Our Mission: The Greek School of Plato is a non-profit Arts, Culture and Education organization dedicated to inspiring future generations of Greek-Americans to carry forward the torch of Greek Heritage. We accomplish this by promoting Hellenic heritage through afternoon schooling and programming to new generations of Greek-American students in the greater Brooklyn area. We are a 501(c) (3) organization that provides students from Pre-K to 9th grade an opportunity to explore the richness of the Greek language, history and culture with second, third, and continuing generations of Greek-Americans. Plato edifies our students, growing their appreciation of Greek heritage. We engage in our work via leveraging a powerful support system comprised of trained teaching staff, volunteers, parents and friends as well as the community’s youth. Plato seeks to instill values of democracy and leadership by engaging its current students and alumni in service to their community, keeping the spirit of service, democracy and civic engagement alive. Our school has prepared, and will continue to prepare students to carry forward the spirit of Hellenism in New York. Our Vision Our value can be measured in the enthusiasm, hard work and effort put in by our students, teachers and board members for nearly 40 years and counting. We’ve continued to maintain heritage to an immense community outside the “Greek capital” of New York City (Astoria). Our School has a vision of developing a full-service, Brooklyn-based Greek cultural hub available not only for educational and cultural pursuits, but as a common space that can be leveraged by all community residents regardless of ethnic background to promote Greek cultural understanding, provide opportunities for enrichment for youth, avenues for the provision of critically-needed services such as universal pre-kindergarten, social services and the like.