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How to Choose a Summer Camp
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (778+ words) Liz Lyons has been signing her kids up for summer camp for nine years. She did it in part because of her own positive experiences with camps when she grew up in California, she said. But she is also upfront…...
Eastern High School Marching Band's Amelie Rudolph
1+ week, 6+ day ago (303+ words) Malissa was nervous on that first day, anxious that Amelie might not be immediately welcomed, might not have anyone to eat lunch with." She needn't have worried. "People here are more welcoming than in Germany," Amelie reported. "They immediately go…...
Nolan Lang is St. Peter's November Student of the Month
2+ week, 3+ day ago (122+ words) St. Peter School Grade 4 student Nolan Lang was named Student of the Month Award for November's virtue of generosity. Nolan was nominated because of his considerable effort to be generous towards others. After a recent field trip, he chose to…...
Northeast Stars Students Pour Themselves Into Learning
2+ week, 3+ day ago (135+ words) Northeast Stars Students Pour Themselves Into Learning'HillRag Northeast Stars Students Pour Themselves Into Learning Northeast Stars students recently practiced pouring! This practical life activity helps children learn how to pour dry ingredients, an important skill that also develops fine motor…...
Payne Students Campaign for Student Government
2+ week, 3+ day ago (111+ words) This month at Payne ES, students participated in a schoolwide campaign for Student Government Association offices. Candidates shared creative platforms with their peers'from ensuring everyone has the supplies they need for learning to keeping our lunchroom stocked with sun butter…...
Brent Celebrates 15 Years of the Holiday Tree Sale!
2+ week, 3+ day ago (166+ words) Brent Elementary proudly celebrated the 15th anniversary of its Holiday Tree Sale with the most successful year in the event's history happening in 2025. Community partnerships and giving expanded significantly. Three Brent-based Girl Scout troops joined the sale for the first time,…...
Friends Community School Map Their World
2+ week, 5+ day ago (102+ words) Friends Community School Map Their World'HillRag Friends Community School Map Their World As a component of their current unit on geography, 1st and 2nd graders used the FCS campus to help them understand mapping. The students first learned about fundamental map skills'they…...
Beginning-Level Braille Classes at MLK Library
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (74+ words) Beginning-Level Braille Classes at MLK Library'HillRag On Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon, at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW, a beginning level braille class introduces all of the braille alphabet. Learn to work with a slate and stylus and…...
Celebrate 10 Years of Van Ness at The Blossom Ball
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (265+ words) Help Van Ness Elementary School (1150 Fifth St. SE) celebrate ten years of academic excellence with their spring Blossom Ball. Van Ness was honored for 10 years of service, growth, and community im Celebrate 10 Years of Van Ness at The Blossom Ball…...