Press Releases and Announcements

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PRESS RELEASES

02/07/2012 DC Public Schools Launches Teacher Application ...

DCPS is assembling the smartest, most innovative and best paid teacher force in America, and applicants from across the country can now begin competing for spots in this highly selective teacher pool.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

01/26/2012 Mayor Vincent C. Gray Invites D.C. Residents ...

Mayor Vincent C. Gray invited District residents to join him on Saturday, Feb. 11 for a crucial community conversation about improving the future of the DC.

02/06/2012 DCPS Announces Gifted and Talented Programs at Two Middle Schools in the 2012-2013 School Year

Beginning in the fall, Kelly Miller Middle School and Hardy Middle School will pilot a gifted-and-talented school-wide enrichment program. This new program is the first of its kind at any DC Public School. Learn More »

02/01/2012 McKinley Technology High School Students to Participate in Today’s Digital Learning Day National Town Hall Meeting

Sixteen students from McKinley Technology High School will join U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julian Genachowski for the first-ever Digital Learning Day National Town Hall Meeting that will be broadcast live over the Internet today from 1-2:30 p.m. Learn More »

01/30/2012 DCPS Preschool, Pre-K, Out-of-Boundary Lottery Opens Today

Today, DCPS launched its annual Preschool, Pre-K, Out-of-Boundary Lottery Application, giving DC families the opportunity to apply to preschool and pre-K programs in DCPS, as well as to schools that are different than the one they’ve been assigned for grades K-12. Learn More »

01/25/2012 DCPS Announces New $100,000 Grant from Target for Smothers Elementary

Today, Target announced that Smothers Elementary in Ward 7 will receive a $100,000 grant from Target, as part of an effort to support schools and education in partnership with “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Learn More »

01/03/2012 Takoma EC and Cardozo SHS to Reopen in New Spaces Jan. 3

Cardozo Senior High School to reopen Jan. 3 at the Meyer School. Takoma Education Campus relocates to reconstructed school. Learn More »

12/28/2011 Third Annual National Title IX Holiday Invitational Conference and Classic

The Sankofa Project has assembled four of the top 10 female high school basketball programs in the country to participate with four developing programs, including Wilson and Coolidge, in our 3rd Annual National Title IX Holiday Invitational Conference and Classic Learn More »