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Birchwood School

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Birchwood School is located at 214 Sickletown Road West Nyack, NY and it serves grades K-12 in Rockland County. It is a day school providing education using the therapeutic milieu. The school provides a highly structured and individualized school program of remediation and therapeutic rehabilitation. The Birchwood School is for student’s ages five through twenty-one, whose disabilities require a special educational setting and related services to meet their unique management, academic, physical and social needs.
Birchwood creates a supportive, reassuring environment for school-aged children having significant emotional, behavioral and learning problems. It provides an environment which responds to a child's needs with compassion, understanding and guidance. The school provides a psychotherapeutic approach for the child both in school and at home. At Birchwood, students have the opportunity to succeed by allowing them to proceed at their own rate. Students know they can turn to caring people for help in dealing with the many challenges they will meet in their everyday lives within their home, school and community.
The Birchwood program has a fully accredited staff of specialists in both clinical and special education disciplines who work to effectively integrate educational and clinical services. Birchwood's goal is to prepare students to return to an appropriate program provided by their home school district. Tuition for students attending Birchwood is paid for by their home school districts.


Overview

Birchwood School

Clarkstown Central School District

214 Sickletown Road
West Nyack, NY 10994

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Urban Fringe of a Large City (Suburb: Large)

845-353-4510 (Phone)

Serving Grades: K-12

Principal: Arthur Jakubowitz

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Student Enrollment Information

Kindergarten
(Full Day)
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
34101265738111513

Additional Student Information

Total Students
88
Attendance Rate
95%
Suspensions
15
Year Statistics Were Compiled
2005
Student / Teacher Ratio
4.9
Free Lunch
5
Reduced Lunch
4
Student Ethnicities

Student Gender

Staff Information

Full Time Principals
1
Full Time Assistant Principals
0
Other Full Time Professional Staff
6
Full Time Teachers
17
Part Time Principals
0
Part Time Assistant Principals
0
Part Time Teachers
4
Other Part Time Professional Staff
1

Adequate Yearly Progress Decisions

Sub-Group Names
Satisfactory
School Year
Subject:Elementary / Middle School English Language Arts
All Students
Yes
2006
Subject:Elementary / Middle School Math
All Students
Yes
2006
White
Yes
2006
Students With Disabilities
Yes
2006

Regents Results

Subject
Year
# Tested
Percent Passing
 
Earth Science
2006
5
 
40.0%
English
2006
14
 
57.1%
Global Hist & Geography
2006
5
 
60.0%
Living Environment
2006
17
 
64.7%
Math A
2006
14
 
85.7%
Chemistry
2006
6
 
33.3%
US History and Govt
2006
13
 
84.6%

Graduation Information

Group
High School Graduate
Regents Diplomas
Advanced Regents Diplomas
IEP / Local Certificates
Year
All Students
9
4 (44%)
0 (0%)
0
2006
General Education
1
1 (1%)
0 (0%)
0
2006
Students With Disabilities
8
3 (37%)
0 (0%)
0
2006
All Students
8
4 (5%)
1 (12%)
0
2005
General Education
0
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0
2005
Students With Disabilities
8
4 (5%)
1 (12%)
0
2005
All Students
11
1 (09%)
0 (0%)
2
2004
General Education
1
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0
2004
Students With Disabilities
10
1 (1%)
0 (0%)
2
2004
Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges In New York State1 (11%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 4 year colleges Outside of New York State1 (11%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges In New York State7 (77%)
Number of high school students planning to attend 2 year colleges Outside of New York State0 (0%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions In New York State0 (0%)
Number of high school students planning to attend Post Secondary institutions Outside of New York State0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to enroll in the Military0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates who plan to pursue employment0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates with disabilities who plan to attend vocational rehabilitation programs.0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates with a known plan not specified above.0 (0%)
Number of high school graduates whose plans do not fit the above categories or are unknown.0 (0%)

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