SCHOOL NOTES by Susan Braun Johnson
Northeast Stars Montessori NES students have been learning about geometric solids. During circle time, a cone and a cube were presented. Each shape was named. The children also named things that have the same shape such as traffic cones, ice cream cones, ice cubes, and blocks. Northeast Stars Montessori Preschool, 1325 Maryland Ave NE; nestars.net.
Van Ness The Van Ness Elementary School DC Scores team was honored to participate in the annual Congressional Soccer Match at Audi Field. Team members were invited to escort congresspeople onto the pitch to start things off with a splash. Go Otters! Van Ness, 1150 5th St SE; www.vannesselementary.org.
Payne Elementary
Capitol Hill Day School School Within School On May 22, School Within School’s Girls on the Run (GOTR) team participated in the GOTR-DC 5K at Anacostia Park along with 50 other DC school and community teams. The GOTR program is for 3rd-5th grade girls and combines physical activity with dynamic discussions in each lesson to help build physical, social, and emotional skills in each kid while encouraging healthy habits for life. The SWS team consists of 20 kids and four coaches who have been practicing since mid-March 2022. For more info about GOTR go to gotrdc.org School Within School, 920 F St NE (current temporary location at 810 26th St NE). schoolwithinschool.org. 128 H HILLRAG.COM
CHDS fifth-graders are studying poetry in Humanities as part of a unit that asks: how should a community care for its environment? In addition to studying the environmental justice movement, students also explored how people capture their relationship with the environment through stories, poetry, and song. Last month, students took a field trip to Planet Word where they did a workshop on the sound of poetry and got to explore the gallery. Capitol Hill Day School, 210 South Carolina Ave, SE; www.chds.org.
Payne Elementary Wildcats are wrapping up the school year with celebrations and performances. At the Spring Carnival on May 21, kids enjoyed a water slide, dunk tank, carnival games, and a magician. The boy’s and girl’s basketball teams were joined by some parents and staff at Eliot Hine’s Basketball Fever and had a great time! The Girls on the Run team completed a 5K at Anacostia Park, and the Saturday Arts Academy Showcase in June will have performances in piano, violin, guitar, drums, ballet, Tae Kwon Do, and more. Every grade is getting outside and learning about the Chesapeake Bay watershed through field trips funded through the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Payne, 1445 C St. SE; www.paynedc.org.
