It’s time for a monthly update for neighbors of Hyde Addison Elementary School, Georgetown’s only public elementary school!
Hyde is in full Autumn/Halloween mode which culminates in the annual costumed procession on the streets around Hyde on the morning of October 31—cross your fingers for dry weather and wish the kids a happy Halloween if they toddle past you around 9am on Tuesday.
Prospective Family Open Houses Start Next Week!
Hyde’s principal, Dr. Calvin Hooks, and other Hyde leaders will be hosting five Prospective Family Open Houses over the next few months (two virtual, three in-person), with the first one scheduled for Friday November 3rd at 2pm. This in-person open house will begin with a presentation from Dr. Hooks and other members of the instructional leadership team and include a Q&A session and building tour.
Parents are Welcomed to Be Part of Hyde
This is our second year at Hyde, with our oldest in 1st grade and our 2nd oldest in PK4. One thing I have enjoyed is the opportunities I have to visit Hyde during the school day and get a sense of what our children are learning, and build connections with the teachers, other parents, and my children’s classmates. Last Wednesday I was a chaperone on a field trip with my son’s PK4 class to an orchard/pumpkin patch. And this past Friday, all parents were welcomed into the classrooms for the first half hour of school to see what their students have been working on for the first two months of school.
My Children are Learning Critical Skills at Hyde
When I visited my 1st grader’s classroom this past Friday, four of the students did a short presentation on their most recent writing lesson: opinion writing. I enjoyed seeing them improve on their public speaking. They explained that opinion writing is meant to persuade the reader of something the writer believes, and it must be backed up with at least 3 reasons. Then parents sat at tables with their student and read some opinion essays their student had recently written (which started with an outline!). As someone who is paid to write persuasively every day for clients (I’m an attorney), the importance of this lesson and these skills resonated with me. Frankly, I am often instructing junior attorneys to outline first and then structure their paragraphs correctly: a topic sentence which declares something, followed by sentences which support the topic sentence/declaration (yes, its that basic even for attorneys). You’d think they’d teach this in law school but…
Hyde’s Playground is Open All Weekend Long!
The playground at Hyde is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays. Please
enjoy this community resource (but please don’t leave behind trash or any other items).
Your support of Hyde is welcome and much appreciated! Hyde’s PTA contributes essential financial support to Hyde and greatly appreciates the financial support some Georgetown and Burleith community members have already given this fall. Please consider donating at https://hydeaddisondc.org/donate and be on the lookout for some of our upcoming fundraisers tied to the winter holidays.
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