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Brittany Selah Lee-Bey has lived and worked in Petworth teaching preschoolers from the Petworth Coop playgroup to participating as a member in a writing group at Petworth Library on how words work. She decided to write a book on etymology and how words are created to help out children with their lack of exposure to phonics programs both in and outside of school.
Read MoreI am delighted to announce that I have joined the Petworth News team as a student intern for the remainder of my academic year. I hope to serve as a bridge between Petworth News and the community, representing a younger voice on the site.
Read MoreThe DC Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against Robynn Chandler-Mitchell, the former Treasurer of Powell Padres, the Powell Elementary parent-teachers organization, for failing to return almost $19,000 she took from the Powell PTA.
Read MoreRoosevelt is looking for community help to support their students who are preparing for international travel next semester. Students are planning to travel to Costa Rica, Taiwan, France and Poland for an international experience. You can help by donating today!
Read MoreThis is a great opportunity to help a young person experience a new country, and your own family to experience a new culture.
Read MoreIn another take on the expertise you may not have realized exists in your next door neighbors, one local resident started a company to help parents and teachers navigate the difficult to understand world of special learning needs in DC’s public school. Here is where Petworth resident Martha Hoffman and her company Grounded Learning helps neighbors.
Read MoreOn March 24th Dorothy Height Elementary School welcomed Congresswomen Eleanor Homes Norton and DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee to help them celebrate Women’s History Month on the school’s namesake’s birthday.
Read MoreLast month, An Open Book Foundation partnered with local school librarians to help promote literacy in Wards 4 and 5 by bringing authors and their books into local Title I schools.
Read MoreThe choir is one of Barnard Elementary school’s brightest gems. Under the direction of music director Joel Lehman, the choir at Barnard Elementary School has given the students an outlet to sing in front of their school community, street festivals, and even in front of Vice President Kamala Harris at her house last year.
Read MoreABC’s “Abbott Elementary” teamed up with schoolwear brand French Toast and Teach For America to supply “school resource closets” to ten schools across the country to ensure that students have access to essential clothing as they are in school.
Read MoreThis year MacFarland Middle School welcomed a new principal, Lucas Cooke. Cooke spent the last five years as principal of Hardy Middle School and is excited to now lead Petworth’s neighborhood middle school. Cooke is a Petworth resident and a parent of children in a MacFarland feeder school. Petworth News had the opportunity to walk around the school and talk to the new principal candidly about his goals and challenges he faces as he steps into his new role.
Read MoreThe 2nd Annual Tour de Roosevelt will be a community bike ride on Sunday, September 18th starting at 10am. Register today and join the local fun!
Read MoreNine students at Roosevelt High School are participating in paid summer internships through the NAF (National Academy Foundation) program at their school. The NAF program was started at Roosevelt two years ago as part of the DC CTE Network and sponsors two programs: Culinary Arts, and Global Service and Diplomacy. NAF’s mission includes bringing work-based learning experiences by partnering with high schools in high-need communities across America.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, May 25th from 5-6:30pm, young entrepreneurs will showcase their businesses in the atrium at Roosevelt High School, located at 4301 13th Street NW. The atrium is located right in the front of the building after you enter the main doors on 13th street.
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