Participants in the Southwest Academy of DC were mentored in the world of IT and audio-video engineering. Courtesy of Wesley Oliver. By George Kerr III In the heart of Southwest DC, Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC) embarked on a transformative journey to empower youths with technical skills that promised to break […]
Young Readers: Finding a Perfect (Book) Match
By Kitty Felde It’s early in the school year, but maybe you’ve already heard the complaint: “But I don’t like reading.” The real complaint is that your child doesn’t like reading that particular book and can’t find the one he or she will in love with. If only there was some kind […]
Scholarship Celebration Honors Southwest Students and Supporters Paying It Forward
Courtesy of SWNA ESTF. By Paula Young Shelton For the past 50 years, the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (SWNA) has supported students in our community by providing scholarships to college and graduate school. On Sunday, August 6, donors, supporters and recipients past and present gathered at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church to […]
New Jefferson Academy Principal Aims for Consistency, Community
Allecyn Howard. Courtesy of Allecyn Howard. By Guy Aldridge Jefferson Middle School Academy is getting a new principal this fall. Allecyn Howard joins the school with decades of experience in Special Education, literacy coaching, teacher training and more. Howard told The Southwester she has a series of educational goals she […]
Young Readers Book Review: Black Was The Ink
By Paula Young Shelton This historical fiction young adult novel takes the reader on an adventure through time and America’s political history. Centered on a young African American teen from Washington, DC, Black Was The Ink leads Malcolm on an exploration of himself, his family, and the forgotten history of […]
Young Readers: No Book Shaming
By Kitty Felde I just got back from the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago. It was the perfect place to ask the experts about how to get a kid to pick up a book. Librarian Arlene LaVerde from Queens, New York says kids have been inundated with school […]
Scholarship Task Force Celebrates 50 Years of Success, Honors Extraordinary Accomplishments of Southwest Scholars
By Wilma Goldstein It’s scholarship time! This is when the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly’s (SWNA) Education and Scholarship Task Force (ESTF) and their partner, Friends of Southwest (FOS) award college scholarships to incoming freshman, sophomores, juniors, and senior classmates and now graduate students, all of whom either live or went to […]