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The mission of our school includes goals for our parents. The P.S. 9 School For Parents is a comprehensive Parent Education program that emerged in the Fall of 1987. The P.S. 9 philosophy has always been that parents are the primary educators of their children. In order to encourage active parental involvement and a partnership between home and school, P.S. 9 has developed a series of thematic workshops focused on developing the social, emotional, and intellectual functioning of the child.
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We culminate our experiences together with a Parent Luncheon and End of the Year Excursion. The School for Parents also sponsors the P.S. 9 School Volunteer Program. We have recruited a large number of parents who work directly in the classroom or tutor a child on a one:to:one basis. Parents with clerical experience help in the main office or school library. Many of our parents have utilized the experience to help obtain full-time employment. The P.S. 9 School Volunteer program has been so successful, that is was recognized by CBS Television and aired on the CBS "Sunday Morning" Program.
The children of P.S. 9 organized and conducted efforts in support of UNICEF through a Penny Harvest Program. The spirit of caring of this school community has benefited those in need.
The American Chess Foundation Program to make the game of Chess a learning tool for students is in its second year in P.S. 9. Each week our students are challenged to think and to reason as they complete each game.
To develop a growing appreciation of the arts, performers from Lincoln Center come to P.S. 9 to provide direct experiences for children and staff. Many teachers attend Summer Institutes to prepare for the program in school.
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