1st Grade “People and Places” Expo Calle Ocho
NEW! Academic Reports for Trimester 2
Celebrations of Learning (Expos) Dates and Times
NEW! Kinder - 5th Grade Student Led Conferences - Save the Date! Mar 13 (Afternoon Only) & Mar 14 (All Day)
NEW! PreK Parent Teacher Conferences - Save the Date! Mar 13 (Afternoon Only) & Mar 14 (All Day)
NEW! Only 12 Days Left to Apply for Siblings of Students Enrolled at Mundo Verde - Deadline Mar 1
NEW! Attention 5th Grade Families Applying to DC International School - Deadline Mar 1
Events & ActivitiesCelebrating Black History Throughout the Month!
Virtual Information Session About Middle School Options: 4th & 5th Grade Families - Feb 22
Biliteracy Week and Spanish Book Fair: Join Us and Sign Up For Volunteer Opportunities! Spanish Book Fair from Mar 5-7 at Both Campuses
Coffee with the J.F. Cook Principals - Feb 28
Coffee with the Calle Ocho Principals - Feb 28
Communications, Information & QuestionsSchool Leader Search Process: Parent and Caregiver Interest Form - Feb 11-25
NEW! February Board Meeting Recording
NEW! Change Is in The Air
Read-A-Thon to Support 5th Graders
Health & SafetyNEW! Check YOUR Child for LICE
Community AnnouncementsBiciBus at J.F. Cook Campus - Volunteers Needed
NEW! News From 2023 Calle Ocho Lemonade Stand at the Brookland Open Streets Festival
DC Math Challenge for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students - Feb 24
School Calendar and Upcoming EventsSY23-24 School Calendar
Feb 19-20: Mid-Winter Break
ACADEMICS
On February 23, Academic Reports and MAP Reports will be sent to all families.
Reports for Kinder-5th grade students will be sent via ParentSquare (email / text message).
GOLD Reports for PreK students will be sent via email from info@mundoverdepcs.org.
IEP Progress Reports for all grades will be sent via email from info@mundoverdepcs.org.
If you do not receive your child’s report, please contact platforms@mundoverdepcs.org.
If you have any questions about your child's performance, please contact your child's teacher.
J.F. Cook Campus
3rd Grade: February 21, 9:00am
4th Grade: February 23, 2:15pm
5th Grade: February 22, 9:00am
Calle Ocho Campus
3rd Grade: February 22, 9:00am
4th Grade: February 23, 9:00am
March 13 (Afternoon Only) & March 14 (All Day)
Student Led Conferences (SLC) 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.
SLC will take place on March 13 (afternoon only) and March 14 (all day).
March 13 (Afternoon Only) & March 14 (All Day)
Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC) 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.
PTC will take place on March 13 (afternoon only) and March 14 (all day).
Deadline March 1, 2024
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, 2024.
Make sure to indicate on the application that your child is a sibling of a current student attending Mundo Verde.
Deadline March 1, 2024
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, 2024!
Join us for a virtual Information Session about Middle School Options on February 22, 7:00-8:30pm. Fourth and fifth grade families are invited!
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Join our school community in celebrating Black History Month:
Feb 1-March 1: Front Lobby Interactive Wall - If you are an alumni of an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), please stop by the Calle Ocho Campus front desk to add your name to our interactive HBCU wall!
Friday, Feb 23: Movie Night “Soul”
Calle Ocho campus, 4:00pm
Edgewood Arts Center (3415 8th St. NE), 6:30pm
Saturday, Feb 24: Black Broadway walking Tour, 10:30am - Families from both campuses are invited
Feb 26-March 1: Spirit Week [Calle Ocho Campus Only]
Monday: Wear black, yellow, red, or green
Tuesday: Affirmation Day (Black Lives Matter, be Kind, love is love)
Wednesday: Random Acts of Kindness Day - wear something that shows love
Thursday: Throwback to a moment in Black History
Friday: Diaspora Day - wear something that represents the Black or Afro-Latina Diaspora
Friday, Mar 1: Culminating event
Calle Ocho campus from 4:00-6:00pm
J.F. Cook campus from 3:45-6:00pm
If you would like to participate in planning events throughout the Black History Month and/or with the culminating event, please join the planning meetings every Thursday evening at 8:30pm at this link.
If you are unable to join the meetings, you can reach out to Erin Pitts at ekpitts@gmail.com to learn about volunteer opportunities.
4th & 5th Grade Families
February 22, 7:00-8:30pm
We hope that many 4th and 5th grade families had an opportunity to attend the Middle School Fair hosted at DC Bilingual this past Thursday, Feb. 15th! If you missed the opportunity to be there, and are still looking to find out information about opportunities for continued bilingual education in middle school, we invite you to join us at 7:00pm this coming Thursday, February 22. Mundo Verde leaders will host an information session to go over details shared on the message sent on January 10, linked here (ENG / SPA).
Help us better prepare our content by submitting your questions in advance using this link. Log in to this virtual meeting with the Zoom details below:
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Join Us and Sign Up For Volunteer Opportunities!
Spanish Book Fair from March 5-7 at Both Campuses
Mundo Verde is excited to celebrate the love for reading during the Biliteracy Week from March 4-8, and the Spanish Book Fair from March 5-7.
The Biliteracy Week is centered on the guiding question: What ESPICA values can you find in your favorite book characters or stories?
To have a successful Biliteracy Week and Book Fair we need your active participation! From helping with book sorting, book display, cashier at the register at the Book Fair to read books to our students. If you are interested, please register HERE to volunteer.
If you are not able to volunteer, stop by at the Spanish Book Fair! You can browse and purchase books from a large selection of titles, all in Spanish. Our goals are to foster love for Spanish in our school community, address language inequity and, as possible, add to the wonderful titles in Spanish in our classroom libraries. You will find unique books that otherwise would be difficult to find. We look forward to seeing you there!
February 28, 8:45am - J.F. Cook Campus
J.F. Cook parents and caregivers are invited to join Principals Johanna and Natalie for their Coffee on February 28 at 8:45am. In this opportunity Principals will offer a hybrid coffee. You can join them in person at the Zólcalo or virtually using this Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91441913710 (Meeting ID: 914 4191 3710)
To help us use our time together most efficiently, we invite you to submit your questions in advance using this form: J.F. Cook Principals Questions Form
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
February 28, 8:45am - Calle Ocho Campus
Calle Ocho parents and caregivers are invited to join Principals Michelle and Liz for their coffee with the Principal in person at the Zócalo on February 28 at 8:45am.
Submit Your Questions in Advance!
To help us use our time together most efficiently, we invite you to submit your questions in advance using this form: Calle Ocho Principals Questions Form
We look forward to seeing many of you there!
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION & QUESTIONS
Parent and Caregiver Interest Form
February 11 - 25
The Mundo Verde Board of Directors meeting recording from Thursday, February 15, is now available here in English only.
The recording of this board meeting will be available until Saturday, February 24. The video can also be found in the Families Portal (Family Engagement section) on the website, and your ParentSquare calendar (02/15/2024).
There’s lots happening – including the in-depth Spring Survey!
Beyond the quick, monthly pulse surveys, the spring survey invites you to share your deeper reflections and considered thoughts.
Keep an eye out for links to the survey coming soon!
Share your children’s joy of reading with your friends and family, encouraging them to support their literary efforts with donations to the 5th Grade Capstone Trip. Follow these easy instructions and sign up here to participate.
Students can participate by opening their page and committing to read by a predetermined date and invite their relatives, neighbors, and friends outside of Mundo Verde to support them with pledges for their reading. Supporters can donate money for every book read or give a flat amount.
If you have any questions feel free to contact stacy.wallace77@gmail.com.
HEALTH & SAFETY
A few lice cases have been reported in PreK and 2nd grade at Calle Ocho campus lately. Given that we have siblings from these grades in other grades in the school -- we recommend EVERY family take the time this week to use the special comb to both check for and if found remove eggs as this is how lice spreads (see photo). Click here in English / Spanish for guidelines listed in Mundo Verde’s policy on lice. Read this document in English / Spanish on myths and facts about lice.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Volunteers Needed
Help us bring the BiciBus back to J.F. Cook campus!
We need adults to volunteer as safety leaders for J.F. Cook's weekly Bicibus on Wednesday mornings. Safety training will be provided.
Riders meet at Alethia Tanner park and depart by 8:10am. From there, roll to Florida Ave park to pick up more riders, and then ride the rest of the way to Mundo Verde.
Are you interested or need more information? Reach out to Sustainability Manager, Carissa Tirado at ctiradomarks@mundoverdepcs.org.
The 2023 Calle Ocho lemonade stand at the Brookland Open Strets Festival was a sweet success, and we are thrilled to share the fruit of your generosity!
Your involvement in last year's Open Street festival, whether through volunteering or dropping by, helped make it a spectacular event, and now, those efforts have transformed into a literary treasure for our students. Thanks to the organizing from Comunidad members, students, and parents/caregivers, this collection will be a source of joy for all fourth grade students and all those who eventually reach fourth grade in the future.
On February 28, we are set to present these books to our Calle Ocho fourth graders at the zócalo, with our third graders joining as the audience, tying into their expedition on "The Right to Read." Please note, that due to limited space at the Zócalo, only fourth-grade parents/caregivers can attend. We are on the lookout for a volunteer to capture this memorable moment on film so the entire community can share in the excitement. If you are a video enthusiast or have a knack for filmmaking, please reach out to Classroom Liaison Coordinator, Lindsey Elman at lindsey.elman@gmail.com.
February 24
Harmony DC PCS is hosting the DC Math Challenge on Saturday, February 24. This competition is open to all 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders attending DC public, public charter, or private schools. This is a FREE math contest that builds excitement about math, challenges students’ mathematical thinking skills, and rewards students’ participation and excellence with great prizes!
If you are interested in registering your child, please click here.
If you want to receive more information, please contact Harmony DC PCS at info@harmonydc.org.
Upcoming Events:
Feb 1-Mar 1: Front Lobby Interactive Wall at Calle Ocho Campus
Feb 19-20: Mid-Winter Break
Feb 21: 3rd Grade Expo (JF Cook)
Feb 22: 5th Grade Expo (JF Cook)
Feb 22: 3rd Grade Expo (Calle Ocho)
Feb 22: Virtual Information Session About Middle School Options - 4th & 5th Grade Families
Feb 23: 4th Grade Expo (Both Campuses)
Feb 23: DCI Buddy Day - 5th Grade Students
Feb 23: Movie Night at Calle Ocho Campus - BHM Celebration
Feb 24: Black Broadway walking Tour - BHM Celebration
Feb 26-Mar 1: Spirit Week Calle Ocho Campus
Feb 28: Coffee with the Principals
Mar 1: BHM Culminating Event
Mar 4-8: Literacy Week
Mar 5-7: Spanish Book Fair
Mar 13: Conferences (afternoon only)
Mar 14: Conferences (all day) - No School for Students
Mar 15: All Staff Professional Development - No School for Students