Family Newsletter

Dear Hyde-Addison ES Families,

The team effort has been outstanding! Let’s continue to be our students’ greatest cheerleaders, as they complete their Beginning of Year (BOY) Benchmark Assessments. These assessments are essential to informing students’ instructional needs, learning plans and tiered interventions. You can support their efforts by ensuring they have an optimal testing environment, which is quiet and free from interruptions. As positive as your intentions may be, encourage them from a distance. Remember, such assessments should be completed independently.

Thank you for your feedback, as we continue to work with DCPS, in reflecting on and implementing best practices for engagement and grading in all subject areas. In addition to the DCPS guidance we shared around engagement and grading policies, we will be sharing general grading practices with families, to increase clarity. As DCPS continues to roll out guidance, we will share updates with our school community.

We recognize the need for flexibility, during these unprecedented times. In addition to scheduled live instruction, the Inner Core Team (Specials) will continue to provide asynchronous (recorded) lessons, for those who wish to access that tool. If you choose to not access asynchronous Inner Core lessons, students will not be directly penalized for missing that activity. But, please remain mindful that although students may not receive a grade for that particular activity, asynchronous lessons are developed to supplement student learning and are encouraged, as students will earn a grade for inner core courses.

In our efforts to continue to gathering input from families, please submit the virtual learning survey, below. In addition, read the "PTA Announcements" and review the other pertinent information shared in this newsletter. Have a safe weekend and thank you for practicing grace and understanding! We are all in this, together.

Please keep you and your loved ones safe. For resources and information about the District of Columbia Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response and recovery efforts, please visit coronavirus.dc.gov. Please visit dcpsreopenstrong.com or backtoschool.dc.gov for DCPS virtual learning resources.

Kindest Regards,

Dr. Calvin Hooks, Principal

Hyde-Addison Elementary Schools

It is hard to believe that this time next week will mark one month of virtual learning! Our staff is continuing to work hard to bring you the highest quality instruction possible. Please share your feedback about how it is going so far! (click the hyperlink or image below!)

The survey will close next Friday at midnight.

DCPS Enrolled Students at Hyde-Addison ES ages 5-21 can ride Metrobus, Metrorail and DC Circulator to School and School-Related activities in DC for FREE! Please answer this short survey to reserve your students card today! If you have multiple students enrolled at Hyde-Addison ES please fill out one survey for each student.

Pick-up date will be announced later this month.

All information and links you need for Wonderful Wednesdays is available on the Canvas course called Hyde-Addison Resource Hub.

--The links are updated weekly and can only be joined about 5 minutes before the start times because they are "Live Teams Events". The links stop working when the events end. The recordings are all archived ASAP in the Canvas Resource Hub.--

You can get to the Hyde Addison Resource Hub by clicking on the dashboard icon which will show you both of the courses your child is enrolled in. In the Resource Hub, you will find:

• The student rosters for Wonder Clubs and the contact information for those teachers
• Previous SEL and Mindfulness Workshops and the link for the upcoming live workshop which is at 9:00
• Previous Virtual Field Trips and the link for the upcoming live workshop which is at 1:00
• Wonder Clubs for K-5 students
• School-Wide Meeting at 3:00 to celebrate our core values with students and families (linked in the Key Dates section of the newsletter below)

Username: studentID#@students.k12.dc.us

Password: mmddyy (child's DOB)

As a reminder, students and staff must follow the DCPS Student and Staff Technology and Acceptable Use Policy. Student safety is our priority. Please also ensure anyone that is on camera during live lessons is fully clothed to ensure student safety.

VIRTUAL EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. Registration closes TODAY for virtual extracurricular activities for Hyde-Addison students offered by Kaizen Athletics, our partner last year for enrichment activities. Classes include Ballet, Chess, French, Hip Hop, Karate, Mandarin, Pottery, Spanish, Storytime, and Yoga (descriptions here). Since classes will be held only if they meet the minimum (look for ones with "Hyde Addison" in the name), round up your friends and sign up ASAP!

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PTA GENERAL MEETING. The first PTA General Meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 5-6 pm by Zoom, with subsequent meetings also held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. For the first half hour, the Executive Board will provide PTA updates for and solicit input from Hyde-Addison families, and then we will break out into smaller groups, most likely by grade, so we can share ideas with our cohorts and get to know each other. The latter half of the meeting will be devoted to Executive Board business, where everyone is welcome to stay and discuss in more detail how the PTA can best support our students, teachers, and staff! Check the calendar on Konstella for the meeting invitation.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83470671928?pwd=L2lSQzdGVkgrNm5PSDBwd3NLdDJndz09

Meeting ID: 834 7067 1928
Passcode: 427415

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ROOM PARENTS. We are also delighted to announce our room parents for the 2020-21 school year:

PK3 - Dania Sharief

PK4: Bailey - Geetha Shanmugam

PK4: Gibbons - Cristina Iftimie

K: Alsop - Elizabeth Crowley, Farrell Barnes Quigley

K: Malloy - Allyson Coyne, Matt Dewberry

K: Stachowski - _____

1st: Cooke-Nesme - Sara Macauley, Geetha Shanmugam

1st: Nelson - Katie Kamara, Nicole Smith-McDermott

1st: Severs - Charlette Woodard

2nd: Boyd - Elizabeth Crowley

2nd: Franklin - Allyson Coyne

2nd: Walsh - _____

3rd: Gardner - _____

3rd: Link - Kea Taylor, Kristi Whitfield

3rd: Taylor - _____

4th: Spada & Walter - _____

5th: Roth & Spikes - Gi-Hyun An, Rizki Wagner, Laila Winborne

As you can see, we still need at least one (preferably two) room parents for Ms. Stachowski, Ms. Walsh, Mr. Gardner, and Ms. Taylor, and at least two (preferably three) room parents for 4th grade with Ms. Spada and Ms. Walter. Come on, let's show these teachers that they, too, are loved! If you're interested, please reach out to Nicole Smith-McDermott, the VP for Room Parent Engagement, or register and sign up in Konstella. Thank you for supporting our teachers at Hyde-Addison!

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KONSTELLA (see FOMO). To stay informed about all these events and initiatives, make sure to sign up for Konstella, a new, secure, and private communication platform for Hyde-Addison families to message other families, access the family directory, form or join social groups!

DCPS families can attend free trainings each week, with Microsoft specialists, on how to use Teams and the Surface device. Details are here.

For families that are looking for affordable internet, please click the link below for more information. https://www.techtogetherdc.com/internetforall

For tech support, families can visit http://dcps.tech/help or call the DCPS hotline at 202-442-5885.

• 9/22: PTA General Meeting from 5-6pm on Zoom (Find the invitation on Konstella or https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83470671928?pwd=L2lSQzdGVkgrNm5PSDBwd3NLdDJndz09
  Meeting ID: 834 7067 1928
  Passcode: 427415)
• 9/23: School-Wide Meeting at 3:00pm
• 9/25: Equity and Anti-Racism and Hybrid Learning Task Force Meeting

For copies of previous Hyde-Addison ES announcements and updates, please visit the Hyde-Addison ES website at https://www.hydeaddisondc.org/updates.

Email: hyde.addison@k12.dc.gov
Website: https://www.hydeaddisondc.org
Location: 3219 O St NW, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-282-0170
Facebook: facebook.com/hydeaddison/
Twitter: @DrCalvinRHooks