Ludlow Taylor Community News

Our 1st graders are learning all about our Solar System as part of their current reading unit. Students are learning science content as they learn new comprehension skills for informational text. Students are learning that Earth is a planet in our Solar System while they are learning to use text features (chapter headings, picture captions, and text structure, to name a few) to comprehend text.

Students are applying the phonics rules they are learning in their Fundations lessons, while they are learning about planets, stars, how the Sun supplies energy to Earth, and other important science concepts. Our students are always being challenged! We appreciate our amazing 1st grade team - Ms. Atchison, Ms. Cooper, and Ms. Currier! Supporting them are Mrs. Penn, reading teacher, Ms. Truss, math intervention, and Ms. Bowlding, supporting small group instruction.

We’re Future Stars, and we’re thrilled to join the Ludlow-Taylor community as your new Extended Care Provider! Our goal is to ensure a smooth and seamless transition for all families and staff currently working with The Rising Stars program.

To make this transition as easy as possible, we kindly ask everyone to complete a quick re-registration so we can have all your information in our system.

Additionally, if you were on a monthly plan with The Rising Stars, please contact them to confirm that your future payments are canceled. While we have already notified them, it’s always a good idea to double-check.

As we step into our role as your new Extended Care Provider, we want to reassure you that we will honor all scholarships and financial agreements previously established with The Rising Stars. These agreements will remain in place through the end of this school year.

• Please email aisaacs@thefuturestars.net to receive the application.

• The deadline to ensure all scholarships are honored is January 3rd.

Our team will follow up with you shortly after the successful submission and review of your application.

We look forward to working with you and supporting your family through this transition!

Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School is currently in the construction phase of a one-year addition project scheduled for completion in Summer 2025. The goal of this project is to address the school’s reported concerns of overcrowding and will add four classrooms and additional support spaces to the building to help the school’s programmatic needs and diverse student population. Per the Ed Spec, the project scope includes the following:

Project Duration: Summer 2024 – Summer 2025

Total Number of Classrooms: Four

• First Floor – two K/1 classrooms, one workspace

• These classrooms will include furniture, millwork, and fixtures (including bathroom appliances i.e., toilets, sink heights, etc.) designed for typical K/1st classrooms aligned with the DCPS and school-specific Ed Spec.

• Second Floor – two K/1st classrooms

• Furniture, millwork, and fixtures (including bathroom appliances i.e., toilets, sink heights, etc.) in these classrooms will reflect the availability for “flex” options to accommodate the school’s upper grade levels.

Additional Support Spaces:

• Staff-facing space/workspace

• Mechanical, Electric, and Plumbing (MEP) space

• Laundry

Additional Information and Context:

Originally, the project scope included four classrooms, which were all intended to be K/1 classrooms and Early Childhood Education (ECE) serving PK3/4. However, after additional collaboration between school leadership, parent community and DCPS Facilities, the scope was restructured to better accommodate requests from school leadership.

The school asked for the project to 1) provide solutions for overcrowding and 2) provide flexibility for the two second-floor classrooms to potentially accommodate upper grade levels. This flexibility includes certain design elements that provide the proper accommodations for K/1 classrooms per the district-wide and school-specific Ed Spec, while allowing space for the school’s input and discretion regarding which age groups will eventually utilize the space. For example, these classrooms will still include en-suite bathrooms, but the millwork and furniture will include accommodation for all grade levels. The project no longer includes any ECE classrooms due to the input and concerns of the school expressed in the early stages of the project.

Additional Resources:

Project Webpage: DCPS Facilities - Ludlow-Taylor ES

Includes:

• Monthly reports – providing a recap of project activities from the previous month

• Project updates – important information pertinent to the school community

• Project POC and contact information

• Project resources

• Ed Spec

• RFP

• CIP Letter (March 2023)

• Meeting Materials

• Previous meeting presentations

PLEASE come check out Lost & Found. We seem to have more lost than found. We will be donating any left over items during winter break. Please reclaim those jackets and water bottles!

As we prepare for winter break, we want you to know that we are grateful for each and every one of our students, our staff, and our community. We are grateful for the kind words and the personal connections to show support throughout the year. We love being your school and we love the hard work we do. We hope you enjoy some time with your families over the break!