In 2017-2018, our high school earned a Tier 1 rating for the first time in its history.
Our graduation rate rose to 85.9% (up from 76% the year before), our college acceptance rate was 93.8%, and even though we did not perform as well as we had hoped to on the PARCC assessment, our students saw significant gains in PSAT scores, SAT scores, and on the Advanced Placement exams.
Award-winning Students
In addition to earning a Tier 1 rating for the first time, E.L. Haynes won two DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) Best Practice Awards. Our Credit Recovery Program, led by Zeleta Green, won the Program Innovation Award and Senior Kalkidan Haile won the TIERific Student Award.
Congratulations, Class of 2018
On Saturday, June 16, 2018, E.L. Haynes awarded diplomas to 97 seniors in its fourth graduating class on the Howard University campus. Keith Calix, honored guest and former E.L. Haynes teacher, inspired students, families, and friends during the ceremony with his keynote address. Prior to graduation day, our seniors proudly took a final walk through our elementary school halls.
| Principal | 2017-2018 High School Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Emily Hueber Stoetzer | 430 students |
Members of the Class of 2018 Were Admitted to Top Tier Colleges
It was inspiring to watch our youngest students and staff celebrate the Class of 2018. The list of college acceptances for the Class of 2018 included many firsts, adding Brown University, Dartmouth University, Georgetown University, Case Western Reserve University, Tufts University, and Wellesley College to the list of schools admitting our students, among many others.
“I am going to miss all of the teachers; they’ve been caring for me as a person and as a student.”
Adrienne Harper, E.L. Haynes Class of 2018
Looking Back to Write a Different Future
During Spring Break, a group of 32 students and eight chaperones participated in Looking Back to Write a Different Future - A Civil Rights Tour of the South. They visited major sites of the Civil Rights Movement, driving from DC to Greensboro, Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham, Tuskegee, and Selma. The school-sponsored trip provided students with the unique opportunity to witness the location where four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University began the sit-in movement, meet with the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, and reflect on Dr. and Coretta Scott King's legacy at Dr. King's childhood.
“You could feel the movement...it gave it a more ‘real’ feeling, something not achievable by simply reading texts in History class…The whole experience allowed me to truly connect with the Civil Rights Movement in a way I didn't think possible.”
Diego Flores, 10th Grade
Celebrating Student Expression
In 2017-2018, our high school added new clubs to help build community and enrichment opportunities, including Dance, LGBTQ, Chess, and Student Government. Our high school produced its first musical, The Wiz, and students exhibited their photography portfolios in partnership with Critical Exposure.
National History Day City-Wide Competitors
High school students participated in National History Day with group and individual exhibits, documentaries, and websites ranging in topic from “The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing,” “The Video Game Crash of 1983,” “The Real Cause of the Rwandan Genocide” to “The Liberation of Europe.” Twenty-three 10th grade students advanced to the citywide National History Day competition where they competed against schools from across DC. Our students won first place for group documentary, best annotated bibliography, second place for group websites, and third place for individual websites.
