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Hi there.

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I'm Mile an elementary student
here at PSO 71 Patrick Henry prep

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a two time America's best urban
Schools winner,

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where we're cultivating minds,

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nurturing hearts and shaping
futures.

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Our school consistently ranks in
the upper tier of New York

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State and consistently
outperforms New York State and New York

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City. I'm not sure what I want
to be when I grow up,

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but I know that PS 171 is
helping me figure it out at PS 171.

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We have the choice to come in
early at 7:30 a.m. for a free

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breakfast to start our day or if
we're not feeling breakfast,

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you start classes at 8 a.m.
sharp. My friends,

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Dylan and Taylor and I always
meet up for breakfast to chat and

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eat before we go to our first
class.

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It's funny to think we met in
the same cafeteria when we started

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here at PSO 71 as
kindergarteners,

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we begin each day with SCL or
social emotional learning where we

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learn how to identify and
control our emotions in a healthy way.

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This is especially important for
us to build a strong community

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in the classroom throughout the
day,

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we have many amazing classes you
get to choose from depending on

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our interests that we rotate to
throughout the week.

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Some classes include music,
technology, theater, gym, science,

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movement, and library.

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And when it's time for lunch,

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we have delicious and healthy
options for us to eat.

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As soon as we're done eating,

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we can go outside for fresh air
and exercise.

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Sometimes the teachers even join
in on the fun.

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We have great partnerships and
after school programs such as

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Skin harbor for elementary
students,

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East Harlem tutorial for middle
schoolers, springboard literacy,

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43 K through kindergarten,
reading partners. GZ A prep,

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a free prep class that prepares
students for the assessment and

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regions prep where students can
enter high school as a sophomore

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in math science and Spanish,

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all of which are located in our
building and are free.

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We also have a ton of cool after
school clubs that are led by

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our teachers. There's a club for
everyone.

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If there's something a student
can think of our school will make

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it happen.

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Our clubs include theater,
chess, cooking, biking, guitar,

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symphonic chorus board, game
club, art club, basketball,

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running club, flamenco dance,
karate, three K stem newspaper,

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club, coding and student
council.

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We also have a day with the
scientists at Mount Sinai where we

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get the chance to shadow or even
dissect an eye.

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We use technology to help us
learn better and faster.

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Like our school assigned ipads
grades four through eight,

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get an ipad to bring home each
day and each class has a laptop

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cart and a smartboard.

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We also have a state of the art
technology lab complete with a

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3d printer and virtual reality
technology.

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And PS 171 has a technology
course that introduces us to using

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computers to learn robotics and
how to code.

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I think I'd really get into a
career in the technology world one

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day, but I'm still not 100% sure
what I wanna do yet.

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At PS 171 all of our teachers
are amazing.

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What's really cool is some of
the staff are one students at PHP

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90 say their entire career and
retire here.

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Paula proved that PS 171 isn't
just an amazing place to learn,

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but also an amazing place to
teach and our teachers amazingness

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isn't just passed on to us, but
our parents as well.

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Our teachers always communicate
with their parents via phone

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calls through a mind or class
Dojo app and of course through

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emails and daily newsletters. So
parents are always up to date.

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On top of all of that.

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PS 171 works collaboratively to
direct families in need to

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appropriate resources to make
sure both students and parents are

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getting what they need. In fact,

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PS 171 helped my family and I
get the help we needed to make

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sure I have everything I need to
succeed.

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One of the special parts about
PS 171 is their data driven

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curriculums.

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Teachers and staff have group
and one on one conversations with

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students to find out what was
working well and what can be

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improved on in order to create
an ever evolving teacher

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curriculum that changes as we
learn and grow.

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They focus on three Rs which are
relationships relevant and

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rigor to learn more about what's
important to us,

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to create new and engaging ways
for us to learn new things.

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This type of teaching combined
with benchmarks for individual

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students allows for high ratings
and rankings,

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scoring threes and fours on
state exams and enabling middle

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schoolers to enter some of the
top high schools in the area.

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On top of that,

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we also engage in a lot of
project based learning where we get

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through groups and use teamwork
to solve problems.

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I really like the idea of using
data to learn more about how

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things work to improve and
evolve ideas while working in groups.

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I think I wanna be a data
scientist when I grow up.

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PS 171 is introducing me to so
many different ideas.

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It's hard to choose just one.

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We're tested and challenged
every day here at PS 171 so that we

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can grow as individuals and
become the best versions of

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ourselves. And speaking of being
challenged,

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we have a big project due
Monday. So this weekend,

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me and my friends are building a
huge Lego robot.

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I felt so upset and frustrated
and I really wanted to cry.

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I remembered back to what I
learned in my SCL class.

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I closed my eyes,

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imagined the best version of
myself counted backwards from five

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and calmed myself down.

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We have to rush to school to fix
it at breakfast.

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We started fixing our robot
while we ate,

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we fixed our robot just in time
and rushed to class before it

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started.

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Later that day,

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we presented a robot in one
first place as we grow up.

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Ps 171 we will continue to learn
and hone the skills we need for

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high school and beyond.

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And we will use these skills to
pave our own paths in life to

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help our community control our
emotions in a healthy way and

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continuously evolve the way we
learn using data.

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Eventually Taylor will go on to
become a doctor at a nearby

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hospital, healing patients and
improving people's lives.

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Dylan will go on to build their
own business,

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creating products to help people
learn new things and faster

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more effectively.

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And as for me,

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I still don't know exactly what
I wanna do when I get older.

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Ps 171 has introduced me to so
many different amazing avenues

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that it's hard to choose which
one to take.

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But I know one thing for sure.

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As I continue to embark my
journey on self discovery,

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I'll carry the spirit of PS 171
with me.

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For the rest of my life as a
friend and as a guide and once I

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forge my own path,

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I will be able to look back on
the years of my life.

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And remember PS 171 as the
foundation on which I built my dreams

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with my friends and family by my
side.

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PS 171 Patrick Henry prep,
cultivating minds,

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nurturing hearts and shaping
futures.