- School Contact Information
- Grades Served
- Transportation
- School Hours
- After School Programming
- PrePrep
- Uniforms
- Community Council
- PrePrep: the Joan Ganz Cooney Early Learning Program
School Contact Information
Grades Served
Transportation
Boys Prep will not provide bus transportation starting in the 2018-19 school year due to the new facility's convenient location. The future home of Boys Prep Bronx will be 192 East 151st Street, convenient from the 2, 4, and 5 trains as well as the BX 1, 2 and 19 bus. Boys Prep will have student Metrocards, provided by the NYC Department of Education. For more information, please visit Office of Public Transportation General Education Eligibility.
School Hours
After School Programming
- Duration: September 17, 2018, to June 21, 2019
- Time: 3:30 p.m. (immediately after dismissal) to 5:30 p.m.
- Fee: $200 for the entire program year ($20 per month)
Providing our scholars with academic enrichment and engagement opportunities that will increase their love for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math while preparing them for college and career, with the emphasis on literacy and critical thinking skills.
Registration is now closed.
If you have any questions or you have enrolled and wish to submit payment, please call the HElium team at 718-742-4321.
PrePrep
Shirts
- Yellow or orange PrePrep T-shirt or Gray crew neck sweatshirt ( all shirts must have Boys Prep logo)
Pants
- Plain navy blue pants (can be from any store/brand)
Shoes
- Any color velcro sneakers (no light up sneakers, wheels, or anything that is unsafe or distracting)
- Socks must be worn every day. Students may wear socks in the color of their choice.
Note:
Hoodies, non-uniform outerwear, jeans sweatpants, and bottoms intended for athletics are not permitted. Bottoms may be purchased through the supplier or at your local retailer. If your scholar needs to wear rain or snow boots due to the weather, they must bring sneakers to change into once they get to school. All scholars must wear a PrePrep uniform every day. To find store locations and order online visit www.flynnohara.com.
Uniforms
K-2
Shirts
- Gray long/short sleeve polo, navy crew neck sweatshirt, fleece, v-neck sweater, or vest ( all shirts must have Boys Prep logo)
Pants
- Plain navy blue pants (can be from any store/brand)
Shoes
- All black or navy sneakers
- Socks must be worn every day. Students may wear socks in the color of their choice.
- Only sneakers may be worn during the school day. Sneakers must not have lights, wheels, or anything that is unsafe or distracting.
Note:
Hoodies, non-uniform outerwear, jeans sweatpants, and bottoms intended for athletics are not permitted. Bottoms may be purchased through the supplier or at your local retailer. If your scholar needs to wear rain or snow boots due to the weather, they must bring sneakers to change into once they get to school. All scholars must wear a Boys Prep uniform every day. To find store locations and order online visit www.flynnohara.com.
3-4
Shirts
- Light blue long/short sleeve polo, navy crew neck sweatshirt, fleece, v-neck sweater, or vest ( all shirts must have Boys Prep logo)
Pants
- Plain navy blue pants (can be from any store/brand)
Shoes
- All black or navy sneakers
- Socks must be worn every day. Students may wear socks in the color of their choice.
- Only sneakers may be worn during the school day. Sneakers must not have lights, wheels, or anything that is unsafe or distracting.
Note:
Hoodies, non-uniform outerwear, jeans sweatpants, and bottoms intended for athletics are not permitted Bottoms may be purchased through the supplier or at your local retailer If your scholar needs to wear rain or snow boots due to the weather, they must bring sneakers to change into once they get to school. All scholars must wear a Boys Prep uniform every day. To find store locations and order online visit www.flynnohara.com.
5
Shirts
- Purple short sleeve polo, blue oxford short/long sleeve and navy Bowtie, navy crew neck sweatshirt, fleece, v-neck sweater, or vest ( all shirts must have Boys Prep logo)
Pants
- Khaki Pants (can be from any store/brand)
Shoes:
- All black or navy sneakers
- Socks must be worn every day. Students may wear socks in the color of their choice.
- Only sneakers may be worn during the school day. Sneakers must not have lights, wheels, or anything that is unsafe or distracting.
Note:
Hoodies, non-uniform outerwear, jeans sweatpants, and bottoms intended for athletics are not permitted. Bottoms may be purchased through the supplier or at your local retailer. If your scholar needs to wear rain or snow boots due to the weather, they must bring sneakers to change into once they get to school. All scholars must wear a Boys Prep uniform every day. To find store locations and order online visit www.flynnohara.com.
Community Council
The Community Council is a vibrant family-run organization that exists to give families and staff a unified voice in the school. All families are members of the Community Council and are expected to volunteer for at least two hours during the school year. Community Council officer elections are held at the end of each school year for the following school year.
The Boys Prep Elementary School Community Council Executive Board includes:
- President: Danielle Edwards - bpccpresident@boysprep.org
- Vice President: Atiyah Brown - bpccvicepresidentlower@
boysprep.org - Secretary: April Suazo - bpccsecretary@boysprep.org
- Treasurer: Rosanne Vargas - bpcctreasurer@boysprep.org
Questions, concerns or suggestions can also be directed to bpcommunitycouncil@boysprep.
PrePrep: the Joan Ganz Cooney Early Learning Program
Named after the pioneering co-founder of Sesame Workshop, PrePrep: the Joan Ganz Cooney Early Learning Program provides a distinctive educational experience within a playfully rich and cognitively demanding learning environment. The Joan Ganz Cooney Early Learning Program builds upon the research from the federally-funded Ready to Learn initiative from 2005-2010, which measured the impact of educational programming, including Sesame Street episodes, on children's science and literacy skills by demonstrating the effect of media targeted at socio-emotional development.
PrePrep is a co-ed program for 4-year-olds that launched in 2014. There is a PrePrep program hosted at Girls Prep Bronx Elementary School, and Boys Prep will establish a PrePrep program starting in the 2018-19 school year. PrePrep scholars automatically matriculate into Girls Prep Bronx or Boys Prep Bronx Elementary Schools for kindergarten.
See our feature on NPR below:
The Pre-K curriculum fulfills and surpasses the requirements of New York State’s Pre-School Foundations for the Common Core (“PKFCC”). Students benefit from a curriculum that offers the right balance of joyful play, curiosity, and self-control, while also placing equal emphasis on character development (such as resiliency, optimism, determination, and gratitude), college awareness, and cognitive rigor across academic disciplines.
PURPOSE OF CONTENT-RICH MATERIAL IN PRESCHOOL:
- increase vocabulary
- enhance background knowledge to promote deeper learning
- accelerate children’s grasp of language and numeracy
- cultivate habits of mind conducive to inquisitive learning and successful social interaction.
Unique program elements:
- The program includes curated content from Sesame Workshop’s vast media library that uses engaging characters to develop critical behaviors like self-regulation. This includes, for example, the new Cookie Monster series of videos that help children learn the behavioral strategies necessary to manage emotions, navigate friendships, cope with stressful situations and improve executive function tasks, such as impulse control, working memory, focusing and shifting attention.
- In its first year, we received support from an executive at Sesame Workshop to identify new ways to use children’s media to enhance learning in the classroom, engage families in creating a rich literacy environment at home, and provide early childhood Professional Development for faculty.
Payment should only be submitted if your scholar is currently enrolled in after school.
WELCOME TO BOYS PREP 2018-19!
THE NEW HOME OF BOYS PREP BRONX: 2018-2019
After three years of being "co-located" in shared and inadequate public space, Boys Prep Bronx won a landmark legal decision that guarantees permanent public funding for private facilities. As a result, Boys Prep Bronx has opened an 80,000-square-foot building in the heart of the South Bronx.
Boys Prep is the first and only all-boys PreK-8 public school in the Bronx. For the 2018-2019 school year we will serve PrePrep-5th grade scholars at our new location: 192 East 151st Street, convenient from the 2, 4, and 5 trains. We will serve nearly 1,000 scholars in this building when it reaches capacity!
Dear Boys Prep Bronx Families,
Welcome to the 2018-19 school year! My name is Dr. Khalek Kirkland and I am honored to lead the PrePrep through 5th grade campus of the illustrious Boys Prep Bronx. It has been said that a boy has two jobs: one is just being a boy and the other is becoming a man. At Boys Prep we seek to challenge and inspire young boys to set them on a path to academic excellence while helping them evolve into strong young men. At Boys Prep, we have created a warm yet rigorous culture where our scholars develop into individuals with robust character by adopting the core values of brotherhood, merit, responsibility, and scholarship.
Beyond character, our scholars are academically trained to compete by mastering the ability to think profoundly across disciplines, with a particular focus on science, the arts, and math. Our goal is that through hard work and dedication, every Boys Prep graduate will complete college and become men of bold intellect. They will be empathetic leaders who are knowledgeable and curious about the world. They will be goal-oriented decision-makers empowered to make choices that will lead to life success.
I have had the pleasure of working with children for over twenty years as a teacher/administrator, and that experience has led me to understand that students learn best when they are surrounded by individuals who truly believe in their potential and encourage them to be their very best.
Teachers and other adults at Boys Prep employ the intellectual risk-taking, effective use of data while modeling empathy that ultimately shapes our scholars. In our morning meetings and unity meetings our boys will learn the full gamut of interpersonal and study skills that will unlock the rewards of friendships and finding joy in brotherhood.
None of this is accidental. Boys Prep’s excellence stems from time-tested traditions and scientifically based frameworks such as differentiated lesson planning based on student ability and a community empowered by a growth mindset and simple yet defining gestures such as requiring eye contact when shaking hands.
You will often hear me talk about my own children, KJ and Kennedy, and my strong desire to see them succeed. What I want for the future of my own children is exactly what I want (and expect) for every scholar at The Boys Prep.
With courage and passion, I look forward to contributing to the joy of learning at Boys Prep Bronx while honoring the families that have entrusted us with their children's minds and character!
In partnership,
Dr. Khalek Kirkland
MEET OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM
Danielle Keen Tschirhart
