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- 1:7 Early childhood teacher-student ratio
- 59% Teachers of diverse heritage
- 8/8 Wards represented in student body
- 95% Admitted to top high school choice
- 1 Tier ranking by DC PCSB
- 472 Students: Preschool - 8th grade
Calendar
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Half Day (students dismissed
Time: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
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High School Application Support Family Workshop 4
Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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High School Application Support Family Workshop 3
Time: 8 AM – 9 AM
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Virtual Evening of the Arts (Time TBC)
Time: 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
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Melissa Somerville joined the Inspired Teaching Demonstration School community in 2015 as a parent of a 2nd-grader and a 3rd-grader. She joined the staff of ITDS in 2016 as a first-grade teacher, where she’s been inspiring students ever since.
ITDS Back to School Featured on NBC 4
School supply distribution, device sharing, and more!
A Message for our PS and PK Students
The early childhood team and few special staff members share a message for our youngest learners.
Student Government Shout Outs
Middle school student government students shout out ITDS teachers and staff after three weeks of Distance Learning
Coronavirus Update 3.20.2020
ITDS response to COVID-19 developments in our community: updates and resources
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
ITDS students engage in a community meeting to kick-off this year's Black Lives Matter at Schools Week of Action
We Did It!
Inspired Teaching Demonstration School is again ranked as a Tier 1 school by the DC Public Charter School Board.
Intersession is December 16-20!
Learn more about what's to come through this short film created by students in last year's filmmaking intersession with QLokoMotionPictures
Summer Break
As teachers pack up classrooms, and students begin summer vacation, incoming ITDS Principal, Shannon Kane, reflects on the power of transitions - where every ending makes way for a new beginning.
Radically Reimagined Relationships
ITDS is featured in this report by the Astra Center for Innovative Education and Center for Inspired Teaching as a school with a core commitment to radically reimagined relationships.
ITDS Head of School Featured
Deborah Dantzler Williams shares with a wide audience key aspects of what makes our school unique .
ITDS offers Early Childhood PD on Learners' Needs
The ABCDE's: A framework for social-emotional learning and behavior management
DC Charter School Inspires Teachers and Students
Born out of a partnership with D.C.’s Center for Inspired Teaching, ITDS was meant to be “a changemaker in the realm of public education”
Inspired Insights: The Power of Project-Based Learning
Amanda Fasciano is a middle school teaching resident through the Inspired Teaching Residency Program. New to the classroom this year, Amanda shares what she has already observed from lead teachers and students about engaging projects.
Inspired Insights: Intersession
Instructional coach Ben Frazell explains the most wonderful time of the year at ITDS, a weeklong opportunity for students and adults to dive deep into a topic of learning outside of the normal academic program.
Student Work is Student Voice
Sara Bailey, of the Astra Center for Innovative Education, reflects on her visit to ITDS in her latest post, noting how students "...took themselves seriously, asked about what they wanted to know, and seemed incredibly confident."
Inspired Insights: Talking Trash
Connie Brown, prekindergarten teacher talks about the value of cultivating Earth stewardship among our youngest learners.
Inspired Insights: The Capable Approach
Tamas O’Doughda, middle school English teacher at Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public School, writes about the importance of believing that all students are capable of achieving much more than we may expect.
Inspired Insights: Preschool Scientists
Maureen Ingram, founding preschool teacher at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, shares the world of wonder and curiosity that preschoolers experience in the neighborhood.
Inspired Insights: Colors in Kindergarten
Hi-Uan Kang, an art teacher at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School, shares her kindergarten experience with the color unit.