SCHOOL CHOICE JOURNEY 2021-2022 TRAVEL GUIDE PREKINDERGARTEN – GRADE 12 Welcome to the School Choice Process! Educating your child is a team effort Yonkers Public Schools looks forward Associations. By working together, we between home and school. The 2021- to partnering with you. Explore all the can help all children reach their fullest 2022 Yonkers Public Schools Passport options for your child’s education – visit academic, social and emotional potential. and Travel Guide help you navigate our schools and classrooms, and talk A strong partnership between families your child’s s educational journey. We to principals, teachers, students and and educators provides a lifelong welcome you to travel the path to parents. foundation for student success. discover the educational opportunities Throughout your child’s educational On behalf of the entire Yonkers Public available in our schools. journey, family members are encouraged Schools community, we look forward At this important time, whether choosing to visit the schools, participate in to a positive and productive 2021-2022 a first school or the next school along school programs and become an active school year. your child’s educational journey, the member of the Yonkers Parent Teacher Yonkers Schools • Build essential knowledge and skills in all New York • Foster partnerships with community organizations, State Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and Next cultural institutions and colleges that provide extended Generation Learning Standards and Assessments in learning opportunities English Language Arts and Mathematics providing a • Engage parents as partners in education through Parent deep foundation in all academic areas Teacher Associations, workshops, conferences, open houses, • Offer learning environments premised on teaching performances, advisory committees and school-based philosophies that help students acquire subject matter decision-making teams, and Family Welcome Centers and realize academic success in accordance to their • Introduce career interests through curricular studies, learning preferences service learning, and real world connections • Integrate technology throughout all areas of • Promote ongoing Professional Development through instructional design to reflect a new world of learning; common planning periods, workshops and courses, infuse innovative and web-based instruction into curriculum development and collegial sharing classrooms, computer labs and library-media centers to provide extended learning opportunities for all students • Improve self-esteem and respect for others through multicultural and intergenerational education studies, • Integrate enrichment opportunities through curriculum- programs, and celebrations themed experiences including field trips, music and art enrichment opportunities, project-based and • Uphold and uniformly enforce the District’s Code of cooperative-learning initiatives, and extracurricular Conduct and Uniform Policy/Dress Code Policies for activities Students and Staff to provide a safe, nurturing and orderly learning environment • Offer supplementary support services through Title I Reading and Mathematics, Resource Rooms, English as a New Language (ENL), School Guidance Counselors, Social Workers, and School Psychologists Table of Contents Enrolling in the Yonkers Public Schools .......................................... 2 Online School Choice Process ........................................................ 6 Transportation .............................................................................. 9 Special Education ........................................................................ 11 Language Acquisition/Bilingual/ENL/Dual Languages ................... 12 Interscholastic Athletics ............................................................... 13 Library Media and Information Services ....................................... 14 Yonkers Pathways to Success ...................................................... 15 Parent Information ...................................................................... 17 Elementary Schools General Information ................................................................ 20 Individual School Descriptions .................................................. 22 Secondary Schools General Information ................................................................ 38 Individual School Descriptions ..................................................... 40 Index of Schools .......................................................................... 56 Map of the Yonkers Public Schools .............................................. 57 yonkerspublicschools.org SECTION 1 Enrolling in the Yonkers Public Schools Enrolling in the Yonkers Public Schools What is the Student Enrollment process? • To enroll a child, you must be the parent/guardian and STEP 1 – Visit the District’s website: www. a resident of the City of Yonkers yonkerspublicschools.org/register. • Students who are new to the Yonkers Public Schools or STEP 2 – Choose the academic year of registration and re-entering the District may enroll throughout the year click on REGISTER. • Student Enrollment Forms must be completed online at yonkerspublicschools.org/register STEP 3 – Complete the Registration Form filling in all the required fields. Where can parents/guardians get help with enrolling their child? STEP 4 – Upload required enrollment/registration documents. Call, email or visit the Student Enrollment office for • If you upload all the required documents, we will assistance. Our team is always ready to help you with process your application and provide you with an email this process. informing you that the enrollment is complete. Student Enrollment • If you did not upload some or all the required One Larkin Center, Yonkers NY, 10701 documents for admission, you can click to schedule a (Entrance through the Riverfront Library) date and time to drop-off copies of these documents to Phone: (914) 376-8050; Fax: (914) 376-8021 Student Enrollment at 1 Larkin Center [email protected] Hours of Operation: Monday through Friday • If you are experiencing difficulty in scheduling your between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. document drop-off, please contact Student Enrollment at (914) 376-8050 for assistance At what age can a child be enrolled for September 2021? What are the required documents to enroll a child? • For Universal Prekindergarten 3, three years old with a birth date on or before December 1, 2018. This The following documents must be presented at the time of program is contingent upon grant funding approval for enrollment: the 2021-2022 school year. Proof of Age - Birth Certificate • For prekindergarten, four years old with a birth date on Birth certificates for students born in the City of Yonkers may or before December 1, 2017 be obtained from: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall - Room 107, • For kindergarten, five years old with a birth date on or 40 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701, (914) 377-6020. before December 1, 2016 Birth certificates for students born outside of the City of Yonkers may be obtained from the city or state where the child was born. 2 TRAVEL GUIDE In the event that the above listed documentation is not • An affidavit stating that they are the person(s) in available, the District may consider certain other documents parental relation to the child, over whom they have or recorded evidence, as long as it has been in existence for total and permanent custody and control, and two years or more. Such other evidence include, but is not describing how they obtained total and permanent limited to, the following: custody and control, whether through guardianship • State or other government issued identification or otherwise. The affidavit must be notarized and supporting documentation is required. The required • School photo identification with date of birth document is available on the District website at • Consulate identification card yonkerspublcischools.org/register. Complete and return • Hospital or health records the document to Student Enrollment before the date and time of the registration appointment. • Military dependent identification card • An affidavit stating that they are the parent(s) with • Documents issued by federal, state, or local agencies whom the child lawfully resides; documentation (e.g. local social service agency, local social security indicating that the child resides with a sponsor with office, federal Office of Refugee Resettlement) whom the child has been placed by a federal agency. • Court orders or other court-issued documents The person who is responsible for the child MUST • Native American tribal document complete this form. The affidavit must be notarized and supporting documentation is required. The required • Records from non-profit international aid agencies and document is available on the District website at voluntary agency yonkerspublcischools.org/register. Complete and return Proof of Guardianship – Custody Affidavit the affidavit to Student Enrollment before the date and A Photo ID of the parent/guardian registering the time of the registration appointment. student is necessary to identify the person whose name Proof of Residency appears on the birth certificate or custody documents. In order to make a determination that your child is Legal proof of guardianship is required for students who do entitled to attend a school within the District, you must not reside with natural parents. For purposes of proof of submit evidence of you and your