P.S. 87X provides a nurturing, safe, inclusive and supportive environment in which scholars are provided opportunities for experiential learning. Always imagining the possibilities, P.S. 87X commits to maintaining high expectations for all learners and acknowledging the diversity among its families.

P.S. 87X imagines the possibilities, as it strives to develop confident critical thinkers equipped with literacy, mathematics, technology, social, and emotional skills for future academic success and a desire to become lifelong learners.

Our scholars learn best when:

• they are provided opportunities to think critically and be creative. 

• they are provided with differentiated instruction and are cognitively engaged. 

• they apply and transfer knowledge across content areas and real-life experiences.

• they use individual performance data to set goals. 

• they are provided with a safe and supportive environment that encourages risk-taking.

We are a vibrant and diverse  community. Many of our families hail from the English Speaking Caribbean. Also represented are families from other countries within Central America, South America, and Africa. 

The administration and faculty of P. S. 87X devote energies and resources to provide scholars with a quality education utilizing best practices, next generation standards aligned curricula, as well as scientifically proven programs and methods. Our goal is to prepare our scholars to meet the challenges of a world that is constantly changing. Our daily expectation is that every classroom is a place where all scholars achieve high academic standards based on targeted, differentiated instruction. We offer technology, inquiry science labs, and visual arts- providing scholars with various opportunities to explore and express themselves.

P.S. 87 implements standards-based curriculum in English Language Arts and Mathematics using the EL Education English Language Arts and  Illustrative Mathematics curricula. Our schedule provides weekly common planning time for teacher teams to meet to collaborate, share best practices, review data and discuss ways to improve our instructional program. We provide academic interventions during the school day and after school to support scholars in need. Our ELA and math curricula are supported by our Social Studies (Passport to Social Studies) and Science (Amplify Science) curricula. All classrooms are equipped with updated SMART boards, which facilitate the delivery of interdisciplinary lessons. We have also assigned scholars laptops to use in the classroom to facilitate differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners. 

The school has partnered with Education through Music, Studio in A School in the past, as well as offered a Mandarin class to offer our students opportunities to grow outside of the traditional classroom setting. Our building explansion is scheduled to be completed by March 2025. We hope to resume these and many other programs in the near future.