The Beacon School Leadership Team (SLT) meets monthly during the academic year. During the 2024-2025 Beacon school year, SLT meetings will take place on Wednesdays (see schedule below). You can learn more about the work of the SLT here and on the DOE website.

The 2024-2025 Beacon SLT parent representatives are:

President – Alberta Conteh (2025)
• Traci Tucker (2025)
• Eve Smith (2026)
• Ingrid Manevitz (2026)
• Annie Smith (2026)
• Mila Drumke (2026)

Meetings are open to the public but there is no public comment time. If you have something you’d like to bring to the attention of the SLT, please email slt-beacon@googlegroups.com.

The School Leadership Team (SLT) is a group of staff, parents and students who develop educational policies for the school. They also make sure there are resources to support those policies. SLTs provide ongoing evaluations of a school’s educational programs and their impact on student achievement; play an important role in school-based decision-making; and help to make school cultures more collaborative.

Rolling Agenda: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d8UK5KSrbAsG3AEzOysNYlQHtBOKgoqEhtZcQaJAMiA/edit?usp=sharing

Past meeting minutes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-oAbEbmAhsOiC-_8w56vICcCjwdSdhtOmCrqjnnCi0I/edit?usp=sharing

2024-2025 Beacon SLT meeting schedule

The following meetings are regular meetings unless otherwise noted:

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – POSTPONED – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

NEW DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 – 4pm 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – 4pm 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – 4pm 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – 4pm 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Wednesday, June 13, 2025 – 4pm Beacon Library also on Zoom: CLICK HERE

Please join this non-regular Beacon PTA general membership meeting so we can discuss and vote on an emergency funding request.

Friday, February 17, 2023 (11:30 AM)
Event: Beacon PTA Executive Board Meeting – Emergency meeting and vote on school funding
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87977364733
Meeting ID: 879 7736 4733
One-tap mobile: +19294362866,,87977364733# (New York)
Dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

All members of the Beacon School community are invited to the February 2023 meeting of the Beacon PTA, which will be held on Zoom starting at 6:00 PM:

Monday, February 13, 2023 (6:00 PM)
Event: Beacon PTA General Monthly Meeting
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88156371687?pwd=c2JYb1JFd0lEcnV3eno1Qk16dERHQT09
Meeting ID: 881 5637 1687
Passcode: 108209
One-tap mobile: +16469313860,,88156371687# US
Dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

All are welcome to attend the January 2023 Beacon PTA monthly general membership meeting on January 9th, 2023, at 6pm ET. The Zoom details are below:

Monday, January 9, 2023 (6:00 PM)
Beacon PTA General Monthly Meeting
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81252536283?pwd=b3BDcVRQR1hQNHMxNWNObThHS3dlQT09
Meeting ID: 812 5253 6283
Passcode: 255628
One-tap mobile: +19294362866,,81252536283# US (New York)
Dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

Questions? Please contact us at beaconpta@beaconschool.org.

All are welcome to attend the Beacon PTA’s November general monthly meeting:

Monday, November 14, 2022 – 6pm on Zoom

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87398645069?pwd=TkxWVUtiVzY1OXd2bEVtcGNQZmZoQT09
Meeting ID: 873 9864 5069
Passcode: 105369
One-tap mobile: +19294362866,,87398645069# US (New York)
Dial in: +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

Click here for information on all 2022/23 Beacon PTA meetings.

Questions? Please contact beaconpta@beaconschool.org.

All members of the Beacon school community are welcome to attend the following meetings.

Click “Zoom” to access the meeting Zoom links:

Nov. 2 (6pm) Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee meeting (Zoom)

Nov. 7 (6pm) Executive Board meeting (Zoom)

Nov. 10 (6:30pm) Fundraising Committee meeting (Zoom)

Nov. 14 (6pm) Monthly General Membership meeting (Zoom)

Nov. 15 (6pm) Special Education Committee meeting (Zoom)

Nov. 22 (6pm) Fundraising Committee meeting (Zoom)

Questions? Please contact beaconpta@beaconschool.org.

All members of the Beacon School community are invited to join the PTA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Multimedia Club.

Expanding on our book club, this year we will also discuss podcasts and other types of content. Our monthly discussions will kick off in Jan. 2023. More details are below—and click here to find out about our monthly DEI Committee meetings, too.

All are welcome to join us!

Kate Singh (2025) & Jeffrey Marshall (2024)

Beacon PTA Co-VPs of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Contact us c/o beaconpta@beaconschool.org

Please join us on January 11, 2023 (see Zoom link below) as we kick off with our first discussion: the podcast Keeping Score, a co-production of WNYC and The Bell. This four-part series tells the story of a year inside a divided Brooklyn school trying to unite its community through sports. Tyler Brewster (of Peer Connect) will moderate our conversations. Read more here and check out the podcast at the links below. Each episode is only 30 minutes so please try to listen to the first episode before our Jan. 11 meeting as we kick off our conversation!

• “Keeping Score” – episode 1 (podcast & transcript)

• “Keeping Score” – episode 2 (podcast & transcript)

• “Keeping Score” – episode 3 (podcast & transcript)

• “Keeping Score” – episode 4 (podcast & transcript)

2022-23 School Year: Beacon PTA DEI Multimedia Club discussion series

[Click “Zoom” to access each Zoom meeting]:
January 11, 2023 (6pm, Zoom) – Episode 1 of Keeping Score
February 8, 2023 (6pm, Zoom) – episode 2 of Keeping Score
March 8, 2023 (6pm, Zoom) – episode 3 of Keeping Score
April 19, 2023 (6:15pm, Zoom) – episode 4 of Keeping Score
May date TBA – Student-led social justice workshop (see below)

ALSO COMING UP THIS SPRING:

5/10/23 — DEI Committee Meeting (6pm, Zoom)

5/18/23 — Police Engagement Workshop with Royce Russell – 6pm, Beacon 7th Floor Auditorium.

6/7/23 — DEI Committee Meeting (6pm, Zoom) – final meeting of the 2022/23 school year

Date to be confirmed — Student-led social justice workshop for parents (on-site, at Beacon). This is a follow-up to the reflective work the DEI Multimedia Club has done around equity, inclusion and social justice issues, through the exploration of themes found in the Keeping Score podcast.

Also, the PTA is looking for parent volunteers to run in the June 2023 PTA/SLT Elections, including as Co-VPs of DEI. More information is here.