April 2026 CWG Meeting Recap: Language Learning Panel for New Middle School on Euclid St

On April 8, 2026, DC Public Schools (DCPS) hosted a presentation on language learning options for the New Middle School on Euclid St Community Working Group (CWG). (To read past posts about the new middle school opening in 2028, click on New DCPS Middle School – Euclid St under Categories). 

Director of Language Learning, Kate Burkett, outlined the various ways DCPS offers Dual Language and World Language courses at the middle school level. After the presentation, CWG members welcomed staff from Cardozo EC, Deal MS, and MacFarland MS who shared details about how their schools approach language learning. CWG members asked questions about earning high school credit in middle school, language options, and Advanced Placement (AP) language exams.  

You can view the meeting recording here and the presentation in English here. (Copies of the presentation translated in Amharic, Chinese and Spanish will be posted soon.) The next meeting of the New Middle School on Euclid St CWG is scheduled for May 13th, 2026. 

You can find materials from all meetings of the CWG for the New Middle School on Euclid St here