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September 16, 2024
Dear Miner Elementary School Parents and Families, At Miner, we are committed to ensuring a safe school environment for our students. Communicating home about incidents that impact our school community is critical to maintaining strong partnerships with families. Today, around 12:55 p.m., school administration was alerted to the sound of gunshots in the neighborhood. To ensure the safety of our students and staff, we immediately conducted a reverse evacuation, bringing everyone who was outside back into our building. We went into alert status and notified DC Public Schools (DCPS) Police who arrived to investigate. During alert status, entering and exiting the building is not permitted, but instruction and student movement throughout the building occurs as usual. Please be assured students and staff remained safe and accounted for during this time. At 1:20 p.m., MPD cleared us to resume normal building operations. The remainder of the school day continued as planned. The safety of our students is paramount. If you have any questions, please call our school office at (202) 397-3960 or email me at [email protected]. Sincerely, Carrie Broquard Principal, Miner Elementary School
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I hope this note finds you beating the heat as we work our way through the middle of July! The heat has not slowed down any of the amazing things happening here at Miner over the summer. Below are lots of updates and “save the dates”. Please take a moment and check out all the things coming our way over the next few weeks! There’s a lot of information in this update. Save the Dates!
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Stay cool and enjoy your weekend! Dr. B Dear Parents and Families of Miner Elementary School,
As we look toward closing out another remarkable school year at DC Public Schools (DCPS) and turn our focus toward School Year 2024-2025, I am excited to announce that Dr. Carrie Broquard has been appointed as the next principal of Miner Elementary School! In 2000, Dr. Broquard began her career in education as a middle school science teacher in Los Angeles, California. Within the Los Angeles Unified School District, Dr. Broquard later served as a chemistry teacher, gifted and talented education coordinator, and assistant principal. In 2008, she relocated to Illinois, where she has served as an assistant principal, an emotional-disabilities coordinator, and a clinical assistant professor in educational administration. Most recently, Dr. Carrie Broquard has been the principal of DCPS's Lafayette Elementary School since School Year 2014-2015. At Lafayette, she collaborated to create a full complement of DCPS special education programming for our students. She prioritized investing in the school community and parent association's work into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She also saw the school through a full-scale modernization project completed in 2016 and helped lead the school to the title of a National Blue Ribbon School in 2021. School Year 2024-2025 will mark the beginning of Dr. Broquard's 25th year in education. She is excited to bring her belief in meeting students where they are and building on her commitment to ensuring that our schools serve all students at high levels. As an educator's daughter, public schools are both her passion and her "why," and her true joy is seeing students learn and succeed in the halls of their school. She also brings a deep commitment to getting to know students and their families outside the classroom. Dr. Broquard holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry with a minor in education from Bryn Mawr College. She also holds a master's degree in educational administration and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a DC resident, proud DCPS parent, and high school and club volleyball coach. I am confident that the next phase of excellence at Miner will lead to the continued development and success of our scholars under the leadership of Principal Broquard. I look forward to supporting her and the entire Miner community in preparation for next school year. Should you have any questions, please contact me via email at [email protected]. Sincerely, Andria Caruthers Instructional Superintendent, Cluster IV Dear Parents and Families of Miner Elementary School, As the Chief of Schools for DC Public Schools (DCPS), I am committed to ensuring that our schools, principals, and superintendents are supported as they aim to provide our students with a joyful and rigorous education. Communicating about school leadership updates is critical to maintaining strong partnerships with school communities.
I am writing this letter to share that Principal Dance’s last day with Miner Elementary School is today, November 27, 2023. We are grateful for his service as Miner’s leader since School Year 2022-2023 and his many years as an educator with DCPS. We look forward to him continuing to lead and grow within our district. After working to identify a strong, qualified school principal to lead Miner Elementary School for the remainder of this school year, I am pleased to announce that DCPS Principal in Residence Dr. Shenora Plenty has been appointed Interim Principal. Dr. Plenty has supported Miner several times since school began in August—her comfort and familiarity will be a strength during this transition. Before being Principal in Residence, Dr. Plenty was the principal of Wheatley Education Campus for six years. Prior to that, she was a Mary Jane Patterson Fellow at Stoddert Elementary School for School Year 2016-2017. Dr. Plenty has also been both a teacher and an instructional coach within DCPS. Her approach to families and communities is inclusive because she understands that parents are partners in education. As a proud alumna of DCPS, she sees her leadership as an opportunity to give back to a district that helped shape who she is today. Dr. Plenty received her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Boston College. She holds a Doctor of Education in educational leadership from the University of Southern California. I want to assure you that in the spring, you will have the opportunity to engage in the selection process for Miner's permanent principal for School Year 2024-2025. In preparation, DCPS coordinates the selection and appointment of principals with great care and consideration. An important part of the school's contribution will be to form a Community Panel—a committee comprising parents, teachers, and community members to provide a diverse perspective on the decision-making process. Instructional Superintendent Caruthers will be in touch with more information about the process in the new year. It is essential that Miner’s environment remains focused on the learning and well-being of our students; and I am confident that Dr. Plenty’s experience and qualifications will help ensure those efforts. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please email me at kim.jackson@k12.dc.gov. Sincerely, Kim Jackson Chief of Schools, DC Public Schools The Miner PTO would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2023-24 Combined Election. We are grateful to all the candidates as well as everyone who took the time to vote. Results from the election for SY23-24 Local School Advisory Team (LSAT) and Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) Executive Board are available now. The election was held over the last couple of weeks and the results were made public at the June 6, 2023 PTO General Meeting. Our Miner LSAT Representatives for SY23-24 are: Parent Representatives
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WTU Representative (1)
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Their term begins on July 1, 2023 and runs through June 30, 2024. Congratulations! For more information about the Miner LSAT, click here. Our PTO Executive Board for SY23-24 is:
Principal Dance will also serve as a member of the PTO Executive Board. The SY23-24 PTO Executive Board began their term at the conclusion of the PTO General Meeting on June 6, 2023. Congratulations! For more information about the Miner PTO, please click here. Today Miner hosted the School Spelling Bee for our 3rd-5th grade students to determine who would advance to the Cluster Spelling Bee to represent Miner. The participating students won their class-level spelling bees to advance to this point. Thanks so much to the Spelling Bee Committee who made this day possible, Ms. Hayes and the judges for running the event, and of course to all our amazing contestants. Congratulations to our three winners--Priya, Zenay, and Zachary--who will represent Miner in the next round on their way to the City-Wide Spelling Bee! The entire Miner Community is so proud of them and all of our Mighty Miner Bears for their hard work.
Miner Community, On December 2 and 3, the Miner PTO will host our 7th Annual Holiday Greenery & Baked Goods Sale, partnering for the 5th year with Eliot-Hine PTO and the 1st year with Payne PTSA. We are excited to offer Christmas trees in a variety of sizes (and prices), as well as wreaths, white pine roping (garland), poinsettias, and holiday cards. Most items (along with a donation to ensure families who may not otherwise be able to have a tree or greenery receive one) are available for pre-order on our Greenery 2022 page. Holiday Cards (proceeds benefitting Payne PTSA) will be available for purchase at the sale. Other greenery will be available at the sale as long as it doesn't sell out in pre-orders. We are also in need of volunteers for this event. We need help with set up, sales, and clean up both Friday evening and Saturday. Please click here to sign up for a volunteer shift. We are excited to announce the return of the bake sale portion of the event for the first time since 2019. If anyone is interested in donated baked goods to the sale, please fill out the volunteer form here. Finally, we would love your help spreading the word about our event. Below you will find a downloadable flyer that you can print and share with anyone who may be interested! Thank you for your support!  Miner Community, please see the notice below from Instructional Superintendent Shaw Stover introducing Miner's new principal, Mr. Lawrence Dance!  |
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