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School 16 teachers work to awaken student’s intellectual curiosity through experiential learning; focusing on the skills needed to gather, analyze, and communicate information. Teachers are decisively devoted to the emotional, academic and social development of each individual child. The purpose of this school is to nurture each student's unique potential, enabling them to become life long learners. Literacy is at the heart of all programs and activities emphasizing written and spoken language, mathematics and the arts in a literature-based format across all areas of the curriculum. Students attending will become aware of their responsibilities in a larger global community and will be academically prepared for a successful future.

School 16 has computer Technologies, Foreign Language Programs, Cultural Awareness Programs, Business-Schools Partnership, Targeted Instruction and Prescriptive Diagnostic Learning Strategies, students will become aware of their responsibilities in a larger global community and will be academically prepared for a successful future. The children are actively involved in extensive, hands on projects requiring the use of state of the art technology; enabling them to become productive citizens of an ever changing global society. Research-based best practices are used in reading, the writing process, mathematics, science and social studies. Reading, writing and mathematics are taught in extended blocks of time to practice and apply skills.


Overview

School 16

Yonkers City School District

759 North Broadway
Yonkers, NY 10701

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Urban Fringe of a Large City (Suburb: Large)

914-376-8340 (Phone)

Serving Grades: PK-5, UE

Principal: Cynthia Eisner

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Student Enrollment Information

Pre-KKindergarten
(Full Day)
1st2nd3rd4th5thUngraded
Elementary
3641415252565625

Additional Student Information

Total Students
359
Attendance Rate
89%
Suspensions
6
Year Statistics Were Compiled
2005
Student / Teacher Ratio
18
Free Lunch
182
Reduced Lunch
41
Student Ethnicities

Student Gender

Staff Information

Full Time Principals
1
Full Time Assistant Principals
0
Other Full Time Professional Staff
1
Full Time Teachers
20
Part Time Principals
0
Part Time Assistant Principals
0
Part Time Teachers
0
Other Part Time Professional Staff
0

Adequate Yearly Progress Decisions

Sub-Group Names
Satisfactory
School Year
Subject:Elementary / Middle School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
Black Or African American
Yes
2006
Hispanic Or Latino
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Science
All Students
Yes
2006

Regents Results

Subject
Year
# Tested
Percent Passing
 

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