After reading last week’s column on Things We Take For Granted on Walking to School, some people spoke out on their concern for pedestrian safety between stopping and smelling the roses. With more and more small children, many of whom cannot be seen readily from behind the hoods of autos and many of whom are […]
This is a quickie. It takes such a short amount of time, I don’t think of it. It is over before you know it, and yet it is something you remember forever (or I do). So, it is something many of us take for granted — walking to school. The Hill’s neighborhood elementary schools take […]
When I first moved to the Hill I never dreamed of baby boom the neighborhood has experienced in recent years. I specifically remember thinking, “Well, I hear there’s a kinda crunchy Montessori program right around the block at Watkins but I better start saving now for private school if I want to have kids and […]
Eastern High School is back — and its beautiful. And that’s only the part you see. 1700 East Capitol Street SE is now wired for sound, light and action, with state of the art duct systems, and electronics for its new sound systems, computer compositions, Promethean boards, theater lighting, electronic blinds operated with a remote, […]
Last Thursday was a quiet but momentous milestone for the community of Two Rivers Public Charter School. It was the school’s very first graduation day. Eighteen eighth graders were awarded diplomas and showered with advice and words of wisdom for the future while parents, teachers and administrators beamed with pride. A few of the kids […]