Rebecca School News & Events
Reelabilities Film Festival!
February 4, 2013
Rebecca School is a promotional partner and sponsor of the upcoming Reelabilities Film Festival, happening in New York from March 7th-12th.
Reelabilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the country dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories and artistic expressions of people with different disabilities. Initiated in NY in 2007, the festival presents award winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.
Rebecca School will be helping to host the screening of the movie “The Importance of Tying Your Own Shoes”, directed by Lena Koppel, on March 10th at 2p.m. at The JCC in Manhattan, located at 334 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10023.
Here’s a little about the movie: “When Alex finally gets a job as the leader of a theater group for people with disabilities his outlook on life begins to change. Through the group’s work, Alex comes to appreciate that every person has his or own talents, which can grow given opportunity and support.”
Here’s how you can get involved! Rebecca School will be pre-ordering tickets to the above screening, at $12 a ticket. The festival is allowing this to become a fundraiser for our RAA and Café Rebecca! We will get half of the money sold in tickets, which will benefit our amazing Café Rebecca!! If you would like to attend the screening and help support the festival and our café, please contact Bonnie Waring at BWaring@rebeccaschool.orgif you are interested in attending (please indicate how many tickets you would like to purchase). You can send the money (cash or check payable to the Rebecca School) attention to Bonnie Waring at 40 East 30th Street, New York, NY 10016. She will send home your tickets as soon as they arrive! Deadline to order tickets is February 14th.
Bus Strike Payment Voucher Info!
January 28, 2013
For our parents & families: please click through to see updated voucher payment info!
Click on the below items to access these new forms.
Rebecca School Featured on NY1 Regarding New York City School Bus Strike
January 17, 2013
Rebecca School and our families were recently featured in a story by NY1 yesterday regarding the New York City school bus strike in New York City. For more information, please visit our Media Room and NY1: Families With Special Needs Struggle To Get Children To School During Strike.
*BUS STRIKE INFORMATION*
January 15, 2013
The yellow school bus strike is currently IN EFFECT.
For the safety of all children, Rebecca School’s policy states no child is released to anyone other than the child’s parent/guardian unless we have prior written approval as stated on the Child Release Form.
Please contact Hillary to advise who your child may be released to. Be sure to include the person’s name, phone number and the relationship to your child.
Advise anyone picking up your child, they must bring a photo id card in order for Rebecca School to release your child.
Hillary can be reached at Hsands@rebeccaschool.org or by calling 212.810.412
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Not all buses are on strike. Below is a list of the bus route that will go on strike. If your child is on any bus listed below, please prepare for alternate transportation.
M285 / M288 / M289 / M296 / M300 / M383 / M502 / M505 / M565 / M567 / M600 / M601 / M602 / M606 / M608 / M802 / M832
If your child is on a route that is not on the list above, please call the bus company directly to confirm that your child’s transportation will not be disrupted.
If your child’s bus is one that will not be going on strike, please contact the bus company every morning for as long as the strike continues. Although your child’s bus company is not due to strike, if there is a picket line blocking their depot, they will not cross it.
For those that would like to request a metro card, please contact Candice Woodlon directly at cwoodlon@rebeccaschool.org. When you drop off your child tomorrow morning, please see Candice to retrieve your metro card.
Please visit the Department of Transportation website for more information!
Rebecca School Accreditation by the National Independent Private Schools Association and the National Council for Private School Accreditation!
January 3, 2013
Great news! After a lot of hard work and effort, Rebecca School has been accredited by the National Independent Private Schools Association and the National Council for Private School Accreditation.
For more information visit our Media Room.
New Video!
December 11, 2012
Whether you have just discovered us or are visiting us again, please watch this great new video about Rebecca School, our staff and our students! Go to: https://vimeo.com/54568337 or click “Read more” to watch!
Rebecca School: Learning Through Relationships from Rebecca School on Vimeo.
Calendar Updates
November 30, 2012
To ensure that students have the opportunity to make up the learning time they missed due to Hurricane Sandy, Rebecca School will be open on the following days:
Tuesday March 5th, 2013,
Tuesday April 2nd, 2013,
Friday April 26th, 2013
Thanksgiving break!
November 17, 2012
Rebecca School will be closed 11/22 & 11/23 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Friday Nov. 16th – ICDL Conference
November 13, 2012
Please note that Rebecca School will be closed on Friday, November 16th while our staff attends and presents work at this year’s ICDL conference, to be held an Montclair State University.
Please visit http://www.floortime.org/ for more info!
Open School Night is October 2nd!
September 27, 2012
This Tuesday, October 2nd, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM is Open School Night!
Open School Night is an opportunity for our parents to come and meet their classroom team and learn more about what their children will be learning throughout the year.
Welcome To Rebecca School!
September 6, 2012
The 2012-13 school starts on September 10th, and we are welcoming it with a new website!
Have a look around and see what we are all about, and how we serve some New York City’s most unique children.
