As a mother of a young and vibrant 10 yr old girl i found this school to be a horrible learning environment. The staff I found to be unhelpful and incompetent!!! They had no regard to students feelings nor their parents. I found parent teach conferences to be generic and unhelpful. My child is a good
... Read more student and a great team player... Lack of discipline with other children and lack of student activities and groups as far as extra curricular is concerned are consistent and highly needs in this school. The teachers along with office staff should be more knowledgeable and concerned with the students and the parents. Good schools are hard to find understand .... However there should be a medium where students get the attention they need to excel in the future Read less
Posted by a parent on 07/16/07
I think this school could be a great, they need teachers that act like teachers. Its good to be cool to kids, but the kids need to see a teacher not a friend. Most of the teachers look young and a little into themselves. I think they could worry about teaching more instead they are teaching fashion.
... Read more Tring to explain uniforms to my child is hard enough. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/27/07
I think school need to work more in activities for the kids, just a few good teacher, not discipline, and most important for me I do not consider school safe enough.
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Posted by a parent on 01/11/07
Awful. There are a few key good teachers, but overall the school is horrible a terrible environment for children. There are no real extracurricular activities, there is basically no physical education or art or music program. THe general attitude of the teachers are They DO Not Care. please get your
... Read more kids in a better environment, I did and My children thrived. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/20/06
There are good teachers and this year the PA has done many things for parents and student. There is still somethings that need to be addressed but, overall is a good school.
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* In 2006-2007 New York used the New York State Assessments to test students in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and math, in grades 4 and 8 in science and in grades 5 and 8 in social studies. The 2006-2007 results for English language arts are displayed on GreatSchools profiles. Math results will be added after their release by the New York State Education Department. The tests are standards-based, which means they measure how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of New York. The goal is for 90% of students to meet or exceed grade-level standards on the tests.
Student enrollment:
817
Students per teacher:
17
Full-time teachers:
48
Number of classrooms:
45
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English as Second Language
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New York schools — Ps 46 Arthur Tappan is located at 2987 8th Ave, New York NY 10038. 2987 8th Ave is in the 10038 ZIP code in New York, NY The school district for Ps 46 Arthur Tappan is the New York City Department Of Education. Ps 46 Arthur Tappan is a Public school that serves grade levels K - 6.
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