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Subject: W7EC Nominations due TODAY!
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W7EC Executive Committee Elections - May 5
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE TODAY -- FRIDAY, APRIL 29!
As we have announced in previous General Body meetings, the virtual May General
Body Meeting (May 5, from 6:30-8pm) will include our elections via the
electronic platform Election Buddy. The following Ward 7 Education Council
Executive Committee positions are open:
* Vice Chair: 2-year term
* Corresponding Secretary: 2-year term
* Treasurer: 2-year term
If you are interested in voting or joining the board, you must be a member.
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* Ward 7 community-based organization (CBO) representative
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To nominate someone for the board, please email ward7edelections@xxxxxxxxx.
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W7EC General Body Meeting - Thu May 5
Working agenda:
1. Conversation with DC Councilmember Christina Henderson
2. HD Woodson Re-design Discussion
3. W7EC Executive Committee Elections
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Coalition for DC Public Schools (C4DC)
DC Council 2022 Candidate Survey
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NAASC-DC "Loving Me Girls Conference" - April 30
The 11th Loving Me Girls Conference, hosted by the D.C. Chapter of the National
Alumnae Association of Spelman College, will be held on Saturday, April 30,
2022, from 10:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. EST. This free virtual conference is designed
to empower, inspire, and educate girls in grades 8-12.
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PBS Kids Writers Contest
Be the next winner of the WETA PBS KIDS Writers Contest! Children in grades K-4
throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area are invited to submit an
original story, poem or piece of non-fiction to enter the contest. This year,
all WETA PBS Kids Writers Contest submissions should start with the following:
“I want to see a world where...”
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Makers Extreme Summer Camp 2022
Maker's Extreme STEAM is a low-cost Project-based and interactive summer
program that provides students with summer long academic enrichment in Reading
and Math, STEM and Arts integrated projects, Social-emotional learning, field
trips, program partners like DCPL, and more.
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) 2022 Summer Scholars Program
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is happy to partner with the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation to identify twenty (20) Thurgood Marshall College
Fund Conservation Interns.
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Free Home Internet for DCPS and DC Charter Students
DC govt pays for 1 yr of Comcast Internet Essentials or RCN’s Internet First
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