By Southwester Staff Editor’s Note: In the January 2021 issue of The Southwester, we printed an article about the term 3 opening at Amidon-Bowen elementary school that contained some errors. This article is the corrected version. Starting Feb. 1, things are going to change for parents and students in the […]
Waterfront Academy Holds Socially Distant Christmas Pageant
By Kate Oczypok Southwest D.C.’s Waterfront Academy carried on with their Christmas pageant this year, despite the ongoing global pandemic. The school has put on an annual holiday show for parents and loved ones and didn’t want to stop the tradition. Through lots of safety measures like mask wearing, social […]
Transformation Lab, Southwest Library: An Investment for the Future
By Georgine Wallace and Charles Allen One of the highlights of 2020 has been the transformation of the new Southwest Library from an empty lot in February to a nearly completed building in December. In 2021, we will reopen to an exciting, active, and engaging “new” Southwest Library that will […]
Amidon-Bowen Plans More In-person Learning for Term 3
By Southwester Staff Starting Feb. 1, things are going to change for parents and students in the DCPS community. For the first time since learning went virtual, public schools across the District will begin offering more in-person learning (IPL). Amidon-Bowen ES will also chart a path through these unknown, unpredictable […]
COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions
DC Cases on the Rise Courtesy of the Government of District of Columbia, Coronavirus.dc.gov What are Coronaviruses? Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are known to cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory […]
Past SWNA Scholar Kirstin Jones Is Doing Amazing Things
By Peri Hamlin, with contributions by Kirstin Jones One of the first “Southwester” articles written about 2011 SWNA Scholarship recipient Kirstin Jones was in 2009. Back then, she was a young teen doing amazing things. “The Southwester” spotlighted her because she was selected as a student representative to the D.C. […]
Richard Wright Senior Earns Herself and School a Perfect Score
By Helen Compton-Harris, Director of Outreach Still relatively new to the area, Richard Wright Public Charter School is proud to be the first public high school located in Southwest.For decades, Southwest residents commuted to Northwest, Northeast, and Southeast D.C. to attend a public high school, but not now. Richard Wright […]