Congratulations to the staff of our new student newspaper, The SEED Quarterly, on the publication of the first edition of the school newspaper.
The SEED Quarterly's 1st edition can be viewed in PDF form here!
Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC has partnered with The SEED School of Washington, DC, the nation’s first urban public boarding school. This successful and innovative school was founded in 1998. The SEED School’s admissions are by lottery and open to any low-income family in the District willing to take a chance. Ninety-one percent of SEED students who enter the ninth grade graduate high school and ninety-five percent go on to college.
The SEED School’s goal is to prepare each child academically and socially for college and beyond. It provides the 325 children enrolled with a 24-hour supportive education environment in a four-acre sanctuary. Teachers are roles models who also encourage students to believe in themselves while providing personalized tutoring so each scholar can excel.
“Giving back to our community is an integral part of who we are and a natural priority for our staff,” says Christian Clerc, regional vice president and general manager of Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC. “There is no better cause than educating the young members of our community. We are delighted to partner and support The SEED School, a highly successful and innovative boarding school.”
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SEED congratulates English teacher Christina Williams for receiving the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. Each year, The Washington Post recognizes 21 teachers for their quality and creative instruction, as well as their contributions to improving education in the DC-metro area. In March, Christina was selected as one of two District teachers who received this prestigious award.
Christina, a Teach for America alumna, has been an English teacher with SEED for nearly four years. She is known at SEED for her tremendous talent of working with young men to help them commit to literacy development. Christina believes that every student can and will excel at high levels of achievement and demands this level of rigor from every student. Because of her inspirational teaching style, which incorporates drumming, chanting, and creating rhymes, SEED’s male students are achieving academic excellence—and having fun while doing so. Christina balances fun with hard work, which, last year, resulted in her students scoring 70 percent proficient on the DC CAS, well out-pacing other schools in the District.“It is incredible to observe the metamorphosis that each child experiences when they cross Ms. Williams’ classroom door. In a nation and a city where far too many of our young men drop out of school and lack basic literacy skills, she is generating daily evidence in the ability of every single one of our young men,” said SEED DC Principal Kara Stacks. “She is a leader in the movement to inspire and educate every child.”
"The Chat Room -Department of Defense Education Activity- talks with Charles Adams, Head of School of The SEED School of Washington, D.C and one of the stars of the documentary Waiting For Superman, about the challenges of education in America." DoDEA [Click on the image to watch video]
Students from the SEED School of Washington, D.C., recently visited NIH as part of a newly formed partnership with the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
There's a unique school that's giving kids from an inner-city neighborhood that only graduates 33 percent of its high school students a shot at college they never had before. Byron Pitts reports on the SEED school, the first urban, public boarding school.
Check out the current job openings in our website at http://www.seedschooldc.org/page.php?pid=54
The SEED School of Washington DC featured in MSNBC Today segment Planting a "SEED": How one school is making a difference.
Fifth-grader Giavonna Turner sits anxiously with her family in a crowded school gymnasium. On stage at front of the room numbered ping pong balls spin around in a metal bingo barrel.
A man in a grey suit calls out numbers one by one as the balls roll out. "16, 2, 22..." Loud cheers erupt after number, families hug, and tears of joy are shed. Giavonna and her family wait for number 19.
This is not your average bingo night. These students are waiting, hoping to hear their number called in the to be accepted to the SEED School in southeast Washington, D.C. One-hundred seventy applicants are taking chance on a better education and the opportunity to go to college. Only 40 ultimately will get spots.
SEED is located among some of the worst public schools in the country. Only 33 percent of students in the neighboring wards graduate from high school.
At SEED, 91 percent of ninth graders go on to graduate and 97 percent of graduating seniors are accepted four-year colleges.
Giavonna learned about SEED when school representatives came to speak at her elementary school.
A lot of people talk about the problems with public education in America. But two remarkable young men have decided to do something about it.
There's a unique school that's giving kids from an inner-city neighborhood that only graduates 33 percent of its high school students a shot at college they never had before. Byron Pitts reports on The SEED School of Washington D.C., the first urban, public boarding school. 60 Minutes, Sunday , May 23, 7 p.m. ET/PT.
SEED Featured in Waiting for Superman, Award-Winning Documentary Film about Education Reform.SEED believes that every child deserves a quality education that prepares him or her for college and for life.In his new documentary film, Waiting for Superman, Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim shares our passion for U.S. public education reform. The film argues for the need to find lasting solutions for all students and reveals the high stakes that families face as they fight for better schools and opportunities.Waiting for Superman shows those stakes in very real terms through the eyes of five students, one of whom hopes to attend The SEED School of Washington, D.C. The students differ in age and background, but all share the same dream: to “win the lottery,” which means attending better schools and improving their lives.
Waiting for Superman was the recipient of the Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. We encourage you to see this powerful film when it is released in fall 2010.
In the Southeast section of Washington, a public boarding school sits on four compact acres, enclosed by an eight-foot-high black metal fence. Behind the fence, the modern buildings of the SEED School are well scrubbed and soaked in prep-school culture. Pennants from Dartmouth, Swarthmore and Spelman decorate the hallways. Words that might appear on the next SAT — “daedal,” “holus-bolus,” “calamari” — are taped to bathroom and dorm walls. And inside the cafeteria hang 11-by-15-inch framed photos of SEED grads in caps and gowns, laughing, clutching diplomas.
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Food Network, Share Our Strength, and Secretary Tom Vilsack of the Dept of Agriculture open a new Good Food Garden at the SEED School in Washington, DC.
April 21, 2009, was a day to remember for Charles Adams, alumnus of the Institute for Not-for-Profit Management Program and Head of School at The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, D.C.
"Not only did the newly elected president visit our school," he said, "but he did so to sign a national service bill. Wow!"
What It's Like When President Obama Signs the Landmark "Serve America" Bill at Your School (My Day Today!)
Today, President Obama made a major step to expand funding and opportunities for public service by signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act -- and he did it at my school, The SEED Public Charter School of Washington, DC!
