About
About P.S. 583
PS 583 is a zoned elementary school in District 8 located in the Soundview area of the Bronx. The school has been opened since September 2017. The expected enrollment for 2024-2025 is 450 students in grades 3K through 5th Grade. PS 583 will
continue to focus on building the foundation in literacy. We will continue to support reading instruction through the use of Standards-Aligned Reading and Writing Instructional Units. In order to support standards aligned literacy and comprehension, PS 583 will implement the HMH - Into Reading Program in grades K through 5th grade.
PS 583 is committed to providing our staff with Professional Learning opportunities that will continue their focus on developing instructional plans that are inclusive of rigorous instructional tasks, assessment-based performance tasks, use of rubrics for assessing student writing and checklists to support student engagement and improve reading and writing outcomes. Our school will continue with our focus on improving literacy by ensuring our budget continues to support two (2) dedicated AIS teachers who will focus on supporting our Level 1 and Level 2 Readers by proving systematic and researched based instruction that specifically meet the needs of these students.
PS 583 will continue to provide rigorous instruction in mathematics through the use of Envisions and Illustrative Math curriculum programs. The math curriculum will be further supplemented through the use of Math Exemplars and 3-act Tasks in order to promote problem solving strategies and higher order thinking through math concepts. To continue to reinforce the foundational standards in Math, PS 583 will continue our implementation of Building Fluency Kits in all grades (k-5) to support standard based instruction and build upon students' mathematical processes. PS 583 will re-establish several enrichment partnerships, in order to provide students with additional enrichment opportunities such as, Podcast, Film, Visual Arts, Music, Drumming and STEAM learning.