John J. Pershing Intermediate School 220

John J. Pershing Intermediate School 220, is a public middle school located at 4812 Ninth Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded in the 1930s, and was named after World War I general John J. Pershing.

John J Pershing I.S 220
Address
4812 9th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220

Brooklyn
,
New York

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1930s
PrincipalSheldon Dempster
Grades6-8
Enrollment1,292
YearbookThe Eagles
Websitehttp://schools.nycenet.edu/region7/is220

IS 220 is a magnet school for science-oriented education. It is divided into three "mini schools": the Health & Biomedical School, the School for Architecture & Mathematics and the Academy of Environmental Sciences. Top students in the school had been admitted to school such as Stuyvesant High School The Bronx High School of Science; Brooklyn Technical High School; Midwood High School; and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School [1]

The school's population is 51% Asian, 42% Hispanic, 6% White and 2% Black.[2] A quarter of the Asian population are new immigrants to the United States.

Superintendent classes

Teachers in the school were separated by Mini Schools, however teachers who teach superintendent classes have only four classes in the grade. For example, an 8th grade superintendent math teacher will only teach class 810A, 80B, 80C and 80D. Only those in the Superintendent classes, which are also known as the gifted classes, are able to take a foreign language and accelerated courses (Algebra, US History, Spanish II Proficiency and Living Environment as of June 2019 )

See also
  • John J Pershing
  • Magnet school
  • Intermediate school
  • Middle school This school has a gifted & talented program, which they call, "honor" classes. They are expected to score higher than 75%, while magnet classes are required only a 65% GPA. Some honor classes have to take Spanish, while the magnet classes don't.


References

Notes

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-02-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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