2010 –11 SCHool ProFilE 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 61 7 72 8 83 5 6 7 8 Randle Highlands Elementary WARD 7 School GRADES PS–5

11 2 2 33 4 4 5 5 6 6 KK 1 2 3 4 5 6 K Dear Parent or Guardian, 77 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12AA 1650 30th St. SE, Washing7 8ton, DC 920020 10 11 12 A Phone: (202) 729-3250 | Fax: (202) 645-3911 You are your child’s first teacher Principal: Sheron Colston | [email protected] and our most important partner Web Site: www.dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/randle-highlands in your child’s education. We un- School Hours: 8:45 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. derstand, though, that for you to Randle Highlands sits atop a hill in Southeast DC and serves be an effective partner, you need approximately 400 children with a multitude of backgrounds, information. This school profile interests and needs. The comprehensive school program serves is designed to give you what you students in preschool through fifth grade in a child- and community-centered environment. The instructional need to make the best decisions focus and varied student activities are grounded in Randle Highlands' vision and mission, "Leave No Child for your child. Behind." The Randle Highlands school culture can best be described as inclusive, supportive and compassionate.In addition, we offer our parents a noMchargeM before careand after-school program. M In this profile, you will find impor- tant facts about school perfor- ProgrAmS (2010–11) mance, facilities, and academic and extracurricular programs. ACAdEmiC EnriCHmEnt WEllnESS And FitnESS ArtS And CulturE You also will find practical details •OST Academic Power Hour •Cheerleading •W orld Languages: FLEX-French (ABEI Program) that will help you better com- •Guided oral recitation •Boxing •Sign Language municate and be involved in the •Three-Year-Old Program •Basketball Team Boys & Girls) •African Dance school — including the principal’s •Four-Year-Old Program •Track Team ( Boys & Girls) •African Drumming name, the front office phone •Chess •Football •Spanish Appreciation for Kids number and what public trans- •Single Gender Grades 3, 4, & 5 •Kickball (Coed choice) •Drama portation gets you to the school. •Modeling •The Harvard Math Project •Step Team This information is compiled •Hockey •Burst Reading Intervention first and foremost to help you •Tennis Team •Before Care support and advocate for your •After Care child. But it is also my hope that you will use it to hold prin- cipals, school staff and my office accountable at getting better at StudEnt PErFormAnCE what we do every day. Percentage of students meeting or exceeding Percentage of students meeting or exceeding math standards on the DC CAS reading standards on the DC CAS Our goal is for every child in DCPS 2009 48% 2009 40% to succeed. We look forward to 2010 46% 2010 42% working with you to make this goal a reality for your child. School improvement status Corrective Action — Parents at this school have the option of transferring their child to a higher performing school Sincerely, or accepting Supplemental Educational Services for their child. Added district resources support a comprehensive strategy with targeted changes for school improvement. StudEnt dEmogrAPHiCS (2009–10) Kaya Henderson Enrollment: 403 English language learners: — Interim Chancellor n Asian/Pacific: — Free and reduced-price lunch: 77% n Black: 99% n Hispanic: — Special education: 8% n American Indian: — In-boundary: 41% n White: — n Other: 1% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Facilities: Destination School(s): Community Partnerships: Art room  M Kramer Middle School Arent Fox Auditorium PTA Computer lab RHES Civic Association 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gym Southeast Christian Fellowship Church Media center Tompkins Builders Music room Building Hope Inc. Outdoor recreation space R & R Catering 1 12 3 43 5 64 K 5 Science6 lab 7 8 Melvin Deal 7 8 9 10 11 12 A Damon Wardlaw Other: For The Love Of Children (FLOC) Parent organization School uniform 1 2 3 4 5 6 K Title I 7 8 9 10 11 12 A

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WHAt you CAn do Parents and community members play an important role in ensuring that every child, in every classroom WHErE CAn i Find across the district, receives the high-quality education he or she deserves. inFormAtion on otHEr SCHoolS? Volunteer at school. Volunteers are key to helping what kind of classroom behavior they expect and students succeed. Many schools need volunteers how they reward positive behavior. Ask what your If you are interested in seeing the who can work directly with students on reading and child should be learning, how well he or she is information contained here for math, but volunteers also can provide support in doing, and what you can do to help. Parent-teacher every DCPS school, please visit classrooms, the office and the library, as well as help conferences will be held at school on Oct. 18, 2010; www.dcps.dc.gov/profiles. You will plan and staff events, write grants, and much more. Feb. 28, 2011; and May 16, 2011. be able to search for DCPS schools For more information, check with the principal or based on the information that you Work with or run for the school advisory visit www.dcps.dc.gov/dCPS/volunteer. care about, and you will also be able board. This group advises the principal on the to compare schools side by side. Join the school’s parent organization. Parent comprehensive school plan — including specific organizations are an important part of every school programs and activities that strengthen student community. They provide ways to support students performance, create safe and effective schools, HoW CAn i StAy uP to dAtE through community events, fundraising and other and involve parents and families. For more on WHAt’S HAPPEning? activities. Joining a parent organization helps parents information, check with the principal. meet other parents who are engaged in their child’s Be sure to let your school know if education. For more information, contact the school. talk to your child about school. Your opinion your contact information changes. matters to your child. Ask your child about one Visit www.dcps.dc.gov regularly, Attend parent-teacher conferences. Stay in touch thing he or she learned at school, and keep asking and sign up to receive regular with your child’s teachers and ask that they be in every day! For more information, visit e-mail updates from DCPS at touch with you. Ask your child’s teachers about www.dcps.dc.gov/dCPS/studentsuccess. www.dcps.dc.gov/dCPS/enews.