Family Newsletter

Dear Hyde-Addison ES Families,

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all DC Public Schools are closed on Monday. We look forward to seeing our families at the Coping Skills Cafe and Final Friday Celebrations of Learning, next week. Information can be found below, in the newsletter.

Shared by the NAESP:

Social media helps people connect, learn, become engaged, and share information. But it also can affect children’s mental health and safety. This edition of Report to Parents offers steps families can take to keep their child safe on social media.

As always, please feel free to email hyde.addison@k12.dc.gov, with any school specific inquiries.

Kindest Regards,

Dr. Calvin Hooks, Principal

Hyde-Addison Elementary School

If you have a pair of PK-5th grade student-sized pants that are clean and in good condition that you are able to give to the school, please drop them off at the security desk. These pants will be provided to students who may need a change of clothes.

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“The 2023 DC School Report Card is built on OSSE’s amended ESSA State Plan, which increases the school accountability system’s emphasis on student growth and marginalized student groups. The school accountability system will also see returning metrics that were not available during the coronavirus (COVID-19) health emergency such as ACCESS growth and student growth on the math and ELA assessments, as well as introduce new metrics such as high school student growth, five-year graduation rate and AP/IB/Dual Enrollment participation.”

In short, the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) has released the 2023 DC School Report Card, which scores and rates schools in various areas, including academic achievement, academic growth, attendance and enrollment.

Based on this data, Hyde-Addison ES was ranked #2 for all DCPS Elementary Schools.

When the temperature or climate determines that indoor arrival is necessary, the field will not be available for family supervised play at 8:00am and students will be asked to go directly to the cafeteria/gym at 8:10am.

At dismissal time, families should go to the building door (from the playground) to give their child's name to the staff member at the door beginning at 3:20pm so that they can be sent down to that door, directly. At 3:30pm, remaining students will be taken to the main entrance to be picked up from late dismissal and all other building doors will be closed.

As a reminder, Hyde-Addison is a nut-free school. It is suggested that families who send in snacks do so in alignment with the Local Wellness Policy (see pages 14-15). Families who send in food or snacks to be shared with other students may alert the school community to the snacks that they plan to provide by posting to their class Konstella account, so that is viewable by parents.

The long weekend is a great time to organize your freezer so you can stock it with delicious meals from 1310 Kitchen & Bar during our Second Annual Pot-Pie-A-Thon! Running through February 5 and featuring a variety of chef-prepared frozen meals and entrees, including gluten-free and vegan options, items are available for pick up around the corner from Hyde 24-hours after the order is placed. Most items serve either 1-2 or up to four people, and with 25% of proceeds coming back to Hyde, they are a great option to have on hand or to give to your friends and colleagues as gifts. Visit https://www.1310kitchendc.com/chicken-pot-pie-athon for more information and to place your orders.

The Five Gala, celebrating the Hyde community and our five core values, will be on Saturday, March 9 from 7-10pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church (across the street from Hyde!). Tickets will be on sale the week of Jan. 15 with special early bird pricing. We hope to see you there!

Do you have a small business that would like to sponsor the gala or make a donation to our silent auction? It’s a great opportunity to advertise to ~300 Hyde families AND support our school! Please see the attached flyers for more information and contact fundraising.hydeaddison@gmail.com with any questions.

The Gala committee is also seeking volunteers! The committee meets every Tuesday at 8pm via Zoom. Contact tami.twyman@gmail.com to get involved and help make this event a success!

School ends at 3:25pm and students are late being picked up after 3:30pm. Please be reminded that early dismissal ends at 2:50pm and we must clear the field for aftercare students to use.

January 15: DCPS Closed, No School for Students (Holiday)

January 26: No School for Students (DCPS Records and Professional Development Day)

First Tuesday of the Month: LSAT Meeting

Fourth Tuesday of the Month: PTA General Body Meeting on Zoom

Last Friday of the Month: Equity and Anti-Racism Task Force Meeting on Microsoft Teams

For copies of previous Hyde-Addison ES newsletters, please visit the Hyde-Addison ES website at https://hydeaddisondc.org/updates2233

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