Paula Hedbavny School, PS/IS 278  421 W 219TH ST Phone: (212)
942-3440 Admissions: neighborhood school Wheelchair accessible
Neighborhood: Washington Heights District: 6 Grade range: 0K
thru 08 Parent coordinator: ANGELIN GONZALEZ PC phone: (212)
942-3440  What's special:  Small, inclusive, consistently high
performing school  The downside:  Small gym; recess in the
auditorium on cold weather days Free Lunch: Ethnicity %: English
Language Learners: Special Education:  Our review  PS/IS 278 has
a gentle, caring atmosphere with an emphasis on traditional
manners and values. Children take trips around the city, play
the recorder at Carnegie Hall, and have the opportunity to learn
about French culture or sing in a musical. Basic skills--such as
handwriting, phonics and the conventions of grammar, are
carefully woven in.  Principal Maureen Guido’s goal when she
opened the school in 2004 was to promote “good citizens” who are
“caring and thoughtful of others.” The school is named after a
former colleague who died o