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Stay Informed

Our goal is to ensure that families are informed and welcomed partners. To do so, we want to first create clear and open lines of communication. To that end, we have created the below to guide families when looking for information.
PRIMARY SOURCES OF COMMUNICATION
WEEKLY UPDATES FROM CLASSROOM TEACHERS
​(via letters, emails, websites)
Ludlow-Taylor teachers provide families a written update every Wednesday to:
  • Share what is happening in the classroom and to help families engage in student learning
  • Send reminders about upcoming classroom, grade-wide and school-wide events
  • Distribute the principal’s bi-weekly letter
Contact your student's teacher for more information.
MASTER CALENDAR
Ludlow-Taylor's administration and PTO maintain a master calendar of events on this website to notify families about the dates, times and locations of school-wide and grade-wide events sponsored by the school and PTO. Individual classroom events are not included on this calendar. 

Sync Your Calendar!

The master calendar can be synced to your personal calendar product that supports the iCal format (iCal, Outlook, Google). For more detailed instructions, visit the Calendar page.
LUDLOW-TAYLOR WEBSITE
Ludlow-Taylor's administration and PTO maintain this website to provide information to current parents, prospective parents, and the community. It serves as the go to source for:
  • Master calendar
  • List of teachers and staff
  • Parent handbook and answers to FAQs
  • Information on getting involved in the school
  • News and events
  • Afterschool information, including club sign ups
Download our quick communication resources guide.
SECONDARY SOURCES OF COMMUNICATION
LUDLOW-TAYLOR FACEBOOK PAGE
Ludlow-Taylor's PTO posts news for parents and the community about:
  • Upcoming events
  • Accomplishments and activities of our students and teachers 
  • Fundraising activities
  • Relevant information from DCPS and community partners

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PRINCIPAL SMITH'S TWITTER
Principal Smith shares what students and teachers are doing during the school day. Follow him.
FLIERS
Ludlow-Taylor's administration and PTO will send home fliers in students' backpacks on a limited basis to convey important messages and provide final reminders for key events.
ROBO CALLS
Ludlow-Taylor's administration conveys information via robo call only ​in cases of emergency and when late date changes are necessary.
 LUDLOW-TAYLOR LIST SERV
Ludlow-Taylor's PTO maintains a list serv to provide an online forum to engage parents, teachers and other members of the school community, including:
  • Event reminders
  • Parent questions
  • Discussions (note: discussing the merits of Ludlow-Taylor policies is off limits)
Membership is limited to current and incoming families of Ludlow-Taylor students and staff members. Join by sending an email with your name, email, and grade of your student. 

All members can post to the list serv by emailing ltes_dc@yahoogroups.com.