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“While one may encounter many defeats,
one must not be defeated.” – Dr. Maya Angelou

Welcome Back Maya Scholars!

Celebrating over 25 years of education opportunity in Washington, DC!

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Maya Angelou Public Charter School was founded by David Domenici and James Forman Jr. and is the namesake of the renowned poet, author and activist. At Maya Angelou Schools, the key to our success is rooted in building trusting, respectful, and nurturing relationships with each other.

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In the years that Maya Angelou PCS doesn't receive

In the years that Maya Angelou PCS doesn't receive McKinney-Vento funding, our Director of Operations, Ms. Holley, has had to dip into the school budget for non-traditional expenses. We fundraise, host #GivingTuesday, apply for grants and crowdsource for emergency assistance, transportation and safe haven residences for students and families. Read more about Maya Angelou PCS' fight for household stability in the DCist (@dcist) article, 'D.C. Gets Federal Funds To Help Homeless Students. But Many Schools In Need Are Shortchanged.' 📱View this article in full at the DCist.com or tinyurl.com/rra4ye4p. 🎁To donate to our person-centered, homeless assistance programs that include emergency shelter, counseling, housing services and groceries for our families please visit: https://seeforever.networkforgood.com/

📰 Maya Angelou PCS was recently featured in the

In the District, over 65,000 people are facing hun

In the District, over 65,000 people are facing hunger, of those people nearly 20,000 are children - that's 1in 6. At the Maya Angelou Learning Center site, we open our pantry and closet doors to student-families, alumni and our Ward 7 neighbors. Anyone who is in need can receive! 🛒 The Community Eats boxes and seasonal Holiday Baskets include lean protein, non-perishables and fresh produce. We also pack combs, bath tissue, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and more while supplies last. 🦷 To replenish our giveaway groceries, please give the gift of a full stomach and a clean body to a Maya family or nearby Capitol Heights household, by sending a #GivingTuesday donation through Network for Good 🔗: seeforever.networkforgood.com

🥖Food insecurity makes it difficult for a Maya

🥖Food insecurity makes it difficult for a Maya student, or any child across DC, to learn and grow. At the Maya Schools we prepare generous portions and multiple hot meals for our scholars, staff and faculty daily in our commercial kitchen. We box and refrigerate our leftovers for those who would like to take home extra to-go meals for their families or friends. 🥯Maya tackles food insecurity because we know serious health issues can arise in our students and their families when people have to choose between spending money on food and medicine or healthcare. When we open our doors to feed our neighbors in Ward 7 we can help alleviate difficult decisions like choosing between food and rent, bills, and transportation. 🍞Consider donating on behalf of #GivingTuesday to assist community members and stop hunger during the most difficult time of the year. 💳 Give online today: https://seeforever.networkforgood.com/

#DidYouKnow💡 Hunger is the feeling someone has

#DidYouKnow💡 Hunger is the feeling someone has when they don't have food - however food insecurity is the consistent lack of food to have a healthy life because of an individual's economic status. According to the USDA, more than 34 million people, including 9 million children experience food insecurity in the United States alone 😮 The Maya Schools are working hard to end hunger by addressing food insecurity through campus-grown harvest crops from our community garden and greenhouse, to adding produce in grocery bags through the Community Eats program. Our Operations team makes it a point to buy from local restaurant suppliers and farmers to ensure freshness during pantry giveaways 🥦 We can't continue this good work without partners like you - consider a #GivingTuesday donation. Your monetary seed can will blossom into a meal for a Ward 7 and Ward 8 family. Visit seeforever.org or https://seeforever.networkforgood.com/ to make a contribution today! 🍅

A critical reminder from our leader Dr. Clarisse M

A critical reminder from our leader Dr. Clarisse Mendoza Davis, CEO. This year's Giving Tuesday campaign uplifts the Maya Angelou Schools Student Support Services. Our five campuses bridge the gap for our families during the holiday season and beyond by providing much, much more than the average school. We adapt to what our students and families need, when they need it to help everyone in the household achieve positive goals and improve well-being. By partnering as a giver, you directly underwrite services outside of academic learning: 🥕 2022 Kitchen Renovation (that serves over 250 meals daily!) 👟 Clothing and Shoes 🌽 Community Eats Food Distribution 🚑 Emergency and Disaster Funding 🧻 Hygiene Products 💜Trauma Care and Clinical Counseling Services 💉Vaccination Clinics Donating on #GivingTuesday will allow us to continue to provide everything needed to make a student's house a home from fresh produce to quality items, as well as emergency support to our parents during challenging and unforeseeable seasons in their lives. This #GivingTuesday we will accept your gift online at Network for Good (https://seeforever.networkforgood.com/)

Why Give to the Maya Schools this #GivingTuesday?

Why Give to the Maya Schools this #GivingTuesday? 🎁 This is our time to come together like the roots and branches of a tree and make a tremendous impact for years to come. Today is an opportunity to support an area of impact that is the most meaningful to YOU. You can: 🍼Preserve our Clinical Counseling Services ' Parenting Workshops 🏡Give to the Resi Program 🧦Expand our gratis Clothing and Toiletries Pantries 🍞Help Maya fight Food Deserts in Ward 7 through Community Eats or the YALC's Hoop House Greenhouse. All gifts, big and small, are counted in our goal of helping students and their households. This #GivingTuesday we will accept your gift online at Network for Good (🔗:https://seeforever.networkforgood.com/) "The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned." -Dr. Maya Angelou ⭐

Malcolm X once said, “stumbling is not falling.” If you’re ready for your 8th grade student(s) or high school transfer(s) to experience a new way of learning and life changing skillbuilding apply to Maya Angelou Public Charter Schools, or invite us to your next school fair. We also meet with individual 8th grade classes, middle school staff and prospective families to have thoughtful conversations about your high schooler’s future - both in the District and far beyond where their wildest dreams may take them. 📸 DC Scholars' Path to High School Fair - the 8th grade scholars had great questions and were truly excited to hear all about Maya PCS!

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