REVISED: Turkish Food Day (3/9)

On Wednesday, March 9^th all DCPS cafeterias will serve traditional cuisine from Turkey in celebration of our third International Food Day for the 2015-16 school year. Representatives from the Mayor’s office will be at Hardy Middle School to present the Mayoral Proclamation declaring March 9^th Turkish Food Day in the District of Columbia, and in recognition of the 2011 Sister Cities agreement between Washington and Ankara.  Representatives from the Embassy of Turkey, a participant in the Embassy Adoption Program, will join for the celebration at Hardy. Please use the attached “Turkish Food Day Invitation” and “Turkish Food Day Poster” to advertise Turkish Food Day to students at your school. For questions please contact Ruth Wright.

Museum Day Live! - Inspiring Girls and Women of Color (3/12)

Each year, the Smithsonian Institute hosts Museum Day Live!, a day of exploration and hands-on learning. This year, the theme is “Inspiring Women and Girls of Color,” in honor of Women’s History Month. First Lady Michelle Obama has said “One visit, one performance, one touch, and who knows how you could spark a child’s imagination?” Smithsonian Day Live! will encourage girls and women of color and their peers to learn about the world around them, avenues of creativity, and arts and sciences, all while sparking their imagination.  Click here for more information.

Camp Believe – Related Services Summer Camp Opportunity

Camp Believe is a program designed to build emotional competence in students in grades K-5. This camp concentrates on providing students with strategies to cope and excel in a school or social setting. Participating students will benefit from evidenced-based practices, weekly educational field trips, and a variety of social-emotional interventions using play, art, and dance therapy. For more information, see our flyer in English or Spanish. The camp will run from 7/5-7/29 from 8am-1pm daily. Breakfast and lunch are provided. The enrollment/registration fee is $30. To register, complete the application and send via mail toTamara Dukes.

Camp Let’s Go – Related Services Summer Camp Opportunity

Camp Let’s Go brings together children aged 3-6 with and without spoken language challenges to explore their world, along with enhancing their communication skills through a variety of hands-on activities, including music, arts and crafts, and field trips. The purpose of Camp Let’s Go is to build phonological awareness to improve pre-literacy skills; develop and expand vocabulary skills to improve sight word recognition, comprehension and use of words; demonstrate social interaction skills for participating in group activities; improve narrative language skills by recalling information, answering questions, and making inferences; and provide exposure and language enrichment through field trips, hands-on and presentations connected to themes. For more information, see our flyer in English or Spanish.  Camp Let’s Go will run from 7/5-7/29 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. daily. Breakfast and lunch are provided. The enrollment/registration fee is $30. To register, complete the application and send via mail or email to Tiffany White.

Best Practices in STEM Panel and Workshop (3/11)

The National Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation is hosting a unique interactive panel discussion and demonstration on Best Practice in STEM. The event is open to students of all ages, and the organizers are highly encouraging students in grades 3-5 to attend. The program will include a panel of scholars and educators from DC area HBCUs and a hands-on robotics demonstration by two leading NASA engineers. Students will have the opportunity to handle an a small commercial drone and will receive a t-shirt to commemorate the event. The event will take place on Friday, March 11, 8:30 – 11:30 am at Howard University’s Interdisciplinary Research Building  @ 2201 Georgia Avenue NW.  Please see the attached handout (“NNPAF STEM Black Press Week”) for more information on the initiative. If you are interested in bringing students to the event, please contact Grace Alao by email or at (240) 701-6156.