“Test to return” to DC Public Schools: On December 20th, DCPS extended the school system’s winter break by two days “to ensure appropriate time for testing.” Instead of holding classes, schools would be open on Monday, January 3rd and Tuesday, January 4th for the distribution of rapid antigen tests to students and staff. But covid […]
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Meet Your Neighbors: An advocate for children and the homeless takes a neighborhood leadership role
When we introduced you in May to ANC 3F’s Schools and Universities Committee, its chair was James Tandaric. The leadership has changed. Tandaric is now an ANC 3F commissioner and Tvonne Donovan, a founding member of the committee, is now the committee’s chair. Like her predecessor, Donovan is interested in engaging and advocating for the […]
Schools update: Covid shots for 5- to 11-year-olds; Last chance to weigh in on Wilson High’s new name
Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education (SBOE). This update is adapted from her October 31st newsletter, which includes DC’s Covid-19 vaccination sites for 5- to 11-year-olds, the last calls for input on Wilson High School’s new name, and a survey on DC’s STAR school rating system. Subscribe by contacting […]
School updates: The results of Cheh’s Ward 3 school-readiness checks; the problem with the “Summer Blitz”
Ruth Wattenberg represents Ward 3 on the DC State Board of Education. This is adapted from her August 29th newsletter. Subscribe by contacting her at ruth4schools@yahoo.com. Welcome back to everyone! Plus a special welcome to new families and new staff – and especially to our students. Some of our students are returning to schools they have […]
Murch and Eaton kids went to college for a couple of years. Now, their swing space at UDC is being dismantled.
For four of the past five years, UDC has shared one corner of its campus with a bunch of grade school kids. The university is getting that space back now. Workers are removing the trailers that served as swing space during the Murch Elementary and Eaton Elementary modernization projects. The trailers were installed on the […]
ANC 3F forms schools and universities committee to be an educator, student and parent ally
by Mark Moran Issues faced by the neighborhood’s public and private schools – as well as UDC and Howard University’s law school – are the focus of a newly formed ANC 3F committee of residents and commissioners. And they are seeking the support, input and guidance of parents, educators and other neighbors. “The schools and […]
School updates: What people are saying about changing Woodrow Wilson High School’s name – to August Wilson High School
For those who haven’t heard yet: DC Public Schools has announced its proposal to name Woodrow Wilson High School after playwright August Wilson, who wrote award-winning plays about the Black experience in America. DCPS cited community input in its decision, saying that August Wilson was the preferred name in a public survey with 6,000 respondents, […]
Wilson teachers foster discussions to process Capitol insurgency
What was it like in DC-area virtual classrooms the day after the U.S. Capitol riot? The newspaper covering the happenings at Wilson High offers a window on the experiences of students, staff and faculty at the District’s largest school. Recent articles by The Beacon staff cover the return to in-person instruction, the waiving of community […]
School update: As teachers get second vaccine round, concerns about classroom safety remain; State Board of Ed rep calls on DCPS to fund outdoor classrooms
by Mark Moran Approximately 3,100 educators – teachers and staff – were given the first shot of the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the first week of February, according to District of Columbia Public Schools officials who spoke to educators and parents at a February 8th virtual meeting of the Ward 3-Wilson Feeder Education […]
Virtual auctions, a Read-A-Thon and dining nights: How Hearst, Murch and Deal schools are raising money for their communities
As in-person gatherings shut down a year ago in an effort to slow the pandemic’s spread, the organizers of many a school auction and gala scrambled to move the spring events online. The in-person festivities remain on hold this year. Murch Elementary and Deal Middle Schools are holding virtual auctions. And the PTA at Hearst […]