If you haven’t marked your calendars, do so right now! The School Within a School at Peabody Elementary is holding its annual Jazz Gala and Auction on Saturday 17 March 2012 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 6pm to 10pm. This year, in efforts to make the process green (because the auction is on St. Paddy’s [...]
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SWS Auction and Gala Tickets Available Online!
February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South, DC
Brent Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale this Weekend
December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Need Trees? Brent Elementary has ‘em! Brent Elementary’s Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale is this weekend. 275 Fraser and Douglas Fir freshly cut trees are winging their way to DC as we speak. They’ll be available in 6,7,9, and 10 ft heights and for of us with, um, space challenged abodes can pick up a [...]
Tags: Brent Elementary·Christmas·Christmas Trees·Hanukkah·holidays·Schools
Slow Down, Maryland Drivers: Tomorrow is Walk to School Day
October 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South
Tomorrow is International Walk to School Day, or, as we call it on the Hill, Wednesday. I mean, really, how is this different from any other day for us? Well, we can have a little party, that’s how. Tomorrow morning, students (and presumably some of their parents) from twelve Hill schools will gather at Lincoln [...]
Tags: Bikes·Capitol Hill Community Foundation·CHPSPO·Lincoln Park·Schools·Tommy Wells·Walk to School Day·walking
Watkins’ Kitchen Lab Well on its Way; Kale Salad Trumps Baked Beans for Lunch
September 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill South
Sometimes it’s really nice to have cash in hand, especially if you’re a DC Public School. Thanks to a group of parents who used the site Kickstarter.com to challenge the community to raise funds to help teach better eating habits in their very own learning kitchen at Watkins Elementary School, the school will soon debut [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill Cluster Schools·Food·house tour·Jose Andres·Schools·Watkins Elementary
Feast for Good
September 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
How eclectic is the stack of books on your bedside table? Maybe it’s all American classics, or National Book award nominees? Since your copy of the new Cleopatra biography is well thumbed, you might even admit to Tina Fey’s Bossypants. Well, consider yourself ready to attend the Capitol Hill Community Foundation’s A Literary Feast on [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill Community Foundation·Literary Feast·Schools·volunteers
Limited School Spots Create Demand — and Suspicions
July 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South, DC, Eastern Market
With DC schools welcoming students in less than a month, waiting lists at sought-after Hill elementary schools have shaken out a teensy bit to allow some lucky few to enroll their children come Aug. 22. But luck here is relative. Peabody Elementary preschool program here on the Hill has the longest waitlist in the city [...]
Tags: community meetings·Crime·Schools
Redistricting Battle Not Over Yet for Schools
June 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · New Hill East
Guest post by Joe Weedon At 9:12 PM on May 25th, the Washington Post’s Mike DeBonis posted the proposed redistricting map for the District, moving Hill East into Ward 7. Within minutes of DeBonis’ post, my Facebook status proclaimed “Redistricting battle over, we lost Hill East but saved the schools.” I couldn’t have been more [...]
Tags: DC Council·redistricting·Schools·wards
Growing Funds to Grow Young Gardeners at Watkins
June 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill South
It was a sad moment when I realized this would not be the summer I would try my somewhat-of-a-green thumb at urban farming. As we walk by one of the community gardens I long for speckled pole beans, chartruse kale and dear little pink radishes. I fantasize regularly about large juicy beefsteak tomatoes and the [...]
Tags: Cluster Schools·Gardens·Schools
Ward 6 State of the Schools
May 17th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Capitol Hill
Guest post by Joe Weedon Over the weekend, DCPS Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson and several members of her senior leadership team joined Councilman Tommy Wells at Eastern High School to present and discuss the state of Ward 6 schools. As Hill residents know, our public schools, at all levels, have undergone a dramatic transition over [...]
