“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 Sept. 11th. I asked around […]
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. Dohmann was overjoyed when he […]
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, I was so excited! I […]
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 on the Rhine, Intelligence, A […]
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 how the six-time Grammy Award–winner […]
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 to each theme. The campers […]
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 Teacher of the Year. He […]
