Guest author Joe Weedon shares his thoughts on the DCPS Lottery. On March 3, DCPS unveiled the results of its annual school lottery. Within minutes of the results being posted, Facebook accounts and twitter feeds were updated. And while a select few posts ended with exclamation points (We got in!!), many more parents were disappointed […]
Mad Men is so last year’s charity auction theme. Get ahead of the curve and join the River Park Nursery School at their annual Sock Hop and Silent Auction on Saturday, March 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. Your $30 ticket is good for the entire family, even family members who think poodle skirts and […]
As we claw ourselves out of the tepid clutches of OldMan Winter, quite a few things are going on around the Hill this weekend to keep ourselves entertained. We kick off with tonight, March 3rd, where Margaret Hollister will discuss her book Inheriting China, at the Southeast Library, 6:30PM. Margaret is a 94 year-old Hill […]
Feel like helping out a school that, while not on the Hill, serves and benefits many families from all around our neighborhood? Perhaps you are a parent new to the DCPS lottery and would like to party down with a diverse community of parents and find out about your school options. Or maybe you just […]
Really, DCPS? A two hour delay today? What. The. Hell? I’m done. I’ve been defending our fair city to anyone who would listen and explaining that DC does not shut down in winter. That our school system is living proof that DC can still function with a little snow. That while our suburban neighbors recoil […]