Maya Angelou Schools & See Forever Foundation

Assistant Principal Redman is a treat we are privileged to have throughout the school year!

AP Redman, you have the Maya Angelou Schools’ and the See Forever Foundation’s deepest and most sincere expression gratitude for your unwavering support throughout your years of service to MAA @ DOC’s scholars, staff and faculty. Your belief in the District’s young people has given the entire campus the courage and confidence to succeed during beyond the graduation stage. Thank you for always being there to cheer on our emerging adults’ hopes and dreams.

Please leave a note for Ms. Redman for her continued encouragement of Maya’s learners. Ms. Redman takes on the vital role of shaping academic success in any climate, under any circumstance.

Once more, thank you Ms. Redman for your leadership. You have been constantly available to offer a special guidance to our youth beyond what the classroom alone can bring! ✨

We are so proud that our 25th Anniversary documentary, Welcome to School has been selected into the Hollywood South Urban Film Festival happening this weekend! Check out the film festival at hsuff.com and a clip of the docu below.

https://youtu.be/AiCIFCcZh0U?feature=shared

💻The 2024 Graduates of the Maya Angelou Schools have studied and prepared for their upward trajectory – and their future is now! Uplift the myriad accomplishments of our incredible scholars by supporting the Class of 2024. Donations to the Class of 2024’s Graduation Appeal will purchase a tablet for every student who has earned a High School or General Education Diploma this year.

⚡The benefits of a tablet to further a Maya graduate’s post-secondary plans include:
- Convenience and portability of a multi-functional device
- Long battery life for digital content creators
- Accessibility features to maximize all learning styles’ study experience
- Wireless, mobile-friendly efficiency and productivity apps
- Versatile and mobile streaming and entertainment hub for work-life balance

Donate to support the future of the Class of 2024! Invest in the success of our students today🎓

YALC Zoom Graduation 🎓🔗
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Thanks

Live Stream the Maya Angelou PCS graduation via ZOOM! 🎓

👩🏾‍🎓 Many of Maya’s Class of 2024 graduates have what others would see as insurmountable obstacles to get to and through their senior year of high school. This year, your Spring monetary contributions supply each Maya Angelou graduate with a tablet to help them succeed with their college or career plan of choice this Fall semester and beyond.

🗻 Tablets, which are larger than smartphones and smaller than library computers, can be helpful in annotating readings or taking class notes and have more storage space than ever to easily save files and documents. Supporting the Class of 2024’s Graduation Appeal creates an opportunity to recognize our outgoing Seniors for their years of hard work and persistence.

📲 Help sustain their smooth transition into their post-secondary education or professional endeavors. Celebrate our Senior Rebels!

🎁 Donate today to the future of our graduates: TINYURL.COM/MAYAGIVING

☀There's still time in the day to rekindle your love for biking, running and walking - all in the name of supporting the Maya Angelou Schools by registering for the Miles for Maya 5K! Visit tinyurl.com/MilesForMaya2024 to sign-up 📋

Participants will receive an award and this year's Race Shirt and are invited to the Awards Ceremony at our Community Wellness Fair 🎈

👟 With our virtual 5K, you can move your feet anywhere at anytime before Midnight while still helping the Maya Community.

🦋 Your registration helps Maya achieve our goal of providing top-notch learning resources and Mental Health services for opportunity and justice-involved youth at our 5 campuses.

💥📣 Tap in DC-area career climbers; secure your chance to meet our School Leaders and current Maya educators at our in-person Career Event! 💫

📧 RSVP by Fri., May 31 with your resume to [email protected]

🌟 This is your opportunity to visit our flagship, the Maya Angelou Learning Center, and see why you would be a great fit for one of our campuses. During next month's Career Event, you’ll hear our story, learn about our mission and culture, and witness our genuine passion as instructors, administrators and coaches.

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💥📣 Tap in DC-area career climbers; secure your chance to meet our School Leaders and current Maya educators at our in-person Career Event! 💫

📧 RSVP by Fri., May 31 with your resume to [email protected]

🌟 This is your opportunity to visit our flagship, the Maya Angelou Learning Center, and see why you would be a great fit for one of our campuses. During next month's Career Event, you’ll hear our story, learn about our mission and culture, and witness our genuine passion as instructors, administrators and coaches.

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Last of our pictures! Remember what Dr. Angelou once said, “nothing will work unless you do!” Congratulations Class of 2024 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿

is the District’s adaptation of , a national movement created in 2015 within former First Lady Obama's Reach Higher initiative. The goal of Decision Day is to recognize Seniors city-wide for their ongoing postsecondary plans. By supporting scholars with the tradition of DC Decision Day, we want our Rebels to experience a feeling of immense individual goal completion and collective class pride - we are all better together! The MAPCS staff and faculty recognizes the efforts of our students who will identify as high school graduates and Maya Schools Alumni. Please take a moment to help the Class of 2024 "Seniorbrate" their big decisions in the comments below!

🏆 Thank you, Maya Community and guests for attending this week’s inaugural Educator Awards Ceremony! Congratulations to all nominees and honorees. Every campus and office recognizes that each of you has persisted through various barriers and obstacles with specific complexities and challenges. Thank you for applying your talents and gifts to Maya’s mission and answering the incredible call to work in the service of the young people of DC. May your Teachers’ Day today have been incredibly special. Once again, congratulations to:

DC Jail
Eustace Alexander
Kenza Carrington

New Beginnings
Kristi Webb
Ricardo Rivera

YSC
Krystle Sanders
Deborah Squire

YALC
Deja Brooks
Kewanna Wade Wooden

SFF
Jacqueline Farrell

HS
Jessica Heath
Kassandra Cordova

🌜We can't wait to see you this evening on Odyssey Cruises – we’re especially excited to host our inaugural Educator of the Year Awards! Thank you for your nominations. We received so many amazing stories of our incredible colleagues. The Senior Leadership Team looks forward to recognizing award recipients based on your voting. We will have a fabulous and celebratory start to the week tonight at the Wharf. Thank you, Maya Community for answering your vocation. Our students, families and Alumni thrive because of your creativity, persistence, stamina and can-do-ness!

Join us at our Annual Community Wellness Fair to access support for your well-being and personal development!

This event is perfect for the whole family, with something for everyone to learn, enjoy, and experience. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with your community and take charge of your mind, body and soul. Receive vital information and resources to assist you with all phases of your healing journey.

Vendor opportunities are still available - we strongly encourage DC-area/adjacent organizations to table that represent accessible resources or opportunities. Please send a request by email to [email protected] for more information.

Our CEO, Dr. Clarisse Mendoza Davis, is interviewed by Jason Pier of the American University School of Education - an institution which also serves as a Young Adult Learning Center CTE program partner. Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/AUinterviewsCMD and an excerpt of the interview below ⤵

🟦SOE: How did your schools address the social and emotional wellbeing of students, particularly after the COVID pandemic?

🟥CMD: There was a triple pandemic: COVID, the economic fallout from COVID for students and their families, and there was escalating violence in our community during the pandemic as well. We were up against these really traumatic student experiences. We amplified what we already do here at Maya, virtually, with staff members in many of our schools, including those in secure facilities, still going in to teach in person. During and after the pandemic, every scholar enrolled here has had a social worker or clinical counselor that they see regularly to provide support and to continue to assess if there is a need for more intensive clinical and mental health supports. Part of our clinical approach is fully integrating with the rest of the school, including our classroom teachers, including social emotional learning into the daily classroom experience for our students.

The Magic at the Maya Angelou Schools CEO Dr. Clarisse Mendoza Davis, MA ’08, leads the Maya Angelou Schools in Washington, DC, which has served more than 5,000 students in low-income urban areas for 25 years, specifically those who have not succeeded in traditional schools. Most notably, three school locations are physically housed i...

Happy ! Maya has made the world a better place by operating a LEED-certified facility for our scholars and the surrounding Ward 7 and 8 communities for over 15 years.

🌍The Maya Angelou Learning Center (MALC), our flagship location in Capitol Heights, is a registered United States Green Building. The Maya Schools also invests in the city of DC through local field trips and travels via public transportation to minimize our carbon footprint.

🌍Maya Angelou PCS visits the YMCA's Camp Letts annually, which sits on 220-acres of preserved land. Maya is dedicated to community-involved, environmentally friendly and long-term sustainability practices for the good of all of Planet Earth's inhabitants.

🌍The MALC lends itself to the Young Adult Learning Center's Hoop House, a hybrid greenhouse learning space that formerly headquartered "Seeds for Success," a CTE certification program geared toward hydroponic agriculture and landscaping as an entrepreneurial endeavor for adults.

Black History Month (BHM) is our country's annual celebration of the robust culture, history and contributions of African-Americans. Black history is American history. Please join us in recognizing the Maya Angelou Schools' 2024 BHM Beacons - Maya Angelou Academy @ New Beginnings' own Leila Ali, Alexander Ellis and Hannan Abubaker who jointly organized "Black Love: Exploring the Radiance Within African-American Relationships." This forum highlighted the beauty and strength of in all its forms, from family to friendship to self-love. The interactive multimedia presentation included a stroll and scholar-led poetry reading. New Beginnings also held a "Black Love in Film" trivia contest and a live, talk show style panel interview of married Maya Angelou Academ couples. The Maya Angelou Schools acknowledges and salutes the Maya Angelou Academy at New Beginnings for their interesting and inventive Black History Month programming!

Don’t just survive high school, thrive. Maya Angelou PCS has been DC’s leading alternative high school choice for over 25 years. We are located in Ward 7, at the Capitol Heights stop on the Blue Line. Maya is a progressive, real world education space that grants second chances at success. We offer athletics, business and career academies, mental health services, free meals, residential boarding and small classes. Visit myschooldc.org and rank Maya Angelou PCS as #1 on your post-lottery application today!