P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers School community families, staff and students are committed to providing a safe nurturing environment which centers on the development of the whole child. They hold high expectations for all students and encourage them to strive for personal excellence. The purpose is to educate, inspire and prepare our students to be responsible, independent and critical thinkers who will become life-long learners attuned to the diversities, challenges and opportunities of the real world. Administrators and staff are decisively devoted to the emotional, academic and social development of each individual child. The purpose of this school is to nurture each student's unique potential, enabling them to become life long learners. Literacy is at the heart of all programs and activities emphasizing written and spoken language, mathematics and the arts in a literature-based format across all areas of the curriculum.
