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Bike Repair Shop Finds a Home in Navy Yard

“Is that a food truck?” No, but it did win City Paper‘s award for Best Bike Shop Disguised as a Truck, and we agree. After I signed up for my first triathlon I realized I needed to dust off an old bike that could take me on a 40-kilometer ride come […]

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New Principal at Jefferson Academy

There’s a new principal at Jefferson Academy (JA)! On June 26, Mr. Dohmann officially started as principal. He has worked at JA for four years but was not always the principal. First he was a math teacher for the 7th grade, then served as assistant principal for two years. Mr. […]

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My Trip to Ecuador

Photo caption: Jefferson 8th grader Julianna Williams (back center) working on a project to build a school in Ecuador. Photo caption: Former Jefferson student Reece Pauling. Photo caption: Former Jefferson student Jaronte Jones.   When I found out that I had a chance to go out of the country to Ecuador, […]

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Save the Dates for Southwest Nights at Arena Stage

Arena Stage has announced its new season, starting with Kathleen Turner in The Year of Magical Thinking (Oct. 7 to Nov. 20), The Little Foxes (Sept. 23 to Oct. 30), Carousel (Oct. 28 to Dec. 24), and Moby Dick (Nov. 18 to Dec. 24). Productions for 2017 include Roe, Watch […]

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Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story Comes to Arena Stage

Bebe Winans might well be tempted to break out in a song, “Look out Broadway ’cause here we come. … Arena is bringing you a show that’s true!” (with a nod to The Temptations’ Look out Baby). Born for This: The BeBe Winans Story is a memoir in music of […]

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Southwest as Backdrop to Spanish Summer Camp

The campers at Waterfront Academy are learning and practicing their Spanish at summer Spanish camp with Southwest as the backdrop to it all. Each week has a theme and new vocabulary for each theme. The vocabulary is then practiced as the children explore the Southwest neighborhood sites that are relevant […]

Posted in Education Tagged Melissa Rohan,summer camp,Waterfront AcademyLeave a comment

New STEM Teacher at Amidon-Bowen

Jamie Ewing is a National Board certified teacher who has been recognized nationally and internationally for the way he inspires learning. Jamie is the 2015 Henry Ford Innovative Teacher of the Year, 2014 MOHAI Teacher of the Year, and the 2013 National Academy of Arts and Science in Education Innovative […]

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