Admissions and Graduation Requirements

PS 127Q is a neighborhood school open to the residents of the community.  We service grades PreK-8.  Our graduates move on to high schools throughout New York City.  In order to be promoted to high school, 8th grade students need to meet the following criteria.

Promotion from Grade 8 to Grade 9 will be based on whether students:

1. achieve at or above Proficiency Level 2 on the State assessments in Language Arts
and Mathematics; and
2. attain passing grades in core English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies
courses.

Promotion from Grade 8 for English Language Learners will be determined differently according to the number of years of enrollment:

1. For students enrolled for one year and Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE), promotion will be based on whether students:
a. attain passing grades in core English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies courses
2. For students enrolled for at least two years but fewer than three years, promotion will
be based on whether students:
a. achieve at or above Proficiency Level 2 on the State assessment in
Mathematics;
b. achieve expected gains on the NYSESLAT or the English Language Arts
assessments between January and June; and
c. attain passing grades in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
3. For students enrolled for at least three years but fewer than four years, promotion will
be based on whether students:
a. achieve at or above Proficiency Level 2 on the State assessment in
Mathematics;
b. achieve expected scale score gains on the State assessment in English
Language Arts assessments; and
c. attain passing grades in core English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies
courses
4. Students with four or more years of service will be held to the same promotion
standards as General Education students