Burke is crazy busy during the school year, but you may be surprised at how busy we are during the summer! Last year, we launched a new initiative at Burke with KidPower DC called the Summer Leadership Academy. KidPower DC is a non-profit organization that provides educational programming for 250 youth from underserved communities in [...]
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KidPower DC, Burke (and MTV): Day 3 of Burke Service Week 2010!
Posted in Burke Summer, Community Service on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Beat Goes On…
Posted in Burke Summer, Performing Arts, tagged music on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The ’09 school year may be over, but the beat continued with this year’s Burke Band Camp. John and two Burke musical elves kept on keepin’ it real for kids from a number of different schools, playing everything from Green Day to a Camp curtain closing Smoke on the Water (which was the first time [...]
Ceviche Prepares for Second Course
Posted in Burke Summer, Sports, tagged soccer, Sports on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday, Ceviche, aka Raw Fish or Pink, etc., entered the first round of the DC Co-ed Adult Soccer Playoffs. The other team, more highly ranked than Ceviche, showed up in what it claimed to be pink jersies (they looked more salmon to these eyes), causing Ceviche to don yellow pennies. Nontheless, Cevich made sashimi [...]
Legos with Diego-Burke Summer 2009
Posted in Burke Summer on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m currently teaching a summer class on Legos-we talk about robotics, engineering, motion, and of course…battles! Forget Transformers 2, this is where the action is…


