By Meg Brinckman They reported to National Harbor in the gray dawn of a Friday morning in May. Amidon-Bowen Elementary School fourth graders Andre Porter and Elijah Broadus, and fifth graders Robert Freeman and Clarence Eggleston, were up at an extra-early hour as a reward for their performance during the […]
St. Dominic Church Donation Encourages Summer Reading
By Cecilia Daly St. Dominic Catholic Church has donated 65 new books to second grade students at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. The books cover a wide range of topics, including rain forests, sports and geology, as well as biographies of famous Americans including George Washington, Coretta Scott King and Frederick Douglass. […]
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 […]
Southwest D.C. community calendar for June 2012
WED. June 6: 7 p.m. Mediation for Stress Reduction, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. 7 p.m. Children’s Room Program Pajama Story Time, SW Library, 900 Wesly Pl. S.W. THURS. June 7: 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Councilman Tommy Wells office hours, Channel Inn café, 7th & Water Streets SW SUN. June […]
Career Day at Amidon-Bowen features a wide range of jobs
By Meg Brinckman On May 11, students from pre-K to fifth grade at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School were introduced to a broad spectrum of the world of work. Representatives from the D.C. Metropolitan Police and Fire departments, Metrobus and Social Security Commission, along with a mental health counselor and author, drug […]
ANC 6D meeting report
By B. K. Lunde Our Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting was very congenial May 14, with at most one dissenting vote on each issue. The D.C. Department of Transportation will be presenting its transportation study of M Street SW and SE from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, at […]
Amidon-Bowen Library hosts Thurgood Marshall exhibit
By Meg Brinckman On April 20, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Youth Activities Task Force and the Amidon Bowen fourth grades hosted the dedication of a Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Exhibit to be housed in the Amidon-Bowen Library. Heather Evans, a fourth grader, was Mistress of Ceremonies. After welcoming remarks […]