This update from New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) includes important dates on the 2025–26 school year calendar, upcoming admissions information, parent-teacher conferences, preparing for remote learning, vaccination requirements, and the new electronic device policy. Read the 2025-2026 Monthly Messages.
The PTO is selling the 2026 PS9 Neighborhood Discount Card for $45, giving PS9 families and Prospect Heights & Crown Heights neighbors exclusive deals at community favorites such as BierWax, No. 7, Precycle, Stocked, Love & Legends, Mille Feuille, Sit & Wonder, and MANY others.
We are an International Baccalaureate elementary school with a Dual Language Spanish program and a focus on project-based learning. We are looking for enthusiastic educators in the following positions for the 2025-2026 school year:
Interested educators are encouraged to complete this form and upload their resume. Sample lessons will be expected during the interview. Learn more about us at ps9brooklyn.org.
We host a series of daytime in-person Early Childhood tours for our 3K, Pre-K and Kindergarten programs. Please refer to our public calendar for upcoming dates.
Public School 9, Sarah Smith Garnet is a 3K to Grade 5 NYC Public School, and in May 2024 PS9 received full International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (PYP) Accreditation! PS9 is officially an “IB World School ” that serves the vibrant and diverse community of Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Our mission is to develop students with insatiable curiosity who are compassionate leaders. We are committed to the academic success and personal development of every child, and we celebrate our students for being their authentic selves. The IB standards offer rigorous guidelines that allow for school and classroom practices to align with the IB educational philosophy and values. The PYP is a framework for schools and their approach to learning and teaching. The PYP is transdisciplinary, meaning students learn across subject areas while inquiring into big ideas.
Welcome to the Admissions Process for Kindergarten, 3-K and Pre-K for the 2026-27 schoolyear!
For Kindergarten: Kindergarten offers are now available! Families who applied by the January 23 deadline can access their offer in one of the following ways:
Accept your offer by May 1st to secure your Kindergarten seat.
3-K Admission: Below are the application open, close, and offer release dates. These dates are for students born in 2023 who are applying during the 2025-2026 school year for admission in the 2026-2027 school year.
*Please note: These dates are subject to change. Any changes will be announced and communicated directly to families. Sign up for updates here.
Pre-K Admission: Below are the application open, close, and offer release dates. These dates are for students born in 2022 who are applying during the 2025-2026 school year for admission in the 2026-2027 school year.
*Please note: These dates are subject to change. Any changes will be announced and communicated directly to families. Sign up for updates here.
Pre-K Admissions
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Kindergarten open house announcement.
Welcome to PS9's Spring Open House for Kindergarten!
We are excited to offer an open house for families of children who received offers to attend PS9 in Fall 2026. Please note that this will be the only opportunity to tour the program this spring, and we don not offer individual tours.
Sign up to attend: Open House
Below are the application open, close, and offer release dates. These dates are for students born in 2022 who are applying during the 2025-2026 school year for admission in the 2026-2027 school year.
*Please note: These dates are subject to change. Any changes will be announced and communicated directly to families. Sign up for updates here(Open external link).
Pre-K Admissions
Below are the application open, close, and offer release dates. These dates are for students born in 2023 who are applying during the 2025-2026 school year for admission in the 2026-2027 school year.
*Please note: These dates are subject to change. Any changes will be announced and communicated directly to families. Sign up for updates here.
3-K Admissions
This update from New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) includes important dates on the 2025–26 school year calendar, upcoming admissions information, parent-teacher conferences, preparing for remote learning, vaccination requirements, and the new electronic device policy. Read the 2025-2026 Monthly Messages.
The PTO is selling the 2026 PS9 Neighborhood Discount Card for $45, giving PS9 families and Prospect Heights & Crown Heights neighbors exclusive deals at community favorites such as BierWax, No. 7, Precycle, Stocked, Love & Legends, Mille Feuille, Sit & Wonder, and MANY others.
We are an International Baccalaureate elementary school with a Dual Language Spanish program and a focus on project-based learning. We are looking for enthusiastic educators in the following positions for the 2025-2026 school year:
Interested educators are encouraged to complete this form and upload their resume. Sample lessons will be expected during the interview. Learn more about us at ps9brooklyn.org.
We host a series of daytime in-person Early Childhood tours for our 3K, Pre-K and Kindergarten programs. Please refer to our public calendar for upcoming dates.
What excitement there was in our learning community on May 31, 2024, when we cut the ribbon as the first International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program School in Community School District 13! We could not have done it without the help and support of NYCPS, Superintendent Meghan Dunn and her team, our elected officials and the Prospect Heights Community.
PS 9 is an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, delivering the IB Primary Years Program (PYP) in Grades Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5. The program nurtures and develops young students and caring, active participants in a lifelong journey of learning. The PYP offers an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary curriculum framework that builds conceptual understanding. It is a student-centered approach to education for children aged 3-12. It reflects the best of educational research, thought leadership and experience derived from IB World Schools. Read more here.
Elementary school farmer scientists at PS 9 show off some of the bright, beautiful basil harvested in their classroom!
We welcomed upstate farmers and officials from the US Dept. of Agriculture’s New York State Farm Service Agency to one of our Brooklyn farm classrooms for a visit and tour of what cutting-edge urban agriculture can look like. Joined by our Executive Director Manuela Zamora and Director of Program Development Megan Nordgren, the farmer scientists at P.S. 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet Elementary School led the way, showing off the rich strawberries, luscious lettuce and baby cucumbers growing right in their classroom.
Students also guided their guests through a harvest, collecting their crops for cleaning, weighing, and sampling, and showed off their science skills by answering questions from their harvest worksheets with ease. We’re incredibly proud of the hard work these future climate leaders are doing in their hydroponic classroom and are eager to continue setting the bar for sustainability science education in NYC.
P.S. 9 partners with NY Sun Works, who are the recipient of the 2023 Congressionally Funded Community Project (CFCP) earmark funding, thanks to support from Senator and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Ritchie Torres, and Minority Leader & Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
