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Please be advised that due to expected poor weather our outdoor Graduation ceremony will now be moved to a new date and time. Due to this change and to support staffing, safety, and security we will hold the ceremony at 2:00PM for the entire grade on Friday, June 24. The location remains the same. Please allow for at least thirty minutes extra time to find parking and safely walk over to the Athletic Field.

All I.S. 24 students and families are asked to pause and wait on checking for Summer Assignments. Due to a technical error with some of the assignments we are updating the tab on our school website www.barnes24.org. We will share another message by phone to families when to check the website again shortly. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

PASSWORD: IS242022

The Chancellor has shared an end-of-year letter for our families expressing his gratitude and reflections. Please find his letter attached.

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
It was on June 19, 1865 that US soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil war had ended and that enslaved people were now free. This was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

June 7 & 9: No school for students.

This letter is to inform you that your child’s eligibility may change for the upcoming school year, due to a grade level change.  The calculated walking distance from home to school has not changed; with the advance in grade, eligibility determinations change and your child will be eligible for half fare transportation with a Metrocard in September.

We are pleased to share the 2022-3023 NYC Schools Calendar has been released by the Department of Education. Use the link below to take you to the site along with translated versions of the calendar. You will find information on holidays, conference days and other student non-attendance days.

Students who are programmed for our US History and Government class will not sit for a New York State Regents Exam on June 1, 2022 as the New York State Education Department has canceled this exam for this year. We just learned of this development early this morning through a letter from New York State Commissioner of Education, Ms. Betty Rosa.