Weekly Falcon Announcements
for the week of October 7th
Indigenous People's Day - 10/8/2018 - SCHOOL CLOSED
School is closed Monday, October 8th, in observance of Indigenous People's Day. There will be NO CHECK-IN ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7TH.
Check-in will be Monday, October 8th.
MS Check-in: 7-8pm
HS Check-in: 8-9pm
Enjoy the the 3-day weekend!
College Fair - 10/13/2018
The Pearl and Ivy Educational Foundation, in partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Xi Omega Chapter will hold its Sixth Annual College Fair on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at Paul Public Charter School in Washington, DC. The college fair will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. This is an opportunity for students and families to come out and learn about scholarships, financial aid and top majors.
Representatives will be on hand from universities across the country to answer questions you may have.
Door prizes will be given to those who attend.
To register, go to: https://xo2018collegefair.eventbrite.com
Saturday, Oct 13, 2018, 11:00 AM
Paul Public Charter School, 8th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Picture Day - 10/15/2018
Picture Day for 7th - 11th grade scholars is coming soon! Make sure your scholar looks his or her best. All scholars must be in school uniform. No head gear wraps, hats, scarves, headbands, or non-SEED apparel.
Please encourage your scholar to participate as we are also trying to create a yearbook this school year. We will need full participation for this to be a success.
Picture packages can be ordered online before Picture Day by visiting mylifetouch.com (click on the link below). See the attached flyer for the Picture Day ID.
Class of 2019 - Senior Picture Day is Monday, November 5th. Lifetouch will mail the senior portrait information packet to your home address.
Parent Listening Sessions - 10/16/2018
We want to know what you think. Please sign up for a parent listening session and share your thoughts about our program. Also, learn more about our family leadership program within the Parent Action Team! We will also create empathy bags for families to take home!
There will be three sessions on Tuesday, October 16th:
8:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
See the form below to sign up.
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.
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.
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