RSVP Here: https://tinyurl.com/P596XCookShop
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.
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PHOTO OF
THE WEEK
Week of January 20, 2025
This week's photos feature our January parent engagement event at all three of our sites.
On Friday, January 10, 2025, students and parents were invited into their child's classroom to celebrate our January/February book of the month title, Big Feelings. Parents engaged with their child's class as they read the story and participated in an activity based around this title.
The students and parents enjoyed taking part in this fun and interactive activity.
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
January - February
Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold
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. For starters, tune in to hear Principal John read the Book during a special pajama read aloud! You will find resources and activities for the book in the book of the month letter. This includes the targeted vocabulary words, and some fun activities you can do at home or in the community with your child!
