November 2014 Letter to Parents

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:

DAY	ACTIVITY	NOTES
Nov 17-21	Project Week
26	School closed half day	Students dismissed at 12:30
27-28	Thanksgiving Holiday	School closed
Dec 3	2nd Marking Period Mid-point
3	Senior Picture Make-up Day
5	Cross Roads
6-8	ANET Interim Assessments	9th and 10th grade students
10	Parent Teacher Conferences for Progress Reports	Students dismissed at 12:30. Conferences are held from 4pm to 7pm
15-19	Spirit Week
17	Homecoming Luncheon
18	Homecoming Dance
22-31	Winter Break	School closed

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  9^th- 12^th 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  21^st century citizens of their school, community, country and world.