Family Newsletter

Dear Hyde-Addison ES Families,

Enjoy the long weekend! If your child attends an In-Person Learning or CARE classroom, please be sure to follow the Updated travel guidance from DC Health.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our family appreciation table and those who attended our last Hybrid-Learning and Equity and Anti-Racism Task Force meetings of the school year. You are appreciated! Information will be forthcoming around summer engagement opportunities for families.

Thank you to all of our families who have already enrolled for the 2021-2022 school year. Your timely enrollment truly supports us in planning for the upcoming school year. Available resources and class sizes may be impacted. So, if you have not enrolled, please do so and reach out to hyde.addison@k12.dc.gov, if any support is needed.

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 resources.

Kindest Regards,

Dr. Calvin Hooks, Principal

Hyde-Addison Elementary School

Who will reach 100% fully enrolled first?

Dear Hardy Extended Family,

I hope you are well and safe and looking forward to the coming school year! I know we are at Hardy. This fall, as in all DCPS schools all Hawks and Hawk teachers will be back in the building, in the same classroom learning and teaching as ‘normal’. To note, ‘normal’ may include wearing masks and other important safety aspects, and normal will definitely mean new ways to support the social-emotional and mental health needs for our students (and staff!). It will also mean working to increase joy, and intentionally accelerate deep and meaningful learning. In that sense ‘normal’ will mean better, stronger and more loving and united than ever. We know we need it. Please join us to learn and discuss this better ‘normal’ in our ‘Fall Family Forecast’ meeting on June 3rd at 6:00pm. This will also include an overview of the fall and updates to include: new (more) teachers joining Hardy, new (more) elective offerings and new (more) classroom spaces! I will also do my best to answer any additional questions related to our full fall return and/or other Hardy community matters. All returning, new and POTENTIAL Hardy families are invited to attend! Here is the link: Fall Family Forecast.

Additionally for our families who have not yet enrolled with us -please do so ASAP! This allows you to access our Course Selection Form for the fall and supports us in planning to manage class size effectively. Please reach out to our enrollment team ASAP so you can secure your spot!

Lucas Cooke

Principal

Hardy Middle School

Home of the Hawks

Mayor Muriel Bowser launched Internet for All (IFA) in September 2020 to connect eligible DC traditional and public charter school students (grades P3K-12) as well as adult public school students to home internet access. This email is to alert you that the eligibility for participating students has expanded and the processes for connecting families to IFA have been revised. Both are described below.

• Complete the Internet for All Interest Form: https://bit.ly/3xS5rX8
• Sign up for either Comcast Internet Essentials
• Application link (preferable): https://www.internetessentials.com/apply
• Phone number: 1-844-963-0178
• Code: DC2021

---OR---

• Sign up for RCN Internet First
• Offer details: https://www.internetfirst.com/
• Service availability checker: https://shopnow.rcn.com/
• Enrollment phone number: 202-250-7842

• Be on the lookout for additional students and parents
• Expect more traffic during pick-up and drop off times
• Reduce driving speed in School Zones
• Cross the street at the crosswalk
• Obey the crossing guards directions

Please note that due to traffic flow and limited parking, families should not park in the staff lot nor temporarily drive into the lot to wait for students or turn around.

During an hour-long special event, students in grades 3rd – 7th are invited to join the Humane Rescue Alliance and St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center on Zoom for a behind-the-scenes tour of St. Hubert’s high tech kitten nursery. Plus meet kittens in their foster homes not quite old enough to be adopted. How many felines will you see – 5, 10, 20, or more! Learn how tiny, orphaned kittens are cared for in the nursery and watch kittens play in their foster homes. Get all your kitten and cat questions answered.

If you love cats and are eager to see lots and lots of kittens and cats up close on your computer screen, you will not want to miss Counting Cats: How Staff and Volunteers Care for Lots and Lots and Lots of Kittens & Cats! This event is supreme kitten-cuteness.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Questions? Email education@humanerescuealliance.org

Animal enthusiasts in grades 4th through 7th are invited to join HRA and St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center for four very special mornings. Summer with HRA & St. Hubert’s Staff and Friends includes eight hours of live animal introductions, interesting videos, fascinating animal facts, fun animal games, and more! Guests from Farm Sanctuary and teachHEART, as well as HRA and St. Hubert’s shelter staff, will lead sessions that include cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and other animals. Fourth through seventh-graders, who are eager to learn about animals and the organizations that care for them, will not want to miss this very special event!

Click HERE to register.

The cost for the 4-day special event is $35. However, no animal enthusiast will be denied access to participate because of the inability to pay. For information on financial assistance, please contact education@humanerescuealliance.org.

May 31: Memorial Day. No School for Students or Staff

May31- June 13: Book Fair

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