On the morning of Wednesday, October 3, the streets of Forest Hills will be filled with the colors blue and yellow, and kids walking to school. In celebration of the […]
Coming Soon: A Modern Hearst School
by Adam Tope ANC 3F Commissioner If you have been over to the fabulous Hearst Recreation Center, you have probably noticed the historic Hearst Elementary School sitting right beside it. […]
Back To School: Building Better Public Schools
by Marlene Berlin Gone – Irving Stern, a Siemens Award Winning teacher, started the computer science program at Wilson, and recruited girls. (My daughter was one of them.) Gone – […]
The College Process: A View From The Beginning
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wilson Robotics Club Wins Big
by Jennifer Li Wilson Beacon staff writer During March 29-31, 63 different high school teams gathered in the Convention Center in downtown D.C. to play a game of basketball for […]
Meet The Teachers: Ms. Levy
2019 update: Murch teacher Karen Levy is retiring after 32 years. by Donna LaPorte Scharpf Updated and reprinted with permission from MurchSchool.org Where were you in 1987? Karen Levy was […]