P.S. 46 Arthur Tappan

My personal review is that most of this parents that are given negative review of this school should volunteer and help this teachers at least for a day and see what is wrong. And remember noone is perfect and we all deserve another chance in life. Instead of critisize the school they should of being part of it together with your child and make it successful. I love the principal and the efforts these teachers make to help our children and until now I have not have any dissappointment yet. I have two children at this school and is great to me, we just have to help the school improve.
—Submitted by a parent

Our kids are among the most creative in the USA! We achieve in the arts as well as the academics, and recently received an 'A' from the Mayor!
—Submitted by a parent

PS 46 has wonderful, talented, and dedicated teachers who go above and beyond to ensure their students succeed.
—Submitted by a teacher

I think this school is great my girl and boy is very successful in this school I love it my child goes there and was successful to graduate from 6th grade to FDA and my boy is still in there and has recive good classes. The principle is a GREAT principle he is a good principle unlike the other schools
—Submitted by a parent

This school is a horrible environment to learn in. Students have no structured free play they just run around on empty courtyard with no equipment pushing each other. In gym they watch tv. TOO many discipline problems. Good students are overlooked because staff needs to deal with other issues. If you can send your child to another school. This school only warehouses students.
—Submitted by a parent

As a mother of a young and vibrant 10 yr old girl i found this school to be a horrible learning environment. The staff I found to be unhelpful and incompetent!!! They had no regard to students feelings nor their parents. I found parent teach conferences to be generic and unhelpful. My child is a good student and a great team player... Lack of discipline with other children and lack of student activities and groups as far as extra curricular is concerned are consistent and highly needs in this school. The teachers along with office staff should be more knowledgeable and concerned with the students and the parents. Good schools are hard to find understand .... However there should be a medium where students get the attention they need to excel in the future
—Submitted by a parent

I think this school could be a great, they need teachers that act like teachers. Its good to be cool to kids, but the kids need to see a teacher not a friend. Most of the teachers look young and a little into themselves. I think they could worry about teaching more instead they are teaching fashion. Tring to explain uniforms to my child is hard enough.
—Submitted by a parent

I think school need to work more in activities for the kids, just a few good teacher, not discipline, and most important for me I do not consider school safe enough.
—Submitted by a parent

Awful. There are a few key good teachers, but overall the school is horrible a terrible environment for children. There are no real extracurricular activities, there is basically no physical education or art or music program. THe general attitude of the teachers are They DO Not Care. please get your kids in a better environment, I did and My children thrived.
—Submitted by a parent

There are good teachers and this year the PA has done many things for parents and student. There is still somethings that need to be addressed but, overall is a good school.
—Submitted by a parent

There are a few good teachers in this school.I had two children graduate and two are still attending.Although the extra-activities are very limited, the school does o.k.
—Submitted by quaneisha hall, a parent

I think that this school is great. Since I am a previous student, I cannot complain. The parent involvement is crazy. There has never been a complaint in that category.
—Submitted by Caress, a parent

I attended Ps. 46 years ago in the 5th grade so I am proud that my children and grandchildren are attending , but there are a lot of things that need to change like the parents need to get more involved with the childrens education. We need to have an afterschool program for the kids not only the older ones but also the little ones they need help to. I think if we can help our kids in the lower grades they wouldnt need as much in the higher grade. Hopefully this new Department of Education will provide more for our children.
—Submitted by MARILYN MCNEILL, a parent