PTO news moves to school website!

A new semester brings a new strategy! Members of the PS 9 PTO are now regularly updating the school's website, ps9brooklyn.org! We will be sharing details about the latest news and events involving the PTO at the school's website until further notice. 

Check back here at the blog for occasional information from the PTO's Parent Advocacy Committee and about issues related to the neighborhood and broader community.

If you want to see the PTO's main page at the PS 9 website, click here. 

If you want to find out about PTO events, click here.

If you want to learn more about PTO's afterschool program, click here.

Get up and dance! P.S. 9 receives fitness grant

Earlier this month, the city’s Move-to-Improve program awarded P.S. 9 a grant to support fitness breaks in classrooms. The grant will provide up to $2500 for classroom teachers to train in the program, and also will supply classroom exercise equipment, music CDs, activity cards and other teaching aids.


The Move-to-Improve curriculum aims to increase physical activity among elementary students. It offers a series of 10-minute lessons that combine movement with academic learning. Click here to see the 32 different activities and learn more.

Hispanic Heritage Day - updated schedule

P.S. 9's administration has updated the schedule for this Friday's exciting Hispanic Heritage celebration. This event is a longstanding October tradition at P.S. 9, and features spirited performances by Pre-K through 2nd grade classes. Below, please see the schedule and more details about the planned display in the gymnasium that day.

Pre-K
12:30 perform in auditorium. At 12:40, move to gym for party and museum.

Kindergarten
12 noon in gym for party and museum
12:45 performances in auditorium

1st and 2nd grade
12:50 party in the gym

1:20-2:15 performances

Grades 3,4 and 5
1:25-2:00 party in the gym.
(These classes will not perform.)

The administration will also create, in the gym, a "Spanish Museum of Culture." Any parents who would like to contribute authentic Hispanic items for the display, please click to send a message to PTO Secretary Christine Scanlon, or call her at 917-406-4405.