The Montessori Program at Watkins Elementary School in Capitol Hill is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this weekend. The program, which has been around since 1964, joined forces with the DC Public School system in 1990 and is now part of the Capitol Hill Cluster School. At present, the program teaches over 170 children in the […]
Capitol Hill school gardens have begun adding pepper patches to their primrose paths, real or imagined. Long the province of beautification and greening efforts, our Hill schoolyards may become more than visual treats with the vision provided by the Peabody Early Childhood Campus edible school yard, dedicated late last week in a school-wide assembly. The […]
The Capitol Hill Classic wants me back, or at least that’s what they wrote in an email to bolster registration. Alas, since I cannot make it to the 31st Annual Capitol Classic 10K, with its 3K and Fun Runs, popular with the school kids of the Hill, on Sunday, May 16th, I thought, “Well, I’ll […]
Last night the Hill’s Brent Elementary School was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams during a segment about a local non-profit, Everybody Wins, which hosts a “Power Lunch” mentoring program at the school. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Plans by individuals associated with the International Graduate University to open a new charter school on the large campus behind Safeway on Fourteenth Street SE were thwarted Monday night when the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) announced the city’s newest approved charter schools. Only four of the twelve proposals were accepted, and University High […]