We arrived at the high school at 6 this morning to get our teen on the bus to Richmond with nearly 30 other T.C. Williams H.S. Latin students, to represent the school at the annual convention of the Virginia Junior Classical League (the Latin Club Convention). They left before the sun was up, and a few hours later, I received a text from him: "How ( Read more... )

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Halloween was yesterday. Alas, the Crazy Halloween House down the street is no more. The family moved away and sold all of the thousands of crazy decorations ( Read more... )

We have kicked off the 2017-18 busking program for the T.C. High School Orchestra! Last weekend was our first official busking date, with seven students performing outside the King Street Metro station during evening rush hour. They played for 90 minutes and pulled in $362.36 in donations, to be used toward the orchestra's spring trip to Chicago.

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I was thrilled to attend a presentation by Dr. Jane Goodall at TC Williams High School today, and grateful that my son was one of the middle-school students bused over to hear this brilliant, inspiring, and accomplished scientist and conservationist, whose work revolutionized her field. Primatologist Jane Goodall, considered the world's foremost ( Read more... )

The choirs of TC Williams High School and John Adams Elementary sounded great Monday evening when they sang together at the Alexandria City Council Induction Ceremony. Here's a clip: