The DCPS Planning Team is excited to announce the “jump start” of MacFarland Middle School’s Dual Language Program next school year. Please see the letter below from DCPS Chief Operating Officer Nathaniel Beers for details, or click on the pdf link here: MacFarland SY1617 Start Letter.
In the coming school year, both Roosevelt Senior High School and Roosevelt STAY will be expanding their programming. Roosevelt High School’s staff has grown as a result of DCPS high school investment, and Roosevelt STAY will begin operating a daytime program to meet the needs of its younger students. To ensure both schools have enough room for instruction, Roosevelt STAY’s daytime program will take place in the Sharpe Health building just across the street from Roosevelt on 13th St. They will operate there from 9:30am to 4:15pm each day, and evening classes will continue to take place at MacFarland.
Roosevelt STAY will share the facility with Bridges Public Charter School. We at DCPS have met with the leadership at Bridges and are working closely with both principals to ensure each student population has a safe and welcoming learning environment. We do not yet have a long-term plan for where Roosevelt STAY’s daytime program will be located after the coming school year, but we are committed to keeping both our STAY programs — Roosevelt and Ballou STAY — open. These programs are critical in providing disconnected students alternate pathways to high school graduation.
There was a question at the most recent Ward 4 Education Alliance meeting about where to find Roosevelt’s field soil report. You can find the report here on the DGS project page for Roosevelt.
If you have questions or comments, please contact Jackie.Stanley@dc.gov.
The DCPS School Planning Team is excited to announce the Roosevelt Senior High School Community Cabinet! The Cabinet will be an opportunity for community members to make recommendations to DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson about Roosevelt’s “re-envisioned” programming, launching with a global studies focus in School Year 2016-2017. We were pleased to receive nearly 40 applications from Roosevelt families, staff, feeder school parents, and Ward 4 community members.
The School Planning Team worked with the Office of Family and Public Engagement to review each application based on applicant experience, interest in Roosevelt High School, and relationship to the Ward 4 community. We were committed to selecting a group that would represent Ward 4’s diverse communities to ensure rich discussions and a broad range of perspectives. The Community Cabinet will be responsible for (1) gathering input on proposed programming at Roosevelt from his/her community, (2) bringing that input to monthly Cabinet meetings, and (3) sharing updates and recommendations made in Cabinet meetings with his/her community. The Cabinet will begin meeting this fall to discuss a variety of topics, including dual language programming, global studies initiatives, and community partnerships.
Meet the members of the Roosevelt Senior High School community cabinet below:
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am a parent of two children in a feeder school. I also live in the neighborhood and want to see the school serve as a world-class high school option for the community.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Petworth Recreation center
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am entering my 4th year as a parent of Powell Elementary School students, and I am excited to be joining the Roosevelt Community, as the parent of 2 future Rough Riders!
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Upshur Pool
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am mother to a 1st grader who will attend one of Roosevelt’s feeder schools, Powell Elementary, next school year. I also live in the neighborhood.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Upshur Pool
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? Current parent of 2 students at West Education Campus, founder of the West Parent, Staff & Community Organization (PSCO), lifetime neighborhood resident.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: My back yard!
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am a parent of a Theodore Roosevelt student, I grew up in the community where Roosevelt is located and I am a District of Columbia firefighter that serves that community.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Highlands Café
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I currently have son attending and I am the PTSA President!
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Rock creek park cooking out with family and friends
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I have taught at Roosevelt SHS for three years. I teach Robotics, Engineering Design, Chemistry and Environmental Science. I am also the Girls’ Indoor and Outdoor track Coach.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: I’m totally flexible in terms of summer spots for summer fun!
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? Vice President of the Alumni Association.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Petworth
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am an alumni and a parent of an alumni. I am also the God parent of a future ROUGH RIDER as well as an active person in the community.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: The Petworth Library
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I’m a Ward 4 resident who cares deeply about local educational opportunity. In my professional life I study college access programs to help improve programs that support students in making their way to and through higher education. I’m also the mom of two little ones who will one day attend Roosevelt as our neighborhood school.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Upshur Pool
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I taught in Washington, DC for seven years. As a resident of Petworth, I’d like to use my experience to assist Roosevelt SHS in becoming one of the best high schools in the city and the country.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Roof top deck of “The Pitch”
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? Neighbor and ANC commissioner.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Grant Circle
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I live in the community and have Roosevelt as my inbounds high school.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Upshur Pool
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? While I have lived in Petworth for nearly a decade, our experience with DC schools is more recent (kids ages 7, 4, and 1) and serves as motivation to engage and advocate.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Any Petworth Jazz Project performances (even better when spray park is on!)
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? Roosevelt is a school where our community members get the most important education of their lives. It is the most exciting place to be for our kids because they are going to get a world class education under the international theme and we’re very fortunate to have that for our kids.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: St. Mary’s Church on 14th and Buchanan
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am a Ward 4 community member interested in helping to make the best educational opportunities possible for all Roosevelt students
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Roosevelt High School
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I have lived and taught in the neighborhood for 15 years. Tengo 15 años de vivir y enseñar en el vecindario.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Upshur Pool
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? As a member of the Afro-Latino community and understanding the large number of Latino students attending Roosevelt, it is my intention that the Afro-Latino sector is included in all planning initiatives.
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: I spend time at our library.
What’s your connection to Roosevelt High School? I am the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner who represents Roosevelt HS (and Powell).
Favorite summer time spot in Ward 4: Petworth Jazz Festival
If you have any questions about the Roosevelt Senior High School Community Cabinet, please contact Julienne.Vinson@dc.gov or 202.478.1399.
Below is the flyer for the Roosevelt Senior High School Community Cabinet, which you can apply for here. The cabinet will serve as an advisory committee throughout the planning process, giving a voice to local community groups and helping communicate updates through the program launch in SY 2016-2017. Got questions/comments? Contact Julienne.Vinson@dc.gov or call (202) 507-0164.
Over the past several months, we at DC Public Schools have engaged with the Roosevelt High School community about the future of the school. We’ve held meetings with the Roosevelt PTA, community organizations, feeder school parents, and even online forums. We’ve collected roughly 200 comments, questions, and pieces of feedback from people so far and are still working to gather input.
Today we’re sharing what we’ve heard. Comments have been edited slightly so as not to identify particular people, but are otherwise unchanged. We will continue to add and share feedback as we hear more from the community, so please stay tuned for updates.
Attached is the presentation given at the Wednesday, March 4th Coolidge meeting at Coolidge High School.
Thanks to all who attended Tuesday’s Roosevelt meeting at the Raymond Recreation Center. Find the presentation in the link below.
If you still have questions/comments, feel free to contact us at Andrew.Katz-Moses@dc.gov or call (202) 821-6557.
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