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School 23
56 Van Cortlandt Park Avenue • Yonkers, NY 10701 • (914) 376-8445

• Grades Pre-K – 8
• Modern Red Schoolhouse Design
• Core Knowledge
• Government/Citizenship

The Theme/Philosophy
Modern Red School House Design

• School slogan, “Seek the Highest”
• Rigorous Core Knowledge curriculum, values and democratic principles
• Technology as a tool to support literacy, critical thinking, and New York State and Yonkers Learning Standards
• Library contains a computer research center to support in-depth and creative instruction
• School-wide Instructional Management System individualizes instruction
• Accelerated Reader, an electronic book club, advances the use of technology
• Communication, reading, and writing links to instruction

The Partners

This school works closely with:

• Modern Red Schoolhouse Design
• Core Knowledge
• D.A.R.E.
• Juvenile Law
• Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts
• Junior Achievement
• SMART Program