
Virtual Enrollment for School Year 2021-2022 Begins April 2!
Attention all parents, guardians, and other primary caregivers! Virtual enrollment starts on April 2!
Before submitting your student's enrollment packet, you must attend a mandatory informational meeting. We will walk through the enrollment process together and Registrar Dana Nearing will share important updates since the last enrollment season.

Ellington Rolls Out DCPS Student Referral for Mental Health and Counseling Support process
Duke Ellington School of the Arts is pleased to roll out the new DCPS Student Referral for Mental Health and Counseling Support process.

LMC Families: Limited monday In-Person learning Seats Now Available; Respond by This sunday March 14
The Literary Media and Communications (LMC) Department will be inviting Freshmen and Sophomores to attend in-person arts block on Mondays. Due to social distancing rules, we have a hard cap of only 24 students.

Ellington’s Literary Media & Communications Department Presents “Dreams, Escapism, and Frustration” This Friday
The year 2020 was marked by distance, loneliness, and frustration. Distance from friends and family, coupled with the loneliness caused by that distance. It was punctuated by the frustration of a world full of pain and misunderstanding. The students of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts' Literary, Media, and Communication Department have prepared a night of words, images, and emotions that will reflect on 12 months unlike any in recent memory.

Mayor's Office Hosts 2021 Budget Engagement Forum Sessions
Let's make sure we have great representation at these and show support for Ellington!

SHADE to Host DCPS Budget Training February 23

DESA’S TERM 3 OPERATIONS AND REOPENING PROCEDURES
DESA’s Term 3 Operations & Reopening Procedures. What to expect when you return to the school facility.

DESA Profiled in January 30 Washington Post
Duke Ellington School of the Arts was the subject of a January 30, 2021 education story in The Washington Post, written by Jay Matthews.

SHADE Meeting Tonight and Welcome to Our New Website!
Join us Wednesday, February 3 at 6:30 PM via Zoom.