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Principal |
Almeta Hawkins email the principal |
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Special features |
before- and after- school care |
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Dress code |
Uniforms required |
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School Mission
- Amidon provides students a safe, nurturing and structured environment that recognizes individual needs and encourages and supports students’ their academic, social and emotional development. Our focus is on equipping every child with the skills essential for lifelong learning.
| Curriculum |
- Special education programs designed specifically for students with other health impairments.
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Instructional Program Highlights
- In writing workshops, students learn to observe their lives and the world around them, and to collect, draft, revise, and publish well-crafted narrative and expository texts.
- In reading workshops, students are explicitly taught the strategies and habits of effective reading. They learn to talk, think and write well about their reading, and to live richly literate lives.
- Http://rwproject.tc.columbia.edu/
| Activities and Sports |
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: National Junior Honor Society; Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts; K-Kids; Sports4Kids: Junior Coaches; Safety Patrols/Peer-Mediators and Best Friends/Best Men.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: chorus and Stings (Violin/Cello).
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Parent and Community Support
- Parents are actively involved through the PTA, parent resource activities/trainings, and volunteerism. The community is actively involved through program support, tutoring/mentoring, in-kind (human resources) support, and charitable giving.
Other news or notes
- Dr. Clarence Brown, PTA President
cbrown@howard.edu
| Technology and Facilities |
- 1 students per computer.
- 85% of classrooms are connected to the Internet.
- This school was established between 1950-1959.
- District provides transportation for special education students only
- This school was built between 1960-1969.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- About half of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Safety, Discipline and Support |
- Safety and discipline-related resources include: Peer mediation or conflict resolution program; In-school suspension;
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- Regular classroom hours: 8:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
- Principal has been at this school for 5 years.
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Volunteer requests
- Contact name: Barbara Davis
- Contact phone: 202 724 4867
- Contact email: barbara.davis@k12.dc.us
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Donation requests
- Contact name: Tonya Jones
- Contact phone: 202 724 8899
- Contact email: tonya.jones@k12.dc.us
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 10/01/2009. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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