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Dear PS20 Community,

Thanks for all who were able to participate, support and watch our Talent Show this past Friday - check out the Playbill journal featuring cover artwork by 4th Grader Sylvie! 

Welcome to the last month of school for the 2025-2026 year 😎 🥹 🥲 

THIS WEEK

• Mon June 1: Last day to order Stomping Ground photos & gifts to benefit PS20 ➡️ www.ps20.org/pictureday 
  
  
• June 1 - 10: STEAM Committee presents Math-A-Thon ➡️ www.ps20.org/mathathon 
  • Puzzles and donation pages are all available on https://www.forourschool.org/start?code=447903
  • Thanks to our local sponsors Emacks & Bolios Fort Greene + Ginos Cucina for their support!
    
    
• Wed June 3: JEDI Committee presents Social Justice Run. Each grade will have their own schedule for the day, check with your teachers and class parent leads on Monday! ➡️ www.ps20.org/sjr 
  • Don't forget to solicit donations + purchase your SJR shirts!
  • Be a Field Day Hero - volunteers needed, pretty please!
  • FYI: 3K and Pre-K will stay on school campus
    
• Thu June 4: NO SCHOOL for Chancellors Day
• Fri June 5: NO SCHOOL for Clerical Day

NEXT WEEK

• Wed June 10: Final day of Math-A-Thon
• Thu June 11: Grade 5 Awards Ceremony
• Fri June 12: Families as Learning Partners + Literacy Committee presents Book Swap
  
• Fri June 12: PTA presents End of Year Movie Night
• Sat June 13: PS20 Rainbow Club at Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade
• Sun June 14: Celebrate Ellie's Birthday as the New York Liberty take on the Washington Mystics. (Tickets are now completely sold out - thanks everyone!)

COMING UP

• Mon June 15: 3K Stepping Up
• Tue June 16: Pre-K Stepping Up
• Wed June 17: Kindergarten Stepping Up
• Thu June 18: Grade 5  IB Exhibition
• Thu June 18: Final School & Families Meeting
• Fri June 19: SCHOOL CLOSED for Juneteenth

COMMITTEE UPDATES & VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Green Arts:  Thanks again to everyone who has helped bring the new PS 20 Learning Garden to life. From schlepping materials from the old garden, setting-up the raised beds, and getting access to water - it has truly been a group effort, and the students and teachers LOVE the new space. The most exciting addition to our gardening curriculum has been Hedgework @ PS20 (thanks to parents Antonina Simeti and Mark Shepard and their partner Marek Walczak for making this partnership possible), integrating environmental sensing and real-time data streams into dynamic learning activities within the context of PS20’s International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, even including Art, Music, PE and Dance! Working with admin and teachers to integrate into the curriculum has already begun, and will roll-out in the fall.

#ISO Writing Help: No grant writing experience necessary, but research, drafting, proofreading, and budget prep help needed for two grant applications: 

• Arts for Early Learners Grant (due June 18) - Funding for a Studio in a School residency for 3K+ Pre-K. You would be working on a team to edit last year’s application.
• NYCPS Sustainability Grant (due June 22) - Funding for the next phase of Hedgework @ PS20, gardening, and bees. You would be working with other parents to build on last year’s successful application.

PS20 Piggy Bank is now up to approx. $130,000 - thank you!
5 more weeks to reach our goal!