MoverMoms Celebrate 5 Years of Helping Others
More volunteers always welcome.
Chief Inspiration Officer Salma Hasan Ali describes the power of MoverMoms this way: "It might seem like it’s a drop in the bucket, but when people collectively do just a little, the bucket suddenly becomes full."
"Is He Dead?" At Winston Churchill High School
The throaty guffaw you just heard emanating from the great beyond belongs to Mark Twain, who is no doubt getting a kick out of the posthumous success of his 1898 play "Is He Dead?" — an exceedingly silly doodle of a comedy that Twain never saw produced in his lifetime.
Polar Bear Plunge
Students at Walt Whitman High School raised money for the Special Olympics by going in the Chesapeake
Class Outside
Teachers are used to spring fever, when the students all cry, "Can we have class outside?"
Third Annual “Cecily’s Advocacy” Parenting Workshop at McLean School
Workshop Teaches How To Adjust to Learning Differences
“Learning Differences: What Works?” will be the subject of the third annual “Cicely’s Advocacy” workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the McLean School, 8224 Lochinver Lane in Potomac. This workshop kicks-off with a keynote address by dyslexia researcher and expert, Thomas G. West who will speak about “Amazing Shortcomings, Amazing Gifts.
‘Mini-Mester’ Day Challenges Holy Child Students
Teachers present their dream courses.
If you had the opportunity to design a new urban plan for Potomac Village, what would you change? Twelve junior and senior students from the Connelly School of the Holy Child were given this challenge Tuesday morning, Jan. 24, during a surprise “mini-mester” day. After an explanation of what city planning is all about by teacher Cindy Kahan, the girls were assigned to “dream big with no constraints.
At Geographic Bee
Susanna Yau, an 8th grade student at Fourth Presbyterian School, won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship.
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grade 2 students sing during the annual all-school chapel honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
WES Hosts Cartoonist
Cartoonist and author Marc Tyler Nobleman visited Washington Episcopal School on Dec. 7.
Future Reporters?
The third grade class at St. Raphael School listens to reporter Colleen Healy talk about her work at The Potomac Almanac.
Whitman Attempting To Fill Ceccone’s Scoring Void
Vikings struggle offensively during loss to Walter Johnson.
With leading scorer Angelica Ceccone sidelined for nearly a month — and possibly for the remainder of the season — due to lingering effects of a knee injury suffered last season, Whitman has relied on a committee approach for picking up the offensive slack. On Friday, however, the Vikings didn’t have a player score more than six points as Whitman produced its lowest offensive output of the season.
Potomac Sports Briefs
The Churchill girls basketball team defeated Walter Johnson 80-63 on Jan. 13, improving its record to 10-2 while extending its winning streak to nine games.
Geenen’s Unselfish Play Leads Churchill to Victory
Senior grabs 15 rebounds against Walter Johnson.
Churchill senior Thomas Geenen, sporting long blue sleeves, squared up in the left corner and, with a smooth stroke, buried his first 3-pointer of the season during the second quarter against Walter Johnson on Jan. 13. After the game, Geenen, teammate Sam Edens and head coach Matt Miller each acknowledged the display of perimeter potency. However, Geenen’s biggest contributions to Friday’s victory over the rival Wildcats were prolonging possessions and finding ways to get quality shots for his teammates.
Politics of Notification
Father takes his plight for increased parental notification to Richmond.
Steve Stuban can’t help but wonder if things could have turned out differently.
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