Today, the executive director of DC SCORES is begining a fundraising campaign by juggling a soccer ball NON STOP from 7am-7pm until they reach their goal of 130,000. DC SCORES is an after school program for 700 students at 23 DC public and public charter elementary and middle schools. featuring teamwork, leadership, and commitment carried [...]
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Kick, Click, and SCORE!
Posted in Community, Community Service, Education, Uncategorized on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
El Mundialito 2010
Posted in Community Service, Sports, tagged soccer on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, as a warm-up to the fast advancing World Cup, Burke held its first annual El Mundialito Soccer Championship 2010. As you can see from the photos below and at BurkePix, there were several teams wearing the colors of powerful soccer nations, including Brazil, France, Netherlands and Lichtenschlang. You had players of all grades, sizes [...]
Senior Projects: Researching Research in Education
Posted in Activism, Community, Community Service, Senior Projects on May 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Our second senior is Lena Walker, who is doing amazing fieldwork/research exploring education and special needs. Here’s her update: I’ve been meeting some (super) cool people. And I’ve been getting to know a lot about autism, ADHD, and learning disabilities by talking and meeting with parents and students and teachers, and by spending time with [...]
Senior Projects: Use the F.O.R.C.E., Burke
Posted in Activism, Community, Community Service, Senior Projects on May 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With graduation just days away, all the rites of passages begin…Senior Prank (see below), Senior Trip, Senior Send-off…and now, a new offering: SENIOR PROJECTS! For two weeks after AP’s, seniors can now choose to undertake their own self-designed adventures. In its pilot year, 5 brave seniors have decided to be the pioneers in what will [...]
Service Learning…Let’s get it on!
Posted in Community Service, tagged Community Service on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What does Marvin Gaye have to do with cleaning up the environment? The Burke 9th grade is the link! This past Saturday, 48 9th graders spent their Saturday working with Parks and People (www.washingtonparks.net) to help clean up Marvin Gaye Park in NE DC. You may know that Marvin Gaye grew up in Washington, DC, [...]
Habitat Finishes Strong…
Posted in Community Service on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past Saturday, Burke held its third and final Habitat Build Day. 13 Burke community members (students, parents and staff) showed up as we helped finish the NE lot at 55th and Clay St. It was also special because Hannah Ceja’10 has finished a strong year of leading as president of Habitat @ Burke. We’ve [...]
Burke’s Got Talent (For Doing Good)
Posted in Community Service, Performing Arts, tagged music on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This past Friday marked the 3rd and final ‘episode’ of the ’09-’10 season of Burke Talent Shows. The proceeds from Friday’s show went to Rachael’s Women Center. In addition to a great dinner, the performers served up a steamin’ hot stew of: Jazz, blues, rock, bop, hip hop, Toy Story, yo-yo, modal, No. 9 coal, [...]
Our Last Night and Why It’s Important to Keep on Giving to New Orleans.
Posted in Activism, Community Service, Environment, History on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On our last night in New Orleans, the 19 students and 6 faculty of this year’s Service trip are taking some time to reflect on our experiences. Seeing the lower 9th ward – with some new construction from Habitat for Humanity and the Make it Right Project, but also many houses still in a state [...]
Understanding Katrina and the Levees breaking
Posted in Activism, Community Service, Education, Environment on March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m writing from the McKendrick-Breaux House, the B&B the 2010 NOLA trip is staying at in the beautiful Garden District. It’s been an amazing trip (i’ll be sure you all get to see some of the 100′s of photos we’ve taken along the way) but I wanted to highlight one event we had yesterday, that [...]
5 Years Strong for NOLA-Day 5 of Burke Service Week 2010
Posted in Activism, Community Service, tagged new orleans on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Burke remains committed to not only rebuilding New Orleans, but making sure that the story of Katrina is told in its full complexity, from the botched response to the tales of hopes, survival and resilience. We have traveled to New Orleans for five years now, and in two weeks, 19 students and six faculty will [...]
A Place for Friendship-Day 4 of Burke Service Week 2010
Posted in Activism, Community Service on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m currently teaching a trimester class required of all Juniors called Activism. At Burke, Activism is about giving the students a space to think about their values, and to put those values in action through service. We start the class by focusing on homelessness, a topic that is increasingly pressing in both locally and nationally [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Food and Friends-Burke Service Week Day 2
Posted in Community Service on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How does food help heal? What role does food play in terms of access, income and neighborhoods in DC? How does one’s life change when diagnosed with a catastrophic illness and there is no access to a supermarket? For the past six weeks our seventh graders have been exploring these questions by visiting and serving [...]
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