We are excited to announce the Jefferson Middle School Academy and Amidon-Bowen Elementary School will be holding a joint PTA meeting on Tuesday, January 14th, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Amidon-Bowen School Library. Child monitoring will be provided in the gymnasium. The purpose of the joint meeting is to […]
Success Stories: Jefferson’s Project AIM
As a 26-year veteran teacher, Dr. Alesia Slocumb-Bradford has spent her career teaching middle-schoolers mathematics and science. Dr. Slocumb-Bradford chose middle school as she believes it provides her with great resources for tapping into how students “think about learning.” Over the last eighteen years, she has used her role as […]
Jefferson Trojans Cap Undefeated Season as City-Wide Football Champions
NFL fans are still cheering on the Redskins and RGIII, but in middle school football there’s already a champion. On Nov. 15, the Jefferson Middle School Trojans football team won the City-Wide DCIAA middle schools championship title by defeating Kramer Middle School 21-13. This was the culmination of an undefeated […]
Amidon-Bowen Hosts Ward 6 Community Conversation on Quality Schools
On October 1st, DC Deputy Mayor for Education De’Shawn Wright, Ward 6 BOE Representative Monica Warren-Jones and Ward 2 BOE Representative Mary Lord welcomed parents, grandparents, care-givers, teachers, counselors and other community members to the Amidon-Bowen Multipurpose Room. The program, A Community Conversation, which has been conducted citywide, addresses the question, […]
Jefferson Academy: Off to a Great Start
Jefferson Academy was buzzing with activity the morning of Saturday, June 9. Twenty-five students, faculty and parents were cheerfully devoting their full day at Book-A-Palooza, cataloguing books found in the basement to be used in classroom libraries next school year. At the Academy’s first awards assembly, sixth-grader Ajani Young, gave […]
Resources Coming to Southwest Schools; Register Now
By Meg Brinckman Amidon-Bowen Principal Izabela Miller and Principal Natalie Gordon of the Jefferson Academy, which leads to the prestigious International Baccalaureate Program, have been working hard to bring resources to area public schools. Amidon-Bowen has sustained 10 percent or greater cuts in its D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) budget for […]