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About our school

P.S. 189 - The Bilingual Center is a Kindergarten to 8th grade school that offers a rigorous curriculum to foster college preparation, bilingualism, and leadership skills for all students.  

The Bilingual Center's classrooms feature diverse learning programs that  include foreign languages--Spanish, Haitian-Creole, French and Latin, an engaging academic curriculum, a robust arts program, and technology skills.
 
Our teachers are skilled and dedicated to their student's and their own growth.  They have a deep sense of community with many either enrolling their own children in the school or recommending the school to relatives and neighbors.

OUR MISSION

At Public School 189 - The Bilingual Center, we are committed to develop students who achieve the highest educational standards through blended learning; students who are fluent in two languages; problem solvers; critical thinkers; and students who will be active participants in the life of their family, their community, their city, their state, their country and the greater society, the world.

OUR VISION

To mold the individual child in a bilingual, bicultural learning environment to live, learn, love and lead as a global citizen.

P.S. 189 – The Bilingual Center

Arrival & Dismissal Procedures – 2025–2026

🕗 School Hours

School Day: 8:00 AM – 2:20 PM
Breakfast: 7:30 – 7:55 AM
Afterschool: 2:20 PM – 5:30 PM

🚪 Arrival Procedures

Grade Time Entrance
K and 8 7:30 a.m. Rockaway Parkway (green door)
1–7 7:30 a.m. Gate on East 96th Street – Cafeteria via four steps

Note: Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast/early drop-off and close at 8:00 a.m. sharp. Students arriving after 8:01 a.m. must enter through the main entrance on East New York Avenue and get a late pass. Classes begin promptly at 8:00 a.m.

🚸 Dismissal Procedures

Grade Time Exit
K (main building) 2:20 p.m. Rockaway Parkway – Building door
1–3 2:20 p.m. Rockaway Parkway – Gymnasium gate
4–5 2:20 p.m. East 96th Street – Schoolyard gate
6 2:20 p.m. East 96th Street (green doors)
7–8 2:20 p.m. Gate on East 96th Street
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