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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE NATION’S CAPITAL AND FEREBEE–HOPE TO HOST SCHOOL BEAUTIFICATION SERVICE PROJECT AND ASSEMBLY ON MLK DAY OF SERVICE
SUSIE KAY, FORMER FOUNDER OF HOOP DREAMS CONFIRMED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT AFTERNOON ASSEMBLY
| What: |
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Communities In Schools of the Nation’s Capital, and Ferebee-Hope will host a school beautification project and assembly on the MLK National Day of Service. In addition to restoring the school’s physical space in the morning, afternoon activities will reinvigorate participants’ minds, bodies, and souls with student songs and artwork. The afternoon assembly will also feature guest speakers. |
| WHY: |
Located in Ward 8, Ferebee-Hope resides in a community that faces myriad social and economic challenges. |
| WHO: |
Communities In Schools of the Nation’s Capital, Communities In Schools’ AmeriCorps VISTA members, Pre-K through 6th grade Ferebee-Hope Community School Complex students and families, and Ward 8 residents. |
| WHEN: |
January 18, 2010
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Ferebee-Hope
3999 8th Street, SE, Washington, D.C. |
| FEREBEE-HOPE: |
Ferebee-Hope Community School Complex, located in Ward 8, is in the Southeast quadrant. The school opened in 1974 with an initial enrollment of 1,000 students. Originally called Washington Highlands Elementary School, the school was named for the community where it resides -- now one of the poorest communities in the District. Ferebee-Hope was named for two community servants who worked tirelessly on behalf of the residents of Southeast, Dr. Ferebee and Mrs. Hope. Today the school serves approximately 360 students in preschool through grade six. Most students live in the community and are continuing the tradition of their family members by attending the school. |
