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. Students at P.S. 120 will:

• 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 in problem solving and critical thinking activities

• Be given leadership opportunities in and out of the classroom

• Experience the cultural arts

• Become digitally literate by gaining the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills

• Apply their talents to the service of others