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Eugenio María de Hostos MicroSociety School
75 Morris Street • Yonkers, NY 10705
• (914) 376-8430
- Grades Pre-K – 5
- MicroSociety
Dual Language/Two-way Bilingual Enrichment Model
The Theme/Philosophy
MicroSociety
- MicroSociety program infuses business and government concepts through all aspects of academic instruction and social skills
- Student-run businesses include a bank, courtroom, publishing center, government, library/media center, telecommunications center, and marketplace with student manufactured items for sale
- Like a real life community, the school has its own constitution, government, elected legislative representatives, and a municipal court helps students understand how our government functions
- Student citizens create the school economy and currency; each student has a personal bank account to manage their MicroSociety money
- Students write, edit and publish their own newspapers and magazines
- Dual Language/Two-way Bilingual and Bilingual Education classes
- Dual Language Enrichment Model offers both English language learners and English proficient students the opportunity for high academic achievement in an instructional setting where English and Spanish are used throughout the day
The Partners
This school works closely with:
- Junior Achievement
- D.A.R.E.
- Hudson Valley Bank
- Juvenile Law
- The Journal News - N.I.E. (Newspapers In Education)
- Bronx Zoo
- Beczak Environmental Center
- Greyston Foundation
- S.M.A.R.T. Program
- Westechester Foster Parents Program
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