Mission Statement

At PS 527, the East Side School for Social Action, we...

• believe that a focus on creativity, critical thinking, communication, and collaboration will best prepare our students to be leaders and global citizens.

• participate in social action projects each year, highlighting our duties as citizens of the world to make our planet a better place for all of its inhabitants.

• understand that students are individuals and deserve an individualized, differentiated learning experience.

• educate the “whole child” because, in addition to academic support, children need guidance with their social-emotional development.

• collaborate with staff, students, families, and community members.
  

Together, with a shared mission, we will prepare today’s students with the 21st Century academic and social-emotional skills they need for success tomorrow.

PS 527’s Social Action Process

PS 527 East Side School for Social Action opened in September 2012.  We are a neighborhood zoned school that embraces the diversity of our community.  To create global citizens, we believe it is important for students to examine and explore the world around them in order to uncover new possibilities and ways of thinking.  We challenge students to engage in a design theory of social action that encourages them to research issues and topics, imagine ways to improve their world, take action to try out solutions and then voice those solutions by sharing them with the community at large.