Please join us for virtual SHADE Meetings at 6:30 PM every fourth Wednesday of each month. Here is the link:
SHADE MEETING DATES 2024-2025 School Year
August 28th- 6:30 pm
September 25th- 6:30 pm
October 23rd- 6:30 pm
November 21st*- 6:30 pm
December 18th - 6:30 pm
January 22nd- 6:30 pm
February 26th- 6:30 pm
March 26th- 6:30 pm
April 23rd- 6:30 pm
May 28th- 6:30 pm
About SHADE
The School Home Association of Duke Ellington (SHADE) supports the educational and artistic mission of the students, faculty and administration of Washington, DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA). It serves as a communication, action and advocacy organization that unifies the DESA community to address issues of importance to the school and cultivate productive scholar-artists. SHADE is an all-volunteer organization led by Ellington family and community members.