Sela was created to help tackle educational inequity, racial segregation and cultural isolation- to create a place students would be celebrated as they began their global citizenship journey.
INNOVATIVE
DIVERSE
EXCELLENT
GLOBAL
TRUSTWORTHY
Our school is dedicated to teaching students through positive learning experiences so that they will be successful. We believe that unique learning and styles of students should be considered when planning and implementing learning activities.
STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY
OUR MISSION
GLOBAL LEARNERS
As the world becomes a "flatter" place, we aspire to a reality in which the students of DC will be equipped with the skills to be full participants in a world in which it is crucial to be culturally multi-literate.
Sela Public Charter School offers
children of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds in the District of Columbia, from pre-K to 5th grade, the opportunities to achieve academic excellence in a safe, nurturing environment that focuses on Hebrew language immersion, promotes the value of diversity and provides the skills for taking action in the world.
Sela PCS seeks to create a culture of appreciation for diversity and difference that will enrich students through their exposure to culturesand backgrounds different from their own.
EDUCATING THE WHOLE CHILD
A whole-child approach to education will develop and prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow by addressing students' comprehensive needs through students' shared responsibility. Families, schools, and communities.
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things but learning another way to think about things.
-Flora Lewis
Diverse Student
Population
Tier 1
Ranked by the
DCPCSB
8/8
Wards Represented by Student body
Only Hebrew-speaking school in Washington, D.C
High Quality Early Childhood Program
TESTIMONIALS
I love Sela; the administration and teachers here are absolutely wonderful, my son is learning so much, and we have had a great experience thus far!!!
-Latoya