Community Resources Preschool

Bishop Patrick V. Ahern High School opened in September 1998 on the grounds of Moore Catholic High School in Staten Island, completing a goal set by the parents who founded the Seton Foundation for Learning in 1985. We serve students with developmental disabilities from age 14 to 21, and we are open to families of all faiths. Our program combines functional academics, social skills training and a vocational work-study program. Every student has work-study opportunities on and off campus, and our partnerships with local businesses give students real job sites where responsibilities are adjusted to build independence. Classes are small and highly structured, and daily living skills are part of the curriculum. Sharing a campus with Moore Catholic gives our students time with typically developing peers every day, through a daily peer socialization program, integrated lunch periods in the main cafeteria, and special events at both schools. We are a private school affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York and accredited by its Department of Education, and our program is funded through tuition, grants, private donations and fundraising.

Our Targee Street center is the Staten Island home of BumbleBeesRus, serving children ages 3 to 5 in the Park Hill neighborhood. We are one of eight BumbleBeesRus early childhood centers in Brooklyn and Staten Island, all licensed by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Here we run free, full-day 3-K for All and Pre-K for All classes with the NYC Department of Education, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. The center itself is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., so families can add early drop-off and late pick-up through private pay or a voucher, and we accept HRA-ACD vouchers at this location. Children are served a fresh morning snack, lunch, and supper, and they play outside on our on-site playground. Learning is play-based and hands-on. Our Learning Without Limits enrichment program brings new monthly themes in STEAM, language immersion, social-emotional learning, music, and yoga and movement, and our Pre-K children take part in hands-on STEAM experiments. Extended care and summer program options are also available.

Concord High School is a small public transfer high school on Staten Island for students who have not thrived in a traditional high school. Students enroll at 16 or older with at least 10 credits, seven of them in core subjects, and they leave with the same diploma. Through the PROSE program we rebuilt our schedule: students pick their own start and end times and can earn up to 13 credits a term, or 26 a year, on a four-and-a-half-day week with Friday college and career classes. Our classes are small, and teachers give individualized instruction and academic support. We also run on-site Pathways to Graduation classes that prepare students for the GED exam. For life after graduation, we partner with Kingsborough Community College on the FutureReadyNYC Education Pathway for students interested in teaching and paraprofessional work. Students can take AP and dual enrollment courses, join Co-op Tech programs in carpentry, graphic design, natural hair styling and culinary arts, and qualify for paid internships that lead to industry credentials. Every student gets help with college planning and applications.