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Dominican Day Parade Montage Celebration

A 30-second montage of Yalow’s students performing chorus, violin, chess, fencing, and marching up Avenue of the Americas in the Dominican Day parade to celebrate being named a 2020 Achievement Recognition School by the NYS Education Commissioner, Shannon Tahoe.

Choral Concert: National School Choice Week 2020
Uncut 22-minute Version


60 of Rosalyn Yalow’s 2nd-grade and 25 5th-grade students perform 8 songs under the direction of their choral teacher, Victoria Ortiz, from Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE).

Memorial Day Concert 2019 (complete)


Mary Ann McSweeney and the Bronx Arts Ensemble Jazz Band invited Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s 3rd-grade students to sing as part of their tribute to the great Charles Mingus, double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. The concert was sponsored by NYS Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.

Yalow Students Sing with the Bronx Opera Chorus and Bronx Arts Ensemble, December 9, 2018



Thanksgiving Morning at Yalow November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving celebrated with 225 of our family members, Thursday, November 22, 2018.

Rosalyn Yalow Charter School v. Hunter Elementary School
Epée Fencing Exhibition Match May 12, 2018

Yalow Tigers Win the NYS Chess Championships March 10-11, 2018


Bronx Borough President Rueben Diaz, Jr. declared April 30 Yalow Yalow Tigers Chess Day for beating the best private and public schools in the state and Canada and winning the 2018 New York State Chess Championships in two divisions, . Yes the Bronx!

National School Choice Day January 22, 2018
10 of Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s 74 3rd graders tell why they love their school

Yalow Musketeers Fall Fencing Championship

Thanksgiving Morning at Yalow November 23, 2017

Thanksgiving celebrated with 125 of our family members, Thursday, November 23, 2017.

The Power of Reading: The Pajama Program

Kindergarten students in Yalow’s University of Chicago classroom participated in the Pajama Program, having a corporate sponsor—Vineyard Vines—that produced 30 volunteers for one-on-one reading with the students.
Simon & Schuster is partnering with Vineyard Vines to promote Vineyard Vines’ #WhalesForACause initiative, providing each child in the class with 10 books and a pair of pajamas. In addition, for every whale that our students decorated and that got posted to social media, Vineyard Vines donated a book to the Pajama Program and Simon & Schuster matched those donations up to 1,000 books.

Yalow’s participation in the Pajama Program was made possible by one of our parents and is coordinated by special education teacher Catherine Seibert. Yalow’s goal of putting our students in the Pajama Program is to give added impetus to Yalow’s encouragement of children reading at home for fun (with parents or alone), setting them on the path of becoming lifelong readers.

Hip-Hop Chess Day

On Thursday, July 27, 2017, three hip-hop performers—Loaded Lux, Barry Bee, and G-Epic—all competitive chess players, show the Rosalyn Yalow Charter School chess team that chess is every man’s game, teaching students the reasoning skills and mental discipline to lead successful lives. Jerald Times is chess director at Yalow.



On Thursday, July 27, Yalow Charter held its first Hip-Hop Chess Day for the 80 students in our chess team summer camp. Chess and hip-hop have a long tradition in the Bronx and Harlem, and three hip-hop performers—Loaded Lux, Barry Bee, and G-Epic—all competitive chess players, wanted to show our Yalow Tigers that chess is every man’s game, teaching our students the reasoning skills and mental discipline to lead successful lives. Jerald Times, Yalow’s chess director, is the inspiration behind Hip-Hop Chess Day.
Chess Open House

On Saturday, November 5, 2016, some 40 Yalow kindergarten, 1st-, and 2nd-grade students—the Yalow Tigers—taught their parents how to play chess at Yalow’s first chess open house. Yalow Tigers train every Saturday for the Yalow chess team, and these 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds learn fast. Fast enough to teach their parents why chess is not only fun (attack, defense!) but also intellectually important, requiring focus and geometrical reasoning. It’s no coincidence that studies show chess programs also increase students’ overall scholastic performance.

The Yalow Musketeers

On Saturday, January 28, 2017, 14 Yalow 1st- and 2nd-grade students competed in their first electric épée competition. These 6-, 7-, and 8-year-olds are scholars with swords, making their paths to college. They are being trained by international coach Alexander Abend, along with coaches Jinaki Brown and John Arden.

10 girls and 4 boys from our advanced Saturday classes—where students use steel blades—took part in the competition. The championship bout (shown in the video) was won by Oumarbella Diallo, who defeated Abigail Romero 8-6.

Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Daryl Homer Visits Yalow

Daryl Homer and his mentor, fellow Olympian and Yalow board member Ivan Lee, conducted a saber fencing exhibition for students and their families, while London’s Royal Automobile Club chess team took on four chess masters, including three of Yalow’s chess instructors. BronxNet Channel 67 broadcast the Community Festival.

NY1 broadcast the Community Festival

Kindergarten and 1st-grade students celebrate National School Choice Week, led by 1st-grade teacher Christina Buonocore, special education teacher Catherine Seibert, and music teacher Amy Fraser.