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Welcome to the January 2014 Launch issue of DC Charter Schools Magazine (DC CSM)!

The core objective of DC Charter Schools Maga-zine is to provide its readers with a wealth of infor-mation about charter schools in Washington, D.C. and assist parents in the decision-making process. In addition, DC CSM provides a vehicle for charter schools in the District of Columbia to reach potential students by highlighting the features and benefits of their respective schools. With the growing number of charter schools in the District--- charter education has become a viable alternative to private and tradi-tional public education. With additional educational options it is imperative that parents gather as much information as possible to make the best decision for their children’s future success. Inside this issue you will find a comprehensive directory, feature articles from some of the leading schools in the District and A Parents Firsthand Account in selecting a Charter School. Use DC Charter Schools Magazine as an informational tool to help you navigate your school selection process. More information can also be found at www.dccharterschoolsmag.com.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

– Nelson Mandela

★ ★ ★PUBLISHER'S NOTE

Bridges Public Charter School 27

Ceasar Chavez Public Charter Schools 30

Center City Public Charter School 31

Excel Academy 12

Friendship Public Charter School 6

Inspired Teaching School 16

Paul Public Charter School 3

Sela Public Charter School 19

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FEATURES:

Selecting A Charter School; A Parent's First Hand Experience 9

DC CSM Directory Of Schools 22

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Paul Public Charter School, located in Northwest Washington, DC, serves students in middle and high school from grades six to ten, expanding to serve through grade twelve by school year 2015-2016. The mission of Paul Public Charter School is to edu-cate our students and to develop in them the capac-ity to be responsible citizens, independent thinkers, and leaders.

Paul offers the distinctive “Triple A Program: Aca-demics, Arts and Athletics,” which provides compre-hensive programming for a diverse student popula-tion. By integrating arts and athletics into the school’s rigorous academic program, students become more engaged and motivated to learn. Through arts and athletics integration, students’ academic content takes on deeper meaning and relevance. Paul pro-vides a positive and supportive school culture. The foundation for the school’s culture is rooted in the character education program. It provides the frame-work for model behavior, so that students strive to become M.E.R.I.T. Scholars. Students learn to be “Motivated, Educated, Responsible, Independent Thinkers.” We believe that this holistic approach to education rounds out the young learner for success in secondary and higher education. To support the transition to middle school in the sixth grade, Paul provides a nurturing and supportive structure for its youngest scholars, coined “Paul Prep.” Paul Prep

motivates, supports and encourages scholars to tran-sition smoothly and successfully into middle school and thrive immediately. Seventh and eighth graders take on additional leadership roles, take an addition-al core course and have an opportunity to exercise more independence and empowerment. After mid-dle school, Paul scholars matriculate and flourish in our Cecile R. Middleton Ninth Grade Academy, the freshman component of the Paul International High School, where they begin to delve into the global issues that impact their lives and their communities. High school students develop global competencies through a global studies course scheme, community service and leadership opportunities, study abroad and international travel, and through completion of a culminating capstone project.

“At Paul International High School, I’m looking forward to studying abroad and being a part of the first graduating class of 2016.” Aireon Boone, 10th Grade Scholar. It’s clear that our scholars are already motivated to achieve at the highest level.

Overall, Paul is a family that bridges generations of M.E.R.I.T. Scholars, educators and leaders. Open our doors and you will discover an exciting educa-tional community dedicated to taking students to the next levels of academic achievement, leadership and character development through discipline and dili-gence. As you walk our hallways, you will see ac-

★ ★ ★ADVERTORIAL

PAUL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

Experience It All At Paul!


tive classroom learning – students translating a rig-orous text in Spanish, digesting a complex science concept, practicing a new instrumental selection, or mapping out a new modern dance routine. For over a decade, Paul PCS has developed M.E.R.I.T. scholars that have successfully excelled and gone on to graduate high school leaving ready to succeed in college and prepared to be leaders in the global community!

We invite you to help to continue our mission and join us as we prepare our M.E.R.I.T. scholars to thrive in middle school, high school, college, and in life. Be sure to visit our website at www.paulcharter.org for more information. Our goal is to ensure our scholars “Experience it all at Paul! We are currently accept-ing applications for grades six through ten. Apply today - spaces are limited!

“At Paul International High

School, I’m looking forward

to studying abroad and being

a part of the first graduating

class of 2016.”

– Aireon Boone, 10th Grade Scholar.


In 1997, Friendship Public Charter School was founded as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit. Today, it is one of the largest public charter school systems in the United States. Friendship’s mission is to provide a world-class education that motivates students to achieve high academic standards, enjoy learning and develop as ethical, literate, well-rounded and self-sufficient citizens that contribute actively to-wards their communities.

Friendship’s classes are challenging and provide rig-orous academic programming that fully prepares its

students to graduate from college. High academic standards begin in Pre-school 3, where our early el-ementary school students are provided with a strong educational foundation and understand that they will be successful in life. We expect all students to work hard, model our core values, and master stan-dards. We also provide extra time for students who need extra help.

At the middle and high school level, students will explore science and technology and have access to Advanced Placement (AP) Courses and our Early


Why Do Parents Choose Friendship?


College preparatory program. Through these cours-es students earn up to two years of college credit while completing high school at Friendship.

Over the past five years, Friendship students who were graduated have received over $50 million in scholarships to highly selective colleges and univer-sities. A few highlights:

• Twenty five $140,000+ Posse Foundation scholarships

• Over 600 - $50,000 DC Achievers scholarships • Three $500,000+ Gates Millennium scholar-

ships• Sixteen College Board’s AP scholars• Fourteen OSSE scholars to Boston University,

Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell Univer-sity, Smith College, Syracuse University, Duke University, and Stanford University

Friendship Public Charter School has a 95% gradu-ation rate, higher than many District of Columbia public or public charter schools.

Friendship’s provides some of the most exciting enrichment and after school activities to students. Campuses offer high quality programs that support academic instruction and enrich the development of the whole child outside the regular school day. Friendship operates licensed before and aftercare services and about 25 extracurricular activities and clubs on its campuses.

For more information on Friendship Public Charter School, please attend one of our open houses this month. To RSVP, please to www.friendshipschools.org or call your school of interest.

Friendship Blow Pierce Academy (Pre-school – 8)

Thursday, January 16, 2014TIME: 9:00am-11:00am(202) 572-1070

Friendship Chamberlain Elementary (Pre-school - 8)Monday, January 13, 2014 TIME: 10:00 am-11:00am(202) 547-5800

Friendship Collegiate Academy (9-12)Thursday, January 16, 2014 TIME: 10:00am-1:00pm(202) 396-5500 Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy (Pre-school - 5)Thursday, January 16, 2014 TIME: 8:30 am - 9:30am202-547-5800

Friendship Tech Prep Academy (6-12) Thursday, January 16, 2014 TIME: 8:30 am-9:30am(202) 562-1681

Friendship Woodridge (Pre-school - 8)Wednesday, January 15, 2014 TIME: 8:30am -9:30am(202) 635-6500.

★ ★ ★DCCSM FEATURE

CHARTER SCHOOL

Selecting a

A Parents firsthand accountby Anita Walls

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Every parent wants the best education possible for their children. Public charter school choices increase across the country every day, allowing parents and students the opportunity to find a program that will fulfill the academic needs of their family.

When selecting a charter school research is the key. Visit school websites to learn about the mission and focus, talk to currently enrolled students and their parents, set up a school visit during school hours, and interview the principal and teachers. Consider the following questions during your search:

1. What educational need does a particular charter school meet that the others don’t?

2. What is the class size?

3. What is the particular type of curriculum and learn format?

4. What is the level of teacher interaction?

5. Most importantly during your search eliminate any schools that do not meet your child’s academic needs.

Remember, brochures and test scores do not tell the whole story of any school.

Personally I find the benefits of a public charter school education priceless. My children are current-ly enrolled in Community Academy Public Charter School – Online campus (CAPCS-Online). The on-line campus of the charter school balances the im-portance of academic rigor with my children’s desire to explore additional outside activities during school hours. Each day the educational goals of my chil-dren are presented to me through the online school (OLS) and I, along with their teachers, oversee the mastery of the topics for each subject. The K12 cur-riculum used by CAPCS-Online is a rich, challeng-ing program that allows my children to be motivated and engaged. Home education with accountability has been our academic reality for seven years, al-lowing my children to flourish intellectually.

Because of the flexibility of our schedule they par-ticipate in an afternoon pottery/ceramics class, in which they explore their creative passion. Through CAPCS-Online we attend local museums and theater performance field trips with other CAPCS-Online students. Through K12 they have also participated in online clubs, online summer camps, The Winter-land Competition (Gingerbread house building) and the wonderful Advanced Learner Program (ALP) where my children have participated in gardening,

"Anita Walls has been with CAPCS Online for 8 years. She is very familiar with K12’s signature program which includes an individual learning plan for each student. She is a knowledgeable and dedicated learning coach who works hand-in-glove with the teachers in our school. She is an excellent role model for anyone who desires to be successful in this

virtual school model. In a nutshell, Anita is awesome!”

- CAPCS Online K-4 Teacher Suzanne Conway


cooking and book club in past years, connecting with other online learners across the country.

It is great for parents to have the option of a virtual charter school, like DC CAPCS-Online, because all children learn differently and thrive in different environments. Being able to create that environ-ment at home, and know that K12 has the ability to customize a program according to my students’ needs, frees me to educate my children in a one on one situation. Weekly class connect sessions (online class with teachers) for my children and conferences with the teachers (who monitor the in-

dividual student’s needs) means there is someone to help troubleshoot any problems we may have. The one word that comes to mind is… Awesome!

K12 through my virtual charter school is a quality program offering a quality curriculum and excellent certified teachers. Charter schools like CAPCS-On-line offer a choice to parents and students who are looking for the right fit academically, to help them soar.

For information and to learn more: 866.339.8742 K12.COM/DC



As the first all-girls public charter school in the Dis-trict of Columbia, , Excel Academy provides pre-school through eighth grade girls a solid academic foundation and enrichment opportunities to succeed in high school and college and to develop the skills and confidence they need to make healthy, positive lifestyle choices.

Why choose an All-Girls School?

An all-girls school can reach students more com-prehensively and intensively with instructional pro-gramming specifically tailored to meet the needs of girls. While there are no innate differences in what girls and boys are capable of learning, boys and girls do develop and learn differently. Girls think, inter-act, display leadership, and make decisions in a way that is unique both developmentally and psychologi-cally. Many studies indicate that male-based models prevalent in most coeducational schools do not fit the way girls learn best.

The Excel Academy Public Charter School story

Strategically located in Ward 8, Excel Academy opened in 2008 with 134 girls. Now in our sixth year, we serve more than 615 preschool through grade 5 scholars and will increase enrollment each year through eighth grade.

Housed in one building, our school supports three campuses, creating a sense of a small family and community: DREAM (preschool-prekindergarten), ACHIEVE (kindergarten-third grade), and LEAD (fourth-fifth grade). Two highly qualified teachers are assigned to each classroom through first grade. We support a student to teacher ratio that allows teachers to deliver instruction appropriately suited to individual student needs.

Excel Academy firmly believes that an outstand-ing education prepares girls to effectively compete, achieve, and succeed in the larger society. We are a no excuses learning environment: there are “no ex-cuses” for accepting anything other than excellence both from our scholars and staff. Excel Academy provides scholars with a strong standards-based academic program, gender specific teaching and instruction, leadership opportunities, and extracur-ricular enrichment programming. The results we deliver encompass improved student academic out-comes and build the ambition, discipline, and confi-dence of our girls.

We Provide:

A Unique Single Gender Model: Excel Academy’s single gender environment is supported by extensive research and rooted in high academic achievement

EXCEL ACADEMY

Washington’s First Public Charter School for Girls


and learning for every student that permits staff to focus teaching strategies on the learning needs and styles of girls.

An Early Educational Intervention Program: Start-ing with students who are three years old, Excel Academy offers an instructional program to pro-mote school readiness in literacy, math, and social and emotional development.

More Time on Task: Students are in an academical-ly rigorous learning environment for longer school days and an extended school year. A relentless focus on the details allows students and teachers to spend more time on task.

A Standards Based Curriculum: Our academic pro-gram is research based and has demonstrated signif-

icant student achievement in reading, writing, and math.

Early and frequent assessments: Excel Academy recognizes the efficacy of assessing student prog-ress and using data to track student performance. We identify students’ academic needs early and adjust teaching strategies accordingly.

A Team of Highly Qualified Teachers: The Excel Team receives ongoing professional development to build skills and create and maintain community of respect and collaboration.

A Continued Community Partnership: We embrace students’ parents and guardians as essential part-ners in the education of their children. We engage


families and the wider community to support Excel Academy scholars.

Varied Co-Curricular Programming: A well sup-ported co-curricular program includes full time teachers in P.E., art, music, Latin, and Health.

Rich Extra Curricular Activities: We offer female mentorship opportunities and monthly Saturday Academy for additional enrichment and field trip experiences. Our community partners, vested in the success of our girls, include DC United, Jumpstart, Girls on the Run, Georgetown Women’s Basketball,

Holton Arms, IBM, The Madeira School, National Cathedral School, An Open Book Foundation, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Stone Ridge School of the Sa-cred Heart, and We Read DC

A School-wide Character Development Program: Excel Academy scholars live and work by a set of core values represented by IDEALS: Integrity, Dis-cipline, Enjoyment, Achievement, Leadership, and Sisterhood.

Before and After School Care and After School En-richment Opportunities: School opens at 7:00am Monday-Friday and programming continues until 6:00pm to provide extended enrichment experiences for scholars and accommodate our working families.

On-Site Kitchen: We serve 3 meals and 2 snacks daily to our scholars. Meals are freshly prepared and cooked on-site.

Enroll at Excel Academy

We are aware of the challenges facing public schools and are concerned with improving educational ex-perience in schools. As parents, we are looking to expand the educational choices for girls and young women in Washington, DC. As educators, we are committed to our students making significant aca-demic gains and progress. As professionals and active citizens, we are determined to create a gen-eration of globally conscious, highly skilled young women who have the ability to lead and direct with responsibility.

Join us for Open Houses 9am and 5pm ev-ery Wednesday in January and February. Contact [email protected] for more information.

2501 Martin Luther King Jr .Ave SE | Washington, DC 20020

Excel Academy is an academically rigorous school that

provides a vibrant and supportive learning environment.

We empower young Girls to become inspired, engaged

students and confident, compassionate leaders.

WWith unrelenting determination, the Excel Team prepares

Girls with a solid academic foundation, provides

enrichment opportunities, and teaches 21st century skills

to ensure success in high school and college.

2501 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE

Washington, DC 20020

202.373.0097 excelpcs.orgWashington’s First Public Charter School for Girls

Excel Academy

How will you Excel?

Stepinto a new school that cultivates intellect, making the highest test score gains in DC in 2013.

Reach for your imagination in our inquiry-based integrated arts curriculum that sparks the joy of learning.

Leap

into an inclusive community built on integrity at a school that welcomes all.

Accepting applications for

age 3 through grade 6 for the

2014-15 school year.

Apply online atMySchoolDC.org.

Open House Dates:Saturdaysat 10 AM-Jan. 18-Feb. 22 -Mar. 1

202-248-6825

1328 Florida Ave. NWWashington, DC 20009*

*Moving to NE for 2014-15 school year!

Inspired Teaching

School

www.InspiredTeachingSchool.org


The secret to ensuring students’ success while nur-turing their desire to learn is to make education meaningful for them. Starting at preschool, our stu-dents learn to associate meaning to numbers. In one lesson, our youngest students ranked healthy foods they sampled by assigning them values to correspond with their taste preferences. In another, they worked together to make a class graph of their names based on length, simultaneously building letter and num-ber sense. Our students are always looking to the real world--in their environment, in books, and in daily conversation--to spot mathematical patterns, and the same philosophy is applied at each grade level as students’ understanding of math becomes more complex. By fifth grade, our students are plan-ning financial budgets for families of different sizes and different needs.

The Inspired learning experience is built on 4 Is--Intelligence, Imagination, Inquiry and Integrity. Through examples of math instruction across the grades, this article illustrates how these four Is lay the foundation for a rigorous and meaningful educa-tion for our students.

Intelligence

For the past two years, our early childhood learners exceeded math learning goals, with 99% of 3- and

4-year olds showing at least a year of growth on the

Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment.

Inspired Teaching School is also proud to be rec-

ognized for the highest average gains in DC CAS

scores in the district, with the percent of Inspired

students scoring proficient or advanced increasing

by 41.8 percentage points. In the 2012-2013 school

year, Inspired Teaching School’s 3rd and 4th graders

scored above public and public charter school state

averages.

How do we attain high performance without stamp-

ing out the joy of learning? Let’s take a look at the

other three Is in practice.


INSPIRED TEACHING SCHOOL

Inspired Math“It’s fascinating that the school with the biggest gains teaches more joyfully

(and, evidently, more powerfully) than teaching to the test.”

-Steve Coleman, Director of Washington Parks and Recreation and founding ITS parent

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Math Reading

DC Public Schools

DC public Charter Schools

Inspired Teaching School

Percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on the

DC CAS, 2013


Imagination

Developing kids’ imagination at Inspired Teaching School is as much about promoting out-of-the-box ideas in the face of real-world problems as it is giv-ing kids the space to create unique projects that inte-grate learning across content areas.

Preschoolers used parts of their bodies as measur-ing tools to sort found objects and rank them us-ing comparatives such as “taller than” and “smaller than”. They then created artwork based on the found objects they classified, which they presented at the Learning Showcase, a night where families come to-gether to see their children shine.

Third graders synthesized literacy and math skills by publishing math storybooks in which their char-acters had to face real-life math problems to reach the resolution of their story.

Inquiry

Our teachers encourage our students to ask thought-ful questions at every age, and to apply critical and creative thinking to uncover the answers. In the fall, pre-kindergarten students applied their understand-ing of measurement, probability, ratios, and time by working with pumpkins and pumpkin seeds. By comparing rows of different numbers of seeds, students were able to see the relationship between length and number. Questions they explored in-cluded, “How soon will the pumpkin decompose?” and “Based on the number of seeds I will plant, how many will sprout?” To answer the second question, they presented probability in the form of a ratio, eg. “more than half” or “less than half” of the seeds. They will be testing their predictions this spring.

Integrity

In the fourth grade, students have been monitoring their own learning by graphing their performance in morning “math sprints”. By creating a visual repre-sentation of their own progress, they build intrinsic motivation for learning while giving themselves an honest assessment of their learning.

Beyond the classroom

Our parents can attest to the excitement students bring home each day from school as they make con-nections between what they are learning and the real world. One parent reflected on how her child now “sees math everywhere”. This level of understand-ing is the aim of our interdisciplinary, inquiry-based approach to Inspired Math. By joining Inspired Teaching School, your child will not just be another number; he or she will be a member of a commu-nity of learners committed to building intelligence, imagination, inquiry and integrity.



At SELA, my daughter is singing again. For my family, this meant something was going right at her new school. She had music weekly in her old school but she wouldn’t participate. Hearing her sing again meant that SELA’s teachers and staff had created the safe and comfortable environment necessary for my daughter to take risks and belt it out again. Even bet-ter — she is singing in Hebrew and taking new joy in teaching us what she is singing about.

SELA is a new Public Charter School whose mis-sion is to offer children of all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, from pre-K to 5th grade, the opportunity to achieve academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment that focuses on He-brew Language Immersion, promotes the value of diversity and provides skills for taking action in the world. Over the past few months, our family has ex-perienced unexpected joys, a new community, and a dedication to learning with the teachers, staff and families of SELA.

SELA means “rock” or “foundation” in Hebrew, and a walk through SELA reveals the foundations of a new learning community. A giant tree has been cre-ated in the central atrium with branches that stretch toward colorful art covering the walls. Who knew that first-graders could use pastels in the style of Kadinsky, or that my daughter could make brush strokes like Van Gogh? Past the mobiles, paintings

and pictures the kids have created, you can hear the bilingual learning going on in the classrooms.

In the Pre-K classrooms, a majority immersion mod-el is used for teaching, where most activities take place in Hebrew. Each early-childhood classroom is staffed by two teachers and is organized as a primar-ily Hebrew environment, with the majority of the content and activities in the classroom focusing on helping children acquire the vocabulary and profi-ciency in Hebrew to prepare them for kindergarten. Approximately 10-15% of the day in pre-kindergar-ten is set aside for English literacy, to ensure that the children are ready to enter kindergarten with skills for early literacy in English.

The Kindergarten and upper grades use a 50:50 model of one-way immersion in which students spend equal study time in English and Hebrew with native speakers in both languages. Other content areas, such as math, social studies and science are taught in both languages. SELA academic days are longer to accommodate the bilingual learning as well as other subjects.

At SELA, it is striking to see the English and He-brew classrooms side-by-side—they could be half a world apart, but here, they share the same students. It is even more striking for me to see my daughter

SELA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

Getting Immersed in Sela PCS


asked a math problem in English and answer in He-brew.

Hebrew is an entrée to other Semitic languages such as Arabic and Amharic. We also appreciate the cog-nitive development involved in our daughter learn-ing a non-Latin alphabet. But SELA immerses stu-dents in more than just Hebrew. When we enrolled our daughter in SELA last year, we were commit-ted to getting her a bilingual education, since we are only native English speakers at home. We ex-pected that her language skills would blossom and they have. But we had no idea that her new school would propel her learning and development forward in other areas, from math to physical fitness. Here are highlights of her achievements so far this year:

Her best day was when the older students com-plemented her work.

• She has found sportsmanship.

• She does not leave without helping to clean up.

• She knows to check her work and ask how to correct mistakes.

• She has a diverse group of friends who em-body the world we live in.

• She can shoot a basketball

Another aspect of SELA PCS that works for our family is the free before- and after-care. This has helped our family financially and allowed us to con-nect more with other families at SELA. I was re-cently told that one parent has to call and check the aftercare schedule so as not to miss dramatic play. Our daughter only lets us pick her up early for her


The First Hebrew Language ImmersionPublic Charter School in DC

Accepting Applications for SY14-15Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Grade 1,

and Grade 2

FREE Before and After School Program Small Class Sizes with 2 teachers in each classroom

Student Shuttle available with stops at:Eastern Market, 16th and Q, Ft. Totten Metro

Learn more: SelaPCS.org

6015-17 Chillum Place, NEWashington, DC 20011202-670-SELA (7352)

Follow us: @SelaPCS Like us: SelaPCS

Open Houses held every Tuesday

morning and Thursday afternoon from

December-March

To apply visit: myschooldc.org*With the new common application, families must rank order their school choices. Each child will only receive one offer of admission in the lottery.

If Sela PCS is your family’s first choice, you should rank order Sela PCS FIRSTApplication Deadline: March 3, 2014

weekly ballet class. The day always ends with hugs for teachers, staff and other students.

At SELA, the students are having fun from the mo-ment they sing each other to their classrooms in the morning, to when they play volleyball late in the af-ternoon. They are finding joy in their learning and progressing academically, socially and developmen-tally. My child’s universe is expanding at SELA to include a diverse group of friends and families mak-ing her better prepared our globalized world. I invite you and your children to come and join our journey at SELA.

Visit Sela to see for yourself and follow my child’s school on Facebook.com/SelaPCS


★ ★ ★DC CSM FEATURE

School/Campus Name Ward Campus Street Address Main NumberGrade Level

Range

Achievement Prep Academy PCS - Middle

8 908 Wahler Place, SE 20032 Main: 202-562-1214 4 - 8

Achievement Prep Academy PCS - Elementary

81500 Mississippi Avenue, SE

20032Main: 202-562-1214 K - 3

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Southwest [Amidon]

6 401 I Street, SW 20024 Main: 202-646-0094 PK3 - PK4

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Columbia Heights

1 2750 14th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-667-9490 PK3 - PK4

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Southeast [Douglass Knoll]

8 2017 Savannah Terrace, SE 20020 Main: 202-629-4525 PK3 - PK4

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Lincoln Park

6 138 12th Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-621-6581 PK3 - PK4

AppleTree Early Learning PCS - Oklahoma Avenue

7 330 21st Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-525-7807 PK3 - PK4

Appletree Early Learning PCS - Southeast [Parkland]

8 2118 Ridgecrest Court, SE 20020 Main: 202-506-1890 PK3 - PK4

AppleTree Early Learning PCS -Southwest [Riverside]

6 680 I Street, SW 20024 Main: 202-646-0500 PK3 - PK4

Arts and Technology Academy PCS

7 5300 Blaine Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-398-6811 PK3 - 5

BASIS DC PCS 2 410 8th Street, NW 20004 Main: 202-393-5437 5 - 9

Booker T. Washington PCS 1 1346 Florida Avenue, NW 20009 Main: 202-232-6090 9 - Adult Ed/GED

Bridges PCS 4 1250 Taylor Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-545-0515 PK3 - PK4

Bridges PCS 4 4300 13th Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-545-0055 PK3 - 1

Briya PCS 1 2333 Ontario Road, NW 20009 Main: 202-797-7337 PK3 - Adult Ed/Family

Literacy

Briya PCS 1 1755 Newton Street, NW 20010 Main: 202-797-7337 PK3 - Adult Ed/Family

Literacy

Briya PCS 4 3912 Georgia Avenue, NW 20011 Main: 202-545-2020 PK3 - Adult Ed/Family

Literacy

Capital City PCS 4 100 Peabody Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-808-9800 PK3 - 4

Capital City PCS - Middle School

4 100 Peabody Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-808-9800 5 - 8

Capital City PCS - High School 4 100 Peabody Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-808-9800 9 - 12

Carlos Rosario International PCS

1 1100 Harvard Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-797-4700 Adult Ed/GED - Adult

Ed/GED

Carlos Rosario International PCS

5 514 V Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-797-4700 Adult Ed/GED - Adult

Ed/GED

Cedar Tree PCS 8 701 Howard Road, SE 20020 Main: 202-610-4193 PK3 - K

DIRECTORY OF SCHOOLS



Range

Center City PCS 4 6008 Georgia Avenue, NW 20011 Main: 202-723-3322 PK4 - 8

Center City PCS - Capitol Hill 6 1503 East Capitol Street, SE 20003 Main: 202-547-7556 PK4 - 8

Center City PCS - Congress Heights

8 220 Highview Place, SE 20032 Main: 202-562-7070 PK4 - 8

Center City PCS - Petworth 4 510 Webster Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-726-9212 PK4 - 8

Center City PCS - Shaw 6 711 N Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-234-1093 PK4 - 8

Center City PCS - Trinidad 51217 West Virginia Avenue, NE

20002Main: 202-397-1614 PK4 - 8

César Chávez PCS for Public Policy - Chávez Prep

1 770 Kenyon Street, NW 20010 Main: 202-723-3975 6 - 9

César Chávez PCS for Public Policy - Capitol Hill

6 709 12th Street, SE 20003 Main: 202-547-3424 9 - 12

César Chávez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside Middle School

7 3701 Hayes Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-398-2230 6 - 8

César Chávez PCS for Public Policy - Parkside High School

7 3701 Hayes Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-398-2230 9 - 12

Community Academy PCS 4 1300 Allison Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-723-4100 PK3 - 5

Community Academy PCS - Amos 2

5 33 Riggs Road, NE 20011 Main: 202-723-5136 PK3 - K

Community Academy PCS - Amos 3

5 1400 1st Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-234-2122 PK3 - 5

Community Academy PCS - Butler Global

5 1400 1st Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-234-2122 PK3 - 5

Community Academy PCS - CAPCS Online

N/A 5 Thomas Circle, NW 20005 Main: 540-788-1492 K - 8

Community College Preparatory Academy PCS

82405 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.,

SE 20032202-610-5780 Adult Ed - Adult Ed

Creative Minds International PCS

1 3224 16th Street, NW 20010 Main: 202-588-0370 PK3 - 3

DC Bilingual PCS 1 1420 Columbia Road, NW 20009 Main: 202-332-4200 PK3 - 6

DC Prep PCS 5 707 Edgewood Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-635-4590 PK3 - 8

DC Prep PCS - Benning El-ementary

7 100 41st Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-398-2838 PK3 - 3

DC Prep PCS - Benning Middle 7 100 41st Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-398-2838 4 - 4

DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Elementary

5 707 Edgewood Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-635-4411 PK3 - 3

DC Prep PCS - Edgewood Middle

5 701 Edgewood Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-832-5700 4 - 8

DC Scholars PCS 7 5601 East Capitol Street, SE 20019 Main: 202-559-6138 PK3 - 4

E.L. Haynes PCS 1 3600 Georgia Avenue, NW 20010 Main: 202-667-4446 4 - 8




Range

E.L. Haynes PCS - Kansas Avenue (High School)

4 4501 Kansas Avenue, NW 20011 Main: 202-706-5838 9 - 11

E.L. Haynes PCS - Kansas Av-enue (Elementary School)

4 4501 Kansas Avenue, NW 20011 Main: 202-706-5828 PK3 - 3

Eagle Academy PCS - New Jersey Avenue

61017 New Jersey Avenue, SE

20003Main: 202-459-6825 PK3 - 2

Eagle Academy PCS - Eagle Center at McGogney

8 3400 Wheeler Road, SE 20032 Main: 202-544-2646 PK3 - 3

Early Childhood Academy PCS 8 4025 9th Street, SE 20032 Main: 202-373-0035 PK3 - 3

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Commu-nity Freedom PCS

5 3700 Oakview Terrace, NE 20017 Main: 202-265-7237 PK3 - 6

Excel Academy PCS 82501 Martin Luther King Jr. Av-

enue, SE 20020Main: 202-373-0097 PK3 - 5

Friendship PCS - Community Office

5 120 Q Street, NE Suite 200 20002 Main: 202-281-1700 N/A - N/A

Friendship PCS - Blow-Pierce Elementary & Middle

7 725 19th Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-572-1070 PK3 - 8

Friendship PCS - Chamberlain Elementary & Middle

6 1345 Potomac Avenue, SE 20003 Main: 202-547-5800 PK3 - 8

Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy

7 4095 Minnesota Avenue, NE 20019 Main: 202-396-5500 9 - 12

Friendship PCS - Southeast Elementary Academy

8 645 Milwaukee Place, SE 20032 Main: 202-562-1980 PK3 - 5

Friendship PCS - Technology Preparatory Academy

8 620 Milwaukee Place, SE 20032 Main: 202-562-1681 6 - 11

Friendship PCS - Woodridge Elementary & Middle

5 2959 Carlton Avenue, NE 20018 Main: 202-635-6500 PK3 - 8

Hope Community PCS - La-mond

4 6200 Kansas Avenue, NE 20011 Main: 202-722-4421 PK3 - 6

Hope Community PCS - Tolson 5 2917 8th Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-832-7370 PK3 - 8

Hospitality High PCS 1 1851 9th Street, NW 20011Main: 202-737-4150

9 - 12

Howard University Math and Science PCS

1 405 Howard Place, NW 20059 Main: 202-806-7725 6 - 8

Ideal Academy PCS 46130 North Capitol Street, NW

20011Main: 202-729-6660 PK3 - 8

Imagine Southeast PCS 83100 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.

SE 20032Main: 202-561-1622 PK3 - 6

Ingenuity Prep PCS 8 4600 Livingston Road, SE 20032 Main: 202-374-8458 PK3 - PK4

Inspired Teaching Demonstra-tion PCS

1 1328 Florida Avenue, NW 20009 Main: 202-248-6825 PK3 - 5




Range

IDEA PCS 7 1027 45th Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-399-4750 9 - 12

KIPP DC - AIM Academy PCS 8 2600 Douglass Road, SE 20020 Main: 202-678-5477 5 - 8

KIPP DC - College Preparatory PCS

8 2600 Douglass Road, SE 20020 Main: 202-678-2527 9 - 12

KIPP DC - Discover Academy PCS

8 2600 Douglass Road, SE 20020 Main: 202-678-7735 PK3 - K

KIPP DC - Heights Academy PCS

8 2600 Douglass Road, SE 20020 Main: 202-610-5323 1 - 3

KIPP DC - Grow Academy PCS 2 421 P Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-986-4769 PK3 - K

KIPP DC - LEAD Academy PCS

2 421 P Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-223-4505 1 - 2

KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS 2 421 P Street, NW 20001 Main: 202-328-9455 4 - 8

KIPP DC - KEY Academy PCS 7 4801 Benning Road, SE 20019 Main: 202-582-5477 5 - 8

KIPP DC - LEAP Academy PCS 7 4801 Benning Road, SE 20019 Main: 202-582-5327 PK3 - K

KIPP DC - Promise Academy PCS

7 4801 Benning Road, SE 20019 Main: 202-582-1390 1 - 4

KIPP DC - Connect Academy PCS

51375 Mount Olivet Road, NE

20002Main: 202-396-5477 PK3 - PK4

KIPP DC - Spring Academy PCS

51375 Mount Olivet Road, NE

20002Main: 202-397-5477 K - K

Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS

5 1800 Perry Street, NE 20018 Main: 202-726-6200 PK3 - 5

Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS

4 1375 Missouri Avenue, NW 20011 Main: 202-726-6200 PK3 - 3

LAYC Career Academy PCS 1 3047 15th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-319-2228 Age 16 - Age 24

Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS

5 1404 Jackson Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-459-4710 PK3 - 8

Maya Angelou PCS - Evans High School

7 5600 East Capitol Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-379-4335 9 - 12

Maya Angelou PCS - Evans Middle School

7 5600 East Capitol Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-232-2885 7 - 8

Maya Angelou PCS - Young Adult Learning Center

7 5600 East Capitol Street, NE 20019 Main: 202-289-8898 Age 17 - Age 24

Meridian PCS 1 2120 13th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-387-9830 PK3 - 8

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS 1 3220 16th Street, NW 20010 Main: 202-630-8373 PK3 - 2

National Collegiate Preparatory PCHS

8 4600 Livingston Road, SE 20032Main: 202-832-7737

9 - 12

The Next Step/El Próximo Paso PCS

1 3047 15th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-319-2249 Age 16 - Age 24

The Next Step PCS [Night School]

1 3047 15th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-319-2249 Age 18 - Age 24




Range

Options PCS [Academy] 6 702 15th Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-232-4627 6 - 12

Options PCS 6 1375 E Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-547-1028 6 - 12

Paul PCS - Middle School 4 5800 8th Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-291-7499 6 - 8

Paul PCS - International High School

4 5800 8th Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-291-7499 9 - 10

Perry Street Preparatory PCS [Lower School]

5 1800 Perry Street, NE 20018 Main: 202-529-4400 PK3 - 8

Perry Street Preparatory PCS [Upper School]

5 1800 Perry Street, NE 20018 Main: 202-529-4400 9 - 12

Potomac Lighthouse PCS 5 4401 8th Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-526-6003 PK3 - 8

Richard Wright PCS for Journal-ism and Media Arts

6 770 M Street, SE 2nd Floor 20003 Main: 202-388-1011 8 - 11

Roots PCS 4 15 Kennedy Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-882-8073 PK3 - 8

SEED PCS of Washington, D.C. 7 4300 C Street, SE 20019 Main: 202-248-7773 6 - 12

Sela PCS 4 6015-17 Chillum Place, NE 20009 Main: 202-670-7352 PK3 - 1

Shining Stars Montessori Acad-emy PCS

11328 Florida Avenue, NW Annex

20009Main: 202-319-2307 PK3 - 2

Somerset Preparatory Academy PCS

8 3301 Wheeler Road, SE 20032 Main: 202-562-9104 6 - 8

St. Coletta Special Education PCS

71901 Independence Avenue, SE

20003Main: 202-350-8680 Ungraded

Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS

82427 Martin Luther King Jr. Av-

enue, SE 20020Main: 202-563-6862 9 - 12

Tree of Life PCS 5 2315 18th Place, NE 20018 Main: 202-832-1108 PK3 - 8

Two Rivers PCS [Elementary Facility]

6 1227 4th Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-546-4477 PK3 - 5

Two Rivers PCS [Middle Facil-ity]

6 1234 4th Street, NE 20002 Main: 202-543-8477 6 - 8

Washington Latin PCS - Middle School

4 5200 2nd Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-223-1111 5 - 8

Washington Latin PCS - Upper School

4 5200 2nd Street, NW 20011 Main: 202-223-1111 9 - 12

Washington Mathematics Sci-ence Technology PCHS

5 1920 Bladensburg Road, NE 20002 Main: 202-636-8011 9 - 12

Washington Yu Ying PCS 5 220 Taylor Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-635-1950 PK4 - 6

William E. Doar, Jr. PCS for the Performing Arts

5 705 Edgewood Street, NE 20017 Main: 202-269-4646 PK3 - 8

YouthBuild PCS 1 3014 14th Street, NW 20009 Main: 202-319-0141 Adult Ed/GED (Age 16) - Adult Ed/GED

(Age 24)

APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEARPre-K 3, Pre-K 4, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade

Building on our strong foundation as an early childhood program

Information / Open House Sessions on the Following Thursdays*:

www.bridgespcs.org1250 Taylor Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 p: 202.545.0515 e: [email protected]

• Before&AfterCare• Smallclassroomsizeandwelltrainedstaff• Individualplanningforeachstudent• Hands-onandproject-basedcurriculum

Free and open to all DC residents.Tuition paid by non-residents.

• December5&12from9:30am-10:30am• January23&30from9:30am-10:30am• February20&27from9:30am-10:30am

Applyforadmissionsat:www.myschooldc.org•Application deadline March 3, 2014.

*You must register to attend, limit of 20 people per session. Call (202) 545-0515 to register.

Accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsVoted Best Preschool in DC, City Paper Readers Poll 2013!


APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEARPre-K 3, Pre-K 4, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade

Building on our strong foundation as an early childhood program

Information / Open House Sessions on the Following Thursdays*:

www.bridgespcs.org1250 Taylor Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 p: 202.545.0515 e: [email protected]

• Before&AfterCare• Smallclassroomsizeandwelltrainedstaff• Individualplanningforeachstudent• Hands-onandproject-basedcurriculum

Free and open to all DC residents.Tuition paid by non-residents.

• December5&12from9:30am-10:30am• January23&30from9:30am-10:30am• February20&27from9:30am-10:30am

Applyforadmissionsat:www.myschooldc.org•Application deadline March 3, 2014.

*You must register to attend, limit of 20 people per session. Call (202) 545-0515 to register.

Accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and SchoolsVoted Best Preschool in DC, City Paper Readers Poll 2013!


Bridges Public Charter School was founded in 2005 as a preschool program and in 2012 was approved by the DC Public Charter School Board to expand into an elementary school. Located in the Petworth neighborhood in Ward 4, the school has been pro-viding the District of Columbia with high quality educational slots for the past eight years. Voted the “Best Preschool in DC” by the City Paper Reader’s poll for 2013, the school has strong support from its current families as well as the families of graduates.

Bridges’ mission is to provide an exemplary educa-tional program that includes students with special

needs. Bridges is unique in the DC education land-scape; working to educate the full range of students – typically developing students and students who need high-level special education support. Current-ly serving 211 students in grades Pre-K 3 through 1st grade, the school’s student population is 70% typically developing students and 30% students with special needs. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Independent Schools and has both inclusion and high level special edu-cation classrooms. The school will grow to serve 400 students in grades Pre-K 3 through 5th by 2017. With a highly qualified teaching staff, a hands-on


BRIDGES PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

Bridges PCS is an expanding elementary schoolBuilding on our strong foundation as an early childhood program


investigative curriculum and strong student support services Bridges’ educational approach nurtures stu-dents and provides a strong foundation for life-long learning. The school day is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm with a half day on Wednesday (1:00 pm dismiss-al). The school offers before care starting at 7:30 am and after school care until 6:00 pm. Fees for before and after school care are on a sliding scale, base on income. Join the Bridges learning commu-nity! Become a founding member of our elemen-tary school program and grow with us! Spaces are available for the 2014-2015 school year in grades Pre-K3 through 2nd grade. To learn more about the school visit our website, www.bridgespcs.org or attend an Information / Open House Session. To apply complete the on-line common application at

www.myschooldc.org. The deadline to complete the application for the lottery is March 3, 2014. Appli-cations completed and received after March 3, 2014 will be place on a waiting list. During the school year when spaces become available the school ad-mits students from the waiting list. Information / Open House sessions are from 9:30 am – 10:30 am on January 23 & 30 and February 20 & 27, 2014. You must register to attend a session. Please call (202) 545-0515 to register, a limit of 25 people per session.

“An inclusive learning community builds bridges of understanding, awareness, and support by connect-ing children and families with a variety of different needs, cultures, and backgrounds.”

“Readers say: This ‘truly diverse school’ is ‘a gem,’ ‘one of a kind,’ ‘a really special place’ with an ‘open and nurturing living environment where everyone thrives.’”

— The Washington City Paper

PREPARING SCHOLARS FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS

NOW ENROLLING GRADES 6-10

CHANGE TOMORROW ENROLL TODAY

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a school that will nuture your child?ARE YOU LOOKING FOR…

WE FOCUS

on the whole childAre you looking for a school for your child that will develop and nurture their unique talents?

Are you looking for a safe, small school with individualized instruction that won’t let your child fall through the cracks?

Center City Public Charter Schools (Center City PCS) educates students throughout the nation’s capital. With a focus on the communities we serve, our six campuses are named after their neighborhoods: Brightwood, Capitol Hill, Congress Heights, Petworth, Shaw, and Trinidad.

Our students represent the diversity and character of Washington, DC. Our families speak multiples languages and come from various backgrounds.

We offer a structured and disciplined learning environment that provides opportunities for our students to perform artistically, physically, and academically. Our hands-on curricula provides students with opportunities to learn in new ways and in small groups.

Learn more by attending an open house!

Call 202-589-0202 for more information or go to our website at www.centercitypcs.org.

fast factsSmall Nurturing Campus Environment

• 200–250 students per campus

• 20–25 students per classroom

• Principals know each scholar and family personally

• 2 instructors per early childhoodclass (PreK-2nd grade)

PreK-Eighth Grade

• Extended School Day

• Enrichment for all students in all grades – art, music, dance, PE, and Spanish

• Rigorous high school placementprogram (SSAT and HSPT offered)

• Focus on character, excellence, and service

900 2nd Street, NE, Suite 221 Washington, DC 20002p (202) 589-0202 e [email protected] www.centercitypcs.org

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