CHILDHOOD TV SHOWS
This teen idol's name sounds a lot like Alexis Texas, the name they almost gave her.
Who is Hannah Montana?
This word is response in our spirited call and response chant.
What is Saxa?
J.C. Nalle Elementary School is located in this ward of D.C.
What is ward 7?
These two categories make up the DC Reads curriculum folder.
What are phonics and comprehension?
This series featured a beloved bellboy with a lengthy full name and the catchphrase "thees is a deesaster!"
This rapper was supposed to perform at 2017's Hoya Madness before his arrest, but returned in 2018 for a criminal justice and prison reform talk.
Who is Meek Mill?
This phrase describes the phenomenon in which a lack of available grocery stores leaves residents of an area without access to proper nutrition.
What are food deserts?
This type of word is one that developing readers should memorize and recognize without sounding it out, like the and what.
What is a sight word?
This female Disney star had iconic platform flip flops and a Bitmoji before Bitmoji made Bitmojis.
Who is Lizzy MacGuire/Hillary Duff?
This notable alum ironically lost his bid for student body president.
Who is Bill Clinton?
The proliferation of this type of school (which we do not serve) in D.C. has caused controversy and debate.
What is a charter school?
Confusingly for our students, these 2 consonants in the English alphabet make the same sound most of the time.
What are c and k?
This teen from a different era often felt he was born in the wrong generation.
Who is Phil of the Future?
In this year Georgetown University became fully coeducational, the same year that "Me and some guys from school / Had a band and we tried real hard."
What is 1969?
This phenomenon disproportionately affects students of color, allowing misbehavior to turn into suspensions, which turn into juvenile detention and possibly withdrawal from school.
What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
This word describes the combination of two letters to make one sound, such as in ph and ck.
What is a digraph?
This Nickelodeon competition show featured Indiana Jones-type challenges, dorky helmets, Mayan history (kinda), and a ~spooky~ vibe.
What is Legends of the Hidden Temple?
This famous country song was written by an alum in the Georgetown neighborhood for a singer who had never been to West Virginia, to which he sings about returning.
What is "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?
This percentage of elementary school students are reading proficiently by fourth grade. (Given a +/- 10% margin of error)
37%+/-10
This word describes the skill of joining individual speech sounds together to make a real word.
What is blending?