Anonymous
11/02/2024 14:54
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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.
Anonymous
10/24/2024 15:00
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/23/2024 21:19
Subject: Prek3 open houses
Just saw today Whittier's first one is November 1 at 9:30 am so seems like some are starting soon.
Anonymous
10/23/2024 13:34
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/23/2024 12:51
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/20/2024 22:00
Subject: Prek3 open houses
Anonymous wrote:LMGTFU: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/128f22d2ca.html#page/1
Nothing in this about how much the kids go outside.
Anonymous
10/18/2024 09:45
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/18/2024 08:57
Subject: Prek3 open houses
Anonymous
10/17/2024 23:47
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/16/2024 18:35
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/16/2024 17:05
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/15/2024 15:32
Subject: Prek3 open houses
Go to DC EdFest in December, talk to schools you're interested in and get on their mailing lists for open houses.
Anonymous
10/14/2024 23:06
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/14/2024 22:52
Subject: Prek3 open houses
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
10/14/2024 22:42
Subject: Prek3 open houses
When will these begin for the 25-26 school year?