our mission

P. S. 94, The Henry Longfellow Community School is committed to developing inquisitive, critical thinkers who embark on a lifelong journey of learning.

To meet our vision and mission, we are committed to…                                                                      

• Provide ALL students a safe, clean, and secure environment.
• Provide ALL students rigorous and coherent literacy and content area instruction, while upholding high explicit expectations, aligned to the Next Generation Learning Standards.
• Provide ALL students engaging and equitable access to the curriculum that identifies students learning styles and incorporates instructional strategies responsive to those learning styles.
• Provide ALL students the opportunity to become multilingual, multi-literate and multicultural through our Dual Language Spanish-English and Chinese-English programs.
• Provide ALL students cooperative learning opportunities such as project-based learning that leverages student experiences, strengths and expertise, to develop critical problem solvers and foster students’ cultural understanding and connection to the surrounding community.
• Utilize academic student data and assessment measures that reflect learning growth of mindset, modalities, and demonstration of academic and social-emotional proficiency.
• Continuously engage in professional learning communities driven by discipline data and research that leads to collaborative planning, alignment and sustaining best practices.
• Work collaboratively with community based organizations to support and meet all of our families’ needs
• Work with parents as co-creators of our school to provide culturally responsive and rigorous learning experiences