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A community public school in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. 3K to 5th Grade

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PS 270: The Dekalb School is a District 13 public elementary school in the arts-rich neighborhood of Clinton Hill. We are a vibrant, growing school community, featuring a play-based early childhood program and an interdisciplinary curriculum for Kindergarten through 5th Grade through our partnerships with NYC Outward Bound and EL Education.

Who We Are

We know that small group, interactive learning across the school day supports the development of the whole child and their family.

  • School Hours: 8:20am to 2:40pm

  • Early Drop-off at 7:45am

  • After School Program

  • Small Class Sizes

  • Outdoor Classroom

  • Diverse Arts Programming 

  • Chess Program

  • Soccer & Tennis

OUR STAFF

Our Approach

We use a project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum connecting literacy and culturally-relevant topics.

  • Small Group Instruction

  • Field Trips & School Visits

  • Emphasis on Social Emotional Learning

  • Strong Commitment to Arts & Outdoor Education

  • Community-oriented Events

  • After School Programming

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Partnerships

We believe that partnerships with diverse organizations inspire and enrich our curriculum in exciting ways.

  • EL Education | Project Based Learning Curriculum

  • Pratt Institute | Visual Arts/Design Classes

  • Brooklyn Conservatory of Music | Early Childhood Music & Upper Grades Violin Program

  • NYC Outward Bound | Crew/SEL Instruction

  • Artshack Brooklyn | Ceramics Instruction

  • City Growers, Edible Schoolyard & Teens for Food Justice | Food & Garden Education

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Follow us.

Our 270 Staff Crew wall is updated with some beautiful photos of our hardworking, collaborative staff crew. Thanks to 270 parent @fractenberg_events for donating his time and skill to help our educators be visible in the hallways for their students!
As we head into this day of thanksgiving, we are feeling so full of gratitude for our 270 Crew. Yesterday’s Crew Friendsgiving filled our cups to the brim, as they say, with so many families joining us in our celebration of sharing great food,
Our 270 CREW is grateful for the support we receive from many of the connections that make a school community strong. Yesterday, we felt that support with a visit from our @cec_dist.13_bklyn members as they provided a Thanksgiving gift basket for one
Our second Crew Community meeting brought together our learning from Native American Heritage Month, celebrating our spelling bee participants, a performance from our new crew choir and lots of evidence of our crew values- especially curiosity, commu

Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Pia Micoli, Principal | pmicoli@schools.nyc.gov

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