2024
Yalow's Winter Fencing Competition
Twelve of Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders—6 girls and 6 boys–competed in the school’s winter épée fencing championship on March 23, 2024. No other New York City school—public or private—teaches fencing in elementary school. Pictured are Harouna Samassa and Daoratou Sienou, who finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, after a 1-minute sudden-death match. Olympian Soren Thompson (Athens ’04, London ’12) wa on hand to award medals to the victors.
Visual Arts Program at Yalow
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s second-grade students discuss their love of the school’s arts programing partnership with the Bronx Arts Ensemble and showcase their visual art under the direction of teaching artist Sally Jerome.
Yalow Fencing Team Training Video
Fencing is part of Yalow’s core curriculum, beginning in 1st-grade.
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School 2nd- and 3rd- grade girls and boys train for the U.S. Fencing Association (USFA) regional youth qualifiers (RAC). Based on their individual placement at the RAC against fencers in their own age group, fencers can qualify to compete against fencers from across the United States at the USFA Summer Nationals held each year in July.
2023
Yalow's Singapore Math Origami Trees 2015–2023
Principal Smaw Named 2023 Science of Reading Award Winner
What Makes Rosalyn Yalow Special
Pajama Day December 22, 2023 Violin Recital
How Yalow Teachers Produce Extraordinary Student Outcomes
Educating the Whole child
2022
Fencing
Yalow's Language Arts Curriculum
Japanese Lesson Study Demonstration Video
2021
Teachers Practicing Japanese Lesson Study
Yalow teachers hone their math teaching skills with Japanese Lesson Study—research lessons in which teachers collaborate with and critique one another to improve their teaching of Singapore math. At Rosalyn Yalow students are taught Singapore math, which balances computational fluency with conceptual understanding—numeracy—so children can master numeric concepts.
Operation Warm Coat Giveaway
One of Yalow’s 3rd-grade teachers arranged for a donation of winter coats for 189 students from the non-profit Operation Warm. Operation Warm believes that providing children with a brand-new coat offers them physical and emotional warmth, confidence to socialize and succeed, and hope for a brighter future.
Teachers Practicing Japanese Lesson Study
Yalow teachers hone their math teaching skills with Japanese Lesson Study—research lessons in which teachers collaborate with and critique one another to improve their teaching of Singapore math. At Rosalyn Yalow students are taught Singapore math, which balances computational fluency with conceptual understanding—numeracy—so children can master numeric concepts.
2020
Thanksgiving 2020
2020 5th-Grade Graduation (Virtual)
Choral Concert: National School Choice Week 2020
60 of Rosalyn Yalow’s 2nd-grade and 25 5th-grade students perform 8 songs under the direction of their choral teacher, Victoria Ortiz, from Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE).
Uncut 22-minute Version
Dominican Day Parade Montage Celebration
A 30-second montage of Yalow’s students performing chorus, violin, chess, fencing, and marching up Avenue of the Americas in the Dominican Day parade to celebrate being named a 2020 Achievement Recognition School by the NYS Education Commissioner, Shannon Tahoe.
2019
Memorial Day Concert 2019 (complete)
Mary Ann McSweeney and the Bronx Arts Ensemble Jazz Band invited Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s 3rd-grade students to sing as part of their tribute to the great Charles Mingus, double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. The concert was sponsored by NYS Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.
Bronx Ensemble Violin Dress Rehearsal (Short)
2018
National School Choice Day January 22, 2018 10 of Rosalyn Yalow Charter School’s 74 3rd graders tell why they love their school
60 of Rosalyn Yalow’s 2nd-grade and 25 5th-grade students perform 8 songs under the direction of their choral teacher, Victoria Ortiz, from Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE).
Uncut 22-minute Version
Yalow Students Sing with the Bronx Opera Chorus and Bronx Arts Ensemble, December 9, 2018
Thanksgiving Morning at Yalow November 22, 2018
60 of Rosalyn Yalow’s 2nd-grade and 25 5th-grade students perform 8 songs under the direction of their choral teacher, Victoria Ortiz, from Bronx Arts Ensemble (BAE).
Uncut 22-minute Version
Rosalyn Yalow Charter School v. Hunter Elementary School Epée Fencing Exhibition Match May 12, 2018
Yalow Tigers Win the NYS Chess Championships March 10-11, 2018
Bronx Borough President Rueben Diaz, Jr. declared April 30 Yalow Yalow Tigers Chess Day for beating the best private and public schools in the state and Canada and winning the 2018 New York State Chess Championships in two divisions, . Yes the Bronx!
Yalow Musketeers Fall Fencing Championship
2017
The Power of Reading: The Pajama Program
Yalow encourages reading at home for fun with parents or alone by participating in the Pajama Program—a partnership between Vineyard Vines and Simon & Schuster. Each child recieves 10 books and a pair of pajamas. The goal: setting students on the path of becoming lifelong readers.
Thanksgiving Morning at Yalow November 23, 2017
Thanksgiving celebrated with 125 of our family members, Thursday, November 23, 2017.
Hip-Hop Chess Day
On Thursday, July 27, 2017, three hip-hop performers—Loaded Lux, Barry Bee, and G-Epic—all competitive chess players, show the Rosalyn Yalow Charter School chess team that chess is every man’s game, teaching students the reasoning skills and mental discipline to lead successful lives. Jerald Times is chess director at Yalow.
The Yalow Musketeers
On Saturday, January 28, 2017, 14 Yalow 1st- and 2nd-grade students competed in their first electric épée competition. These 6-, 7-, and 8-year-olds are scholars with swords, making their paths to college. They are being trained by international coach Alexander Abend, along with coaches Jinaki Brown and John Arden.
10 girls and 4 boys from our advanced Saturday classes—where students use steel blades—took part in the competition. The championship bout (shown in the video) was won by Oumarbella Diallo, who defeated Abigail Romero 8-6.
On Thursday, July 27, Yalow Charter held its first Hip-Hop Chess Day for the 80 students in our chess team summer camp. Chess and hip-hop have a long tradition in the Bronx and Harlem, and three hip-hop performers—Loaded Lux, Barry Bee, and G-Epic—all competitive chess players, wanted to show our Yalow Tigers that chess is every man’s game, teaching our students the reasoning skills and mental discipline to lead successful lives. Jerald Times, Yalow’s chess director, is the inspiration behind Hip-Hop Chess Day.
2016
Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Daryl Homer Visits Yalow
Daryl Homer and his mentor, fellow Olympian and Yalow board member Ivan Lee, conducted a saber fencing exhibition for students and their families, while London’s Royal Automobile Club chess team took on four chess masters, including three of Yalow’s chess instructors. BronxNet Channel 67 broadcast the Community Festival.
Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Daryl Homer Visits Yalow
Chess Open House
On Saturday, November 5, 2016, some 40 Yalow kindergarten, 1st-, and 2nd-grade students—the Yalow Tigers—taught their parents how to play chess at Yalow’s first chess open house. Yalow Tigers train every Saturday for the Yalow chess team, and these 5-, 6-, and 7-year-olds learn fast. Fast enough to teach their parents why chess is not only fun (attack, defense!) but also intellectually important, requiring focus and geometrical reasoning. It’s no coincidence that studies show chess programs also increase students’ overall scholastic performance.
NY1 broadcast the Community Festival
National School Choice Week Celebration
Kindergarten and 1st-grade students celebrate National School Choice Week, led by 1st-grade teacher Christina Buonocore, special education teacher Catherine Seibert, and music teacher Amy Fraser.