Pre-Kindergarten Graduation
Pre-K Graduation at 9:30am on Wednesday June 18th, 2025
Pre-K Graduation at 9:30am on Wednesday June 18th, 2025
PTA Meetings for 2024-2025
September 25, 2024 (Virtual)
October 23, 2024
November 20, 2024 (Virtual)
December 18, 2024 In Person
January 15, 2025 (Virtual)
February 12, 2025 (Virtual)
March 19, 2025- In Person
April 16, 2025(Virtual)
May 21, 2025 (Virtual)
June 18, 2025 - (Virtual)
Virtual Meetings - 7PM
In Person Meetings - 6PM
Visit our PTA page to find out more about upcoming PTA events!
The Visual Arts Program at P.S. 197 strives to provide all students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth grade with a diverse range of visual arts experiences from drawing and painting to printmaking, sculpture and textile work. Students are given foundational skills in art practices, concepts and techniques that scaffold from year to year.
Ms. Alfredson has been teaching at P.S. 197 since 2012. She hold a Masters Degree from NYU and is also an actively exhibiting artist.
Each year the Spring Art Exhibition transforms the school into a gallery to showcase outstanding student artwork.
Student artwork is also exhibited on Artsonia.com year-round.
Over the years, P.S. 197 students have had their work shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through PS Art, Brooklyn Borough Hall and the Brooklyn Children's Museum through the Brooklyn Borough Arts Festival, and at the yearly District 22 Arts Show.
The curriculum adheres to New York City’s Blueprint for the Arts as well as the principles of Common Core.