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38 “We expect excellence,” says Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy Principal Joseph Speight. And excellence is what the school is getting. Substantial gains in math and reading on the DC CAS (DC’s standardized test) has been the pay-off of an “it takes a village” collaboration of teachers, parents and students.

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8 Go ... Do ... See | PDF only
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16 Bulletin Board | PDF only
18 The District Beat • by Mark Segraves
20 The Numbers • by Ed Lazere
22 Interim Library Reviews Mixed • by Virginia Avniel Spatz
23 Anacostia’s New Big Chair • by Virginia Avniel Spatz
24 One-Square-Yard Farming • by Virginia Avniel Spatz
25 Doing Good • by Mickey Thompson & LaWanda Johnson
26 Three Months, 27 Burglaries • by Virginia Avniel Spatz
26 Infrastructure in the News • by Virginia Avniel Spatz

EAST WASHINGTON LIFE
28 Romance - Four Great Places to Celebrate Valentine’s •
by Celeste McCall
30 Bruce McNeil, Master Photographer • by Deidre R. Gantt
32 Ten Years at the Deanwood Chess Houses •
by Virginia Avniel Spatz

KIDS & FAMILY
34 Kids & Family Notebook • by Mary-Frances Daly
38 Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy •
by Heather Schoell
42 DCPS Students Excel at Art • by various contributors
44 Derrick Smith, Registered Nurse •
by B. Michelle Harris McQureerir

REAL ESTATE & FINANCE
46 Keys to Homeownership • by Frank Demarais
47 Changing Hands • by compiled by Don Denton | PDF only

48 Classifieds | PDF only
50 The Nose Knows • by Anonymous

February 2010 East of the River Cover, Table of Contents and Masthead | PDF only