Congratulations Class of 2024

Dear PS 20 Graduates,

It has been incredible to see you all grow up before our eyes.  Many of you entered PS 20 when you were only 4 or 5 years old.   You came here as little kids, curious about the world around you and eager to learn.  Over the years you have become leaders of this school community, modeling for your classmates what it means to be a PS 20 student, a caring friend, an advocate and a global citizen.  The PS 20 community will miss your smiles, your humor and your leadership.

The PTA congratulates you on your accomplishments and wishes you the best of luck as you take on new challenges in the coming years.  We hope you will continue to fondly remember the time and experiences you have had here at PS 20 and maintain the friendships you made here.

Sincerely,

The PS 20 PTA Executive Board

Trudy Chan
5th Grade Yearbook

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PS20 5th grade parent Ana Lourdes Alvarenga Silva and Class Lead parents are tirelessly creating a yearbook for our graduating 5th grade students.

Yearbook Submissions

1) Please submit via the PS20 5th Grade Yearbook Form

2) OR you can send an email to PS20yearbook@gmail.com with the following info:

  • Class Number

  • Teacher's name

  • Student's name

  • Student's birthday

  • A short personal message (to parents, favorite teachers, classmates, PS20 family, or the world!) OR an inspirational quote

  • 2 favorite PS20 memories

  • 3 hobbies

  • Future aspirations (middle school, career, travels, dreams, art/sports)

  • Attach 3 personal photos (or deliver printed forms or pictures to your class parent leads, who can digitize them and submit them for you).

Thank you for sharing your memories, ordering the yearbooks, and making our PS20 families' wishes come true again! 

Yearbook Orders & Contributions

The cost of each yearbook is $20 and we are aiming to distribute on the day of graduation. We also ask for those who can, to contribute a little more as a donation to cover the expenses.

Thank you,
PS20 2023-2024 YEARBOOK COMMITTEE 

Trudy Chan
'Shop' the Community Closet in June

A message from the Community Support & Service Committee

The Community Closet is a new initiative of the JEDI committee and is FREE and OPEN to ALL members of the PS20 community! Starting in June, come "shop" for summer clothes, sandals, bathing suits, rain boots, and more! All lovingly donated and sorted by PS20 parents, teachers, and staff.

Open hours: After drop-off on select Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30am to 9:15am in Room 126

  • Mon June 3 + Wed 5     (school closed on June 7)

  • Mon June 10 + Wed 12 + Fri 14

  • Fri June 21    (school closed on June 17 + 19)

  • Mon June 24

Trudy Chan
Social Justice Run - Thank you! + Donations + Shirts

This year's Social Justice Run (SJR) and Family Picnic was a big success!   We want to thank everyone who helped support the event - our teachers and other PS20 staff, volunteers and everyone who has donated to this year's Social Justice Run. We also appreciate our event partners: Define New York Run Club, PS20 Mosaic, Futbol Rebels, Brooklyn Basketball Academy and It Takes a Village Youth Services.

Most importantly, we want to thank all of the PS20 students who participated in the SJR.  Our children rallied and ran laps around Fort Greene Park to raise awareness around child abuse, racism, police brutality, human trafficking, women's equal rights, food insecurity and a number of environmental issues.  We have some amazing young leaders in our school community!  

Now that our kids did their work, we are asking for your support to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000! We are so close - just another $1300 to go!!
You can help by either by making a donation and/or purchasing a Social Justice Run T-Shirt.

This year, half of the funds raised from the race (after we account for the event’s costs) will be donated directly to organizations doing work to address the causes your children's classes have chosen and the other half will be saved into the PTA’s JEDI Fund. The PTA’s JEDI Fund is a valuable resource that allows us to do everything from conducting workshops to ensuring all students can participate in school activities like book fairs and field trips.

We heard from a number of parents that they loved the SJR t-Shirts and wanted to purchase them. Therefore, we will be putting in another order of SJR t-shirts (of all sizes) next week.  If you would like a t-shirt (or two or three), please click on this link and put in your order by 5pm on Wednesday, June 5.

With admiration and thanks,

PS20 PTA

Trudy Chan