Category Archives: Community Events

For Immediate Release: Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Thursday, June 14   Contact:  CHPSPO, chpspo@gmail.com,     Parents and Students Hold Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries    Washington, DC- On Friday, June 15, 2012, parents and students from across Washington, DC will be raising funds to support funding school librarians in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS).Continue reading “For Immediate Release: Bake Sale to Support DCPS Libraries”

For Immediate Release: Parents and Students Protest DCPS Cuts to Libraries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, May 20, 2012   Contact:  Peter MacPherson, pmacpher@aol.com, 202-315-8155   Parents and Students Protest DCPS Cuts to Libraries   Washington, DC- On Monday, May 21, 2012, parents and students from across Washington, DC will be protesting school librarian cuts by the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in the FY13 budget.  TheContinue reading “For Immediate Release: Parents and Students Protest DCPS Cuts to Libraries”

5/30 at 7 pm — FREE Community Screening of “Cafeteria Man”

Do you care what our kids are eating at school? FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING OF “CAFETERIA MAN” Wednesday, May 30 – 7:00 pm The Hill Center – 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Find out what other schools are doing to make the change to locally-grown, freshly-prepared meals.  Stay for a discussion after the film with filmmaker RichardContinue reading “5/30 at 7 pm — FREE Community Screening of “Cafeteria Man””

Troop 500 Coat Drive – Eastern Market, Dec 3rd and 4th

Dear Neighbors, This Weekend, Bring Your Spare Coats to the Eastern Market Winter Coat Drive for the Homeless on Capitol Hill For the past 12 years, part of the Eastern Market scene has been the Boy Scout Troop 500 Coat Drive. On the weekend after Thanksgiving, Scouts in uniform give up their free time toContinue reading “Troop 500 Coat Drive – Eastern Market, Dec 3rd and 4th”

November and December Events

Dear Capitol Hill Public School Parent Organization Members, We won’t have a CHPSPO meeting in November.  Instead, we’ll: 1.  See each other at the School Information Night on Tuesday, November 15, from 6 – 8:30 p.m. at the Hill Center (http://www.champsdc.org/); 2.  See each other at the FREE screening of Race to Nowhere on Monday,Continue reading “November and December Events”