By Polly Terzian I am a rising senior at the National Cathedral School. I am very active in my school community as a school newspaper reporter, a member of student […]
Mary Cheh’s School Readiness Tour
Our representative on the DC Council, Mary Cheh, has been visiting our ward’s schools this week, checking for “everything from missing books to broken air conditioners.” School starts on August […]
Neighbor Kids, All Grown Up: From Firefighter to Conservationist
Susannah Pearlstein, Paul Pearlstein’s daughter and my daughter, Erica Baller, had their fights with each other on the Murch playground. Our children do grow up, and Susannah went on to […]
Murch Playdates and What To Expect in Kindergarten
The Murch Elementary Home & School Association has scheduled back-to-school playdates so pre-K and Kindergarten students and their parents can get to know one another before classes begin. Pre-K kids […]
A Dog’s Life: Emmy Weathers The Storm
It’s been a month since a powerful storm rolled through Washington and knocked out power to thousands of people, including Emmy Elfin’s people. She is now ready to tell her […]
Neighbors In The News
Neighbors and neighborhood institutions are making headlines in larger publications than our humble Connection. Here are a few that have popped up in recent months: Recipes from a revolution: Scott […]
Playground News and “Pops in the Park”
by Virginia Adams Marentette An article on the front page of the May 30th edition of the Northwest Current newspaper noted that the DC Council allocated significant money in the […]
Ward 3 Council June Update
by Marlene Berlin Our DC councilmember, Mary Cheh, has come through for Ward 3 in the 2012 Fiscal Budget, passed in June. Check out her June update on funding for […]
Things To Do In Forest Hills (Summer Edition)
Washington, DC has an abundance of historical sites, beautiful vistas and fun activities, and some of them are quite close to home. Here are a few nearby things to do […]
No One Out Of Bounds at Wilson High
by Claire Parker and Maria Brescia-Weiler Wilson Beacon junior editors Starting in the 2012-2013 school year, Wilson will not be accepting any out-of-boundary students. This means that only students who […]