Please access this week’s PTO Bulletin here. In this week’s PTO Bulletin… – Welcome Assistant Principal Coles – Back to School Supplies – COVID Testing  – Back to School Supplies – COVID Testing  – Visitor Parking Passes Needed – Upcoming Events Beautification Day – August 20th PTO Welcome Playdates & Uniform Swap – August 21st & 28th Shepherd Elementary Open House – August 25th – Volunteer Opportunities Room Parents Needed Ambassadors for New Families Committee Volunteers & Event Coordinators – Shepherd 180 Fund – Other Important Dates     – 1st Day of School (K – 5th grade):  Mon August 29th     – 1st Day of School (PreK-3 & 4):  Thurs September 1st     – Labor Day Holiday:  Mon September 5th Welcome to Assistant Principal Coles! Ms. Shamayne Coles is joining the Shepherd Community as Assistant Principal. Ms. Coles is a native Washingtonian, now residing in Southern Maryland and formerly served at Myrtilla Miner Elementary School. With over seventeen years in education, Ms. Coles served as a classroom teacher in DCPS for thirteen years, an Academic Coordinator for one year, and most recently, Math Instructional Coach for five years. Beginning her teaching career in 2005, at Savoy Elementary … Read More

Good morning Shepherd families and friends, We’re getting to the home stretch of the school year – but don’t let up yet! We’ve got a list of activities to send us home over the next few weeks! In this week’s PTO Bulletin… Shepherd Musical – Thurs, June 2nd at 6 pm (come watch!) Spirit Weeks – June 6th-June 18th Fifth Grade Exhibitions – June 8th Field Day – Friday, June 9th PK4 Move Up Ceremony – June 10th 5th Grade Promotion – June 22nd at 4:30 pm Calendar of Events Shepherd Musical – Lights! Camera! Action! -TONIGHT at 6:00 pm Join us to see our first live action performance in several years by our Shepherd Stars! Come cheer on your friends and watch them sing, dance and put on a great show! Come watch in person or live on TEAMS here. FIELD DAY – Thursday, June 9th The annual Shepherd FIELD DAY IS BACK! We’re excited to see everyone out on the field again playing games, bouncing balls, running, hula-hooping, and enjoying some popsicles! More details coming soon Spirit Weeks! We’ll have TWO SPIRIT WEEKS to close out the school year…get ready to have fun and be creative! June 6th … Read More

Good afternoon Shepherd families and friends, We’re getting to the home stretch of the school year – but don’t let up yet! We’ve got our camping trip this weekend and our Shepherd Musical coming up in early June! And we’re hoping to do Field Day towards the very end of the school year too! In this week’s PTO Bulletin… May PTO Meeting – Wed, May 18th at 6:30 pm Shepherd PTO Camping Trip – May 21-22 All-School Morning Meeting hosted by PK3 – Fri, May 27th Memorial Day (no school) – Mon, May 30th Shepherd Musical – Thurs, June 2nd Calendar of Events May’s PTO Meeting TONIGHT – 6:30 pm Join us tonight at 6:30 pm on TEAMS for our PTO call to hear about the GREAT results of the recent student, parent and staff Panoramic Survey from Dr. Hedlund and updates as we wrap up the year with the Camping Trip, the Spring Musical and PTO and LSAT elections. Shepherd PTO Camping Trip Details We’re going CAMPING! Here are the details for this weekend’s camping trip – arrive at Cunningham Falls State Park between 1-2 pm on Saturday and gather in the parking lots next to Hunting Creek Lake … Read More

Good morning Shepherd families and friends, We had a MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL AUCTION and it definitely exceeded our expectations! We’re only hundreds of dollars away from our $50,000 GOAL! You have until this Friday to place all final bids and donations. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT! A HUGE THANK YOU to our PLATINUM and GOLD LEVEL Gala and Auction sponsors: BLUE PATH LABS, LEDO Pizza and Shepherd Park Citizens Association! LOTS OF LOVE for our SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS: The Browder, Rijmen and Raglani families, Rock Star Pediatric Dentistry, Captain Cookie, and Crumbs DC And BIG CHEERS to all the BRONZE-level family sponsors: Beridon, Bingham, Boykin/Chase, Bradley, Eliot/Mueller, Francis/Liberto, Gallagher, Greenfield, Haynes, Johnson/Snyder, Ma/Holdridge, McIntosh, Robinson, Romine, Skapik, Taylor, Varda, C. and R. White, Yang, and Zettle families. In this week’s PTO Bulletin… PTO Restaurant Night at Mama Lucia – TODAY (Thurs, May 12th) Coffee and Convo with Dr. Hedlund and 4th grade families – Tues, May 17th at 8:45 am May PTO Meeting – Wed, May 18th at 6:30 pm Shepherd PTO Camping Trip – May 21-22 All-School Morning Meeting hosted by PK3 – Fri, May 27th Memorial Day (no school) – Mon, May 30th Shepherd Musical – Thurs, June … Read More

Good afternoon Shepherd families and friends, A HUGE THANK YOU to our GOLD LEVEL Gala and Auction sponsor: BLUE PATH LABS! LOTS OF LOVE for our SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS: The Browder and Raglani families, Rock Star Pediatric Dentistry, Captain Cookie and Crumbs DC And BIG CHEERS to all the BRONZE-level family sponsors: Beridon, Bingham, Boykin/Chase, Bradley, Eliot/Mueller, Francis/Liberto, Gallagher, Greenfield, Haynes, Johnson/Snyder, Ma/Holdridge, McIntosh, Robinson, Romine, Skapik, Taylor, Varda, C. and R. White, Yang, and Zettle families. In this week’s PTO Bulletin… All School Morning Meeting hosted by PK4 – Fri, April 29th Shepherd Gala and Auction – Sat, April 30th – buy your tickets NOW and register to bid if you can’t attend! Teacher Appreciation Week – May 2nd-6th PTO Restaurant Night at Mama Lucia – Thurs, May 12th Shepherd PTO Camping Trip – May 21-22 Calendar of Events Walkability Study at 16th and Kalmia St NW – Friday, April 29th A group of concerned parents have been in touch with DDOT about the lack of crossing guards in our neighborhood. There has been an increase of traffic on 16th street as people head back to the office and are less likely to take metro and with the closure … Read More

Good morning Shepherd families and friends, A HUGE THANK YOU to our GOLD-LEVEL Gala and Auction sponsor – Blue Path Labs! And BIG CHEERS to the BRONZE-level family sponsors: Mueller, Varda, Yang, Bierdon, Bingham, Skapik, Bradley, Boykin, Francis/Liberto, Zettle, Ma, Lewis/Taylor, Snyder/Johnson, Robinson, Gallagher and C. White families. We’d still love more family sponsors – click here for more info! Also, Principal Selection and PTO meetings this evening! See info below on how to join both meetings. In this week’s PTO Bulletin… DCPS Principal Selection meeting – TODAY at 5:30 pm April PTO meeting – TODAY at 6:30 pm BIG DEAL Day and Flower Market at Deal Middle School – Sat, April 23rd at 10 am All School Morning Meeting hosted by PK4 – Fri, April 29th Shepherd Gala and Auction – Sat, April 30th – buy your tickets NOW and register to bid if you can’t attend! Teacher Appreciation Week – May 2nd-6th PTO Restaurant Night at Mama Lucia – Thurs, May 12th Shepherd PTO Camping Trip – May 21-22 Calendar of Events BUY TICKETS AND GET READY TO BID! Are you getting excited to bid in the auction? We’ve got something for everyone with more than 130+ auction … Read More