Home and School Association

Term 1 report cards for K through 5th grade were mailed to the home address on file for your student on Wednesday, November 18th.  Please note that mail sent via the DCPS logistics team can take 7-10 business days to arrive to your home.  If your student has not received their report card by Monday, […]

This post is an email sent by Chancellor Ferebee to the DCPS community on November 2, 2020. Dear DCPS Community, DC Public Schools has a responsibility to provide every student with an equitable, rigorous, and joyful education — no matter if they are learning at home or learning in school. While we planned to offer […]

The donations to the ELS Pre-K and K-2, as well as the SLS 3-5 Classrooms, were abundant! Our classrooms will be generously outfitted with books, puzzles, and developmentally appropriate toys! Whenever we are destined to return to the building, our classrooms will be ready for students to play and learn! With Gratitude, Marcy Hairston, Frances […]

This year we are hosting a virtual open house to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Starting Tuesday, October 13th at 9am please use this link to virtually travel with your family through Spain, Mexico, and some of the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.  Please note that the link does not go […]

More than 70 students don’t have any information in the Murch Directory — please don’t let your family be left out! If you are new to Murch and have not logged in to AtoZConnect or emailed Kristen Fletcher, your student won’t appear in this year’s school directory. Go to AtoZConnect. Click on Signup Now. Enter […]

Submission of Health & Dental Forms If you haven’t already done so, please send your health forms via email to Ms. Berger in the Murch Welcome Center by clicking HERE.  This will allow Murch to be in compliance with DC Health’s school immunization requirements, which can be found HERE. If you have any questions about […]

Are you new to Murch and seeking ways to get linked into the Murch community? Are you a returning Murch family who would like to help new families feel welcome? The Murch HSA has a Buddy Program that links new families with returning families to provide new families with a resource for insider information about […]

It’s time for beginning of the year assessments. Since all assessments are now virtual, please click HERE for a guide on how to help your child have a positive experience. Please be sure to watch the short video embedded in this page.  Please contact your classroom teacher with any questions.

HoopEd is offering an outdoor after school program for kids this fall called Learn, Sweat, & Play that will take place at the Murch Playground on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting September 14. Groups are organized by grade (1st-3rd or 4th-6th) and will engage in all sorts of activities from kickball, soccer skills, flag football, and whiffle […]

We need to stay in touch as a community more than ever this year — so please don’t miss your chance to be in the directory! The directory is how Murch families connect and it only takes a moment to make sure you’ll be included in the next printing. So how do you make sure […]

Welcome back Murch Mustangs! Please click HERE for a beginning of year video message from our teachers and staff. We can’t wait to see everyone next week!

Supply lists for the 2020-2021 school year are available by clicking HERE. Parents/guardians, please don’t feel obligated to purchase every item on the grade-level list; these are suggested supplies put together by our teachers to make at home learning more organized and/or effective. If you need assistance procuring any of the suggested supplies on the […]