23 Mar 2017

Volunteering & Giving:

Help Send The Blue and White Marching Band to NOLA!

The Blue and White Marching Band from Eastern High School has always been one of my favorite groups in local parades. The group is raising money for a trip to New Orleans to learn about the city’s rich musical history and to tour the prestigious HBCU Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  While on campus, […]


22 Feb 2016

News:

Last Day to Vote For Akilah’s Doodle4Google!

Today, February 22, is the last day you can vote in Google’s annual Doodle4Google competition: make sure you vote for Eastern High School‘s Akilah Johnson‘s doodle in the 9-12 category! Recently, FOX5 profiled the talented sophomore on the creation of her art. The assignment for this year’s doodle was to create a doodle reflective of the […]


05 Mar 2014

Opinion: Middle Schools on the Hill

By guest author Joe Weedon Elementary schools across Capitol Hill are booming. Enrollment is up, test scores are improving. Our neighborhood’s success in supporting our neighborhood elementary schools has even entered into the Mayoral debate.  Councilmember Wells regularly states that, “every elementary school in Ward 6 has a waiting list” and that “I know we […]


08 Feb 2011

Eastern High School – The Pride Returns to Capitol Hill

Guest author Joe Weedon shares details from this past weekend’s information session at Eastern High. As a parent of two elementary school kids on Capitol Hill, I’ve been watching the redevelopment of Eastern High School from a distance. While I had heard great things about the re-design of the building, had spoken with the incoming […]


18 Nov 2010

High School Fair

Maybe its the fact that most of my friends have small children, but I feel like there’s lots of talk about elementary schools: where to go, city vs. charter vs. private, favorite teachers and principles, how to survive lotteries, etc.  I don’t even have kids, but I feel pretty confident that if I did I’d […]


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