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How long have you been part of the PS20 family? Have you rated PS20 yet? Several parents did.

In websites like Great Schools, School Digger, Inside Schools PS20 shows as an "up and coming school" with a bright future ahead. As our PTA strives to fundraise for our Green Arts & STEAM programs, to provide scholarships to our 'in house' after-school programs, it's our economic and cultural diversity that shows as one of our most important strengths.

Your public opinions and reviews are important to make donors realize how much our school is worth of their support. If our community manage can do so much with insufficient funds, can you imagine what can be achieved with an extra financial help or donation to our kids! Please consider reviewing our school whenever you can - your opinion and feedback count and give more power & inspiration to our administration, PTA and SLT - School Leadership Team to keep developing the bright future we all want to make available to our children. 

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR ! 2020 YEAR OF THE RAT.

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 !