09X593 South Bronx International Middle School

Our Mission:

South Bronx International Middle School affords newly arrived English Language Learners with a rigorous, college and career preparatory education anchored in a robust literacy curriculum that provides equity and access in our democratic society resulting in a community of learners who have the habits of scholarship to engage with confidence in complex thinking and problem solving across disciplines.

Our Vision:

In our student-centered learning community, we pride ourselves on knowing our students well — academically, socially, and emotionally. Students engage in cognitively challenging tasks; reading, writing, speaking and listening in every lesson, and our staff works in teams to use data and mastery grading to guide their instruction and interventions. We provide students with multiple opportunities to showcase their work and learning through student-led conferences, presentations of learning and passage presentations, fostering confidence and presentation skills necessary to thrive in our community.

Who Are We?

South Bronx International Middle School is a small middle school located on the Teller Avenue Campus in the Bronx. We are a Community School, and as part of the Internationals Network for Public Schools (http://internationalsnps.org), we serve newcomer English Language Learners, in the United States for four years or less. We pride ourselves on knowing our students and families well, and providing our students with a warm, nurturing community that will support them in developing their literacy skills to enable equity and access. Our students leave us after three critical years as literate, creative, caring, compassionate and confident participants in their community. We provide students with a robust interdisciplinary approach to skills, and a comprehensive literacy program including: close reading, independent reading, guided reading, and reading remediation.