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…where We Strive for Excellence.
Entries are recorded with their dates, and nothing is left standing after it has passed. Every line below is a citywide date published by New York City Public Schools for the 2026–27 school year.
First day of school
Yom Kippur, schools closed
Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for middle schools and D75 schools
Evening Parent-Teacher Conferences for elementary schools and Pre-K Centers
Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples’ Day, schools closed
Election Day, school will be in session remotely for all students
These are citywide dates, so they cannot go stale on this page. Dates that belong to this school alone — trips, performances, picture day — are added by the school office. See the full 2026–27 school year calendar.
Source: New York City Public Schools calendar, schools.nyc.gov/calendar, read 1 September 2026.
Both statements below are carried over word for word from the school’s current website, where they appear at the foot of every page. Nothing has been rewritten.
Published verbatim on psms46.org.The staff of the Arthur Tappan School works to ensure that students strive for their personal levels of excellence. We believe that every child gives his or her personal best when encouraged to meet high expectations academically and inter-personally. Our families are important partners in our learning community, as together, we support every child’s strive for excellence.
Published verbatim on psms46.org.Here at PS/MS 46 - The Arthur Tappan School, our goal is to provide our students with a world-class education. We believe strongly in well-rounded curricula, which go beyond academics and promote the development of the whole child. We work to seamlessly integrate and support each child’s social-emotional, physical, and academic needs into everything we do. We believe that in a physically and emotionally safe environment, our students can meet and exceed our high expectations for them.
Most New York City children are handed off twice before high school. A child enrolled here at age three can be taught, watched and known by the same staff, in the same building on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, until the summer before ninth grade. The city records that span as a single string of grade codes.
PK, 0K, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, SE
Read out: Pre-K, Kindergarten, grades one through eight, and special education services — the exact grade string on the school’s New York City Public Schools profile.
Early childhood classes run on site, so a family can start here before kindergarten and never change buildings.
The elementary grades. Integrated Co-Teaching sections and special classes are both listed across this band.
Middle school happens in the same building, with staff who have often known the student since Pre-K.
Grade span from the school’s New York City Public Schools profile (Grades: PK,0K,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,SE). Accessibility and admissions notes appear further down this page.
A record is only useful if it says plainly what is known and what is not. These are the times New York City publishes for this building. Where the record is out of date, this page says so instead of guessing.
| Entry | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Breakfast time | 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM |
| Lunch time | 10:45 AM – 1:00 PM |
| Cost of meals | Breakfast, lunch and after school meal service is free for all NYC public school students. |
| Building occupancy | Shares building with other schools — M046 and M846 are both recorded at 2987 Frederick Douglass Boulevard. |
| Arrival and dismissal | Not recorded here. Please call the main office on 212 - 360 - 1519 for this year’s bell times. |
The bell schedule published on the school’s current site is a file dated 2023–24, and the class schedules file is dated 2024–25. Arrival and dismissal times move from year to year, so republishing a three-year-old dismissal time would send families to the wrong door at the wrong hour.
Until the school supplies the current schedule, this page records the gap rather than filling it.
Each entry below is published either by the school itself or on its official New York City Public Schools profile. Anything that could not be verified against one of those two sources has been left out.
“For the latest notifications and access to your child’s school records, log in or set up your NYC Schools Account.”
Banner carried verbatim from the school’s current website.A school-based mental health clinic is recorded for this school, run with New York Presbyterian Hospital, reachable on 212-746-5754. Families may also ask the Parent Coordinator, School Social Worker or School Counselor about the school’s mental health program.
New York City Public Schools profile for M046, Mental Health and Wellness.The school’s Community School contact is based at New York Edge and is reached through the main office, 212 - 360 - 1519.
New York City Public Schools profile for M046.The school links families to daily lessons for students in grades preschool to 8 at Wide Open School.
School website, Student + Family Resources.Classes are run through Google Classroom, and the school uses ClassDojo to build classroom communities with parents and students.
School website, Google Classroom and Staff Contact pages.NYC 988 offers free, confidential, 24/7 support for problems like stress, depression, anxiety, and drug or alcohol use. Talk or text 988.
New York City Public Schools profile for M046, Mental Health and Wellness.School-specific admission information is published by the city, and applications for 3-K, Pre-K, kindergarten and transfers are made through MySchools.
New York City Public Schools profile for M046, Admissions.Building accessibility: the city’s building profile records this building as “No Accessibility.” Families who need accommodations should call the main office before visiting so arrangements can be discussed.
Names and roles exactly as published on the school’s official New York City Public Schools profile, read 1 September 2026. Staff email addresses are deliberately not republished here; the main office number reaches all of them.