Middle School Directory for District 20:
http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/93735F09-224D-4D59-905A-45C589F48F30/0/201213D20MSD.pdf

District 20 Middle School Superintendent's Program Open Houses 2012-2013
IS30                       Nov 15        6:30-8:30 pm
IS62                       Oct 11         7-9 pm
PS/IS104                Oct 9           5-6 pm
PS/IS180                Oct 17          6-8 pm  
IS187                     Oct 30          5:30-7:30 pm
IS201                     Nov 13         6-8 pm
IS220                     Oct 11          5:30-7:30 pm
IS223                     Oct 10          6 pm
IS227                     Oct 3            5:30-7:30 pm
PS/IS229                Oct 25          6-8 pm
IS259                     Nov 7           7 pm

PS/IS192 The Magnet School for Math & Science Inquiry Open House Oct 17 9:30 am

IS187 New Open House date: Monday, November 26th from 5:30 - 7:30pm

Middle School Choice Calendar 2012-2013
Dates/Activity
Oct 2012            
º  Directories Distributed to Families             
º  OLSAT & D21 & Mark Twain Talent Test Programs Request for Testing (RFT) Forms
    Distributed to Families by Elementary Schools

Oct-Dec 2012      
º  School-based Middle School Open House Events

Oct 3-16, 2012    
º  District Middle School Fairs                          
º  D20 Wed Oct 3 5:30-7:30 pm at IS227 Shallow 65St/16Ave                                
º  D21 Thurs Oct 4 5:30-7:30 pm at IS228 Boody

Oct 17, 2012
****Request for Testing Forms for OLSAT Middle School Due Oct 24

º  Deadline for families to return Request for Testing for:
    OLSAT testing programs -districts 17, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 30
    Talent Test Programs - D21 & Mark Twain (IS239) for the G&T citywide program

Nov 2012
º  Middle school applications distributed to families

Middle School Choice Applications 12/6/12
Applications have been delivered to elementary schools. Schools will send the applications home with students this week. If you do not receive your application, please contact your child’s elementary school.

Private School Students
If you visited an enrollment office to register, you will receive an application in the mail. If you did not visit an enrollment office to register, you must pick up your application at an enrollment office.

Application Deadline is December 21
Return the completed application to your child’s elementary school as soon as it is completed. All private school students should return applications to the local enrollment office. The final deadline to return applications to schools and enrollment offices is Friday, December 21, 2012 at 3 p.m.

If you have questions about the middle school process, please visit our website, call 718-935-2398 or email MS_enrollment@schools.nyc.gov.


Dec 2012
º  Middle school OLSAT testing (districts 17, 18, 20, 22, 24 & 30)     
º  Deadline for families to return middle school choice applications in all districts

Jan 12-Feb 10, 2013
º  D21/Mark Twain middle school talent testing

Jan-Feb 2013
º  Student interviews & testing at selected middle schools

March 2013
º  New MS packets distributed to families
º  New MS application deadline

May 2013
º  Decision letter distributed to families

June 2013
º  Appeal decision letters distributed to families

* Dates subject to change

 
January 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27; February 2 & 3, 2013
Current DOE Pre-K Students and Non-public School Students
G&T assessments administered at selected sites

April 2013
Score reports and applications with available G&T programs communicated to
eligible students

April 19, 2013 Applications due

Week of May 20, 2013 Placement offers communicated to families

Week of June 3, 2013 Deadline for families to accept/decline placement offers

G&T Program Handbooks for students applying for programs starting in September 2013 are online.
Children born in 2005: http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/27658B7C-37D6-4993-B7A3-96864D148752/0/201213GTHandbookYOB2005_UPDATED.pdf

Children born in 2006:http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A521D206-181E-4F48-AEE3-7A15C5FDD31E/0/201213GTHandbookYOB2006_UPDATED.pdf

Children born in 2007:http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1C787042-AB3A-4C33-A0E2-88E8F30E3582/0/201213GTHandbookYOB2007_UPDATED.pdf

Children born in 2008:http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/079CDC33-42A6-4D3F-A668-66317F7D1CAD/0/201213GTHandbookYOB2008_UPDATED.pdf

Information Sessions 6pm to 8pm
Brooklyn: Mon 10/22 MS113 (300 Adelphi St)
Manhattan: Wed 10/24 HS of Fashion Industries (225 W24 St)
SI: Thurs 10/25 PS69 (144 Keating Place)
Queens: Mon 10/29 JHS185
Bronx: Tues 10/30 PS121
    
Summer 2012 G&T Request for Testing (RFT) Form

Eligibility: To be eligible to submit a Summer Request for Testing (RFT) form for placement into a G&T program for the 2012-2013 school year, students must satisfy the following requirements:
*    Must be entering kindergarten or 1st grade
*    Must be a current resident of New York City
*    Must have become a New York City resident after October 28, 2011

Submitting a Request: Families must visit an Enrollment Office <http://schools.nyc.gov/ChoicesEnrollment/NewStudents/BEO/>  to establish that residency in New York City became effective after October 28, 2011. The deadline to submit the summer RFT is July 3, 2012

http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/E12D7F36-E531-4A03-AFF6-38CB1BBF4120/126745/SummerRFTForm.pdf   


2012 Request for Placement in Upper Elementary(4th&5th Grade)
G&T Programs

Eligibility: New York City public school students who score a level 4 on the New York State ELA test and a Level 4 on the New York State Math test are eligible to apply. Non-public school students should submit their most recent standardized test scores.

Submitting an Application and Placement Information: Applications and placement information will be available online in August 2012.