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Tag: Ballou Senior High School

**FILE** Ballou Senior High School (WI photo)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Ballou High School Needs To Be Renamed

by WI Editorial Staff March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Frank Ballou was known to support separate educational facilities for Blacks and whites. This is not the type of legacy Ballou High School students of today should be celebrating.

Samuel Armstrong speaks to the students at Ballou High Senior High School as part of the Education and Mentorship Initiative with the Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Alphas Positively Affect Young Men at Ballou SHS and Hart MS

Austin Cooper photo by Austin R. Cooper Jr. February 1, 2023February 2, 2023
Rahman Branch worked as the principal of Ballou High School from 2008-2014. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inCommunity

Ex-Ballou Principal Set to Enter Ward 8 Council Race in 2024

James Wright photo by James Wright Jr. January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Posted inEducation

Amazon Execs Take ‘Connected Schools’ Relationship Further at Ballou

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins September 30, 2022October 5, 2022
Culinary students Laynard Hairston and his twin brother Laymont are part of Ballou's winning team with (not pictured) Nevaeh Mclamore and Hassan Coles, winning first place at the DC ProStart Invitational held at THEARC in Southeast on March 29. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation

Ballou Senior High Wins Local Culinary Arts Competition

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins March 30, 2022March 30, 2022
DCPS Chancellor Lewis Ferebee (center) and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (right) sample some treats, courtesy of Ballou Senior High School students in the Southeast-based school's culinary arts academy. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation, Local

Ballou, Anacostia Reveal School Redesign Plans

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins December 18, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee greets Ballou Senior High School senior Amya McKoy during a ceremony honoring the Ballou Career Academy on Hospitality and Tourism on May 30. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inEducation, Local

D.C. EDUCATION BRIEFS: Ballou Fall Feeder Fest

by WI Webstaff November 20, 2019December 21, 2021
D.C. Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee greets Ballou Senior High School senior Amya McKoy during a ceremony honoring the Ballou Career Academy on Hospitality and Tourism on May 30. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inEducation, Local

Ballou’s Hospitality and Tourism Academy Recognized Nationally

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins June 5, 2019December 21, 2021
A roll of police tape (police line) lies on the ground outside a home being foreclosed on in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2009.
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Ballou Standout Allows Bad Choices to Destroy Dreams

by WI Guest Author May 8, 2019December 21, 2021
From left: Willie Jackson, Ballou Senior High School principal, and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee announce and congratulate Syamyia Beach for being awarded a full-ride scholarship to attend George Washington University. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inEducation, Local

Ballou, Family Bask in Scholarship Winner’s Triumph

Sam P.K. Collins photo by Sam P.K. Collins March 27, 2019October 31, 2020

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