The Payne Robotics club with teacher Shanita Henson. Photo by María Helena Carey Back at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, Shanita Henson, a science teacher at Payne Elementary School, agreed to head an after-school robotics club at the school. DCPS obtained several VEX robotics kits, and thanks to parent involvement, Payne was one of […]
If you’re a parent on Capitol Hill, you may feel a little overwhelmed by the maze of school options available to you– not to mention that you may not know anything about MySchoolDC, the lottery system for schools in the District. Should you entrust your precious tyke to your in-boundary school option? What IS your […]
Here’s a fun event for your Saturday: Ludlow-Taylor Elementary’s Taste for the Arts is happening Saturday June 4 from 7-10 p.m. at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. This is your chance to meet local parents at a great Capitol Hill school, taste delicious food and possibly score some wonderful haul (hello? Nats tickets, gym memberships, etc.!), […]
Disclaimer: I am a School Within School parent, so if you attend this auction, you are benefiting my children’s school and you have my eternal gratitude. What follows is very biased. Come to the 19th Annual SWS Gala and Auction, March 5 at St. Mark’s Church, 301 A Street SE, from 6-10 p.m. All proceeds […]
It’s Sunday, and many of you are busy updating your calendars with the week’s events –and maybe holding your breath with cautious optimism because maybe, juuuust maybe, this is the Washington Football Team’s year. Make sure you write down not just one but TWO fun events, which will let you get your hair down and […]