Cyber Security Month

Family Engagement

Messages for Families

NYC Public Schools Speak Your Language

A Message from Our Superintendent

The safety and well-being of every student and staff member is my number one priority. Regarding concerns about inappropriate public comments made by several meeting visitors at the May CEC20 meeting, District 20 and New York City Public Schools has a zero-tolerance policy for bias and discrimination against the LGBTQIA community, and we reject all forms of hate. Hateful rhetoric towards any group has no place in our schools or amongst our parent leaders.

Our goal and our responsibility is to ensure every single child feels safe and welcomed in our schools. This includes our transgender youth. District 20 stands strongly behind the NYCPS 2019 gender guidelines. All students have the right to have their gender, gender identity, and gender expression recognized and respected.

District 20 Parent and Family Engagement Policy_for Posting.docx.pdf

Community School District 20 Parent and Family Engagement Policy

Document can also be accessed on the iPlan Portal at iplanportal.com.

A MySchools.nyc Tutorial: Learn the Basics

Throughout any stage of New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) application processes for 3-K, Pre-K, Kindergarten, middle school, high school, and Gifted and Talented (G&T) for grades 1, 2, 3, and 4, you can use MySchools.nyc—learn how to today!

Workshops/ Information Sessions

Join us for a virtual middle school event! NYC families with fifth graders are encouraged to attend.

During these sessions we will cover how to explore middle school options, understanding admissions priorities, and how to build a balanced application.

All events are in English, each with interpretation services into different languages. Check the events below to find out what interpretation services will be available at each event.

October 21, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Bangla, Korean, Spanish, Albanian, ASL
October 22, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Chinese (Mandarin), Haitian Creole, Urdu, Ukrainian, ASL
October 23, 1pm to 2pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Arabic, French, Russian, Uzbek, ASL

How to join:

Each event will be hosted live on Zoom. Click https://bit.ly/2026MSFallEvents at the event start time and enter passcode 123456# to join.
Interpretation Services: Find phone numbers for the languages provided at schools.nyc.gov/MS.

Can’t attend, or want to learn more?

Visit schools.nyc.gov/MS. A captioned recording of the presentation will be available on our website one week after the first event.

Middle School Fair - October 22nd

The District 20 is organizing the District 20 Middle School Fair on Wednesday, October 22nd from 5 to 7 Pm at PS/IS 229.

You are invited to participate in the fair; tables will be provided. Please bring your school's swag to decorate your space and information pamphlets, flyers to share with families that will attend the event.

Due to large space limiting the number of attachments all the flyers will be in the District 20 Middle School Google folder.