Our Mission

At P.S. 120, we are committed to preparing our different types of learners to compete in the ever-changing 21st Century workforce by guiding them to recognize the importance of finding the balance between doing what they love, and what the world will need them to do. The faculty at PS 120 will: 

• Commit to the use of data-driven instruction and decision-making to provide equity-based instruction in all classrooms. 

• Provide opportunities for  students to take responsibility for their own learning by participating in classroom discussion and be able to predict how they can use what they are learning in their everyday lives and goals

• Engage students  in problem-solving and critical thinking activities

• Foster  leadership opportunities for students in and out of the classroom

• Expose and engage students in the cultural arts

• Enable digitally literacy by teaching students to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills

• Empower students to apply their talents to the service of others

Instructional Focus 2022-23

Vision for Learning

Students who attend P.S. 120Q will graduate feeling empowered, having developed their academic, kinesthetic, social, and emotional intelligences in a school that fosters practices to deepen their 21st-century skills (conceptual understanding, critical and creative thinking, collaboration, leadership, problem solving and digital literacy).