CHILDREN ARE THE PRIDE AT PS5
Dr. Ronald E. McNair/P.S. 5 aims to educate and nurture the whole child by offering a high-quality academic curriculum and extended learning programs. The Dr. Ronald E. McNair/P.s. 5 experience gives students balance and an opportunity for career exploration.
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DUAL LANGUAGE
Our programs Aviation
This program gives students opportunities to grow in the field of aviation. Students are engaged in aviation instruction on flight simulators. Pilots are mentors and instructors. The Ronald E. McNair Aviation Center has afforded the students to learn about famous pilots, including the female pilot teams. Students have met famous TV personalities, executives from Mattel Toys, and student pilots. The students have their own airplane located in the school courtyard. Students are engaging in the mechanic part of aviation as well. The students have visited the hanger, flight deck, air traffic control center, and a 777 aircraft at JFK airport. Students are in the process of building an air traffic control center as the next level to the aviation program.
BUILD A BOAT. BUILD A DREAM. Students are provided with opportunities including, on water experiences, and waterfront adventures that builds students’ STEM skills and encourage positive behavior development.
Boat works
BROOKLYN
Dance
Gye Nyame Dance Dimension is a young artist in training program. The Saturday dance program offers ballet, modern jazz, tap, hip hop, African, and praise classes for DOE community students. Students are engaged in technique, choreography and performance. Ages 5-16
Music studio
We currently engage students in woodwind, drumming, and string instruments. We partner with Brooklyn Arts Council. We are expanding the music program to include a music studio. Students will learn the engineering side of the music industry. Students will be able to record their music and record projects from the community members.
The podcast room will assist students in developing skills. Local radio and television stations will support this project. Students will be able to try out their skills in real studios.
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“Love One Another” celebrates unity across all races and backgrounds, highlighting children advocating for equal rights, freedom, and respect for all members of the community.
Art
Stem
City Councilmember Darlene Mealy gave the students the opportunity to create a building for a vacant lot located in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The students used the blender platform to create gaming centers, water parks, universities, stores, basketball courts, performing arts centers, Walmax Plus, and much more. The use of the oculus made it possible to visually walk through each project. The students voted on the project they believed should be constructed on the vacant lot. The preforming arts center won the challenge.
Medgar Evers Pipeline
Dr. Ronald E. McNair/P.S. 5 is committed to exposing students to the value of higher education and the college experience. In partnership with Medgar Evers College (CUNY), 4th and 5th grade students attend classes on campus twice weekly, enrolling in technology, math, and science. Through this program, students create their own apps and engage in hands-on math and science projects.
Gardening
Our community partners, including Saraghina and Grandchamps, collaborate with our gardening team to build planters for vegetables and flowers. Through partnerships with Open Global Education and IBM, students engage in hands-on learning across agriculture, science, technology, climate change, and pollution monitoring. They also connect with students and farmers in Africa and around the world to explore and study their crops.
Students in the cooking and restaurant programs use produce from the school garden and other healthy ingredients to prepare meals, while STEM students design the restaurant experience. Proceeds from the student-run restaurant support the “Shower Bus” initiative and future programs of choice.
Through collaboration with community partners and parents, families led the building of a mud kitchen—creating rich, hands-on learning experiences for our students.
Stemmy awards
The Stemmy Award created by the students of P.S. 5 that honors the contributions to the field of education that impact the lives of children. Movies have the Oscar, music has the Grammy, television has the Emmy, and education now has the Stemmy. A committee of students reviewed the biographies of nominees and selected the honorees for this student-run celebration.
The students created the Stemmy title by combining the ST representing their preparation work for state test and the title Emmy for excellence. The Stemmy Award recognizes, promotes, and motivates educational excellence
Additional Programs
BRIC Visual Arts Program
Girls Who Code
3K, PreK Photography Program
One Planet Gardening and Artificial Intelligence Program
Student-Run-Bookstore
Brooklyn Arts Council Instrumental Music Program
(Woodwinds, Violins, Keyboards, African Drumming, etc.)
Brooklyn Ballers Basketball
Social Justice Programs: Shower Bus
School Pantry
One-to-One Technology
Darlene Mealy Computer Lab
Computer Science 4 All
Drone Cadets
Cooking
Student-Run-Restaurant
SCO After-School Program
Swimming
French Dual Language
In the news
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Two young Bedford Stuyvesant activists have thrown their voices behind bringing a shower bus to Brooklyn for the borough's homeless community. Jada Warren, 10, and Serenity Dixon, 11, who have just graduated P.S.5 Dr. Ronald McNair Public School, dedicated their 5th-grade project to getting public support for a bus furnished with shower cubicles that would provide homeless people with a dedicated place to wash. After studying human rights in class and attending the annual WE Day for young change-makers, the girls were motivated to do something positive for their community.
