Reflecting on Integration
Book features stories of 21 African-American Wakefield students.
Today, there are more blacks than whites at Wakefield High School, but 60 years ago, Wakefield was a segregated high school without any black students. According to Arlington Public Schools’ statistics as of Oct. 30, 2013, white students make up only 16.6 percent of the total student body while black students account for 23.9 percent.
May 28: Council Notebook
News briefs from the city council on May 28.
Seaport Foundation Without a Seaport?
Waterfront plan leaves nonprofit homeless, for now.
A sense of uneasiness fills Randall Smith when he starts talking about the future of the Seaport Foundation, the nonprofit that taught him how to build boats. One recent afternoon found him scarfing a board so that it has the right ratio to be part of a kit that the nonprofit sells for people to make a kind of boat known as a Bevin's Skiff. By this time next year, the nonprofit will have to move out of this building, which will be demolished as part of the waterfront plan.
Oakton Lefty Lopez Pitches Cougars to Conference 5 Championship
Senior throws three-hitter against Chantilly in conference final.
The Oakton baseball team beats Chantilly for the second year in a row in the conference/district championship game.
Celebrating Art at Holly Hill
McLean Project for the Arts celebrates a year of visual arts at its annual spring benefit.
Rainstorms drenched Northern Virginia last Thursday night, but the stormy weather did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of local art patrons. In fact, the skies cleared just long enough for McLean Project for the Arts to celebrate with nearly three hundred supporters during its annual spring benefit at the historic Hickory Hill estate in McLean.
West Springfield Baseball Beats West Potomac in Conference 7 Championship Game
Spartans capture first conference/district title since 2009.
The West Springfield baseball team defeated West Potomac 8-5 on Friday night.
T.C. Williams Boys' Soccer Team Wins Conference 7 Championship
In one year, sophomore Nunez goes from fan to clutch goal-scorer.
The T.C. Williams boys' soccer team won its second district/conference championship in three years.
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Photo: Pair of Ospreys
That's Founders Park, loaded with strollers enjoying the warm weather, in the background. The female bird, in the rear, is usually bigger than the male. They have at least one egg, not quite visible, but no chicks at the time.
‘Look Around and See the Smiles’
Special-ed students enjoy Day Prom at the Waterford.
Some 400 students got all dressed up and went to their prom at the Waterford in Fair Oaks on May 8. Once there, they had professional photos taken, ate pizza, sang karaoke, laughed and hung out with their friends. And when the music played their favorite songs, they filled the dance floor and showed off their coolest moves.
Snapshot: Ferris Wheel
Photographer Sal Ruibal caught a image of a waterfront battle. He reports: "Saw this battle between The Awakening Hand and the new Ferris Wheel at National Harbor. The carnage was incredible. Lucky to get this shot in all the chaos."
‘You Are Not Your Mistakes’
“She was one of the most disagreeable people I had ever met,” says paws4people Chairman and COO, Terry Henry, remembering his reaction to meeting Rebecca at Lakin Correctional Center, more than three years ago. Seeing her now with her earnest smile and a well-behaved puppy happily nestled in her lap, it’s hard to imagine the Rebecca he describes.
Mount Vernon Awards Teacher Fellowships to Outstanding Educators
George Washington’s Mount Vernon has selected four educators to participate in a residential fellowship program at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.
Trained in Prison, Healing in N. Virginia
Healing power of dogs creates ties between prisoners, veterans, children with disabilities.
When I first started going inside prisons for paws4people.org, my job was three-fold: to capture, through photography, the connection between the dogs and their inmate trainers, to provide images that reflected the accomplishments of months of training and to document the moment that veterans, children and young adults were matched with their assistance dogs.
Murder Is Charged in Stabbing
A 20-year-old Centreville man died Sunday, May 18, after being stabbed the previous night during a fight. Fairfax County police identified him as Domingo Eduardo Santiago Cuchil of no fixed address in Centreville.
Obituary: Connie Peters Murphy
Connie Peters Murphy, 58, of Alexandria, died May 14, 2014 at her home surrounded by family.
Future Fund Gala Honors Organizations That Help Veterans
Gala awards grants from the next generation of philanthropists.
The Future Fund held its gala aboard the Cherry Blossom on Friday, May 16. The Fund raised approximately $52,000 that evening. The Future Fund engages young professionals in their 20s, 30s, and 40s in philanthropic efforts.
Remembering ‘Miz Virginia’
Friends and family and T.C. Williams High School alumni gathered in the high school for a reception and presentation honoring longtime ACPS school nurse Virginia Smith on Saturday afternoon, May 10.
Possible Measles Exposure; Check for Symptoms
“Out of an abundance of caution,” Virginia Department of Health officials are investigating potential exposures to a second person with measles, May 11-15, in the National Capital Region.