Winter is in full swing! it’s time for PS20 Parents and friends to go out and have fun !
All proceeds from this delicious fundraising event will revert to PS20 PTA ! Tickets are selling fast - $30 each, includes tacos and 1 specialty cocktail - BUY NOW at EventBrite ! View Donna on the map.
We thank Donna Cocktail Club for hosting this amazing event and helping us to bring the BioBUS mobile science lab to our school!
On election day, over 120 students privately voted, and each classroom elected two representatives to form the Kids Council. This group will help rethink how we can further increase the student-led civics focus of PS 20.
KIDS' COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED
4th grade Council Members
Lennon Watford/Jillian Maura, Serenity Jordan/Brianna Ahyoung, Noah Anderson/Khloe Wharton
5th grade Council Members
Ashaunti Mosley/Gianna Powell, Madison Taylor/Seoul Watson, Lea Cruz/Keira Biven
The Council meets each Thursday during lunchtime with Ms. Barbera and DK Holland of Inquiring Minds, a non-profit organization that offers democratic tools, processes, and programs that improve student engagement, self-reliance, and development.
Kids Council has been a program available to the upper grades of PS20 for five years as a tool to understand how children can effectively work together towards an agreed upon goal.
Each year has provided new revelations, including behavioral and self-esteem gains for both student participants and within the general class body. The experience demonstrates that when students were freely engaged peer-to-peer to focus on a project, they can make big personal developmental advances that can extend to their peers. The Council is using a Learning Wall to compile ideas and thoughts.
Kids Council representatives will be on stage at monthly assemblies to share their plans with the entire school and ask questions to the student body at large, and students may speak with their representatives individually, too. They want to hear from all kids - including the younger ones! They are on a roll!
It’s never too late to be proud of PS20 inspiring young musicians and to be thankful to our wonderful music teacher and PS20 Band director Mr. Hampton!
Congratulations to Kyra Hodges of 4-126 and Lillian Poline of 5-222 for their acceptance into the prestigious Juilliard Music Advancement Program (MAP)! A competition was held last May for young music students living in the Tri-state area, and their hard work paid off!
Through a comprehensive curriculum, performance opportunities, and summer study partnerships, Juilliard MAP students pursue advanced music studies while developing their talents as artists, leaders and global citizens.
Congratulations to Amina Brown who just got accepted to “Salute to Music NYC” program, through audition process. The Salute To Music Program, also known as Borough Wide Enrichment Program, has been going strong since its inception in 1956.
This program is partially funded by the non-profit organization Friends of Music and is a fully sanctioned program of the NYC DOE. Salute to Music provides an opportunity for students in grades 4 through 8 to receive choral and instrumental music instruction along with other students from their boroughs, culminating in concerts throughout the year.
Students have the chance to participate on Orchestral and Concert Bands, City-Wide Jazz Ensemble or the City-Wide Chorus.
Congrats to our amazing students and a big thank you to Mr Hampton, PS 20 music teacher and band director, for your tireless efforts to educate and support our young musicians.
We are proud to have all of you representing PS 20!
Let’s enjoy extended weekend !
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED ! The Piano School of NYC is thrilled to resume a wonderful partnership with The PS 20 Clinton Hill School After School Program for the 2019/2020 School Year! Thank you PS20 families for reaching out and enrolling !
Our goal is to provide excellent, fun and affordable Music Education opportunities to students through our Small Group PianoClasses, with Sessions in Fall, Winter and Spring.
Classes will take place at PS 20 on Wednesday afternoons for K-Up students and Thursday afternoons for Pre-k students starting at 2:50pm. Students are divided into age-appropriate, small groups to best serve their skill levels and learning needs - Our Annual Spring Recital will be a special celebration for all Piano Students and Families!
The cost of our 10-week winter semester is $285 - but the registration is now CLOSED. For information on SPRING Classes registration and fees, please contact PSNY manager: ErickEiserMusic@gmail.com.
PS20 thanks all families and staff for the wonderful year. May we keep strong on our commitment to our kids and our community. In 2020 we will keep making sure that our students know that they have the power to influence their school, their communities and the world with their creativity, intellect and their ability to work collaboratively.
Our goal is for our children to become informed thinkers who are prepared to thrive and lead in a complex world. Please help us to achieve this dream by DONATING TO OUR ANNUAL APPEAL NOW - this is the best gift you can give to our children and the our community this end of the year !
