School Comprehensive Education Plan (SCEP)

Celebrating Latino Culture and Identity

Call for Nominations: Teachers of the Year

Celebrate a Yonkers Public Schools teacher with a nomination for this prestigious honor. The Yonkers Kiwanis Club, Mayor Mike Spano, Yonkers Public Schools, and Yonkers Board of Education Trustees team up to sponsor the City's 2020 Teacher of the Year Awards. Nominations are due February 14, 2020

Graduation Measures Regional Meeting Set for March 3

The NYS Board of Regents will create a Blue Ribbon Commission to review the State’s high school graduation measures and reaffirm what it means to obtain a diploma in New York State Regents and State Education Department are holding regional meetings to help inform the work of the Blue Ribbon Commission. Please join us on March 3, 2020. Registration is required..

Yonkers Public Schools Graduation Rate Up Again!

“Once again, it is my pleasure to report that Yonkers Public Schools’ graduation rate is up over last year reaching 88% of our seniors graduating on time,” announced Yonkers Board of Education President Rev. Steve Lopez.

The Yonkers BOE Welcomes You to Their Meetings

The Trustees of the Yonkers Board of Education welcome you to their January 2020 Committee meetings and their monthly Stated meeting. Please select Read More for the Board’s complete meeting schedule.

The Decade Begins With a $750,000 Grant

Thanks to the efforts of Assemblymember Nader J. Sayegh, a $750,000 grant will help Yonkers Public Schools modernize the Lincoln High School auditorium and Yonkers Middle High School sports facilities.

Yonkers BOE Accepting Applications for Library Trustee

Rev. Steve Lopez, President of the Yonkers Board of Education, announced that the Board is accepting applications for two positions of Trustee for the Yonkers Public Library. Applications are due December 30.

Bank Street Awarded $11.2M Grant to Continue Work with Yonkers Public Schools

The new funding will allow the center to continue its collaboration with 20 schools to help more of the city’s Black, Latinx, and low-income students complete 8th grade math and be on track to earn their high school diplomas.

NY State Education Department Nominates Two Seniors as U.S. Presidential Scholars

Congratulations to Litzy Mejia and Adam Taber on their nominations for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Litzy, a senior at Palisade Prep and Adam, a senior at Yonkers Middle High School were nominated by the New York State Education Department.

School 30 is the School of the Month!

Hearty congratulations to the School 30 community - Mayor Mike Spano's School of the Month for November 2019! Lots of good things happenning in this sweet school - thanks to a terrific faculty and staff, an involved and generous parent community, good neighbors, and most of all, magnificent students!