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REMINDER: No School
Mid-Winter Recess
School will not be in session from Monday, February 17, 2025 through Friday, February 21, 2025 for Mid-Winter Recess.
Students will return to school on Monday, February 24, 2025.
News from
P.S. 596X
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.
596X Parent Support Group Morning Edition
Wednesday
February 12, 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.
February Parent Engagement
Friday
February 14 , 2025
P.S. 178, 153 & 498
Time to be Provided by your Child's Teacher
Please join us on Friday, February 14, 2025 for our monthly parent engagement activity. This month's activity will be based around Respect for All Week and Valentine's Day. Additional information including the time to be provided by your child's teacher. Please RSVP by notifying your child's teacher on Remind or via e-mail.
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
School Pictures
2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025 - 498
Monday, February 24, 2025 and Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 178
Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 153
School Picture Day will take place on the dates above from 9:00am to 2:00pm at each site. Fliers for each unit can be found below:
596X Parent Support Group Evening Edition
Tuesday
February 25, 2025
5:30pm to 7:30pm
P.S. 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.
NO Childcare. 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.
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 February 3, 2025
This week's photos feature class X24 from our 153 site at the Soap Box Derby! On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, class X24 went to 226M to participate in this exciting event. 596X was one of ten District 75 schools selected to be part of the “Soap Box Derby”.
Teacher, Yoshita Smith and X24 participated in a series of stations that engaged students in STEAM based activities. After creating their race car, all schools got to compete in a time trial to determine which school team was able to produce the fastest cars!
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!
