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It’s Time to Re-enroll for School Year 2022-2023! Deadline May 5
Summer Program 2022: Interest Form is Available - Deadline May 2
Spirit Week: We Love the Earth - April 25-29, Both Campuses
Health & SafetySubmit Rapid Covid Test Result for Return from Spring Break
Covid-19 Testing Programs Update
Weekly Covid Dashboard
Weekly Class Status
Events & ActivitiesNEW! Engagement Conversations Session 2: Save the Date! April 27
Coffee with Principal Jenn, Calle Ocho Campus - Save the Date! April 29
NEW DATE! Board Meeting - April 28
Celebrating Earth Day! Upcoming School-wide Events
Earth Day Celebration: April 22
Communications, Information & QuestionsTeacher & Staff Appreciation Collection: Deadline April 24
Student & Family Supports#CelebrateDifferences this Autism Awareness Month
Celebrate National Deaf History Month 2022
Community AnnouncementsGarden Market - J.F. Cook Campus
Kids Garden Month Celebration
Opportunity to Serve as a PADRES' Officer for the 2022-2023 School Year! J.F. Cook Campus
School Calendar and Upcoming EventsACADEMICS
Deadline May 5
It is re-enrollment time for your child! Deadline to complete Part 1 and Part 2 for any current student is May 5.
PART 1: Online Re-enrollment Process begins with families accessing the Infinite Campus Parent Portal account in the Infinite Campus Parent site. You can find your account in the email sent to families on April 1.
PART 2: Document Submissions & E-signatures. As soon as Part 1 is completed, the parent/guardian that submitted Part 1 will receive an email (from info@mundoverdepcs.org) with links and more details for Part 2
PART 3: Health Documentation. You must provide immunization records by the first day of the new school year.
For more details visit the Admissions section on the school website.
Siblings of Current Students
Siblings of current students admitted through this year's lottery are able to be included in the same re-enrollment form.
Re-enrollment Support
We understand that this can be an overwhelming time and we want you to know that we have staff eager to help you through the process in ways that can be supportive to your needs. Contact us with any questions, concerns or requests for one-on-one help at admissions@mundoverdepcs.org or call the front desk of either campus. J.F. Cook Campus (202) 750-7060, and Calle Ocho Campus (202) 803-8967. We are available Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 3:30pm.
Deadline May 2
This program is open to all students across both campuses and prioritizes academics to mitigate learning loss from Covid-19 and remote learning as well as at-risk students (city definition) and students with disabilities based on reading levels and teacher recommendations.
Dates: July 11 - August 10
Hours: 9:00am-3:30pm
Eligible students: The Summer Program is only open to rising Mundo Verde students from both campuses—returning in SY22-23 or in fifth grade. New students entering PreK-3 in the fall are not eligible to participate in the program.
Registration: Available for the entire session only.
Interest Form: 2022 Summer Program Interest Form. Deadline May 2.
For more information, visit the Summer Program page on the Family Portal (password: espica): Details (Eng / Spa) and FAQ (Eng / Spa).
April 25-29, Both Campuses
Show your love for Mother Earth by coming to school dressed either in a color that coordinates with the themes below, or go wild in full costume! We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Monday 4/25: Powered by the Sun! Dress up like sunshine today!
Tuesday 4/26: Garden theme! Our school gardens are home to many plants and creatures who make our school a beautiful place to be. Let the garden inspire your outfit today.
Wednesday 4/27: Water Conservation! Create an outfit inspired by waterways, rain barrels, ect. or simply wear blue!
Thursday 4/28: Dress us as future YOU! You can make the world a better place now and in the future. What do you think you’ll look like as a future environmentalist?
Friday 4/29: Inspired by Mother Earth! Come to school dressed as something inspired by the natural world or as Mother Earth herself.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Please submit a negative rapid test taken on Saturday, April 16, or Sunday, April 17 to ensure we have a safe return to school. Tests were provided to students prior to spring break. Please do not bring your child to school if they are experiencing any symptoms.
To submit NEGATIVE rapid test results, please use the following forms:
Calle Ocho Campus Form: https://mundoverde.tfaforms.net/316
J.F. Cook Campus Form: https://mundoverde.tfaforms.net/317
In case of POSITIVE rapid test results, please send it to covid19@mundoverdepcs.org
Mobile COVID-19 LLC Update
We continue working with Mobile COVID-19 LLC. Please submit your insurance information to have your children being tested for Covid-19.
Accepted insurance by Mobile COVID-19 LLC includes (form submission here):
Carefirst - including Anthem, BCBS, and all the insurances that fall under Carefirst
United Healthcare
GEHA
UMR
Aetna
Cigna
DC Medicaid
Amerihealth
Carefirst Community Health plan
Families are responsible for checking with their insurance if this service is covered.
If you wish to opt out of weekly asymptomatic testing, please submit this form.
Onsite Asymptomatic Testing Update
Mundo Verde continues to provide weekly asymptomatic testing for at least 20% of the unvaccinated student population through rapid antigen tests and saliva based PCR testing.
Please continue to monitor your child’s symptoms and keep your child at home when sick.
For up-to-date information and statistics on how we are containing the spread of Covid-19, visit the Health & Safety section on the website.
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
April 27, 5:30-7:00pm
Join us as we continue to explore structure(s) and practices that can best facilitate caregiver and school leadership partnership with each other within and across campuses. Feedback collected from our first session helped our school leadership hear from families and caregivers how they seek to better understand Mundo Verde’s vision and goals for engagement, how they seek clarity around what caregivers can do to support this vision, as well as when and how they can do it. We also heard openness to identifying synergies and cross-collaboration across campuses for school-wide efforts where possible, while ensuring that the needs of both campus specific communities are met. We all strive to foster a school community that is welcoming, diverse and inclusive of all families and caregivers, we are grateful for the partnership as we seek improvements.
Join us as we seek to find common ground and alignment across the different efforts currently active so that we can coordinate and streamline collaboration and that we, as school leaders, engage with our caregiver community more effectively. Everyone across both campuses is invited to participate, regardless of having been able to join session one in March. To best plan for our upcoming session, please rsvp in this link.
If you have questions or are simply interested in learning more please contact Cristina Faz at cfaz@mundoverdepcs.org
April 29, 9:00-10:00am
We Invite you to Submit Questions in Advance!
Calle Ocho Campus families and caregivers are invited to join Principal Jenn on Friday, April 29, 9:00-10:00am for a virtual coffee.
Principal Jenn looks forward to connecting with Mundo Verde families! We will also have time to answer questions that have come to us from parents and caregivers. To help us use our time together most efficiently, we invite you to submit questions in advance using this google form. We look forward to seeing many of you there!
April 28, 6:30-8:30pm
The Mundo Verde Board of Directors will be holding a regular Board Meeting on Thursday, April 28. All regular and special board meetings are open to the public, providing the opportunity for stakeholders to observe board operations. The meeting will take place virtually from 6:30 to 8:30pm.
For questions related to the meeting email board@mundoverdepcs.org.
Upcoming School-wide Events
Earth Day is April 22 and Mundo Verde is celebrating throughout the month with a number of different events to recognize and protect our planet. Now, all events are open to both campuses.
Plant Based Cooking (Zoom link) - Tuesday, April 19, 6:00–7:00 pm
Students will cook a simple dish along with chef Mari Coelho, owner of "Together We Cook”. Click here for more details, including the recipe.
Learn About Composting at Home (Zoom link) - Wednesday, April 20, 6:00-7:00pm
Mundo Verde’s sustainability manager, Carissa Tirado Marks, will show students and families the best practices in composting at home.
Spirit Week – We Love the Earth – New Dates! April 25-29
See details above
WABA Learn to Ride and Bike Safety Event - Saturday, April 30, 9:00am–12:00pm at Calle Ocho Campus
While the WABA Learn to Ride spots are already full for this session, a fun morning of activities will ensue for ALL kids in attendance - with a “bike rodeo,” bike washing station, and a bike decorating station.
Friday, April 22, 3:30-6:00pm
Thank you to Carissa, our Sustainability Manager, who in collaboration with PADRES and Comunidad are organizing this celebration. If you would like to volunteer to make this celebration happen, please contact Carissa at ctiradomarks@mundoverdepcs.org.
Join your campus community to celebrate Earth Day after dismissal and aftercare pickup on Friday April 22. Students and their families, caregivers and friends can participate in hands-on activities related to protecting the Earth, create art to be displayed on campus, take home fun ideas and items to continue spreading the "verde" after the event because Earth Day is every day!
J.F. Cook Campus
Our school community will also be able to enjoy a very special surprise snack! We can't wait to come together in person as a school community again.
Calle Ocho Campus
There will also be a clothing swap. You don’t need to have donated clothing to participate in the Swap – all are welcome to come and “shop.” A DJ, a special surprise snack, and art with Mr. M will be part of the celebration.
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION & QUESTIONS
Deadline April 24
We recognize that each family has unique circumstances and may not be able to contribute to the fund every year. For those who can and wish to participate, the collection will be open until April 24. Non-Tax-Deductible Contribution can be made via this PayPal link or by scanning the QR code.
Teacher Appreciation will be celebrated nationwide the week of May 2-6! Mundo Verde families have a tradition of collecting funds to organize gifts and activities for teachers and staff across the school. The collection offers caregivers a centralized fund from which to coordinate school-wide efforts, rather than individual classroom efforts, to ensure equity across campuses.
STUDENT & FAMILY SUPPORT
This April, the DC Special Education Cooperative invites its members, supporters, and the community to #CelebrateDifferences this Autism Awareness Month. Autism Awareness Month aims to celebrate and promote acceptance of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which impacts one in every 44 children in the United States. Autism diagnoses are growing, both for children and adults. Over 7 million people in the United States are on the autism spectrum. Black children with autism experience a significant delay in diagnosis and/or misdiagnosis more than White children. Black children with autism are five times less likely than White children to receive the early intervention that can make a crucial difference in their long-term development.
Join us this Autism Awareness Month as we emphasize the need for public awareness to promote acceptance, celebrate the differences, and be more inclusive towards autistic individuals around us.
Introduced in 1997 by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), National Deaf History Month recognized the accomplishments of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. Beginning this year, 2022, National Deaf History Month will now be observed annually from April 1-30. According to data provided by the Hearing Loss Association of America, about 2-3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears and approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. Deaf persons in the United States experience inequitable access to education, justice, and health care as well as employment discrimination.
The DC Special Education Cooperative is proud to recognize the unlimited potential for all persons, including those who are Deaf and hard of hearing, to live, work, and thrive in our community.
For more resources, click here!
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our Garden Market is back at J.F. Cook Campus Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30pm! Join us to purchase healthy food from local growers and producers. Run by Ms. Carissa, our Sustainability Manager, this is also a learning opportunity for our fifth grade Garden Market interns. Please come by to support them and our school!
We're celebrating Kids Garden Month with Kids Gardening during April! We are also lifting up the many positive benefits gardening has on kids themselves.
We want to hear from your kids! Ask your kids to share how their garden takes care of them with a picture, video, song, dance, poem, art, craft, or anything else they can think of! They might even win a prize!
Parents and caregivers, encourage your children to think about the ways gardening creates opportunities for community connection, time with friends or family, a place to relax or be inspired, provides food, or makes their world a more beautiful place!
Students can participate individually or as part of the school community.
The Kids Garden Month Contest is open April 1-30, 2022. Email entries to the Sustainability Manager, Ms. Carissa at ctiradomarks@mundoverdepcs.org or enter on your own and learn more here!
J.F. Cook Campus
Nominations are now open for the 2022 PADRES election! To learn more, please join our Info session on the upcoming PADRES elections on Wednesday, April 20 at 8:30 pm (Zoom), where we will share the mission of PADRES, the roles that are up for election, and the process and timeline.
The PADRES Officer Leadership team seeks to hold regular check-ins and meetings with the school's administration. In addition, they remain in contact with Mundo Verde's community of caregivers and teachers to further PADRES' mission and will lead the redesigning process of PADRES itself. The newly elected PADRES Officer Leadership team will also represent Padres in the school-wide engagement of family/caregiver groups regarding collective design of structures.
For additional information and if you wish to be considered as a candidate or would like to recommend another family member or caregiver for us to approach about running for a position, please complete this form. These will be 1 year terms.
Important Dates:
Wednesday, April 20, 8:30pm: Election Info session
Friday, April 29, 9:00pm: Nominations due
Tuesday, May 10, time TBD: Candidates introduction
Week of May 16-20: Hold elections
Upcoming Events:
Apr 19 - Calle Ocho Campus Plant Based Cooking Class (online)
Apr 22 - Earth Day Celebration and Clothing Swap
Apr 24 - Deadline Teacher & Staff Appreciation Collection
Apr 25-29 - Spirit Week
Apr 27 - Family Engagement Opportunity
Apr 28 - Board Meeting
Apr 29 - Coffee with the Principal - Calle Ocho Campus
Apr 30 - WABA Learn to Ride and Bike Safety Event - Calle Ocho Campus
May 2 - Deadline Summer Program Interest Form
May 2-6 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5 - Reenrollment Deadline