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REMINDER: No School
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
School will not be in session on Monday, January 20, 2025.
Students will return to school on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
News from
P.S. 596X
Parent Support Group
Morning Edition
Wednesday,
January 8, 2025
9:30am to 11:30am
P.S. 596X @ 153
650 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
Parenting is a tough job. Come receive the support and understanding of parents who share your challenges.
No Explanations. No Apologies. No Judgement!!! Laugh, Cry, Vent, Share. Relieve stress.
Connect, Accept, Respect, Expect!
RSVP Here: https://tinyurl.com/p596xreal.
Please bring ID.
School Leadership Team Meeting
Tuesday
January 14, 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.
January Saturday Academy
Saturday
January 18, 2025
10:00am to 12:00pm
P.S. 178
850 Baychester Avenue
Bronx, NY 10475
1st Floor Cafeteria
"Triple A - Arts, Academics & Athletics"
We are asking families to 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!
Cookshop for Families
Wednesday
January 22, 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
January Parent Engagement
Friday,
January 10, 2025
P596X @ 178, 153 and 498
Please join us to celebrate our January/February book of the month title, Big Feelings.
We invite you to come and engage with your child's class as they read this book and participate in an activity based around this title. Additional information including the time will be provided by your child's teacher.
Fathers Club Meeting
Wednesday
January 15, 2025
6:00pm to 8:00pm
PS596X@178X
850 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475
Room 160
Our P.S. 596X and P.S. 176X father's club meets monthly on Wednesday evenings to allow fathers to come together to socialize, support each other, unwind and meet some new friends. Our meetings are always interesting and productive.
Parent Support Group
Evening
Edition
Tuesday
January 28, 2025
5:30pm to 7:30pm
P.S. 596X @ 153
650 Baychester Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10475
Parenting is a tough job. Come receive the support and understanding of parents who share your challenges.
No Explanations. No Apologies. No Judgement!!! Laugh, Cry, Vent, Share. Relieve stress.
Connect, Accept, Respect, Expect!
Childcare will NOT be provided. Please bring ID.
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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OF OUR SCHOOL
Take our video tour to learn more about our programs and school community.
PHOTO OF
THE WEEK
Week of December 30, 2024
This week's photos feature our December Saturday Academy. On Saturday, December 16, 2024 P596X held our holiday potluck Saturday Academy event in the 178X cafeteria. This event featured a holiday potluck and craft activity.
Parents had the opportunity to eat, relax and network with each other while completing their holiday craft.
The students were supervised by the staff as they completed their holiday craft. The parents, students and staff enjoyed taking part in this fun 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!