Prek3 open houses

[Anonymous]

When will these begin for the 25-26 school year?

[Anonymous]

Start here: Also, start following your inbound on instagram and any school within a 2-3 mile commute. DC does PK3 well. Do not over engineer it https://www.myschooldc.org/calendar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start here: Also, start following your inbound on instagram and any school within a 2-3 mile commute. DC does PK3 well. Do not over engineer it https://www.myschooldc.org/calendar

Lottery closes March 1st, in my experience they start taking place in January.

[Anonymous]

Go to DC EdFest in December, talk to schools you're interested in and get on their mailing lists for open houses.

[Anonymous]

But also learn before you go about DCPS wide standards - there's no need to ask each school how many times they go outside and what's the teacher to student ratio and how long the nap is - those are set and the same for all schools.

[Anonymous]

I highly recommend following your schools of interest on social media (Instagram seems the most common). Not all will have it and it’s not a knock against them but for those that do you can get a sense of their events and school culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But also learn before you go about DCPS wide standards - there's no need to ask each school how many times they go outside and what's the teacher to student ratio and how long the nap is - those are set and the same for all schools.

Where can one find this, thanks

[Anonymous]

LMGTFU: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/128f22d2ca.html#page/1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I highly recommend following your schools of interest on social media (Instagram seems the most common). Not all will have it and it’s not a knock against them but for those that do you can get a sense of their events and school culture.

I joined all of the Hill ones when we were looking. Very helpful in terms of getting to know the schools. I think the Chisholm & Ludlow ones are especially good:

@brentbears
@capitolhillclusterschoolpta / @peabodywatkins
@chisholmdcps
@jowilsoncardinals / @jowpta
@ltesconnects
@mauryelementary
@minerelementaryschool / @miner.pto
@paynedcps / @payneptsa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LMGTFU: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/128f22d2ca.html#page/1

Nothing in this about how much the kids go outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I highly recommend following your schools of interest on social media (Instagram seems the most common). Not all will have it and it’s not a knock against them but for those that do you can get a sense of their events and school culture.

I joined all of the Hill ones when we were looking. Very helpful in terms of getting to know the schools. I think the Chisholm & Ludlow ones are especially good:

@brentbears
@capitolhillclusterschoolpta / @peabodywatkins
@chisholmdcps
@jowilsoncardinals / @jowpta
@ltesconnects
@mauryelementary
@minerelementaryschool / @miner.pto
@paynedcps / @payneptsa

@vannesselementary/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But also learn before you go about DCPS wide standards - there's no need to ask each school how many times they go outside and what's the teacher to student ratio and how long the nap is - those are set and the same for all schools.

I’d still ask if you care about these things. There is a minimum set by DCPS but some schools might do an extra short recess or have more flexibility for non-nappers. All schools will have a teacher and an aid but some schools might have enough ELL students to have an ELL teacher for part of the day (3 adults).

[Anonymous]

Just saw today Whittier's first one is November 1 at 9:30 am so seems like some are starting soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LMGTFU: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/128f22d2ca.html#page/1

Nothing in this about how much the kids go outside.

15 minutes once a day.

[Anonymous]

I went to open houses, and they all shared the same information regarding schedule and curriculum. The facilities are all great, and the teachers are nice. We only had a few schools on our list, almost all with a waitlist of 300+ kids—and we didn’t get into any of them. Stevens was our safety school, and we ended up with Stevens.