Wilson Feeder Pattern CWG: October 2017 Meeting #4 Recap

The Wilson Feeder Pattern Community Working Group (CWG) recently convened for our fourth meeting. In this meeting, the Strategic School Planning Team provided feedback on several options DCPS is interested in pursuing, including strategies to increase capacity and strengthen program offerings outside of the Wilson Feeder Pattern. We also shared updates from our public survey, key takeaways from an enrollment analysis, and dived deeper in the out-of-boundary (OOB) student profiles for the Wilson feeder pattern. Full details and our presentation are here. 

The Wilson Feeder Pattern CWG aims to meet once more in 2017 with a proposed outline of the summary document and additional feedback and data on existing options. DCPS will then develop a summary document that reviews the process, priorities, and analysis that this group has completed. This document is meant to reflect the priorities of the group and will be shared with DCPS leadership and DME to help inform planning.

Please contact our team if you have any questions! dcps.planning@dc.gov 

 

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Wilson Feeder Pattern Community Working Group – Meeting #3

The Wilson High School Feeder Patter Community Working Group (CWG) held its third meeting on Tuesday, July 18^th at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library. DCPS’ Chief of School Development and Continuous Improvement, Gene Pinkard, was present along with representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME).

DCPS provided an update on responses to the public survey. This was followed by a discussion on projected enrollment ranges for schools in the feeder pattern for the years 2020 and 2025. A representative from each of the three committees – Facilities, Enrollment, and Programming – then provided summaries of their initial discussions from last month’s meeting. Finally, CWG members broke out into their committees to continue discussions.

The group will did not meet during the month of August but will resume discussions at the next meeting in September. Check out the July 18th meeting materials below:

• Presentation deck 
• Facility Committee Notes
• Enrollment Committee Notes

Gearing up for School Opening: Eliot-Hine’s Upcoming Events & Key Dates!

Principal Young’s welcome letter for the new school year and a fun video she created for the community! To learn more from Principal Young and ask questions in person, check out the below upcoming Eliot-Hine events:

• Wednesday, 8/9 at 3:30-5 PM: Principal Young meet and greet at Anacostia HS library.

• Thursday, 8/10 at 5 -7:30 PM: Principal Young meet and greet at Benning library.

• Saturday, 8/19 at 9 AM – 1 PM: Eliot-Hine beautification day

• Saturday, 8/16 at 9 AM – 1 PM: FREE athletic physicals at Eastern-1700 E. Capitol, NE. Students must have this form complete for sports participation.

Orientation Dates for Eliot-Hine Students

• Friday, 8/11 at 10 AM – 1 PM: 6th grade student orientation
• Tuesday, 8/15 at 6 – 7:30 PM: 6th grade orientation for families
• Thursday, 8/17 at 6 – 7:30 PM: 7th and 8th grade orientation
• Friday, 8/18 at 10 – 11:30 AM: Last chance orientation for all grades

Book Club for Kids Podcast Comes to Eliot-Hine!

Earlier, Book Club for Kids came to Eliot-Hine MS to talk with students about a new book, Ungifted by Gordon Korman and the episode is now available. Book Club for Kids is a free podcast and great forum where students talk about books! The host/executive producer Kitty Felde is recipient of a 2017 Arts and Humanities Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Eliot-Hine students really enjoyed chatting with Kitty and KNX anchor Randy Kerdoon. Please tune in to see what our students had to say!

The podcast is now available to download here:

• Book Club for Kids
• Stitcher (for Android)
• Apple Podcasts

If you enjoyed this podcast, past episodes can be heard here.

Next Principal Young Meet & Greet: August 3 at 10:30 AM, The Pretzel Bakery

Thank you to everyone who came out to our first meet and greet with Principal Young. We all enjoyed “Sundaes on Monday”! Families not only met Eliot-Hine’s new principal, but also Dean Lockhart and Director of School Strategy & Logistics, Mrs. Morgan. The group engaged in dialogue about how the new 6th graders will transition to middle school and learned so much from Maury ES and Miner ES families present. We also discussed more about the upcoming Maury ES swing and how to build on this opportunity of having the two schools together.

If you missed this meet and greet, there is another this Thursday at the Pretzel Bakery. Come out and learn more or enroll your student for SY17-18!

Eliot-Hine MS Principal Meet & Greet: Sundaes on Monday

Eliot-Hine Middle School’s new principal, Eugenia Young, is hosting a Meet & Greet on Monday, July 31. The event will be held from 12:00-2:00 PM at Eliot Hine Middle School. Ice cream will be served! We will also be enrolling students for the upcoming 2017-2018 school year. Come out and meet Principal Young and enjoy a yummy sundae!

Wilson Feeder Pattern Community Working Group – Meeting #2

The Wilson High School Feeder Pattern Community Working Group held its second meeting on Tuesday, June 20th at Lafayette Elementary School.  Thanks to Principal Broquard and Ms. Barnes for hosting!

Representatives from the Deputy Mayor for Education (DME) and the DCPS Facilities Planning team joined, and the group discussed DCPS facility capacity and the upcoming Master Facilities Plan.  The Community Working Group (CWG) also broke into committees for the first time.  The committees are focused on Facilities, Enrollment, and Programming, and will help discuss and develop options for the full CWG and wider community to review. Meeting notes and materials are below — the next meeting is July 18^th.

6/20 Wilson Feeder CWG Deck

6/20 Wilson Feeder CWG Programming Committee Notes

6/20 Wilson Feeder CWG Enrollment Committee Notes

6/20 Wilson Feeder CWG Facilities Committee Notes