PTA
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at P.S. 83
The PTA is how P.S. 83 families turn up, speak up, and show up — for their own kid, and for every kid in the building. No experience required. No perfect schedule needed. Just show up as you are.
10
PTA meetings a year
Room 105
Drop by
96%
Families feel respected
P.S. 83's Family Report Card
Family Trust & Connection
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Families feel respected by their child's teacher |
96% |
A |
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Families say the principal is an effective leader |
96% |
A |
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Teachers would recommend P.S. 83 to other families |
95% |
A |
*Source: NYC School Survey. The PTA helps keep these numbers high by giving families a direct, regular line to teachers and school leadership
Not enrolled yet?
The school and the PTA grow together.
A strong PTA is part of why P.S. 83 feels like family from day one. If you're weighing schools for your child, take a look at what makes our community different — then come see it for yourself.
Why join?
What you get when you join us
Why it matters
Kids whose families stay engaged tend to do better in class, miss less school, and feel more confident walking through the door each morning. The PTA exists to make that engagement easy, social, and genuinely useful — not one more thing on your to-do list.
Have a real voice
Help shape the decisions, events, and priorities that touch your child's school day.
Hear it first
Get the heads-up on events and opportunities before they pass you by.
Build your village
Get to know the teachers, staff, and families who'll have your kid's back all year.
Power the programs
Your time and ideas directly fund the celebrations, trips, and enrichment kids remember.
Show up your way
Ten minutes or ten hours a month — every contribution is noticed and valued.
What We Build Together
Programs the PTA helps make possible
None of this runs on autopilot. It runs on families who show up.
Evenings built for parents and kids to connect with the school outside the regular day.
The moments that make a school day memorable — funded and staffed by PTA volunteers.
Sessions that put real information — academic, social, practical — directly in families' hands.
Hands-on help at school events — set-up, check-in, clean-up, and everything in between.
The casual stuff — coffee chats, drop-off hellos — that turns classmates' parents into your people.
Field trips and enrichment activities that depend on PTA fundraising and chaperones to happen.
Who's Leading?
Meet your 2026–2027 PTA officers
Real parents, volunteering their time. Say hi at the next meeting or in Room 105.
President: Sheila Seijido
Vice President: Azima Ghazal
Treasurer: Erika Colex
Secretary: Rocio Ramirez
PTA Contact Information
For any inquiries related to P.S. 83 PTA, please call the Main Office at 212-860-5847 and/or stop by Room 105. We are working on getting a P.S. 83 PTA email, so stay tuned to when we have that up and running.
Mark Your Calendar
PTA Meetings Schedule
Date of Meeting |
Time Meeting Starts |
Location of Meeting |
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September 22, 2025 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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October 27, 2025 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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November 17, 2025 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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December 22, 2025 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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January 26, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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February 24, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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March 23, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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April 20, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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May 11, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
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June 22, 2026 |
8:30 AM |
Cafeteria |
