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SCHOOL NOTES by Susan Braun Johnson
Photo: Capitol Hill Day School families.
Maury The American LOVE Project is a grassroots response to the divisions in our country. Artists nation-wide were invited to submit work. Like most Hill kids, Maury students had direct experience of the impact of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 and were eager to counteract those negative messages and emotions. Under the direction of the art teacher Lauren Bomba, each student in the school created a mixed-media piece expressing the meaning and importance of love. Many thousands of entries were received, from which the project organizers selected twelve finalists in each of three categories. Ms. Bomba is a finalist in the adult category; Maury alumnus, Will Weedon, (now at Eastern HS), is representing the Middle/High School division; and current Maury students, Jack Lettieri, fourth-grade, Liam Telligman, fourth-grade, and Bennett Wolfmeyer, second-grade, were chosen for the Elementary School division. A sampling of Maury’s work is at Hill Center and in a virtual gallery at hillcenterdc.org/artist/young-artists-gallery-maury. Maury ES, 1250 Constitution Ave. NE, mauryelementary.com.
Friends Community School Capitol Hill Day School Capitol Hill Day School celebrated its Fourth Annual Founders’ Day on Jan. 8 with a day of service. This day of service was developed to bring the Capitol Hill Day School community together around the day of their incorporation to celebrate the school’s founding. This year, current families, alumni, and staff made and donated nearly 1,000 bags of trail mix and over 700 muffins to Martha’s Table. The community then met in Garfield Park for a park clean-up and games hosted by the newly formed Families in Partnership Association. Capitol Hill Day School, 210 South Carolina Ave, SE, www.chds. org. 84 ★ HILLRAG.COM
Friends Community students have been hard at work creating forts and trails in the acres of woodland surrounding this College Park campus. They share their explorations with new members of the community, guinea fowl who roam free during the school day. Learning in the great outdoors has been a joyful feature of this school year. Friends Community School, 5901 Westchester Park Dr, College Park, MD. www.friendscommunityschool.org.
