PS/IS 171 Patrick Henry Prep

Top public school in NYC, educating students from 3K-grade 8 with commitment, dedication and open-mindedness. Gold recipient of the National Urban School Award.

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Still star struck by this power panel! What makes a @springboardNTL afterschool program great? AMAZING partners: students, parents, paras, teachers, and leaders. Thank you @phprepnyc! @cec4eastharlem @KristyDeLaCru15 #LiteracyIsLiberation #ParentsAsPartners

[Dr. Kristy De La Cruz @KristyDeLaCru15]

One of the best ways to end my day was reading under the stars with @phprepnyc — Love all the ways we celebrated World Read Aloud Day in @CSD_4! #nycreads @DOEChancellor @ruxdanika @DanWeisbergNYC @FACENYCDOE @UFT @FollowCSA @NYCSchools @cec4eastharlem @ManhattanCB11

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Kicking off Career Day with our Kindergartners #ps171

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Congratulations to our PHP Basketball team for playing their first-ever game.

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Listen to our Student Council President and Vice-President speak about their experiences at PHP to a national audience of educators from NCUST.

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Our 8th grade students participated in the first of three financial literacy workshops led by our partners at Chase Bank.

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We are incredibly proud of our students, staff, and community for all of their continued achievements.

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Watch one of our wonderful students speak about her experience at PHP.

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Congratulations to our students, staff, parents, and community. We are now a two-time winner of the America’s Best Urban School award, one of eight schools in the nation. We received the highest accolades possible, a gold award.

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We’re handing out over 800 gifts to each and every student today through our Winter Wishes program with @newyorkcares

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We held our first-ever school carnival last week. It was a huge success.

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Our students love the Art Club with @studioinaschool

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A week ago we hosted our first-ever Family Movie Night to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month. Families watched Coco while enjoying different snacks and treats.

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Our new PHP Biking Club kicked off the year yesterday on brand new bicycles. Our students loved it!

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We love our families! We’ve given out more than 2000 free tickets so far this year to sporting events, broadway plays, and museums. These experiences are a first for many of our students and we are proud to be able to provide them.

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Our fourth grade students visited the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum today. Field trips like this help enhance what students learn in the classroom by giving students a chance to experience, see, and touch what they are learning about in their class.

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The NYPL Bookmobile visited PHP today. More than 100 students (and some eager staff too) received their first-ever library card. They used these special edition Spider-Man library cards to check out their first book from the NYPL - one of many to come!

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Our Middle School scholars benefit from our partnership with Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. Together with medical student mentors, students have the opportunity to explore neuroscience and other topics.

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Our PHP students are the best of the best.

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We have some amazing teachers at PHP. The enthusiasm and love for learning can be felt as you enter each of their classrooms.