The mission of P.S. 85Q is to create a nurturing environment of academic excellence in which all students can and will learn.  We recognize the needs of the whole child: emotional, social, physical and intellectual.  We will promote the commonality in our diverse population in order to instill self-respect and respect for others.  Our commitment to parents, to students and to the community at large is to develop self-thinking, creative, productive, confident citizens to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.