Family Newsletter

Dear Hyde-Addison ES Families,

Thank you to the members of the Local School Advisory Team (LSAT), for a phenomenal year of collaboration and extensive efforts to support our students and school community. Information on joining the 2021-2022 LSAT can be found below.

Thank you to all of our families who have already enrolled for the 2021-2022 school year. We are nearing our goal! 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

We know that Hyde-Addison is only the best that it can be with the support of the entire school community. One way that we ensure our community is working together to support our children is through the Local School Advisory Team (LSAT). The LSAT is a group of elected and appointed members that exists for every DCPS school. The parents, guardians, teachers, non-instructional staff, and community members that serve on the LSAT meet monthly to advise school leaders on school priorities.

We appreciate everyone who dedicated time and energy to serving on the LSAT this year. It is now time for us to recruit new LSAT representatives for School Year 2021-2022 and I hope you will consider serving. We want to ensure that our diverse school community is represented, so please share this opportunity with others in the Hyde-Addison parent community.

Parents/Guardians will nominate and then vote on 4 representatives. You may nominate as many individuals as you would like, as well as self-nominate. Please try to confirm others’ interest in advance of nominating them. Nominations and elections for the teachers and non-instructional staff members are handled by the union representatives. Community members and student representatives are asked to join by consensus once the other LSAT members are determined.

All nominations and voting will be done online this year. Our nomination period will be from June 1 to June 15. Afterward, we will share additional communication detailing how to vote between June 15-June 29.

We invite families of Hyde-Addison Elementary School to cast your vote for 9 officer positions for the 2020-21 school year:

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Vice President for Aftercare and Enrichment
• Vice President for Communications
• Vice President for Events
• Vice President for Fundraising
• Vice President for Room Parent Engagement

Candidate statements may be found here. We've received no nominations for President or for Vice President for Events, so write in yourself, your friends, your frienemies! Note that a candidate must be a parent or guardian of a student at Hyde-Addison Elementary School during the 2021-22 school year, and all terms are for 1 year beginning on July 1, 2021. See the Hyde-Addison PTA Bylaws for more information about Officers and Elections (Article VI) and Duties of Officers (Article VII).

Cast your vote here, by midnight, Monday, June 7. (Note that our bylaws require paper ballots (Article VI), but these extraordinary times clearly call for extraordinary measures.) Votes will be kept confidential; email addresses are collected solely for the purpose of ensuring everyone votes just one time.

If you have any questions, please contact the PTA Executive Board at pta.hydeaddison@gmail.com. Thank you!

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.

May31- June 13: Book Fair

June 24: Last day of school for students

*Please note that attendance is taken and instruction continues through the very last day!

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