Math - J.F. Cook Campus
April 11-15: Spring Break, NO SCHOOL for Students & Teachers
Health & SafetyNEW! Covid-19 Protocol Updates
NEW! Changes in our Weekly Asymptomatic Covid-19 Testing
NEW! Calle Ocho Campus Dismissal Changes & Reminders
Weekly Covid Dashboard
Weekly Class Status
Events & ActivitiesThis Week Coffee with Principal Jenn, Calle Ocho Campus - March 25: We Invite you to Submit Questions in Advance!
UPDATED! Family/Caregiver Collaboration - RSVP Form Available
Communications, Information & QuestionsNEW! Coming Soon Re-enrollment for School Year 2022-2023! Starts on April 1
School Supplies & UniformNEW! T-Shirt Sale both Campuses March 23, 2:00-4:00pm
Extended Day ProgramExtended Day Program Payments
Student & Family SupportsCity-wide School Behavioral Health Services Survey - Your Feedback Matters!
Wellness Wednesdays and Tools for Parents and Families
Community AnnouncementsNEW! Garden Market - J.F. Cook Campus
NEW! Celebrating Earth Day!!
Calle Ocho Playdate: March 26 - Takoma Recreation Center
NEW! J.F. Cook Campus at Washington Spirit Match: April 3
NEW! PADRES J.F. Cook Campus Monthly Playdate: March 26
NEW! Help Recreate PADRES!
Goodbye (For Now?) HenVogue
School Calendar and Upcoming EventsACADEMICS
April 11-15: Spring Break, NO SCHOOL for Students & Teachers
HEALTH & SAFETY
To read Additional Covid-19 Protocol Updates shared with Families on March 18, click here.
Effective immediately our Covid-19 testing partner Mobile Covid Testing, LLC has halted weekly asymptomatic Covid-19 testing for our community, until further notice. We will continue doing weekly random saliva based testing for at least 20% of our unvaccinated population per the DC law. The rapid tests will continue to go home weekly with PreK and staff until further notice.
Mundo Verde will continue to review our multilayered approaches and adapt them as conditions change and evolve.
Changes:
New Dismissal Schedule for Calle Ocho Campus effective on March 14
Changes in dismissal locations:
Reminders:
Please adhere to the following to support a smooth and safe dismissal routine:
You are permitted onto the patio at the start of your child’s dismissal block (not before).
Please wait until your child is lined up in their dismissal line before attempting to pick them up.
Please stay behind the yellow line when picking up your child.
Keep interactions with the teachers brief during dismissal. At dismissal, the primary responsibility of the teacher is to ensure students are being picked up by authorized adults.
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
March 25, 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, March 25, 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!
RSVP Form Available
Through creation and development of a number of groups, families, and caregivers have been working hard to expand connections across our community. These efforts encompass the recent initiative to reinvigorate PADRES as well as the ongoing work of classroom liaisons to keep families connected and informed. Related specifically to equity, the Parents & Caregivers of Black Students has been meeting regularly, as have campus-focused equity teams at Calle Ocho (Comunidad) and J.F. Cook (Juntos). With the support of our partner Kindred.
To support and enrich communication both among these groups and with the school, we invite everyone to four upcoming “Engagement Conversations”. Please join us to explore and design effective ways of collaborating that build on the momentum these groups have already generated. By working together, we can ensure that robust discussion is not only diverse and inclusive, but also generative of actionable steps the school can implement to more effectively serve its students and meet the needs of families and caregivers.
Wednesday, March 30, 5:30-7:00pm
REGISTER IN THIS LINK by 9:00am Wednesday March 23rd
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact either Cristina Faz (cfaz@mundoverdepcs.org).
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION & QUESTIONS
Starts on April 1
All families will receive an email with re-enrollment instructions on April 1, 2022. Please complete all of the necessary paperwork to not risk losing your child’s space at Mundo Verde PCS. For a list of acceptable documentation as Proof of DC Residency please click here. Siblings of current students accepted for a new space will be able to be included in the same re-enrollment form. If you do not know if your child’s sibling application was accepted please check your application in MySchoolDC.
Enrollment Office Hours coming soon! If you have specific questions or need to contact us regarding the re-enrollment process, please call our front desk (202) 750-7060 or (202) 803-8967 or email admissions@mundoverdepcs.org. We are available Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 3:30pm for any questions or concerns.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES & UNIFORM
March 23, 2:00-4:00pm
Families are welcome to stop by the front desk of your Campus to purchase t-shirts this Wednesday, March 23, from 2:00-4:00pm. There are limited sizes and colors available.
EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM
We remind families enrolled in the Extended Day program that payments for the program services are due on the 10 of each month. Payments are made via your Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
For more detailed instructions please click here in English and Spanish.
STUDENT & FAMILY SUPPORT
Your Feedback Matters!
The Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) has partnered with Child Trends, a nonprofit research organization, to learn about school behavioral health (SBH) services and supports at all public and public charter schools in DC for families of students 5 and older. These surveys will provide Mundo Verde with information on student, family, and staff perceptions of school behavioral health services (SBH). The school will receive a report that can be used to help inform our School Strengthening Workplans and to monitor delivery of school behavioral health (SBH) services. Your feedback matters, help us complete the parent survey HERE (survey available in English, Spanish, and Amharic).
The Department of Behavioral Health has developed Wellness Wednesdays, an online parent support group for parents to learn about how to take care of themselves and how to foster resiliency for their children in these challenging times, share experiences and ask questions of school-based clinicians and early childhood specialists. Please find the updated flyer for March, available in English and Spanish, and this list of tools for families.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
J.F. Cook Campus
Our Garden Market is back at J.F. Cook Cook Campus Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30! 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!
This week's menu includes golden beets, watermelon radishes, butterhead lettuce, sweet potatoes, individually wrapped apple pies made by youth entrepreneurs, eggs from HenVogue, lettuce seedlings grown by Mr. Diego and his Cooking and Gardening class, and more! Plus Chef Dot will whip up something yummy in the Mundo Verde kitchen for us to try!
The 52nd anniversary of Earth Day is April 22 and Mundo Verde will be celebrating throughout the month of April. Comunidad is organizing a number of different events to celebrate and protect our planet. Keep an eye out in future weeks for a full calendar, but for starters we hope you’ll join us for:
Riverbank Clean Up at Oxon Cove Park - Saturday, April 2, 10:00am-12:00pm
Oxon Cove Park in Prince George’s County is a national historic site that includes a living farm museum operated by the National Park Service. We’ll be helping clean up the nearby river bank along the cove to improve the health of the Potomac River. Recently known as "trash island," the Oxon Cove's banks are lined with an enormous amount of plastic trash. The plastics break down over time and harmful chemicals enter the water, affecting fish and other aquatic life, and the quality of drinking water.
Although many environmental issues can seem so big that we feel we cannot make a difference, this is an opportunity for Mundo Verde families to be a part of the solution through this fun clean-up day, which will be led by a park ranger. Wear appropriate clothing and feel free to bring a bagged lunch, as we will end the morning with a picnic lunch at the park. The schedule is:
10:00-10:15 Gather in the parking lot
10:15-10:30 Hike to Oxon Cove (3/4 mile)
10:30-12:00 Trash pickup at Oxon Cove
Noon: Optional picnic lunch
March 26 - Takoma Recreation Center
Comunidad is happy to announce the next Calle Ocho playdate Saturday, March 26 at Takoma Recreation Center (300 Van Buren St NW) from 10:30am-1:00pm. Come to enjoy time together and meet friends, both old and new!
For general questions, to start a discussion with the entire community, or to learn more please email the listserve at comunidad-calle-ocho@googlegroups.com. To send a private message to Comunidad, email comunidad.calle8@gmail.com or call (202) 922-6272 to leave a message.
April 3, 4:00pm ¡Vamos!
Come cheer on the National Women's Soccer Champions, the Washington Spirit! PADRES has organized group tickets for J.F. Cook Campus Families and Faculty to attend the upcoming match on April 3 at 4:00pm at Audi Field where the Spirit will take on the Orlando Pride in a Challenge Cup match.
Tickets are $35 each & information on ticket ordering can be found here. Free tickets available for faculty and for those whom the price is a hardship
Deadline to purchase/request tickets is March 25.
March 26, 1:00pm
Join PADRES J.F. Cook Campus for the second monthly campus-wide play date at The Fields at RFK Campus Playground (401 Oklahoma Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002) at 1:00pm on Saturday, March 26.
The goal is to build community by connecting families through informal gatherings at accessible locations across the city. Please have the children wear Mundo Verde shirts so we can find each other.
There are two opportunities next week to be a part of how PADRES is recreated.
Monday, March 21, 8:30pm (Zoom) Election Planning- Determine plan for holding elections this spring for PADRES leadership roles including reviewing existing bylaws, determining nomination & election dates, etc.
Thursday, March 24, 8:30pm (Zoom) Community Engagement & Inclusion- discuss ways to make PADRES more accessible to all families at J.F. Cook Campus and how to best engage leadership
Please check mundoverdepadres.com for all of the latest updates and contact info for different topic groups and if you haven’t yet, sign up here.
Due to fears related to High Pathogen Avian Influenza (HPAI), DC Health has placed a ban on chickens in DC. There are no chickens allowed in the schools or backyards until further notice. This means that we need to find a new home for the J.F. Cook Campus HenVogue. At this time it is unclear whether this will be a temporary or permanent situation and will need to wait for more details from DC Health and OSSE.
Although we have no reason to believe that our hens are sick, we must follow these new safety guidelines.
(1) Hen Helper duties are paused until further notice. (2) Please do not enter the coop area under any circumstances. (3) Please do not handle or touch the chickens. This is a very disappointing situation and we are sad to announce the departure of another family of chickens, but please be assured that HenVogue will be safe and well cared for in their temporary home.
Ms. Carissa would like to collect letters and drawings from Mundo Verde students illustrating the joy that the hen program has brought to our school so that we can remember them while they are away. If you or your child would like to share, please send your work to ctiradomarks@mundoverdepcs.org.
Thank you all for your support with this beautiful program.
Upcoming Events:
Mar 23- T-Shirt Sale Both Campuses
Mar 25 - Coffee Principal Calle Ocho Campus
Mar 30 - Engagement Conversations
Apr 1 - Re-enrollment for SY22-23 Starts
Apr 8 - Coffee Principal J.F. Cook Campus
Apr 11-14 - Spring Break, NO SCHOOL for Students and Staff
Apr 15 - Holiday, SCHOOL CLOSED
Apr 21 - Board Meeting