It’s all about the neighborhood
On Thursday, April 28th, poetry and song rang out across the south lawn of President Lincoln’s Cottage. The Cottage welcomed about 150 people for “Ride the Verse,” the annual poetry slam organized by the Roosevelt High School Poetry Club with the support of Friends of Roosevelt, a non-profit dedicated to supporting global students, the arts, athletics and more at Roosevelt.
Read MoreChristopher Olson believes in showing his students how the subjects they learn in school translate into the world outside of the classroom. The community agreed and came out to support Olson’s students with a big fundraiser.
Read MoreSince the beginning of the school year, over 50 third graders at Dorothy Height Elementary School have been crossing 13th Street NW to take weekly swim lessons at nearby Roosevelt High School’s pool. The swim program at Dorothy Height is part of DCPS’s Health and PE program’s larger goal of teaching all DCPS students how to swim.
Read MoreLocal elementary schools have joined forces to fundraise together this holiday season at the first Petworth PTO Holiday Market, hosted by Dorothy Height Elementary School on Sunday, December 12th from 10-2pm.
Read MoreAfter more than five years of discussion, debate, finding the money, COVID-19 and finally construction, the indoor pool at Roosevelt High School is finally ready to open to the public.
Read MoreHave you ever dreamed of owning your own business or learning the skills that it takes to be an entrepreneur? BUILD is an organization that empowers students to develop and run their own small businesses — and they’re looking for people to volunteer as a mentor to help students excel.
Read MoreTwenty-seven students are excited to participate in this year’s BUILD program, now in its third year at Roosevelt High School. The program encourages students to become entrepreneurs by thinking creatively and “outside of the box.”
Read MoreOn Wednesday, August 25th, staff from the Department of Government Services (DGS) led by Director Keith Anderson, took Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and some of her staff on a tour of Powell Elementary to review a new, “temporary fix” for the school’s broken HVAC system. But when asked to clarify the fix… DGS has no answer.
There is no HVAC fix.
Read MoreBy the end of last term, parents and the Powell Elementary principal were afraid their long-time broken HVAC may not be fixed by the fall semester, forcing unvaccinated children to resume school in hot classrooms without proper air circulation. By May, DGS reported that after failing three times to complete a contract to fix the HVAC due to paperwork mistakes, they finally had a repair vendor contracted and would have the HVAC fixed before school started.
Now, DGS says they won’t be done on time.
Read MoreAfter a multi-year, community-led effort to modernize West Elementary school at 1335 Farragut Street NW, the new building’s doors will open to students this fall as students return to the classrooms in person.
Read MoreAs District schools finish their second pandemic year, and parents cautiously anticipate a return to normalcy next fall, families at Powell Elementary School are girding for a fight. The school’s HVAC system, which has been broken for the entirety of the COVID pandemic — even as some kids returned to in-person learning — is still inoperable. Parents and the school Principal are afraid it may not be fixed by the fall, forcing unvaccinated children to resume school in boiling hot classrooms without proper air circulation.
Read MoreConstruction is almost complete at the new pool entry at Roosevelt High School.
Petworth News reached out to DCPS who confirmed that work on the entrance is scheduled to be completed by the end of May.
However, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Parks of Recreation, they currently have no plans to open to the public.
Read MoreAfter a false start on February 1st due to snow, DC Public Schools starts Term 3 with some in-person learning at most elementary schools this week. After months of trying to reopen schools, city leaders have allowed each school through their Reopen Community Corps to develop their own plans. As a result some schools in upper northwest are bringing back a large percentage of their students, such as Key Elementary bringing back 75% of their students.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, January 13th, DCPS resumed their town halls to discuss reopening for Term 3. Dr. Lewis Ferebee, DCPS Chancellor, kicked off the meeting by going through the four models that Reopen Community Corps reviewed.
Due to the brief opportunity for questions, Petworth News followed up with DCPS to additional clarity on several questions.
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