by Ricardo Sheler and Sarah Tilghman Murch Blue and Gold student reporters Who is our school named after? Maybe you’ve seen the plaque near the auditorium doors, but how much […]
More Money, Longer Wait For New Murch
by Henry Daschle Murch Blue and Gold student reporter If you think that Murch is old, tired and badly in need of a makeover, you’re not alone. Lots of the […]
Birth Of A Student Newspaper
Toiling under this commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore the Reader, nine Murch Elementary students reported, edited and produced a newspaper in the last couple of months of the school year. […]
Wilson Tigers Get Green Stripes
Murch Elementary isn’t the only neighborhood public school with a green reputation. Check out the news from Wilson High: Wilson High School Named U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School […]
How The Murch School Garden Grows
by Lisa Lavelle Burke As new life springs from the soil in the Murch Elementary School gardens, the school’s four-year-old GreenScene program is entering a new phase as well. The […]
Ask The Mayor About FY 2014 Budget
Mayor Vincent Gray has been holding public meetings this month to discuss his FY 2014 budget. The Ward 3 town hall meeting will held on Tuesday, April 30th at Deal […]
ANC 3F Forms Education Committee
by Manolis Priniotakis ANC 3F05 Commissioner Are you concerned about the school boundary issue and how it would impact the boundaries of Murch and Hearst, two public elementary schools within […]
Wilson High’s Washington Post Contributor
Not many high school seniors can say they’ve been published in a major city newspaper, but Shane Achenbach can. She is a student at Wilson and a writer for the […]
How Our Schools Were Born: Mrs. Leslie B. Wright
by Ann Kessler (Part 1 of 2) Among the early leaders of the Forest Hills neighborhood was a remarkable woman named Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Flenner Wright. She called herself “more […]
Murch Kids Mark ‘Walk To School Day’
by Manolis Priniotakis Chair, Murch Safe Routes to School More than 100 children and parents from the Murch School community marched to the 36th Street school in “Walking Buses” on […]