P.S. 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School | |
Type: | Public Elementary School |
Principal: | Sha-Wonda Williams-Credle |
Head Name: | Second Master |
Head Name2: | Assistant Headmaster |
Faculty: | 75 |
Grades: | Pre-K to 5 |
Streetaddress: | 80 Underhill Avenue |
City: | Brooklyn |
State: | New York |
Country: | United States |
Mascot: | Bee |
Free Label: | Emblem |
Website: | http://www.ps9brooklyn.org/ |
P.S. 9 The Sarah Smith Garnet School is a public elementary school of the New York City Department of Education, located in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The school was previously named "Teunis G. Bergen."[1] It was renamed in 2019 to honor Sarah Smith Garnet, a suffragist and the first African-American, female principal of a New York City public school.
Famous alumni include the classical composer Aaron Copland, who was an honor student in 1914.[2]
P.S. 9 includes a variety of enrichment activities, including art, singing, technology, music and much more.