National
Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School
4600 Livingston Road,
SE
Washington,
DC 20032
(202) 832-7737
November 10, 2014
Dear Parents:
We are pleased to announce that we have received the
recommendation for Middle States Accreditation from the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary and Secondary
Schools. This is a process that has taken over two years to accomplish. We
would like to extend our sincere thanks for those parents who worked on our Planning
Team and/or met with the visiting team: Ms. Dogan, Ms. Frangel, Ms. Holley,
Mrs. Renaud, and Ms. Sherman. This accomplishment was a collective effort
(students, staff, faculty, Board of Directors, and executive leadership), and
it certainly demonstrated the value of team work. It was seamlessly managed by
our Internal Coordinators, Ms. King and Mrs. Waldon). The visiting team left us
with a quote by one of our students: “This is where the magic begins.” You
should take pride in knowing that your child’s school is authorized to offer
the International Baccalaureate Diploma and it is recommended for Middle States
Accreditation.
The first marking period ended with over 130 students on the Honor
Roll. We were also able to announce those senior students who are eligible to
participate in our Annual Sankofa Ball which will be held in February 2015. The
list of students follows: Garry Anderson, Rehmika Anderson,
Zykeira Beach, Salbrina Bell, Diamond Carter, Ian Christian, Diamond Clark,
Antonio Dawes, DeArrean Dawkins, Iyonna Dease, Coby Dogan, KeVia Dudley, Devin
Dupree, Tatiyana Ellis, Brandi Ennis,
Cierra Flowers, Kennith Ford, Markel George, Tiyonna Haley, Khalil Harris,
Maurice Holton, Nadia Jefferys, Diamond May, Derrick McGhee, Leon Mills,
DeAndre Mitchell-Taylor, Miracle Morse, Toni Parker, George Rambert, Ayanna
Rucker, Jahanz Sherman, Michael Thomas, Nia Walton, Chanel Watson, DaWayne
Walker, Jasmine Wilson, Russell Woodberry
To assure academic success at NCP, please make certain that
your children have submitted any missing class and/or homework assignments. In
addition, they are responsible for any missed examinations. Losing credit for
missed assignments and/or tests will have a negative impact on their grades.
Parent Teacher Conferences for the second marking period will be held on
December 10, 2014 from 4pm to 7pm.
Every school is required to review each child’s attendance
and report truancy to the DC Superior Court. Truancy is considered 10 or more
unexcused absences. In addition, students who have accumulated 20 or more
unexcused absences will be
involuntarily withdrawn from National Prep.
National Prep is now required to monitor the number of hours
each student spends in school on a daily basis. It is a new requirement that
all children spend at least 6 hours in school. Therefore, all students need to
report to school no later than 8:00 am on a daily basis. Any time after 8:00 am
is considered late. Late students are required to attend detention for
lateness. In addition, we will make every effort to discourage releasing
students from school before 2:10 pm.
Please Note
There are a significant number of students who are not wearing their
complete uniforms on a daily basis. Students out of uniform will be required to
attend detention. Please make certain that your child reports to school wearing
the school uniform (gray pants, National Prep shirt, black belt, black shoes, and
white, black, or blue socks). There are a number of young ladies who
continue to wear tight stretch pants/tights to school. Stretch pants
and/or tights are not part of the school uniform. In addition, nose rings and
facial piercings are not allowed to be worn at National Prep. If you need
additional information, please refer to our Student and Family Handbook.
The following is a list of important dates in the month of November and
December 2014:
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DAY
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ACTIVITY
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NOTES
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Nov 17-21
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Project Week
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26
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School closed half day
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Students dismissed at 12:30
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27-28
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Thanksgiving Holiday
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School closed
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Dec 3
|
2nd Marking Period Mid-point
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3
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Senior Picture Make-up Day
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5
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Cross Roads
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6-8
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ANET Interim Assessments
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9th and 10th grade
students
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10
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Parent Teacher Conferences for Progress
Reports
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Students dismissed at 12:30.
Conferences are held from 4pm to 7pm
|
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15-19
|
Spirit Week
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17
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Homecoming Luncheon
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18
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Homecoming Dance
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22-31
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Winter Break
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School closed
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We are pleased to announce that two of our students have
been identified as finalists for the POSSE Scholarship. Please join me in
congratulating the following: KeVia
Dudley and George Rambert. POSSE provides a full scholarship for all four years
of college. Our students compete with students from Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. Final selections will be announced in the near future.
College acceptance has begun! The following students have been accepted
to Delaware State University during our on-site admission process: KeVia
Dudley, Diamond May, George Rambert, DaWayne Walker, and Nia Walton. They will
receive their official acceptance letters within two weeks.
I trust this information proves helpful. Please feel free to
contact me if there are any questions and/or concerns.
Sincerely,
Dianne G.
Brown, Ed. D.
Chief Academic
Officer
Cc: Jennifer L. Ross,
Founder and Executive Director
National Prep’s Mission
The mission of National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter
High School is (1) to provide a
rigorous 9th- 12th
grade standards-based college preparatory curriculum, (2) to provide an
interdisciplinary curriculum which integrates international studies themes
across the academic curriculum leading to an International Baccalaureate (IB)
Diploma and (3) to prepare our students to be self-directed, life-long learners
equipped to be engaged 21st
century citizens of their school, community, country and world.
