Weekly Falcon Announcements
for the week of October 21st
Thursday Check-out - 10/25/2018, No School for Students - 10/26/2018
SAYO-Y Passive Consent Form for Parents
SEED DC is part of the Learn24 out of School Time network and being part of this network we are required to get student feedback on our before school and afterschool programming aka SPARKS.
We are required to provide parents with the notification letter attached. If you DO NOT WANT your student to participate in the survey you must sign the letter below and return it to school on Sunday, 10/21. If you give permission for your student to participate in the survey then you don’t have to do anything.
If you have any questions please speak with the site coordinators, Dr. Bagley & Ms. O.
Middle School Fall Festival - 10/24/2018
Our annual Middle School Fall Festival will be Wednesday, October 23rd. The 3rd floor of the academic building will be decorated, Halloween music will be playing, and there will be plenty of fun activity stations for students to visit.
Some activities we've had in the past are:
1) Face painting
2) Pumpkin decorating
3) Halloween crafts
4) Candy corn guess
5) Trick or treating
6) A haunted room (led by Ms. Cook!)
7) Making slime
8) Nail painting
9) Mummy rolling
10) Cookie decorating
We're always looking for new ideas. So please share. Ideas are FREE!
Candy donations are being accepted in the FACE Office.
Also, volunteers are needed to assist at various activity stations and to pass out treat bags. The volunteer RSVP is below or email Mrs. Holman-Jones at rholmanjones@seedschooldc.org.
Be festive! Come decked out in your best costume!
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018, 04:00 PM
The SEED PCS
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
Financial Planning: Budgeting for Life Workshop - 10/30/2018
Community Service - 2019 Conservation Leadership Corps
Join the Student Conservation Association’s 2019 Conservation Leadership Corps!
SCA’s DC CLC will have several crews with high school members, age 15-19, working in parks across the DC area. In the past CLC crews have worked in Rock Creek National Park, Fort DuPont National Park, Montgomery County Parks, Howard County Parks, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Greenbelt National Park.
The program runs one weekend a month from January through May 2019. At the end of the program students will have obtain valuable work-skills and green job trainings, worked in beautiful outdoor setting, made lifelong friends and received 100 hours of volunteer service.
You can find out more information about the program, including how to apply, by visiting our webpage: https://www.thesca.org/serve/program/washington-dc
The application deadline is November 16, 2018 at 5PM.
OSSE Scholars Program
OSSE Scholars provides high-achieving, academically-motivated 10th & 11th grade students with financial need with the opportunity to attend selective summer college programs. The 2019 OSSE Scholars Application closes October 31st and interviews with eligible applicants will be scheduled, in collaboration with individual high school counselors, for the two weeks of November 5th-16th. Students will be notified of their acceptance decision by November 22nd.
A helpful FAQ Document has been uploaded to the OSSE Scholars webpage. The 2019 OSSE Scholars application is available here.
To apply for the OSSE Scholars program, you must:
- Attend a District of Columbia public school;
- Be a resident of the District of Columbia;
- Be a high school sophomore or junior at the time of submitting an application;
- Demonstrate financial need or be a first generation college student:
- Have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher; and
- Have leadership potential and desire to attend college after high school.
Stricter Enforcement Begins for Kids Ride Free
Please remember that WMATA is beginning stricter enforcement of fare payment and SmarTrip card tapping. For your students, this means that beginning October 15, station managers will no longer be able to tap in students who don’t have their Kids Ride Free SmarTrip card and Metro Transit Police (MTPD) will increasingly be stopping students who enter the system without tapping a Kids Ride Free or other SmarTrip card.
For the near future, MTPD is expected to issue students entering the system, without a valid card, written warnings that ask for their name, date of birth, and school name. WMATA is collecting this for data tracking purposes only and to remind students that they must use their Kids Ride Free SmarTrip card to travel in the Metro system for free. The warning does not carry criminal consequences. We expect MTPD will allow students who are stopped without a valid card to continue their trip but this warning period is only for a limited time.
This means students taking Metrobus or Metrorail to school must have their Kids Ride Free SmarTrip card with them or be prepared to pay the regular fare for their trip. Here are more details on enforcement, issuing replacement cards, and ordering additional cards. For questions please contact school.transit@dc.gov.
Video Gaming Conference & Tournament - 12/1/2018
If you're interested in the $50 billion video game industry, come out and meet the video game developers who will be showcasing to design video games. See the attached flyer.
To Register...
Call: 301-925-9350
Email: video@patriots-ttc.org
Visit: www.patriots-ttc.org
DC Reengagement Center Has A New Home
For questions concerning this move, please call (202) 671-2539 or email us at OSSE.Backontrack@dc.gov.
Upper School Field Trip - Fright Fest @ Six Flags, 10/28/2018
- No Level IV/V referrals during the week of 10/21/2018;
- Scholars must arrive to campus on October 28th by 4:30pm with all of their belongings for the week;
- Scholars must bring their own spending money for games, access to haunted houses, & food while at the park
Spirit Week - Nightmare on C Street! - 10/28-11/2/2018
Also, costumes WILL NOT be permitted on campus. Thank you for your cooperation.