Reopening Plan
2020-2021
To assure equity in education for all students, Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s reopening plan strongly encourages the return of all students to in-person instruction. The New York State Department of Health and the Governor’s office prioritize in-person instruction for students in early grades, special education students, and English language learners. All these student groups make up 100% of Rosalyn Yalow’s student population.
Families have a choice. Those families choosing non-attendance will be offered instruction remotely, but that decision is in-person or remote, not a mixture.
Coronavirus Self-Checker | CDC
The Coronavirus Self-Checker tool from the Center for Disease Control helps you choose when to seek testing and medical care.
First Day of School: September 8
The first week of school will be remote only for all students, beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
Rosalyn Yalow’s two campus buildings will reopen for in-person instruction on Thursday, September 17. Yellow buses may not be available the first month of school.
New School Campus 2021-2022
4-Year Charter Renewal
On March 2, 2020, the NYS Board of Regents voted to grant the Rosalyn Yalow Charter School a four-year charter renewal. In the past three years only four NYS charters have been awarded a four-year renewal, which is a strong vote of confidence in Yalow’s model and the progress we’ve made, growing from 210 to 510 students. Click the button to read the official commentary from the March 2, 2020 Regents’ meeting.
About the School
The Rosalyn Yalow Charter School is a K-8 grade school in District 9 of the Bronx, which opened September 1, 2015 with 211 K-1 students. Now in our fourth year, Yalow serves 437 K-4 students. It honors Nobel Laureate Rosalyn S. Yalow (1921-2011), a physicist and the second American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine (1977). Dr. Yalow was a lifelong Bronx resident, raising two children there, where at the Bronx VA hospital she crafted her Nobel award-winning research in radioimmunoassay, a method initially used to measure insulin in the blood and expanded to cover many substances of biologic interest.
Our hope is that Dr. Yalow’s legacy will inspire a new generation of Bronx children to work hard at their education and strive for success.
Changes at Yalow to Accommodate Covid Safety Requirements
Team Yalow has been hard at work preparing our 2 buildings and classrooms for a safe return of our students. Scroll left or right through the photos below to show our new protective lobby partitions at the 169th St. campus with newly installed 6-foot partitions, and one model classroom, with protective desk partitions to minimize the spread of airborne particles between students, and 6-foot safety glass partition surrounding the teacher desk. Classrooms have been renovated to create additional space for teachers to walk around while viewing student work, and to install cubbies for students belongings.
Parents will be required to drop students off at the front door without entering each building.
Daily temperature checks and masks are mandatory for the students. Extra hand-sanitizing stations have been added throughout both buildings.
Rosalyn Yalow’s disinfection protocol exceeds CDC guidelines by using UV-C lamps with ozone each evening for disinfecting every classroom.
Choral Performance
Student ties for 2nd place at Girls Nationals
7-year-old Keyla Hernandez Acevedo won 5 of 6 rounds at the 16th annual Kasparov Chess Foundation All Girls Nationals Chess Championships in Chicago to finish in a 5-way tie for 2nd place. The trophy was taller than Keyla. Read the article on Keyla by Sarina Motwani from the U.S. Chess Federation.
Family Support Center
Violin Rehearsal
Diet and Sleep for Tournaments
David MacEnulty, coach of the Dalton chess team, perennial national champions, met with 20-some parents of Yalow’s chess and fencing teams to discuss the importance of a healthy diet and good sleeping habits before and during competitions, particularly the weekend-long ones.
Yalow’s Choral Performance
News
Reunión de la Junta del 18 de agosto de 2020
The September Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
September 15, 2020 Board Meeting
The September Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
Reunión de la Junta del 18 de agosto de 2020
The August Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
August 18, 2020 Board Meeting
The August Board Meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at 6:30 p.m.
July 21, 2020 Board Meeting
The July 2020 board meeting will be held via video conference on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.
21 de julio de 2020 Junta Directiva
The July 2020 board meeting will be held via video conference on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.