Before I sent my kid to PS 130, I heard it is a very good school. But my kid's teacher is very lazy, no home work given and always ask for party, have the kids to bring dishes to school a few times during the year and favorite to certain children even they behaved badly and still get away. I guess
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Posted by a parent on 06/18/09
My son will be graduating this year also... I can't praise the school and its staff enough. This school experience has been nothing short of amazing.
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Posted by a parent on 06/09/09
My child will be graduating in June. She has had the best education with great dicipline. Mrs Woo is wonderful and the school has a great parent association. Both myself and my child will miss this school greatly.
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Posted by a parent on 06/07/09
This is a good place for academic discipline. My child's 1st grade teacher was very good and our daughter stayed motivated & she loved the learning challenges. The staff is also very focused on making every kid is learning. Parent
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Posted by a parent on 05/30/09
As a parent, I personally feel this is great. The staffs and teachers are willing to help in any way possible. As far of education, they are teaching my daughters well. My older daughters enjoys reading. She is currently in 2 grade. I take her to the library almost every weekend to take out
... Read more books. She is currently reading Harry Potter books. They taught her very well that she does not extra help elsewhere. In addition, there are also extracurricular activities such as dance, piano, guitar and violin lessons, art classes, karate, and many more others. Every years my daughter look forward to try out different activities. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/29/09
Accademically this school is great. So is the staff for the most part. With this being said some of the staff maybe 4 or 5 inparticular, should choose another profession. Dealing with children takes alot of patience, kindness, and tenderness and if none of these standards can be met, these people should
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Posted by a parent on 09/23/08
As a parent, I have grown very fond of the PS 130 community and believe it is a wonderful school from many different perspectives. Everyone was very helpful and patient even before my daughter joined the school. Claire was certainly exposed to many different challenges from her academic year there
... Read more and has truly grown and enjoyed herself. I I was impressed by Mrs. Woo's direct involvement with the school, students and with me as a parent. I will always remember when I first met you at the orientation; how attentive you were in answering my questions, returning my calls directly and continued to be very approachable whenever I asked you questions in the halls. My standard of a great principal has certainly been raised after meeting you. You have achieved the difficult task of taking a city school and providing the the children with an enriched education. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/20/08
My son is in the TAG program at PS 130 and loves it. He is so excited to go to school and to do his homework. The program structured to encourage creativity through writing and exploring different topics such as a tree journal where we chose a tree near our home and document progress through drawing,
... Read more writing and pictures. The class has it's own library and wooden dramtic play area. The class offers chess, spanish and extra help as needed. I highly rexcommended PS 130. It is nonthreatening, there is no bullying here and the teachers are dedicated. At parent teacher conferences, the teacher provided folders with my sons classwork to view while waiting. In addition she had a binder with tabs for each child and was able to report details on how he was doing in class. She really understood him. We love it. Read less
P.S.130 is a school with very high experctations, at times too high. However this is an excellent school to send your child. The children starting from Pre-K are involved in computer class, which I loved because this day everything is revolved around computers. This school also does not ask you to pay
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* In 2008-2009 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 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:
1,082
Students per teacher:
18
Full-time teachers:
61
Number of classrooms:
42
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Special Education
Early Childhood Special Needs, Gifted Students, Hearing Specialists, Speech/Language Pathologists
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specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
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Vocation/Technical Curriculum
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Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
English language classes for students whose first language is not English.
New York schools — Ps 130 Hernando Desoto is located at 143 Baxter St, New York NY 10013. 143 Baxter St is in the Chinatown neighborhood and 10013 ZIP code in New York, NY The school district for Ps 130 Hernando Desoto is the New York City Department Of Education. Ps 130 Hernando Desoto is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 5.
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