Science Teacher Who Turned His Kitchen into a Chemistry Lab is Going Above and Beyond for his Students

A high school science teacher in Washington, D.C., is cooking up something special for his students every week — live from his home kitchen, which he converted into a chemistry lab.

Jonte Lee, a chemistry and physics teacher at Calvin Coolidge High School, has been conducting bubbling and fiery science experiments from the heart of his home and streaming them over social media and virtual platforms for his students.

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Nats reach out to hospitality workers in need

The Nationals’ charitable arm, Nationals Philanthropies, is expanding its outreach into the Washington, D.C. community to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Club Debuts Nationals Philanthropies During Pandemic Shutdown

The Nationals on Thursday announced the debut of Nationals Philanthropies, a new broad-based philanthropic organization which replaces the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation.

The community initiatives Nationals Philanthropies are currently working on include the NATS4GOOD Community Response Fund, the Youth Baseball Academy and Get Shift Done DMV.

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DC Central Kitchen- COVID-19 Relief

600 Meals, 4 Hours: Inside One School Kitchen Keeping D.C. Families Fed

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Get Shift Done initiative launches for DMV region

Washington Nationals Philanthropies and the Greater Washington Community Foundation today announced a new partnership with Get Shift Done to launch the Get Shift Done DMV initiative which will coordinate, schedule, and pay adversely affected hourly workers in the hospitality industry to work shifts for local food access providers.

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Get Shift Done Initiative Launches for the DMV Region

Washington Nationals Philanthropies and the Greater Washington Community Foundation today announced a new partnership with Get Shift Done to launch the Get Shift Done DMV initiative which will coordinate, schedule, and pay adversely affected hourly workers in the hospitality industry to work shifts for local food access providers.

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3 lessons from Children’s National Hospital on rapidly setting up drive-thru COVID-19 testing

By March 13, Children National’s CEO Kurt Newman, M.D., deputized a team at the 323-bed hospital in Washington, D.C. with the job of pulling together a drive-thru specimen collection site for testing children for the virus—and gave them a week to do it.

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Statesman Academy – These students are in a virtual school for 5 hours a day – uniforms still required

Statesmen College Preparatory Academy is a public charter school in Southeast Washington. The school opened two years ago to help young men of color succeed in the District.

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Greater Washington Community Foundation Announces Unprecedented Community Support for Emergency COVID-19 Response Fund

REGION’S LARGEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS RAISED AND COMMITTED $4.7 MILLION TO SUPPORT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES

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Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Distribution of Additional Devices to DC Public Schools Students in Grades K-8

Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee announced that starting this week, DC Public Schools (DCPS) will begin distributing devices to students in grades K-8. During the week of March 30, DCPS began distributing tablets to students in grades 9-12 to ensure that high school students have access to the technology needed for course-specific learning and remain on a path to graduation. Individual schools are reaching out to families directly to distribute devices and hotspots.

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