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Back to School 2023: Key Dates and Details

August 1, 2023

As school staff and educators get ready for the back to school season, it’s important that you stay informed, too! Read below to learn about staff transitions, campus updates, and a complete list of back to school dates. 

Campus Updates

 

First, AppleTree Early Learning PCS is adding another facility to the DC map—making public charter schools now fill every ward! Its Oklahoma Avenue campus will open a facility 8.1 miles away, at 4900 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

 

Briya PCS is relocating one of its facilities. Their Petworth North campus, currently located at 4300 13th St NW, will move to 801 Shepherd St NW, Washington, DC 20011.

 

Finally, Latin American Montessoir Bilingual PCS will operate at one location, located at 5000 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011. 

 

Transitions 

 

Two Rivers PCS is welcoming a new Executive Director, Belicia Reeves, for the 2023-24 school year. 

 

Capital City Public Charter School is also welcoming new leadership. Laina Cox, the school’s founding middle school principal, became the new Head of School this summer, making waves as the school’s first Black leader. Justin Lopez-Cardoze, another trailblazer who will be the school’s first Latino lead, stepped into the Middle School Principal role. 

 

Finally, two schools will have interim leaders as they find their permanent head of schools. 

 

Former Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS–Brookland Campus director Bobby Caballero has stepped up as Interim Chief following the departure of the school’s Executive Director. At the SEED School, former Director of Student Life, Christopher Rooks, has assumed the role of Interim Head of School, alongside guidance from the school’s Maryland campus Co-Head of School, Erika Asikoye. 

 

 

School Health Requirements 

 

Per DC law, all students entering public and public charter schools must present a valid written immunization certification before the first day of classes, unless they have obtained a medical or religious exemption. This documentation must attest that the student has been successfully immunized per the Department of Health’s requirements. 

 

Learn more about vaccine requirements at our handy guide. 

 

To help families fulfill immunization requirements, DC Health is hosting pop up School-Based Vaccine Centers through August 25, 2023. 

 

Any DC resident aged 3 and older can schedule an appointment to receive school-required vaccines, including routine pediatric vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine for students over age 12. 

 

Visit https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/school-based-health-centers or view below for more details. 

 

 

 

First Days of School

Public Charter Network (or LEA)

First Day of School

Academy of Hope Adult PCS

Monday September 11, 2023

Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

AppleTree Early Learning PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

BASIS DC PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Breakthrough Montessori PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Bridges PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Briya PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Capital City PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Capital Village PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Carlos Rosario International PCS

Tuesday September 5, 2023

Cedar Tree Academy PCS

K-Grade 2: Monday August 21, 2023

PK4: Monday August 28, 2023

PK3: Tuesday August 29, 2023

Center City PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy

Wednesday August 23, 2023

Community College Preparatory Academy PCS

Monday September 11, 2023

Creative Minds International PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

DC Bilingual PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

DC Prep PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

DC Scholars PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

DC Wildflower PCS

8/28 - 9/7, staggered start

Digital Pioneers Academy PCS

Tuesday September 5, 2023

District of Columbia International School

Tuesday August 29, 2023

E.L. Haynes PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Eagle Academy PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Early Childhood Academy PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Friendship PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Girls Global Academy PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Global Citizens PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Goodwill Excel Center PCS

Wednesday August 30, 2023

Harmony DC PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Hope Community PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science PCS

Monday August 21, 2023

I Dream PCS

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

IDEA PCS

Monday August 28, 2023

Ingenuity Prep PCS

Wednesday August 23, 2023

Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS

Wednesday August 23, 2023

Kingsman Academy PCS

Monday July 17, 2023

KIPP DC PCS

PK4-Grade 8: Monday, August 14, 2023

PK3 & Grades 9-12: Thursday, August 17, 2023 

Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS

Returning students: Monday, August 28, 2023

New students: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

LAYC Career Academy PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

LEARN DC PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Lee Montessori PCS

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS

All students except PK: Monday, August 28, 2023

PK: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Maya Angelou PCS

High school: Monday, August 28, 2023

Young Adult Learning Center: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Meridian PCS

K-Grade 8: Monday, August 28, 2023

PK: Tuesday, August 29, 2023; Half Day

Monument Academy PCS

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

No boarding the first week. Boarding begins for new students on Wednesday, August 16, 2023. Boarding for returning students begins Sunday, August 20, 2023.

Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS

K-Grade 5: Thursday, August 24, 2023

Staggered Schedule for PK

PK3 only: Thursday, August 24, 2023

PK4 only: Friday, August 25, 2023

Both PK3 and PK4 start on Monday, August 28, 2023 as well.

Paul PCS

Monday, August 21, 2023

Perry Street Preparatory PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Richard Wright PCS for Journalism and Media Arts

Monday, August 21, 2023

Rocketship Education DC PCS

Monday, August 21, 2023

Roots PCS

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

SEED PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Sela PCS

Student Orientation Day is Friday, August 25, 2023

First day of classes is Monday, August 28, 2023

Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS

Grade 4-6: Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Grade 1-3: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Kindergarten: Thursday, August 31, 2023

PK3-PK4: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Social Justice PCS

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

St. Coletta Special Education PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys PCS

Monday, August 21, 2023

The Children's Guild DC PCS

Monday, August 21, 2023

The Family Place PCS

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The Next Step/El Proximo Paso PCS

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The Sojourner Truth School PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Two Rivers PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Washington Global PCS

Monday, August 28, 2023

Washington Latin PCS

Thursday August 24, 2023

Washington Leadership Academy PCS

Grade 9: Monday, August 14, 2023

All other grades: Thursday, August 17, 2023

Washington Yu Ying PCS

K-Grade 5: Monday, August 28, 2023

PK3-PK4: Thursday, August 31, 2023

YouthBuild DC PCS

Monday, August 14, 2023

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