Ziccolella Elementary/Middle School is located at One South Broadway Hastings-On-Hudson, NY serving grades K, 2-8 in Westchester County. This School is a fully accredited public school, offering comprehensive elementary, middle and secondary school programs culminating in a high school diploma. The Graham experience has been both designed and certified to serve the needs of students with handicapping conditions who are perceived as unique individuals. The Graham program includes Regents level courses, basic skills instruction, an academically rigorous and accredited high school, 14 after-school clubs, computer labs in each school, and interscholastic girls and boys varsity basketball teams.
The schools are a centering point for integrating services. They concentrate on offering programs, which will prepare students to function successfully and effectively in the environments to which they will return. Curriculum offerings are equivalent to those offered in local public school districts and meet all the requirements of the New York State Department of Education. Accredited high school programs lead to a Regents or local diploma. An alternative GED or IEP diploma program may also be available. Vocational education, work-study, life skills, interscholastic sports and after-school activities are also offered. Guidance services, psychological and psychiatric therapy and other related services are provided as required.
Although these Special Act Public School Districts primarily serve a resident population, students from the local communities who experience similar psychological, educational and/or physical disabilities also attend on a day school basis. School programs are offered 12 months of the year. Parents, Committees on Special Education, state agencies, private physicians, and etc., place children. Placements occur throughout the year for various lengths of stay from three to twelve months. Stays can be shorter or longer depending on the circumstances.
