2025-2026 School Climate Enhancement Microgrant Awardees
OSSE, in partnership with Ed Forward DC and the Flamboyan Foundation, congratulates the 2025-26 awardees of the OSSE School Climate Enhancement Microgrant. This targeted investment will provide $350,000 in total funding to support these schools in turning their DC SAYS (DC Survey About Your School) data and insights into action by strengthening sustainable, schoolwide Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and climate systems that promote the well-being of students and adults.
The following schools were selected for the 2025-26 OSSE School Climate Enhancement Microgrant:
- Roosevelt High School
- Charles Hart Middle School
- Ingenuity Prep PCS
- Dunbar High School
- Friendship PCS- Southeast Middle School
- BASIS DC PCS
- Creative Minds International PCS
- Two Rivers PCS- Young Middle School
- KIPP DC PCS- Legacy College Preparatory PCS
- Luke C. Moore High School
- Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS- Wahler Place Elementary School
Now in its second grant administration, OSSE remains committed to supporting these 11 grantees in advancing safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environments for all students and staff.
Background
OSSE partnered with Ed Forward DC to select 2023-24 OSSE School Climate and Culture Advisory Cohort members, with microgrants to build the capacity of their school community to understand, utilize, and respond to the results from the spring 2024 Panorama survey administration on school culture and climate.
The following schools were grantees of the 2023-24 OSSE School Climate Enhancement Microgrant:
- Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School
- Capital City PCS – High School
- District of Columbia International Public Charter School
- Brookland Middle School
- Cardozo Education Campus
- Columbia Heights Education Campus
- John Lewis Elementary School
- Lorraine H. Whitlock Elementary School
- McKinley Technology High School
- Powell Bilingual Elementary School
- Raymond Elementary School
- Stanton Elementary School
- Friendship Online Public Charter School
- Friendship Public Charter School – Collegiate Academy High School
- Friendship Public Charter School – Technology Preparatory Academy High School
- Maya Angelou Academy at Youth Services Center (DYRS)
- Maya Angelou Public Charter School High School
- Sela Public Charter School
- Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School
2024-2025 School Climate Enhancement Microgrant Learning Brief
In the fall of 2024, OSSE released the School Climate Enhancement Microgrant Learning Brief, which summarizes key insights from the microgrant projects. The brief offers strategies and practical examples to help all DC schools prepare, effectively address, and respond to their results from the statewide administration of the DC Survey About Your School (DC SAYS).
OSSE School Climate Enhancement Microgrant Learning Brief
For any questions or concerns regarding the microgrant or the application process, contact Marcus B. Hughes, School Culture & Climate Specialist, at [email protected].