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News & Events Current Events:
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June 21-September 3 Discovery Creek Summer Camps (ages 4-10) & Discovery Adventure Camps (ages 10-14) Contact Anne Zuk for more info or click here for more info.
October 15:
Quickly becoming DC's favorite party on the watefront, A Night at the Yards will feature local restaurants and drink vendors, a silent auction, live music by The Radiators and Big Sam's Funky Nation and much more! Restaurants committed are: District Chophouse, Matchbox, Ted's Bulletin, Chipotle, Cantina Marina, Shangri-La, Hank's Oyster Bar, Honest Tea and more! Help us spread the word with a flyer here> Looking for ways to sponsor this event here> For more information, contact: Mari Lou Livingood
The Legendary Radiators (left) and Big Sam's Funky Nation (right) both out of New Orleans will provide the tremendous music for this year's event! Don't miss out!
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Discovery Creek & City Kids have joined the Living Classrooms' family! We will continue to offer the same great programming we have for years, but serve more students & families in the Washington, DC metro area. If you are used to going to www.discoverycreek.org you are now in the right place! All of our educaitonal programming options are listed under Educational Programs-Programs for Families,Schools, Scouts, etc. Click here for our Educational Programs Take a look at City Kids' web site to see all of the great programming we are now offering through City Kids:
Previous Events:
A Night with the Nats on August 12th was a success!
On August 12th, friends and family members of LC-NCR, and community members braved the rain delay and participated in the first A Night with the Nats event. Over 220 tickets were sold to the event and folks gathered ahead of time for a tailgate with FREE beer, snacks, hats donated by PEPCO and tons of raindrops! Despite the weather, those that showed enjoyed themselves and had a great time in our fantastic left field seats at the game.
Thumbs up from Executive Director, John Dillow for a great night! ********************************************************************** 2010 National Get Outdoors Day and Bluegrass Festival at Kingman Island June 12, 2010 SUCCESS!
Who: Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region, The American Recreation Coalition, the U.S. Forest Service, title sponsor Washington Convention and Sports Authority, and sponsor Akridge Co. , DC Councilman Tommy Wells' office with more than a dozen other public and private partner organizations worked to get over a hundred families to Kingman Island
What: FREE food, music, a climb wall, fish casting, hiking, canoeing, mt. biking, face painting and much, much more! Background: This was the third annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day), an event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun while also providing entertainment and the first Bluegrass Festival at Kingman Island on the Anacostia River. Eight bluegrass bands performed at a festival to celebrate this impressive music history and vitality in the nation’s capital into the evening hours.
At over 50 sites across the country, participating partners offered opportunities for American families to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities. Primary goals of the day were reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors. Go to: www.nationalgetoutdoors.org or more info on Kingman Island: www.kingmanisland.org
********************************************************************** 2010 Nation's River Bass Tournament at National Harbor-May 25-26, 2010 A HUGE SUCCESS!
The student winner from John Hanson Montessori in Prince George's County, MD with (from left) USFWS Asst. Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation-Bryan Arroyo, Bass Captain-Peter Yanni and Board Member-Wes McNealy from PEPCO, the title sponsor of this year's event The 2010 Nation’s River Bass Tournament
hosted by Living Classrooms of the National
Capital Region in partnership with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service brought 20 bass
boats, anglers, adult volunteers and exhibitors
to connect over 200 regional students to the
great outdoors with fishing, boating and
Thank you everyone for making this year such a success! This year's winners: (wow, John Hanson Montessori swept the leaderboard!) Grand Prize Student: Tyra Hudson, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Peter Yanni Fish: 3.46lbs 1st runner up Student: Aaron Brown, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Randy Elliot Fish: 3.29lbs 2nd runner up Student: Cyrus Hawkins, John Hanson Montessori Captain: George Loope Fish: 3.10lbs 3rd runner up Student: Mimi Kim, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Marc Leone Fish: 2.92lbs 4th runner up Student: Steven Williams, John Hanson Montessori Captain: Brandon Piles Fish: 2.72lbs Link to US Fish and Wildife Service Video from the event
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Family Fun Night at Glen Echo Park on December 12 Children can have a chance to be a scientist and learn about arctic animals, search for polar bears in an Arctic tundra and make ice crafts at Snow Kidding on Saturday, December 12, 6-9 p.m. at the Stables at Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland. This family event will include a WETA Kids meet-and-greet with Sid from the popular PBS children’s series, Sid the Science Kid, hands-on science activities and much more. For details, email Stacia Young. The event is part of Glen Echo’s annual Winter’s Eve celebration. ********************************************************************** October 16, 2009
Check out the one page synopsis on the event Check out pictures here on our FACEBOOK page Thank you to those that joined us for our 2nd annual, “A Night At The Yards,” held on October 16, 2009 on Washington, DC’s Southeast Waterfront at The Yards. This year's event highlighted over 25 local restaurants and food with entertainment from "Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue " out of New Orleans and Members of George Clinton's P-Funk Band as our opening act. A special thanks to all of our food and drink vendors including: 18th Amendment, BBAmore, Cabot Creamery, Calvert Woodley Fine Wine & Spirits, Cantina Marina, Chipotle Mexican Grill, The Coca-Cola Company, District Chophouse & Brewery, Farmers and Fishers, Flying Dog Brewery, Harris Teeter, Hogates, Honest Tea, Jordan's 8, Matchbox, McCormick & Schmicks, Morton's The Steakhouse, Philadelphia Water Ice, Philips Seafood, Starbucks, Sticky Rice, Sweetwater Tavern, among others. Sweetwater Tavern Wins Two Medals at the Great American Beer Festival! Hope to see you at next year's event, quickly being called "The Best Party in DC!" ********************************************************************** May 20, 2009
2009 Nation's River Bass Tournament Washington Post article by Angus Phillips
The Nation’s River Bass Tournament is an annual celebration that benefits Living Classroom’s of the National Capital Region’s youth and conservation programs to connect underserved and urban youth to their natural resources. Funds raised through sponsorships will be used by Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region to support and expand existing educational programs using hands-on academic enrichment and workforce development programming on the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers. On Wednesday, May 20, 2009, Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service brought Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC local students by the bus loads to fish at National Harbor in the second annual Nation’s River Bass Tournament. More than 300 students participated in fishing on land and in bass boats, hands-on activities, exhibits, a FLW bass boat simulator, and boat rides on the Potomac River. One class worked with the Gaylord to create a pollinator garden . Acting Service Director Rowan Gould and Assistant Director Hannibal Bolton, the Honorary Chairman, fished in the competition with the youth and volunteer boat anglers. ********************************************************************** April 25, 2009 Kingman Island Day! also at: www.kingmanisland.org
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton addresses the crowd alongside Councilwoman Yvette Alexander (Ward 7) & Councilman Tommy Wells (Ward 6) Living Classrooms hosted Kingman Island Day 2009, a special event to celebrate Kingman and Heritage Islands Park and the surrounding communities and to promote "No Child Left Inside Days". Visitors to the event were able to join in the excitement of enjoying this wonderful natural area in their neighborhood, and explore the new features of the park. Guestsalso were able to interact with local organizations involved in enhancing the lives of the surrounding communities. Kingman Island Day included restoration events, environmental education, interactive displays, live entertainment, and fun for the whole family! Thanks to our very generous sponsors including: Parsons Brinckerhoff American Federation of Teachers Dutko Worldwide Lee + Papa and Associates Management Systems International Monument Realty-Half Street
CONTACT: For additional information on Kingman Island, please contact Matt English at menglish@livingclassroomsdc.org or (202) 488-0627 ext. 232. Living Classrooms also wants to thank all of the partners that made the day such a huge success!
Check out other happenings on the Anacostia River through the Anacostia Waterfront Civic Engagement Program
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