The Children’s School is a free, public elementary school that offers a nurturing educational environment to meet the diverse needs of District 15 and District 75 students at three sites, one in Gowanus, one in Fort Greene and one in Borough Park.
The Children’s School’s Mission
- To provide and promote an inclusive learning environment for general education students and students with special needs to meet their diverse abilities and to maximize their growth and potential.
- To build a diverse learning community, in which all differences in ability/disability, gender, race/ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, religion are celebrated, and in which our common humanity is honored.
- To provide a standards-based and child-centered curriculum that challenges all students to perform at their highest level of capability, and prepares them to function in a rapidly changing, technologically advanced world.
- To provide rigorous professional development for staff so that their knowledge and skills allow them to meet the needs of our students who have a full range of abilities and levels of functioning.
- To provide every student with a literacy-based education with an emphasis on integrating the arts and technology into the learning process across the curriculum.
- To support students to develop a positive self-image and well-rounded interests and abilities, to be socially and physically competent, and to embrace individuality and differences in their peers.
- To develop a strong partnership between home and school to ensure success for all students.
512 CARROLL STREET
The Children’s School, P.S. 372, founded in 1992, is a unique collaborative effort between District 15 and the citywide District 75 that oversees special education programs.
The Children’s School is a district-wide school. It covers all of District 15, which includes Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Sunset Park, Redhook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill.
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300 ADELPHI STREET
Our Adelphi Street campus is located in MS 113 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and supports students with Autism and other related disorders in Specialized Classrooms (6:1:1 or 8:1:1) in Kindergarten thru 8th grade. At this site, classrooms keep a ratio of either 6:1:1 or 8:1:1 and include six or eight students, one special education teacher and one classroom paraprofessional and where necessary a crisis management or health paraprofessional for students whose IEP indicate such need. We utilize a structured teaching model and include work centers, 1:1 instruction and whole group instruction when appropriate. Related service providers collaborate with teachers to create a learning environment that supports students’ sensory and communication needs. Currently we partner with the Brooklyn Conservatory for music therapy and Marquis Studios for visual arts instruction.
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