My daughter attended District 20 PreK center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal for the 2018-2019 school year. It was a truly positive experience for her and for me too.

As an educator myself, sending my child to PreK was not an easy decision. Mrs. Severino quickly put my wo...

Greetings! My name is Desirree Crews and I am part of the DOE, Office of Food & Nutrition Services that offers healthy meals and snacks to our students at the District 20 Pre-K Centers. I have been working at Z013 for four years, and I arrived at this position with 12...

Hello!  My name is Donna Aguirre and I am the Art Cluster teacher at Z111 in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn.  I am so thankful to be a part of this amazing early childhood center!  It is an honor to be working with such a creative and talented staff as well as such a c...

My name is Theresa Monforte-Caraballo and I am the Executive Director of Grandma’s Love, Inc., a local nonprofit in Bay Ridge that serves many communities. As a mother, grandmother and former educator I understand how important early learning is to the development of t...

When trying to choose the best learning environment for a child’s first experience at school, it is so important to choose the right one.  As parents, it is natural to stress the decision for the beginning of our 4 year old's school journey.  Will they be safe? Will th...

Hello!  My name is Teresa Cashman.  I am a Registered Nurse, and proud to be a part of the Pre K team!  I am a third generation nurse: my mother and my mother’s mother were both nurses.  I suppose you can say nursing, and taking care of people, is my family business....

It seems like only yesterday when I transitioned from my small hometown in Pennsylvania to Brooklyn, New York. Before I knew it, I had landed an amazing job at PS 180 as second grade teacher working in a collaborative team teaching classroom. District 20 became my new...

Hello, my name is Stephan Gilliam.  I am the Fireman handling maintenance at the Z011 Pre-K center located at 1258 65th Street.  I was born in Brooklyn and raised in Southern California. I returned to live in New York to be with family after the devastation of 9/11....

Over the course of the past fifteen years, I’ve had the pleasure of teaching Pre-K and gaining insightful viewpoints directly from children. I believe all children are individuals who bring a unique combination of needs and abilities to the classroom. Three years ago,...

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.  My name is Annette Lucre and I am the Gross Dramatic Movement cluster teacher for District 20 Pre-K center Z067.  I’m assigned a different class every day and my sessions are 50 minutes long.

I hold a Prof...