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Ariella Gladstein (Burke ’07, Beloit ’11) and Rachel Braun (Math Dept) had a reunion of sorts in July, enjoying some chai (latte) and chi (statistics).    Ariella took Linear Algebra at U Maryland this summer, and discovered some cool matrix connections to least-squares regression estimates that she remembered from her AP Statistics days with Rachel.   Girls [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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…

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