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Considering Great Falls Park
New management plan, environmental study, examine how a prized natural resource is being used.
Considering Great Falls Park
Border Crossing
Program teaches local and immigrant women artists about the art of business.
Border Crossing
Students Discuss Change
Annual Step Up event aims to make teens part of the solution.
Students Discuss Change
Living in the Dark
Could you survive without your iPhone? Do you have an evacuation kit? Are you really prepared for the worst?
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Here Comes Santa Claus
Here Comes Santa Claus
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Growing Their Own Food
Oak Hill Elementary students plant their own garden, learn about healthy eating.
When it comes to hands-on projects, students at Oak Hill Elementary take that idea literally. On a recent, sunny morning, children in all grades took turns preparing the soil and planting vegetables in their outdoor garden.
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Classes & Workshops
Summer Trip Yields International Lessons
Lessons to be learned from 55 years of conflict
Summer Trip Yields International Lessons
Step in the Right Direction
Thousands of walkers expected at National Mall for Help the Homeless Walkathon this weekend.
Step in the Right Direction
Step in the Right Direction
Thousands of walkers expected at National Mall for Help the Homeless Walkathon this weekend.
Step in the Right Direction
Colvin Run Hosts Lego League Expo
Eight Junior First Lego League teams present food safety projects.
Junior First Lego League Teams from around the county gathered at Colvin Run Elementary School Saturday, March 17 for a day to show what could be the future of food safety. Eight teams, including two from Colvin Run and one from Great Falls Elementary School, participated.
‘How Did That Happen?’
Tale of two funds
This is a story about two funds that have made a significant difference in Alexandria for a decade and how they are possibly threatened. The public is understandably concerned about the future of dedicated funding for the long-established Affordable Housing Fund and Open Space Fund. I certainly share their concern, and I hope this letter will help clarify what the two funds are, their impact, and why we need to reinstate the dedicated funds for these set asides. Otherwise, Alexandria will have two funds without a predictable, consistent base of support and will be up and down like the wind.
Learning to Live Life
Motivational speakers and authors address local women.
When it comes to happiness, Joda Coolidge, Mindy Mitchell and Alison Nancye have seen both sides of the coin. Like everyone, their lives have seen ups and downs, but the trio have used their experiences to get to where they want in life.
‘They’re Coming to America’
Rocky Run students ‘become’ immigrants at Ellis Island.
Sitting on the floor, jammed together in a narrow locker area, the Rocky Run seventh-graders pretended they were immigrants packed into a boat from Europe to America. They watched a video of the approach to New York Harbor while listening to Neil Diamond sing, “Coming to America.”
Inside Alexandria Police Department: Use of Force
An occasional series, drawn from the Alexandria Citizen’s Police Academy.
The Alexandria Citizens’ Police Academy is a 10-week course hosted by the Alexandria Police Department (APD) to offer citizens a better understanding of how the department works. Throughout the course, participants sit in on emergency calls and ride along with police officers on patrol.