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DC Public Schools welcomed students back last week. Classes began this week at the neighborhood’s private schools – Burke, Sheridan and the new Whittle School. Whittle School & Studios welcomed its first class on Tuesday. Get a glimpse into some of yesterday's first day of school celebrations at our Shenzhen #WhittleSchool campus! ⬇️#WelcomeToWhittle pic.twitter.com/5EIhKilBkl — […]
Adding new rain garden cleanup and board meeting dates and details below. And the concert was fantastic. Has Forest Hills Park (at 3200 Chesapeake Street NW) ever had this much going on in one month? Saturday, September 7th, 5 to 7 p.m.: A concert at the park’s amphitheater near the Brandywine Street entrance. Progressive hip-hop […]
The concerts at Forest Hills Park went on hiatus this summer. But a new group of volunteers is preparing for an early September concert at the park. And it might become an annual tradition. Here’s what we know so far: The festivities begin at 5 p.m. and end at 7 p.m. Saturday, September 7th at […]
Who was Fred Rhodes? A federal worker whose long and varied resumé included the Manhattan Project and the Nixon administration, and later in life, a Baptist minister. But a century ago, he was just a kid in Forest Hills, and the Soapstone Valley was his playground. Thanks to the Historical Society of Washington and Ann Kessler, […]
Van Ness will be welcoming Eaton Elementary kids this fall while their school at 34th and Lowell Streets NW undergoes a two-year renovation and modernization. They will move into the trailers on the UDC campus that had been Murch Elementary’s swing space from 2016 to 2018. But first, the trailer complex at Van Ness Street […]
Some families are able to lock in summer plans early. They know what they’re going to do and when, months in advance. So when summer camps open for registration in January or February, they are ready. They sign the kids up in time to get the early bird discounts. This post is not for them. […]
The nonprofit that has been organizing cleanups, concerts and other events at Forest Hills Park is preparing to dissolve unless more people join its board. Friends of Forest Hills Playground sent a letter to the community (see below) on Tuesday, June 4th stating that the board would begin winding down operations after June 30th, but […]
by Ann Kessler Some of Fred Burnett Rhodes’ descriptions of springtime in DC sound familiar – the brilliance of the azalea blooms, the minnows in Soapstone Creek. But he’s describing a childhood that began in 1913 on Albemarle Street. And his recollections include his father’s encounter with Prohibition agents, and bringing home a pony he’d […]
Whittle School can breathe a sigh of relief. Seven weeks after the District issued a stop-work order, the school has received the building permits needed to resume construction. Washington Business Journal’s Sara Gilgore reports: That means the school can open on schedule for classes after Labor Day, despite losing more than a month and a […]
Whittle School won’t be late for class, says its founder: Chris Whittle tells Washington Business Journal that the private international school will remain on track for its scheduled September 5th opening despite the February 27 stop-work order at Whittle School/former Intelsat HQ. And he tells the London Telegraph that he plans to open 30 such […]
