Reminders

Location: 2525 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20009

Phone: (202) 939-5390

Principal: Ryan Lam

Assistant Principal: Brittany Skipper

Director of Strategy and Logistics: Jacqueline Alvarado

Arrival Times: 

Doors open at 8:30 am for all grades.

Entrance Locations:

• PreK and Kinder entrance is on Mozart Place

• Grades 1st & 2nd is at Old Entrance (red door) on 17th St

• Grades 3rd - 5th is at Main Entrance on 17th St

• School buses drop off at Main Entrance

• Late arrivals after 8:50 am drop off at Main Entrance and student will pickup late pass)

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Please drop off your student according to their individual grade location. If you have multiple students, you will need to drop off at each entrance. 

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Dismissal Times:

Students in after care, are taken to the after care locations during dismissal.

All other students are dismissed from the following locations:

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• PreK dismisses at 3:10 pm at Mozart Place door

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All other grades dismiss at 3:15 from the following locations:

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• Kinder -- Mozart Place

• 1st Grade -- 17th St Old Entrance with steps

• 2nd - 5th -- Blacktop area

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Important Dates

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August 10 -- ECE Playdate (10-11:30 am)

August 10 -- Vaccine Mobile Clinic at Cooke (see below)

August 26 -- Ice cream social (2-3pm)

August 29 -- First Day of School (Kinder - 5th grade)

September 1 -- First Day of School (Prek3-4 Last name A-M)

September 2 -- First Day of School (Prek3-4 Last name N-Z)

September 20 -- Back to School Night (5-7 pm)

September 30 -- 1st Coffee with the Principal (8:45-9:15 am)

Make Sure Your Child Is Up-To-Date On Their Required Shots, Including COVID-19!

DC Public Schools works closely with DC Health to ensure the health and safety of our students, staff, and community. District law and regulations require all schools to ensure students are fully immunized to attend school, and we know that childhood immunizations are critical to keeping our community safe.

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Now is the time for families to schedule an annual wellness visit with your child’s doctor or attend a neighborhood or school-based vaccine clinic.

New for the 2022-2023 School Year, all students ages 12 and older are required to have the COVID-19 vaccine to attend school.

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If you need a COVID-19 vaccine or booster, visit your local COVID Center.

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Cooke will host a mobile vaccination clinic on August 10th. Pre-registration is required. Sign-up HERE!

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Before and After Care

Champions is our before and after care provider. Click here for more information on enrollment. 

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Uniforms

H.D. Cooke is a uniform school. Our colors are:

Tops -- White or Navy Blue

Bottoms -- Khaki 

Shoes -- Comfortable closed toe shoes

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Early Dismissal 

Any student needing to leave school before the dismissal time must notify the school main office prior to 11 am. If you do not notify the school, the student will not be dismissed early. Please remember that instruction takes place until the end of each school day. Picking up your child early will cause them to miss a lot of instruction. Please make every attempt to make appointments after school.  

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Late Pickups 

Please make every effort to pickup your child on time. We will give a 10-minute grace period. Students that are not picked up by 3:30 will be brought to the office to wait. Students that are picked up late must be reported to Child Protective Services.