The Inspired Teaching Demonstration School

School is almost out for summer!!! See you at Summer Fest next Tuesday! ☀️😎

ITDS is hiring!
Are looking to start a new role in education for SY 2024-2025?

Join us for a Teacher Recruitment Hiring Fair hosted by EL Haynes. Meet and connect with recruiters from more than 15 DC Public Charter Schools!

Register today to secure your spot!

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A special dismissal today to observe science in the sky!

ITDS students participated in Black Lives Matter Week of Action, an ongoing movement of critical reflection and honest conversations in school communities for people of all ages to engage with critical issues of social justice. This year, students focused on the themes of Empathy, Diversity, and Black Families. At ITDS, we want every child to know that they are valued and important in our world despite messages, bold and subtle, to the contrary. We are proud to use the Black Lives Matter Week of Action principles to support ITDS students in civic engagement, where they grapple with issues of racism and discrimination while building their empathy, collaboration, and agency.

Happy 100th day of school! Help us reach our goal of 100 donors on the 100th day of school!

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In honor of National Girls & Women in Sports Day, ITDS female athletes joined members of the WNBA's for a day of exercise and fun!

ITDS featured on NBC4 this morning, piloting the new anti-racist DC social studies standards.

DC schools create anti-racist social studies curriculum For the first time in 17 years, the social studies standards for DC public and charter school students are changing to a new curriculum. The concept for the new standards began after the protests over George Floyd’s murder in 2020.

A great first day of school! We're looking forward to a joyful year ahead!

Flashing back to last Friday when the ITDS Middle School Soccer Team took first place in the DC Scores Spring Cup Coed Division!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

A million thanks to all of the students, staff, and families who helped make the Little Mermaid, Jr. such a huge success! We can’t wait to start thinking about next year!

A glimpse into our 4th grade classrooms during Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools!

“Free Our Books” Say Fourth Graders After Studying Representation and Book Bans — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice As part of the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS, 4th graders studied the importance of representation in books and the book bans that have been escalating throughout the country since 2021.

ITDS staff and students participated in the national Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools this week as part of our commitment to social justice.

Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, located in Ward 5, serves DC students in PK3-8th grade.

ITDS is a student-led learning community where student voice, choice, and competence is at the core, and teaching professionals engage in ongoing, reflective, and collaborative practice.

Interested in joining our community for SY23-24?
Visit our virtual booth at the EdFEST tomorrow.

Things we are thankful for this season:
1. Our first in-person Learning Showcase in three years!
2. A return to Evening of the Arts performances.
3. A Friendsgiving celebration with colleagues.
4. An amazing Families Association potluck treat.

Thank you to Mayor Bowser and her team for inviting our middle school students out to Trick or Treat with council members. Our Student Government Association members made connections between their work in the ITDS community and the work of our council members serving in Washington, DC. We learned so much and had a great time!

Fun to welcome students from The Inspired Teaching Demonstration School to our office who were trick or treating and learning about local government at the John A. Wilson building today!

Parading into the weekend with our favorite book characters!

A great start to school year 2022!

Congratulations to the ITDS class of 2022!

Happy Earth Day! ITDS 3rd grader, Riley, is planning a trash pick up at ITDS today after school! After last year's school project on activism, Riley and some friends started the Brookland Kids Crew to meet monthly for neighborhood cleanups.

Competing against other DC schools, ITDS placed 1st and 2nd in the junior group website category and placed 2nd and 3rd for junior individual paper - qualifying for the opportunity to compete in the upcoming National History Day Competition! Congratulations! .

We are excited to welcome our newly matched families to the ITDS community! We look forward to meeting you soon!

Visit our online auction. Get something great and support a great school in the process! Bidding closes Sunday at 9pm.
https://events.readysetauction.com/inspiredteachingschool/spring2022

I appreciate Isabella’s teachers Ms.Soffer and Mr.Mulholland for introducing my baby to an array of activist . She learned about people that have fought for all kinds of issues like disability right , social Justice , environmental justice , gender equality and racial justice .

Having the opportunity to speak to her class yesterday was amazing , she told me she was proud to be my kid 🖤😢😢😢😢😢😢.

Salute to for the learning environment/community they have created for our babies to learn, explore , discover and grow .

I will never forget yesterday as long as I live .

Back to Demonstration in person!

This we are throwing it back to when Barack Obama and Michelle Obama joined us for a playground build at The Inspired Teaching Demonstration School! Thank you for your support in ensuring kids have an amazing place to play.

Our youngest learners, the preschoolers, walked the halls today spreading messages of kindness. 🥰