Four DCPS High Schools were recently included in the Washington Post’s America's Most Challenging High Schools rankings.
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Schools across DCPS celebrated Black History Month in very creative ways. Examples included lessons, research projects, contests, art work, field trips and performances.
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This is Kimball’s second year winning the prize
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Chancellor Kaya Henderson went along with two Jefferson Academy teachers on a home visit
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The Wilson High School is headed to the National Science Bowl after clinching their seventh consecutive win at the regional level. This account of their success and their achievement comes from Jenna Wade, co-captain and a senior at Wilson.
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Learn about the historic neighborhoods that surround our great schools
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Jacqueline Simms, a third grade teacher at Anne Beers ES, was honored with the Milken Foundation Educator Award from along with a $25,000 prize.
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On Saturday, Feb. 2, students from Anacostia High School competed with their peers from Virginia and Maryland on It’s Academic, a long-running knowledge-based academic competition for local students.
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The Ballou High School marching band proudly represented D.C. in the inaugural parade Monday.
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DCPS students earned 300,982 First in Math stickers, which means they solved approximately 902,946 math problems all together over Winter Break.
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On Thursday December 6th, highly acclaimed Young Adult Fiction author, Walter Dean Myers visited the students at the Incarcerated Youth Program.
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The School Without Walls (Walls) Debaters made debating history at Saturday's DC Urban Debate League's tournament.
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For more than two years, students from Cardozo High School have been working on a project
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Partnership between Discovery Channel and DCPS
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Partnership between Discovery Channel and DCPS
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Partnership between Discovery Channel and DCPS
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June 12, 2012 - The Ellington School of the Arts senior is a top notch violinist who had the honor of performing at the White House for President Barack Obama and the first lady.
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Jeffery Nesbitt describes himself as the “type of guy who loves everything” connected to school. Art, poetry, writing, school newspaper, sports – you name it.
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About eight years ago, Brock had a chance to do the weather report on a local television station. It was her first time in a news studio – but it wouldn’t be the last.
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June 5, 2012 - For a majority of his childhood, Charles Gaines was homeless. He and his family slept in cars and lived in more than 10 homeless shelters. As a result, Gaines missed an entire academic year of school.
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June 4, 2012 - On Friday night, DC Public Schools unveiled the work of hundreds of students in all grade levels at the annual Citywide Visual Arts Exhibition, an event that celebrates the strength and diversity of art programs district-wide as well as the creativity of DCPS students.
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May 30, 2012 - Before DCPS designated Catalyst Arts Schools, Ward 4 elementary wove the arts into lessons .
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May 22, 2012 - When planting seeds, it helps to start early so that seedlings can gather strength, blossom and flourish. Education is no different.
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May 18, 2012 - On a two-story brick ‘canvas,’ young artists beautify Petworth neighborhood with Chuck Brown painting.
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May 10, 2012 - Teachers and staff at Luke C. Moore High School got a lot more than the typical coffee and pastries during their Teacher Appreciation Week breakfast Wednesday morning.
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May 7, 2012 - Ward 1 schools make annual trip to the White House to plant seeds in Obamas’ garden
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May 5, 2012 - McKinley Technology HS Students to Participate in Model-APEC Forum at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
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May 9, 2012 - New CD provides teenagers a positive outlet to express complex, painful thoughts and emotions
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May 4 2012 - President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition teams up with gaming industry to tout health benefits of active-play videogames
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April 24, 2012 - Darrell Watson, bandleader for Ballou Senior High School, had an opportunity to meet Ellen DeGeneres and appear on her show for a second time.
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The artwork of Breonna Bailey, 13, a seventh-grader at MacFarland Middle School, was featured on the cover of the program for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.
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April 9. 2012 - The Wilson High School Tiger Pride robotics team made high-tech history at the DC Regional FIRST Robotics Competition last month, becoming the only DCPS robotics team ever to win the event – proving that in a battle of robots, it takes a tiger to take down the competition
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March 24, 2012 - Aspiring scientists showcase their research skills in 16 categories covering everything from microbiology to astronomy.
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More than 300 students lead March 27 demonstration to the White House
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March 20, 2012 - In the next 10 days, the Coolidge High School Colts and the HD Woodson High School Lady Warriors will play two high-profile basketball games in front of local and national audiences.
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The 30th Annual Citywide Spelling Bee was held Saturday, March 10, 2012, at NBC4’s studio in Washington, DC. The event brought together the area’s best and brightest, as students show off their range of vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Sarah Hillware, a 2011 graduate of School Without Walls, was crowned America’s Miss District of Columbia 2012 on Jan. 14.
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Kindergartners at School-Within-School @ Peabody Explore Urban Design and Construction Details of Their Neighborhood.
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Last Wednesday, students at two DCPS schools got a chance to blow off some steam with some celebrity athletes cheering them on.
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Students in Cardozo High School’s Academy of Construction and Design broke ground in the fall of 2010 at a home construction site on 13th Street Northwest. A year-and-a-half later, the first-ever student-built house in the District is nearing completion.
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Author Kwame Alexander, winner of a 2012 NAACP Image Award, reads from his book “Crush: Love Poems” at Ballou High School on Feb. 14, 2012, as part of the school’s African American Read-In.
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The Air Force Association- National Capitol Chapter (AFA-NCC) recently honored McKinley Technology High School students Christian Wright and Arnasha Jones with AFA-NCC STEM Student Awards for their accomplishments in the classroom.
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Students at Stuart-Hobson Middle School’s science fair held Jan. 23, 2012, hope to advance to the DC STEM Fair on March 24, 2012, at Wilson High School.
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Jan. 24, 2012 - Newly designed software allows tutors to tackle the achievement gap by meeting with beginning readers online wherever they are.
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Jan. 20, 2012 - Ian Solomon, United States executive director of the World Bank, speaks to Ballou Senior High School students about Martin Luther King’s legacy during a Jan. 18 visit to the Southeast DC school.
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Jan. 17, 2012 - Retired Gen. Colin Powell visits students in MacFarland Middle School’s Colin Powell Leadership Club, which has run continuously at the Ward 4 school since 1998.
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Dec. 8, 2011 - Since Monday, Deal partnered with DC Central Kitchen in an effort to devote the spare time in students’ lunch periods to preparing food for the homeless. Today, Councilmember Mary Cheh joined them in the effort.
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Nov. 17, 2011 - Share a note of gratitude for your local school via Twitter, Facebook or on the embedded form.
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Nov. 8, 2011 - Students at twelve DCPS schools will be participating in an exciting program that raises awareness of local water issues and improves water conservation and stormwater management in school buildings and grounds.
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Nov. 3, 2011 - Most mornings, 11-year-old Kayla wakes up and whips up fresh cupcake batter for her business.
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Nov. 3, 2011 - Poet Dwayne Betts visits Coolidge High School as part of Pen Faulkner program.
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Children and chess boards were sprawled across the chatter-filled preparatory room at the National Chess Center as students from seven DC Public Schools crammed in their last practice sessions.
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Secretary Ray Lahood blogged about this day at Anne Beers Elementary during Walk-to-School Day.
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All DCPS students in grades 9, 10, and 11 will take the PSAT free of charge on Wednesday, October 12.
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Sept. 28, 2011 - Benjamin Banneker High played host to President Barack Obama as he gave his annual Back-to-School speech
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Students and teachers toured C-SPAN's "Road to the White House" bus and learned about government and social studies and bringing technology to classroom interactions.
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More than 400 DCPS students watched Howard overcome a early deficit to beat Morehouse at the Inaugural Nation's Football Classic.
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August 1, 2011 - Roosevelt High School senior Dominique Mitchell won the Silver Medal in the Entrepreneurship/Culinary Arts section of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ACT-SO Awards and a $5000 scholarship to any of the Art Institutes schools across the United States.
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July 26, 2011 - Camp Let's Go! brings together children with and without language challenges to explore their world and enhance their communication skills through a variety of thematic hand-on activities that include music, arts & crafts, and field trips.
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July 9 - Nine DCPS middle and high school students were recognized as One World Education Student Ambassadors on April 28 at the organization's Youth, Culture & Learning Celebration.
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July 5, 2011 - Brent Elementary’s Urban Birders joined Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar at the national presentation of the “State of the Birds” report.
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June 30, 2011 - Over a dozen DC high school students have signed up to spend part of their summers working at the DCPS central office, learning about how the school district runs and developing career skills that will set them apart in college and beyond.
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Brent Elementary's Rube Goldberg Society brought together 12 students from first through fourth grade for 10 weeks of exploration and invention.
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Fully 53 percent of those with children in the public school system say the city’s 123 schools are doing a “good” or “excellent” job, a sharp jump from January 2008, when 31 percent of parents expressed such approval.
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Last week, Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Ward 8 Councilmember Marion Barry joined Council Chairman Kwame Brown to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2011’s, both DCPS and PCS, most improved students.
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June 21, 2011 - For some American students -- minorities in particular -- studying abroad is something beyond their reach. But they now get a real chance to study on the other side of the globe, and for free.
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June 20, 2011 - 25 developmentally disabled students graduated from Project SEARCH, a work study program jointly run by DCPS and the D.C. Department of Disability Services.
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May 18, 2011 - Graduates from the class of 1936 took part in the annual event along with more than 100 friends and families.
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May 13, 2010 - Ballou High School student Tiesha Hines had a chance to read her poem, “Ten Things I Want to Throw at You,” Wednesday during a poetry workshop at the White House
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May 5, 2011 - As a way to thank members of the military for their bravery and selflessness, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Randle Highlands sent letters this school year to U.S. military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan
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May 2, 2011 - Thomson and Ross elementary school students participated in Live with Regis and Kelly's Run Across America.
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April, 18, 2011 - Players from little league teams throughout the city joined the Washington Nationals on field as part of MLB's celebration of Jackie Robinson Day.
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April 27, 2011 - School Without Walls prevailed over Duke Ellington School of the Arts by a slight margin in finals of the 39th Annual Street Law Mock Trial in early April.
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April 20, 2011 - March proved to be a month of powerful politicians, hard-hitting athletes and green-thumb gardening for DCPS elementary school students at the White House.
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April 18. 2011 - Ballou High School seniors Lamonte Clark and Rasonne Smith plan to tackle a long-held stereotype on high school campuses nationwide: Football players are dumb.
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April 12, 2011 - Local chef favorites from the region will go back to the classroom to read to students at Garfield Elementary School on Monday, April 11, 2011.
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April 8, 2011 - Two Hyde-Addison Students are this week's Patch Whiz Kids
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April 7, 2010 - Thirty DCPS students participated in the 2011 Citywide Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 19, 2011
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April 5, 2011 - At annual fair, DCPS students showcase scientific knowledge and skill
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April 5, 2011 -- Dressed in a white cap and gown, Terry Ray Wilkes rang a hand bell proudly in front of his classmates. This bell is what all AdvancePath Academy students will ring when they graduate. Terry is the first.
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April 4, 2011 - Maury Elementary School's 3-5 grades perform "Let's Get it Started", adapted from the Black Eyed Peas' song of the same title, to gear up for the 2011 DC CAS testing.
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March 31, 2011 - Before they became leaders in their respective careers, the 20 accomplished women who joined first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday for mentoring sessions at three DCPS high schools shared one common trait: They were all girls with hopes and dreams for success in life.
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March 30, 2011 -Thirteen DCPS students have joined the ranks of such illustrious writers and artists as Robert Redford, Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath and Truman Capote through the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards announced this month.
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March 28, 2011 - As DCPS students gear up for the 65th Annual District of Columbia Citywide Science and Engineering Fair this weekend, now is a good time to reflect on the potential benefits of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
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March 24, 2011 - Nine District of Columbia high school seniors got the surprise of a lifetime today. George Washington University’s president and other university officials showed up in the students’ classrooms and elsewhere to let them know personally that they had won full-ride undergraduate scholarships to attend the university.
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March 21, 2011 -- The NHK Symphony Orchestra, a quintet from Japan, performed a variety of music at Hendley Elementary School. [Video]
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March 16, 2011 -- U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Alexa Posny and representatives from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education met with Beers Elementary School staff and parents earlier this week about their schoolwide approach to learning and inclusion.
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March 14, 2010 -- Students in the Mass Media and Communications class at Roosevelt Senior High School in Washington, DC were winners in the College Success Foundation's "Double the Numbers Youth Media Competition."
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On Wednesday February 23, 2011, we kicked off the D.C.I.A.A. play-offs. See who the winning teams were!
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February 23, 2011 – Hear in their own words from two whiz kids from Stoddert Elementary School.
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February 17, 2011 -- Check out the good news stories about our schools in the newspaper, online and on TV.
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February 16, 2011 -- As DCPS students gear up for the 65th Annual District of Columbia Citywide Science and Engineering Fair in April, now is a good time to reflect on the potential benefits of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
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February 14, 2011 -- This year, DCPS has devised a way to match teachers with the supplies they need and determine what supplies are in highest demand so requests can be made to donors.
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February 14, 2011 -- Rachel Skerritt, planning principal at Eastern High School, highlights options for more than 100 incoming freshmen and their families for the 2011-2012 school year, during a Feb. 5 event at the Capitol Hill high school.
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February 3, 2011 -- The Luke Moore Eagles took home their first victory - the first in the history of the school's varsity basketball program - beating Phelps 54-52.
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Feburary 2, 2011 -- DCPS students bring music, dance and art to the Department of Education
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Feburary 2, 2011 -- Anti-bullying sensei John Mirrione visits Hardy Middle School to give students skills in coping with bullies.
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January 24, 2011 -- Sharica A. Bond says she spends a lot of time at her son Damairee’s school in part because of his urging.
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January 24, 2011 -- The literature section of Melissa Jackson's library at Ballou Senior High School had 63 books one morning last week, not enough to fill five small shelves.
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January 24, 2011 -- Sousa Middle School Principal Dwan Jordon was selected to serve a four-year appointment on the Advisory Board of The Principals’ Center.
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