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NYC School Survey
Your School. Your Child. Your Voice.
Every year, we ask all families, teachers, and staff of grades 3-K through 12, and students in grades 6-12 to take the NYC School Survey. The survey gives school leaders a better understanding of what members of their school community think about their school. The information collected by the survey is designed to support a dialogue among all members of the school community about how to make the school a better place to learn.
Instructions for Families:
If your student is in a NYCPS, you will need your child’s nine-digit student identification number, or OSIS, to begin filling out your survey online.
You can find the OSIS on your student’s report card.
News from
P.S. 596X
Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday
March 13, 2025
Virtual
12:50pm to 2:50pm
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Parent-Teacher conferences will be conducted remotely, however meetings with parents and caregivers may occur in person at a mutually agreed date and time during the day/evening. Your child’s teacher will provide you with additional information. Please contact your child's teacher to set up a conference. Students will not have school on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
March Saturday Academy
Saturday
March 15, 2025
9:00am to 12:00pm
PS596X@178X
850 Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY 10475
Room 160
"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. Due to program popularity, there is a waiting list for this program.
Muffins
with Mom
Friday,
March 21, 2025
8:00am
P.S. 596X@
178, 153 and 498
All moms/mother figures are invited to bring your child to school and grab a muffin and cup of coffee. Our moms will receive a copy of: "My Mom Is Magical." To RSVP, please contact Dawn Harney, 596X Parent Coordinator: dharney@schools.nyc.gov or 718.904.5779.
All are welcome and encouraged to wear PURPLE on this day!!
596X Parent Support Group Morning Edition
Wednesday
March 26, 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.
March Parent Engagement Activity
Friday
March 14, 2025
PS596X@ 178, 153 & 498
Please join us for our March Family Engagement Activity. This month's activity will be based on the March/April Book of the Month. Please bring identification.
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. We look forward to seeing you there!
Father's Club Meeting
Wednesday
March 19, 2025
6:00pm
PS596X @ 178
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.
Please bring identification to enter the building.
596X Parent Support Group Evening Edition
Tuesday
March 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 .
Cookshop for Families
Wednesday
March 26, 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.
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 March 3, 2025
This week's photos feature our February parent engagement event at our 178, 153 and 498 sites. On Friday, February 14, 2025, students and parents were invited into their child's classroom to celebrate Respect For All week and Valentines Day. Parents were invited to wear red or pink and engage with their child's class as they made a kindness wreath.
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
March - April
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
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!
Book of the Month
Video Coming Soon