News & Announcements

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.
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School supply distribution, device sharing, and more!
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The early childhood team and few special staff members share a message for our youngest learners.
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Middle school student government students shout out ITDS teachers and staff after three weeks of Distance Learning
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ITDS response to COVID-19 developments in our community: updates and resources
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ITDS students engage in a community meeting to kick-off this year's Black Lives Matter at Schools Week of Action
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Inspired Teaching Demonstration School is again ranked as a Tier 1 school by the DC Public Charter School Board.
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Learn more about what's to come through this short film created by students in last year's filmmaking intersession with QLokoMotionPictures
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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.
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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.
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