J.F. Cook Campus, Kinder - Recess
September 5 The School is Closed
Checklist to Get Ready For the New School Year
Family Directories & Class Lists
NEW! SY22-23 Class Group Rotation
Reminders for Arrival & Dismissal
AcademicsAttendance Reminders
New Attendance Email Addresses for Each Campus
Events & ActivitiesUPDATED! Back to School Night - Calle Ocho: Sep 20 / JF Cook: Sep 21 & 22
Communications, Information & QuestionsPARCC Results are here!
School ServicesNEW! Important Updates About Purchasing Uniforms
NEW! Extended Day Program News
Community AnnouncementsNEW! PADRES Events This Week - J.F. Cook Campus
NEW! PADRES hosts Q&A Sessions for New J. F. Cook Families!
Metropolitan Police Department Town Hall Meeting - September 7
School Calendar and Upcoming EventsFamily Handbook
SY22-23 School Calendar
REMINDER - Monday, Sept 5 SCHOOL IS CLOSED due to the holiday
BACK TO SCHOOL
Checklist to Get Ready For the New School Year
To facilitate the access to forms, fees, instructions, and make sure your family is ready for the new school year 2022-23, you can find a checklist in the Family Portal for viewing and to get a printable version here. Please keep in mind this checklist will continue being updated daily until the new school year starts.
**OJO!** The Family Portal now has a NEW password: crew
In the Checklist you will find the following information:
For New Families - Infinite Campus Parent Portal Sign Up (instructions)
Contact Information / Emergency Contact Update & Authorized Pick Up (instructions)
Free and Reduced Meals (FARM) - Everyone Should Complete the Form! (instructions & application)
Ordering School Meals (instructions, adding funds, food guide)
Uniform (instructions)
Covid-19 Policy For SY22-23
Medical and Dental Forms
No Shots No School - Take Action Now! (list of required immunizations)
Transportation: Kids Ride Free (KRF) Program (form)
School Supplies (list and additional requirements for PreK and Kinder)
Extended Day Program (form, fees, and FAQ)
New classmates, new friends! Everyone in our school community should experience a sense of belonging. Click here to find the family directories on the school website (Families portal password: crew).
Please remember, to update your contact information, please log into your Infinite Campus Parent Portal in English and Spanish - Instructions: How to guide
If you have any question, please contact us at communications@mundoverdepcs.org
If you only need to find your child’s class list, click here. Class lists are also available in the families portal.
Class Language Rotations are only for 1st through 4th grades. Click here: SY22-23 Class Group Rotation
Students are more engaged and productive when they start and end their day confident that they are known well by others in the community and that they have a clear understanding of what the community expects from them. Arrival and dismissal routines help establish these two points of reference for their school days.
Please review the Arrival and Dismissal Procedures document if you have not done it yet. This is a key resource for parents and caregivers, especially for the first few weeks of school. It includes arrival and car line procedures, arrival and dismissal times, recommendations for drivers, pedestrians, and bikers, and dismissal locations and procedures:
Arrival & Dismissal Reminders:
Students are only released to authorized pickups
Authorized pickups should be prepared to present photo ID
School day starts at 8:30am, and the day ends at 3:30pm
The car line is open only for arrival time
Continue parking a few blocks from the campus
Avoid using alleys to exit the neighborhood
ACADEMICS
Prompt and consistent attendance is critical to learning and success in school. While PreK is a non-compulsory grade, Mundo Verde encourages families to establish attendance habits during a child’s first years of school. Attendance policies apply to all students in PreK-5th grade, although the DC Compulsory Attendance Law only applied to grades K-5.
If your child misses large amounts of school due to health or medical concerns, please set up a meeting with your teacher to discuss your child’s needs.
Attendance in the first few weeks of school is also critical to each student’s enrollment status. DC laws considers any student between the ages of 5 and 13 to be truant when they have accrued 10 unexcused absences. Mundo Verde is required to report students who accrue 10 full-day unexcused absences to CFSA for educational neglect. Mundo Verde works to prevent truancy by identifying students at-risk of accruing a high number of unexcused absences and providing interventions using several points of engagement.
For more information, please review the “Attendance and Truancy” section in the Family Handbook in English, page 64 or Spanish, page 68.
If you know your child will be late, be absent, leave the school early, or there are changes with pick-up, email your campus using the dedicated email address.
Each campus now has its own email address. We ask that you begin to send attendance emails to the following campus addresses:
J.F Cook: cookattendance@mundoverdepcs.org
Calle Ocho: c8attendance@mundoverdepcs.org
Please note the attendance@mundoverdepcs.org email address does not longer exist.
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Calle Ocho Campus: Sep 20
OJO! Cook Campus: Sep 21 (New Date!) & 22
As a community, we join in celebrating the start of the year, learning more about our school, and establishing communication between families, teachers, and staff, and provide the school community a sense of expectations for the school year.
Parents and caregivers have the opportunity to meet with their child’s class families and teachers to learn about the school day and how to engage in the academic life of their child.
Please find the schedules for Campus and grades below (Please note that we have added a second date for the J.F. Cook Campus):
Calle Ocho Campus - Sept 20
PreK & 3rd grade: 4:30-5:20pm
K & 2nd grade: 5:30-6:20pm
1st grade: 6:30-7:20pm
J.F. Cook Campus - Sep 21 (New Date!)
K & 4th grade: 4:30-5:30pm
5th & 2nd grade: 6:00-7:00pm
J.F. Cook Campus - Sep 22
PreK: 4:30-5:30pm
3rd & 1st grade: 6:00-7:00pm
COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION & QUESTIONS
To learn more about the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and how Mundo Verde evaluates learning, please see this statement.
SCHOOL SERVICES
In order to better manage inventory, and ensure that our reception team is fully available to support families and school staff with immediate needs, beginning this week, we will be transitioning t-shirt uniform sales to be exclusively available through the online store via Infinite Campus. As we are consolidating the majority of our inventory in the warehouse, T-shirt sales will no longer be available for purchase at the front desk.
We will continue to pair important school events with free shirt opportunities (e.g. Teacher Parent conferences). Families that are having trouble with the online store or that have a financial hardship should still feel free to request support from the reception team!
There will be NO After School Programming during the Back to School Night events. These days of services will not be reimbursed:
Calle Ocho Campus - Sep 20
J.F. Cook Campus - Sep 21 and 22
Registering for the program
We continue to hire staff on a weekly basis to accommodate the families that submitted registration forms and have not received a “Welcome Letter” due to a missing requisite. Please refer to the registration schedule in the program FAQ (English / Spanish). Thank you for your patience.
If you need after/before school programming and have NOT submitted a registration form:
You must fill out a registration form before you can participate in the program. Here is the SY23 Extended Program Registration Form.
You cannot drop-off your child for the before school program at 7:30am.
You must pick-up your child in a timely manner at the end of the school day (M, T, Th, F at 3:30pm, W at 1:00pm)
If you completed a registration form:
Only families with “Welcome” notifications can begin using the after/before school program on the date indicated in the letter.
Families without an acceptance notification cannot start using the programs.
We thank you for your patience and will send you a notification with your start date as soon as possible.
Designated Pick-Up Times
For families who are participating in the program we ask you to follow the designated pick up times.
M, T, Th, F Full-time registration Pick-up times:
5:15-5:30pm
5:45-6:00pm
Wed Full-time registration Pick-up times
3:15-3:30pm
5:15-5:30pm
5:45-6:00pm
Payments
Currently, we are working to set up family accounts in the parent portal. Payments for September are due on the 10. Please know that we do not reimburse absences. To learn if you qualify for discounts, you must submit a FARM form via the family portal.
Email any questions or concerns to extendedday@mundoverdepcs.org.
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
J. F. Cook Campus
The J. F. Cook campus parent and caregiver organization, PADRES, welcomes families back to school. We have two exciting events this week.
Friday, September 9, 8:15am at J. F. Cook Campus: Monthly donuts and Coffee in the Yard. Come meet Padres leadership, sign up for committees, and meet other families with free donuts and coffee at drop-off.
Friday, September 9, after school at Union Market: Encanto on the big screen! Come for a night of family fun with an outdoor viewing of Encanto at Union Market. Movie starts at 8:00pm, but come early to grab dinner and reserve your space. Details about logistics here.
PADRES invites new families (or returning families with lingering questions) to join one of three open Q&A sessions hosted by existing parents. There is no set agenda so come prepared with any/all questions!
Please note that the September 13 date is specifically targeted for caregivers of new 1-5 graders.
Tuesday, September 6, 8:30-9:30 Zoom (all grades)
Tuesday, September 13, 8:30-9:30pm Zoom (specifically grades 1-5)
Thursday, October 6, 9-10am Zoom (all grades)
If you can't make one of these sessions, please reach out to Erin Fackler (erin.fackler@gmail.com) with any questions.
September 7, 6:00-8:00pm
The MPD Third District is hosting a Town Hall Meeting on September 7 from 6:00-8:00pm for an open discussion of public safety issues such as crime trends, outreach initiatives, and current laws with DC government partner agencies and officials.
Upcoming Events:
Sep 5: Holiday, School Closed
Sep 20: BTSN Calle Ocho Campus
Sep 21: BTSN J.F. Cook Campus
Sep 22: BTSN J.F. Cook Campus