Seniors Kara Rickford, Katie Mongoven, Laura Marquez, Michelle David, and Emily Hallewell and junior Pooja Duleep take the short metro ride to Tenleytown to volunteer their time and talents at Janney Elementary School. These gators spend the day photocopying, cutting papers, and playing with the cute kids grades one to five. The warm atmosphere and [...]
Haunted by the hallways streamed with pasta art and whiffs of crayons floating around, middle school alumni are not usually thrilled to return. But, that opinion is rivaled this year when Ana Begochea ’13, Courtney Kameros ‘13, and Maggie Michel ’13 decided to volunteer at St. Jane DeChantal School. DeChantel is a private, co-ed, first [...]
While many of us were in the midst of going to the beach, camps, or just hanging out at home, Charlotte Gosnell (’14) went on the adventure of a lifetime. For two and a half weeks, Gosnell explored Paraguay, performed many acts of Social Action, and learned a lot about herself and the world around [...]
Last year for Social Action, I traveled to charter school Excel Academy Public Charter School for girls in Washington D.C. every other Wednesday. The relatively new school was designed to teach kids in the area who before did not have a chance for a good education or for any at all. There, eighteen juniors, including [...]
Eliana Fassihi (2013) guides the freshmen class through the tall glass doors into the welcoming lobby of Sunrise at Fox Hill, an elderly home in Bethesda. Upon arrival she separates her group into smaller sub units, Volley ball, Bingo, or Charades. As the women and men walk past the group, they excitedly and gratefully say [...]
Ashleigh C. (’12) with Amelia at the Early Childhood Daycare Center at Stone Ridge. As I make my way towards the Early Childhood Daycare Center, pairs of large, blue eyes catch my attention. The early sun shines on the round faces of babies who quietly observe the Stone Ridge campus while being pushed in their [...]
