Options Public Charter School, the city’s oldest charter school, serves at-risk students from its campus at 14th & E Streets, NE. Currently 70% of Options students have some sort of special need, according to the school’s Executive Director, Dr. Donna Montgomery. At the start of this school year, 30 students with the diagnosis of conduct […]
With the holiday season upon us, why not give the gift of art or show your support for organizations that enrich our lives and communities? Saturday December 11 The Capitol Hill Art League will host Wrap It Up-The Art of Giving on Saturday, December 11, 2010, from 4:00-8:00 p.m. at CHAW (545 7th Street SE, […]
At last month’s ANC 6A meeting, commissioners voted convincingly to appeal AppleTree’s permit to build a school at 138 12th Street, NE on the grounds that the permit was issued in error. AppleTree’s initial permit was issued in 2007, giving the school two years to begin construction. Nothing has happened on the site so when […]
Last night a group of residents of the Capitol Riverfront community met with Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson regarding the future of Van Ness Elementary. Van Ness, confusingly, is located on 5th Street SE, adjacent to M Street SE and not in the Northwest neighborhood of the same name. The school was closed by DCPS in […]
When I arrived at CITY Gallery for the opening reception of the Wally Szyndler retrospective on Saturday, I had some very wrong preconceived notions. The friends I went with told me his primary medium was crafting tribal-style masks from gourds. Now, I’ve seen plenty of tribal masks and its all very cultural and serious. There’s […]