The mission of Community School District 27 is to provide its students with a safe, nurturing school environment where educators, parents and the community join together to ensure success for all of its children.

                        Public School 56 Queens - The Harry Eichler School

We are a school with great ethnic diversity with students born in over 35 different countries.  We celebrate our individual differences, while we strive to achieve the unity of one common school family.

We are dedicated to achieving high standards of academic excellence for all our students through standards driven instruction.

We are also dedicated to developing a school environment that is safe and nurturing, an environment that allows all students to become productive and caring individuals who will be committed to their self improvement and the welfare of the community.