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Maury Elementary School
Maury Elementary School is a traditional public school located in the transitioning neighborhood of Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Although this creates conflict at times, under the leadership of Principal Carolyne Albert- Garvey, the school has created an interracial task force and other initiatives to foster empathy among the school community members. In addition to the interracial task force, Maury Elementary has a number of programs that cultivate empathy, teamwork, leadership, and initiative in students. Maury Elementary is a community of involved learners, fostering creativity, cultivating curiosity, and forming lasting connections to develop self-empowered citizens. Maury Elementary has a number of programs that cultivate empathy, teamwork, leadership, and initiative in students. Maury Elementary is a Responsive Classroom school and has a Girls on the Run chapter, as well as an equivalent running club that the boys took the initiative to create. There is also a “Think Tank” teacher who uses inquiry-based learning with all students at the school to launch initiatives to improve the school community.
Carolyne Albert-Garvey
Empowering children led Carolyne to a long career as an educator. It began 24 years ago as a teacher. Her classroom was always a bit different than most - student-centered and project based. Carolyne purposefully sought teaching positions, where she could have an impact on helping kids get smarter and feel good about themselves. Since 2004, Carolyne has served as a school leader in the District of Columbia. As a school leader, she has been able to hire brilliant educators to offer the absolute best instruction to all students, build partnerships with organizations like the National Gallery of Art to expose students to new ways of thinking, and manage a safe and respectful school where being smart and kind are valued equally. Maury Elementary gained autonomy through its partnership with the DC3 Schools. Therefore, Maury Elementary has more control over the budget and curriculum. In a time when schools only focus on testing, Maury Elementary choose to run a school that includes inquiry learning and social-emotional curriculum.