DCPS schools that offer creative PreK education

[Anonymous]

I really like the Reggio Emilia and Waldorf philosophies for their emphasis on creative play, especially for early education. Reggio is offered at several DCPS schools (e.g. Peabody, Ludlow Taylor), but not beyond kindergarten as far as I know. I don't know how Waldorf would work in a public school setting where there is so much emphasis on testing and early reading, even though I thought Waldorf would have been great for one of my kids. I looked at two schools that used the expeditionary learning curriculum, but while I liked it for the early education years, I didn't think it was structured enough for my children as they got older.

My kids commute from another ward to Ward 5 to attend Yu Ying. I really like the IB curriculum that is offered at the school. I wouldn't say it is creative as Reggio or Waldorf, but I don't think that either of my children feel that their creativity is stifled. I have been very impressed with some of the units of inquiry. They do not do a lot of field trips, but I have never seen the need to do class field trips unless it relates directly to a subject that they are studying (my kids go a lot of places on the weekend). Thomson is another DCPS elementary that offers IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like the Reggio Emilia and Waldorf philosophies for their emphasis on creative play, especially for early education. Reggio is offered at several DCPS schools (e.g. Peabody, Ludlow Taylor), but not beyond kindergarten as far as I know. I don't know how Waldorf would work in a public school setting where there is so much emphasis on testing and early reading, even though I thought Waldorf would have been great for one of my kids. I looked at two schools that used the expeditionary learning curriculum, but while I liked it for the early education years, I didn't think it was structured enough for my children as they got older.

My kids commute from another ward to Ward 5 to attend Yu Ying. I really like the IB curriculum that is offered at the school. I wouldn't say it is creative as Reggio or Waldorf, but I don't think that either of my children feel that their creativity is stifled. I have been very impressed with some of the units of inquiry. They do not do a lot of field trips, but I have never seen the need to do class field trips unless it relates directly to a subject that they are studying (my kids go a lot of places on the weekend). Thomson is another DCPS elementary that offers IB.

As does Cooke. Hands-down the best realization of IB in DC is at WIS, though. (No affiliation with any of the schools mentioned here, but have toured and researched all of them.)

[Anonymous]

OP here.
Aaaah, WIS. WIS-tful, wishful thinking