Last night, ANC 5A distributed the following communication from the principals of Rocketship Infinity Community Prep Public Charter School, AppleTree at Rocketship, and The Social Justice Public Charter School. The schools are located on one campus in the newly renovated warehouses at 5450 3rd Street NE (off Kennedy Street NE near Fort Totten Metro station). If you would like to be added to ANC 5A’s email distribution list, please contact ANC Commissioner Emily Singer Lucio (5A03), secretary for ANC 5A, at 5A03@anc.dc.gov.

From ANC 5A

Greetings Valued Members of the Ward 5 Community,

               The 5450 3rd street Campus, which comprises Rocketship Infinity Community Prep, AppleTree at Rocketship, and Social Justice School, are excited to start the 2021-2022 school year in person. In anticipation of our start, we wanted to be proactive in communicating start and end times for arrival and dismissal and efforts we are making to mitigate traffic in the local community.

Rocketship and AppleTree will begin school on Monday, August 23 with 225 students in grades PK3-Third Grade. Social Justice School will begin school on Thursday, August 26 with 115 students in grades 5-7. With that in mind, Rocketship and AppleTree will begin arrival at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Dismissal will begin at 3:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesdays are an early release day with dismissal beginning at 1:50pm.

Social Justice will begin at 8:00 a.m. Monday-Friday. Dismissal will begin at 3:45 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesdays are an early release day with dismissal beginning at 12:30pm. Our goal is to ensure a safe and efficient arrival and dismissal for our students and mitigate excessive traffic in the area.

To that end, we have put the following plans into place.

1. We are also working to have a traffic control officer who will be stationed at the intersection of South Dakota and Kennedy during arrival and dismissal windows.
2. We have a staggered start and dismissal schedule to reduce the amount of families dropping off and picking up students.
3. We will have multiple members of each school community working outside to ensure and maintain the flow of traffic up and down 3rd street.

We do express gratitude in advance for your patience through the first few weeks of school as we get our families, many of whom are joining us in person for the first time, used to the flow of the system and routine of arrival and dismissal. We are proud to be a part of the Ward 5 Community and look forward to partnering together.  Please feel free to contact us, via our information below, with any questions and we will be sure to schedule a meeting and or tour to address questions in the coming weeks. 

Respectfully,

Angel McNeil, Founding Principal, Rocketship Infinity Community Prep
amcneil@rsed.org

Paige Lester, Principal, AppleTree at Rocketship
paige.lester@appletreeinstitue.org

Brandon Johnson, Founding Principal, Social Justice School.
brandon@thesocialjusticeschool.org