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[quote=Anonymous](Someone must have this stuff in their clip board. So what's your point fellow?!)

OP, you're right to develop an interest in Eliot-Hine. I predict that before long, this will be the "new deal" and am prepared to put in my share of work to make that happen. So here is what I know: Eliot-Hine received a lot of attention under the outgoing Rhee effort to place DCPS middle schools back on the map. The PTA's of different feeder and other Ward 6 schools worked out a plan to align Eliot-Hine's performance and direction with the expectations of parents in the neighborhood and across the city looking for a well respected middle school that has a critical mass to offer what a modern middle school should offer, to replicate the experience of Deal essentially. (Go here to read up on the broader effort: http://dc.gov/DCPS/Parents+and+Community/Community+Initiatives/Building+on+Momentum:+Ward+6+Middle+Schools)
Eliot-Hine is now on track to becoming a IB (International Baccalaureate) program. The IB coordinator there has it together and is very motivated to make this happen. Although with still a lot of room to grow and diversify, Eliot-Hine has a broad range of offerings and extra-curriculars. It boasts a renovated campus, very nice facilities really (go check it out!) and a reasonably involved current parent community and an even more involved future parent community. It is back to back with newly opened Eastern, with the two principals working together to offer means for high performing students to press ahead. Eastern, with its fully renovated facilities, also houses the DC Youth Orchestra Program, where advanced musicians can take instrumental music and orchestra on Tuesdays and beginners take lessons on Saturdays.
In visiting Eliot-Hine, be sure to also inquire with principal Tynika Young, about some of the school's challenges and legacies, which include a recent principal turn-over, an effort to redirect its school culture toward increased responsibility and citizenship of its students, notwithstanding some gains, a cohort of students from feeder schools who did not consistently enjoy the support at the elementary school level that today's elementary schoolers have, and its merger with Hine a few years back.
Here are additional resources of interest:
- http://www.eliothinemiddleschool.org/
- http://chpspo.org/
- http://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Eliot-Hine+Middle+School
CHPSPO can put you in touch with the support and efforts regarding this school if more than the school itself is of interest.[/quote]

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