1st Grade Expo - Calle Ocho Campus
Feb 20: Holiday - SCHOOL CLOSED & Feb 21-24: Mid Winter Break
Trimester 2 Academic Reports Were Distributed
Only 10 Days Left to Apply for Siblings of Students Enrolled at Mundo Verde - Deadline March 1
Attention 5th Grade Families Applying to DC International School - Deadline March 1
Kinder - 5th Grade Student Led Conferences - Save the Date! March 10 (All Day) & March 15 (Afternoon Only)
PreK Parent Teacher Conferences - Save the Date! - March 10 (All Day) & March 15 (Afternoon Only)
SY23-24 School Calendar, NEW Link
Events & ActivitiesCelebrating Black History Month - Parent/Caregiver Organized Activities Across Both Campuses
NEW! Biliteracy Week and Spanish Book Fair - Sign Up For Volunteer Opportunities! March 13-17
Communications, Information & QuestionsNEW! February Board Meeting Recording Available
NEW! Reminder for PreK Families - Sending Extra Clothes For Accidents
Health & SafetyCovid Testing Prior to Returning to Campus After Mid-Winter Break
School Calendar and Upcoming EventsFamily Handbook
SY22-23 School Calendar
Feb 20: Holiday - SCHOOL CLOSED
Feb 21-24: Mid Winter Break
ACADEMICS
Starting on Feb 17, Academic Reports were sent to all families. Reports for Kinder-5th grade students were sent via ParentSquare (email/text message). If you still need to activate your ParentSquare account, please contact Macarena Balanda, Communications Manager, at mbalanda@mundoverdepcs.org.
PreK students receive GOLD reports which are different, and were sent via email from info@mundoverdepcs.org.
If you didn't receive your child’s report, please contact platforms@mundoverdepcs.org.
Questions about your child's performance? Please contact your teacher.
Deadline March 1, 2023
Siblings of students enrolled at Mundo Verde may apply with sibling preference through the common lottery: MySchoolDC.org. Mundo Verde has generally been able to accommodate admissions for all of our students with younger siblings, but sibling preference does not guarantee entry. The application deadline is March 1, 2023.
Make sure to indicate on the application that your child is a sibling of a current student attending Mundo Verde.
There is a place on the application to indicate that a sibling is currently attending Mundo Verde.
Deadline March 1, 2023
Fifth graders may apply with transfer preference to DC International School (DCI) for 6th grade on the MySchoolDC.org common application.
OJO! This preference is only granted to families who apply by the deadline of March 1, 2023!
March 10 (All Day) & March 15 (Afternoon Only)
We are happy to announce that Student Led Conferences (SLC) are back!! SLC for SY22-2023 are taking place March 10 (all day) and March 15 (afternoon only). Student Led Conferences provide a forum in which your child has the opportunity to lead the discussion about their own progress by sharing work and reflecting on their growth.
Teachers are working with each of their students in grades Kinder - 5th, preparing them to present to their family members their progress.
We look forward to partnering with parents/caregivers to revive this treasured Mundo Verde tradition!
March 10 (All Day) & March 15 (Afternoon Only)
Parent-Teacher Conferences in PreK are one-on-one conferences not including students, where teachers share individualized evidence of current strengths and needs. Its purpose is to build strong home to school partnership for academic and social success; and share data on academics and social emotional learning.
We're excited to share our school calendar for SY23-24 - Linked HERE (The link was updated to avoid request access to the document). Scheduling a balanced calendar every school year is no simple task! In addition to considering our school priorities and school values, we considered aspects related to official regulations while at the same time we sought to align as much as possible to the school calendar of other organizations that are of relevance to our families and staff, including DC International School and DCI member schools. Using DCPS calendars as a base, collecting input from DCACTS, and collaborating with teachers and staff, the school calendar was developed for the 2023-2024 school year. The main factors that define our school year schedule:
First day of school
Last day of school
Winter break duration
February break duration
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Parent/Caregiver Organized Activities
Across Both Campuses
Reading is Resistance! Please encourage your children to participate in this reading challenge throughout the month. Classes on each campus with the greatest participation will be awarded. Reading challenge forms are now available at your campus's front desk. You can also find the form here. Here’s a list of over 100 children’s books with Black lead characters that you might consider reading.
March 2 from 4:00-6:00pm - Calle Ocho Campus Black History Celebration Each campus will host a Black History Celebration. Help make this event happen!
As part of this celebration, Calle Ocho is organizing the “Arroz con Amigos” event, a celebration of rice dishes throughout the African Diaspora. We are looking for caregivers and staff to share a beloved dish at this educational potluck (For example, arroz con gandules, jollof rice, and jambalaya). Please plan to bring your dish and attend in order to share samples with guests. To register, please complete this form.
Another way to participate in this BHM Celebration is by helping with setting up, cleaning up, and helping during the event. If you want to volunteer, please contact Skye Henry (skyewhenry@gmail.com)
March 3 from 4:00-6:00pm - J.F. Cook Campus Black History Celebration. Each campus will host a Black History Celebration. Help make this event happen! Events in our community are a celebration of our spirit, gifts, and talents. Are you interested in volunteering? This can mean helping with setting up, cleaning up, helping during the event, or contributing a favorite recipe or dish to share with the community! If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Mary Awosika (mary.awosika@gmail.com).
Save the Date and Sign Up For Volunteer Opportunities!
March 13-17
Mundo Verde is excited to celebrate the love for reading and have the Spanish Book Fair back!!
During our Biliteracy Week, students will have different opportunities to celebrate their love for literature with a week filled with books, storytelling, favorite characters, and more. The Biliteracy Week will be centered on the guiding question: What ESPICA values can you find in your favorite book characters or stories?
The Spanish Book fair returns to Mundo Verde! Stop by, browse and purchase from a large selection of titles, all in Spanish. Our goal is to foster love for Spanish in our school community; introduce books that otherwise would be difficult to find; address language inequity and, as possible, add to the wonderful titles in Spanish in our classroom libraries.
The book fair is staffed entirely by Mundo Verde families. WE NEED YOU TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS! Please sign up HERE if you can help with book sorting, book display, cashier at register, or other.
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION & QUESTIONS
The Mundo Verde Board of Directors meeting recording from Thursday, February 9, is now available HERE.
The recording of this board meeting is available until Monday, February 26, 2023.
Help us keep our students comfortable. All PreK students should have extra clothes in case of any accidents. Please make sure your child/ren has brought a spare change to school. If you are unsure, contact your child’s teacher. The school also has loaner clothes to use as backup when needed. If your child brings home used clothes, please make sure to wash them and return them to school, especially when they are loaner items (excluding socks and underwear).
HEALTH & SAFETY
Following the SY22-23 Covid Policy (English / Spanish), students should have received Covid-19 rapid antigen between February 15-17 to ensure that as many students as possible return to campus after our mid-winter break with negative results.
Before returning to school on February 27, you will be asked to please submit your child’s test results by 5:00pm on Sunday, February 26, by completing the health form (below). Testing should be done within 24 hours prior to returning to school.
Please clearly write the student's name and the date the test was completed on the test itself.
The forms are currently closed, and they will be accessible starting on Sunday, February 26, 2023.
J.F. Cook Campus:
https://mundoverde.tfaforms.net/335
Calle Ocho Campus:
https://mundoverde.tfaforms.net/334
Individuals who do not submit a Covid test result on time will not be allowed to enter the campus until a Covid test result is submitted and reviewed by the Covid team. A limited amount of Covid tests will be available onsite for parents/caregivers to administer to their children before they enter the building on Monday, Feb. 27. Those Covid test results must be reviewed by a staff member before entry.
Upcoming Events:
Feb 20: Holiday - SCHOOL CLOSED
Feb 21-24: Mid Winter Break - NO SCHOOL
Mar 3: JF Cook - Padres First Friday Coffee & Donuts
Mar 9: All Staff Professional Development / NO SCHOOL
Mar 10: Student Conferences (All Day) / NO SCHOOL
March 13-17: Spanish Book Fair
Mar 15: Student Conferences (Afternoon Only)
Mar 16: Board Retreat