Dozens of volunteers stuffed 500 backpacks with food for local Latino youths at the Coca-Cola Consolidated facility (5401 Seminary Road) in Alexandria’s West End this morning.
Volunteers from Coke and Giant Food filled the bags with drinks, Rice Krispies Treats, Ritz crackers, apple sauce, cereal and more.
Washington Wizards forward Anthony Gill handed out 200 stuffed backpacks to fourth and fifth graders at Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School in Alexandria’s West End this afternoon.
The event is one of many from team owner Monumental Sports and Entertainment was part of a regional giveaway at schools in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. In Alexandria, the students at Tucker also received a free book from MahoganyBooks, a Wizards t-shirt, and an autographed card.
The Alexandria Little League All-Star Intermediates are state champs.
Alexandria’s top 13-and-under players won the Virginia State Championship on July 10, defeating the Broadway Community Little League 10-0 at Eugene Simpson Park.
Parking is already in high demand near William Ramsay Elementary School. A change (page 12) coming to the nearby Sanger Avenue could make parking even more scarce, but the tradeoff is making it safer to walk to school.
The plan is to extend the curbs near William Ramsay Elementary School and, in the process, remove three parking spaces. The staff report said that “parking is permitted along Sanger Avenue and there is a high-demand for parking throughout the day.”
The head of school and academic principal at Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 School are returning to work after four months of forced leave after an autistic four-year-old student walked away from the school and was found walking barefoot in the middle of the street near the King St. Metro station.
In a letter this week to Jefferson-Houston parents and staff, head of school John McCain thanked administrators PreeAnn Johnson and Julia Neufer for “serving as the acting leadership team and providing consistency for our community.”
Alexandria Little League’s All-Star Intermediate baseball players are heading to the Intermediate Baseball State Tournament, and they won’t have to travel far.
Eight teams of 13-and-under players from across Virginia will participate in the tournament, which will be held at Alexandria’s Eugene Simpson Stadium Park.
Alexandria has kicked off registration for a ticket hotter than Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour: affordable Alexandria preschools.
Affordable childcare and preschool programs are in high demand around Alexandria. The ALX Preschool network is a coordinated enrollment system that can link families up to one of 16 public and private preschool providers in the city.
Alexandria Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after resuscitating a lifeless baby boy after its mother suddenly gave birth in Arlandria last month.
APD officers David Hiltz and Liam Reilly responded to a “frantic” 911 call in the 3800 block of Executive Avenue on Wednesday, May 29, to find that a woman “suddenly” gave birth and that the baby boy had no heartbeat, according to APD.
Peace, community involvement and childhood innocence are the themes of the new mural at the Bradlee Shopping Center.
Alexandria City High School art students helped muralists Nicole Bourgea and sef.01 create the mural depicting three kids surrounded by flowers and childlike drawings. Seven students helped with the design and worked after school last month on the project.
After years of playing together in Del Ray, “Sorry” is calling it quits with a final blowout performance.
Why the split? The band hasn’t fallen prey to familiar rock star pitfalls. Instead, its members are going to college, and like dozens of other bands with Rock of Ages Music (ROAM) school will commemorate the end of the spring program with a pair of concerts in May and June.
Alexandria leaders will cut the ribbon on the Alexandria City High School’s five-story, $190 million Minnie Howard Campus next week.
The new 343,000-square foot facility at 3801 W. Braddock Road doubles the capacity of its 1950’s-era predecessor, and can hold 1,600 students. Construction started two years ago, and the new facility will open for students on the first day of the next school year, August 19, according to Alexandria City Public Schools.
