P.S. 8 Paddlewheeler helps make up for city budget cuts
'Huge' turnout for annual rite of spring
Families packed Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday for the annual P.S. 8 Paddlewheeler Festival.
A yearly rite of spring for ten years running, the festival raises much-needed funds for the growing school, and brings the community together for carnival rides, hair painting – and the ever-popular Dunk-the-Principal event, in which Principal Seth Phillips gets soaked.
“It’s really hilarious,” said mom Liz Pitofsky, co-president of the PTA with Cristina Soto. “The kids get so excited. Everybody lines up to see him get dunked. Seth is such a great sport.”
Pitofsky said this year’s turnout for the Paddlewheeler was “huge.”