Dr. David Pretto, Community Superintendent
District 20
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Right Now
The District 20 Performing Arts Festival and Visual Arts Showcase are back!
Save the Dates and RSVP by Friday, February 14th, 2025
District 20 Arts Festival - Showcasing District 20’s talented students in the Visual and Performing Arts.
District 20 Performing Arts Festival
Friday, May 23rd, 2025 @ IS 259 McKinley
From 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
7301 Fort Hamilton Parkway
District 20 Visual Arts Showcase
Thursday, May 22, 2025 @ IS 259 McKinley
From 5:30 p.m. – 7: 30 p.m.
7301 Fort Hamilton Parkway
Each K-5 and 6-8 school will have an opportunity to display 1 piece of artwork, (K-8 schools 2 pieces; 1 for K-5 and 1 for 6-8), Pre-K Centers - 3 pieces per Principal.
Specific guidelines for artwork will be shared directly with the teacher responsible for the event.
Please RSVP by Friday, February 14, 2025, for both events.https://forms.office.com/r/hGRBJZ2v3TInclude the contact information (name and email) of the people that will be responsible for the artwork and performance.District 20 Celebrates ALL
2024-25 School Year
2024-25 District 20 Events
Looking ahead and thinking back on some of our events throughout the year.
OUR MISSION - 20K331 Promotional Clip!
Empower
students to self-advocate, and self-love to foster a strong sense of identity and purpose.
Explore
innovative technology, financial literacy, and entrepreneurial pathways to solve real-world problems and anticipate future job opportunities.
Engage
diverse communities to promote cross-cultural appreciation, prioritize teamwork, and develop ethical leaders who value integrity, empathy, and social responsibilities so that they can contribute positively to the increasingly interconnected world.
4th science workshop for 5th grade teachers
Ms. Rejoice Pravasi, Middle School teacher from 20K163.
In her presentation she used the book Visible Learning, by John Hattie and Dougls Fisher, about How to effectively create an impact on Student learning. Then she introduced us to some wonderful ways to use AI with Amplify. She recently attended the NYC Schools IT Summit and shared the real-life implementation of AI to evaluate learning, develop criteria for student self-assessment, and facilitate the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning process.
Ms. Janine Feinberg and Ms. Vittoria Marcelli from 20K104
There presentation was about planning Amplify lessons when you have only a certain number of periods to teach. They demonstrated the Ecosystems unit on 5th grade and guided the participants in the planning of the Patterns of the Earth and Sky unit.
