In response to questions from students and a national discussion around immigration, Park Slope Collegiate reasserts its commitment to an inclusive and integrated community and anti-racist policies. Our vision is of a truly integrated school—racially, ethnically, economically and academically—that leads toward developing a just and equal society.

Accordingly, Park Slope Collegiate supports the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA). Consistent with PSC values and policies, the current DACA federal legislation gives undocumented students who have spent much of their lives in the United States the opportunity to continue their educations.

There has been a great deal of speculation about whether DACA or other elements of federal law and policy governing immigration will change in years to come. Though we cannot know what will come to pass, PSC will continue to do all it can to support students, parents, and faculty, including those most who are vulnerable, consistent with the sanctuary laws in place in New York City.

In the short term, we have hosted a Know Your Rights presentation for parents and educators with an immigration lawyer.  We have adapted the material into school-wide Circles around immigration and immigrant rights.  We have printed emergency “red cards” with a useful script for police harassment, translated into Arabic and Spanish and available in the main office.  Finally, we are working toward organizing a student activist group dealing with issues around immigration.

On this page, you can learn about PSC events and find sets of resources for parents, students, and educators to familiarize themselves with immigrant rights.