Browse past news stories for Coolidge High School in Washington, DC.

• Looking Back In History, 11/4/09 (Coolidge Examiner)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:39:42 am
  One year ago November 4, 2008 edition • Nov. 10 of each year marks a special occasion for Marines and their families across the globe. Honoring this year’s 233rd birthday for the Marine Corps, the Coolidge High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC cadets hosted a birthday ball no different than that of Marines today.
• Michelle Rhee Gets Engaged: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 01:48:53 pm
  Morning all. Reliable Source with the scoop ! D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee is engaged to Sacramento mayor/ex-Phoenix Sun Kevin Johnson . ‘Rhee, 39, spoke Wednesday night at a Democrats for Education Reform/DC School Reform Now event downtown, and a pretty sparkly thing on her left hand caught the eye of more than one audience member.’
• D.C. cuts back flu clinics; Montgomery teen hit by car; Fatal accident on Anacostia Freeway (Washington Post)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 05:00:00 am
  District health officials said Thursday that they are limiting their schedule of public swine flu vaccination clinics, which have covered more than 11,000 people so far, so they can dedicate more doses to doctor's offices and community health centers.
• Looking Back In History, 10/14/09 (Coolidge Examiner)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 05:44:17 am
  One year ago October 14, 2008 edition • As the Coolidge High School Lady Bears began to warm up Oct. 9 in a game against Maricopa, the 1979 hit song “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge rang through the gym.
• Looking Back In History, 10/7/09 (Coolidge Examiner)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 05:59:23 am
  One year ago October 7, 2008 edition • Defending home turf Sept. 30, the ladies from Coolidge High School couldn’t get anything going as they fell to Fountain Hills in three games, 7-25, 19-25, 13-25. The Bears’ evening started slowly as they struggled against Fountain Hills’ impeccable serving and tight offense. It wasn’t until the second game that CHS started to show some aggression, which ...
• Official wants more security at school games (The Washington Times)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 09:52:54 am
  D.C. Council member Muriel Bowser said Monday she will work with police and schools officials to provide more security for high school football games after a man was shot and wounded near the gates of Coolidge High School after a game last week. Gunfire erupted near the campus at about 11:30 p.m. Friday after the school's homecoming football game against Roosevelt Senior High School. A 21-year ...
• Military football season kicks off Saturday (DCMilitary.com)
  posted on September 4, 2009 at 04:20:23 pm
  September means the start of football season, and the Washington Area Military Athletic Conference Warriors, featuring players from Walter Reed, is ready for action, said coach Corey Owens.
• Families of Two Metro Crash Victims Share a Connection Beyond Their Sorrow (Washington Post)
  posted on July 2, 2009 at 04:00:00 am
  As Janice Williams laid her son to rest yesterday, she was comforted by another mother whose child also was a victim of last week's deadly Metro crash.
• Retired National Guard general among train victims (The Capital)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 01:24:06 pm
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The victims of the Metro train collision in Washington included the recently retired commanding general of the D.C. National Guard and his wife; two working moms; a retired teacher who was working as a substitute, and a woman who worked with nurses around the world.
• 9/11 General, Mother Of 6 Among Crash Dead (CBS News)
  posted on June 24, 2009 at 01:00:06 pm
  Washington Post: Victims Of D.C. Metrorail Crash Came From All Walks of Life
• Highly touted freshman QB transferring from UNM (KOB 4 Albuquerque)
  posted on June 2, 2009 at 06:38:31 pm
  Freshman quarterback Emmanuel Yeager, the star of coach Mike Locksley's first recruiting class at New Mexico, is leaving school because of an undisclosed family issue.
• CITIZEN JOURNALISM: High-schoolers 'join' council (The Washington Times)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 09:01:19 am
  CITIZEN JOURNALISM: There are eight young people wearing blue blazers and gray trousers roaming the John A. Wilson Building. The D.C. residents make up the inaugural class of the D.C. Council Youth Internship Program, the brainchild of Chairman Vincent C. Gray. Interns are not new to the council. However, the CYIP, as it is called, is its first official program, designed to give D.C. high school ...
• QB Yeager leaving UNM due to family issue (SportingNews)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 08:52:22 pm
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Freshman quarterback Emmanuel Yeager, the star of coach Mike Locksley's fi...
• Highly touted freshman QB Emmanuel Yeager transferring from New Mexico (4 p.m.) (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 08:10:33 pm
  Highly touted freshman QB Emmanuel Yeager transferring from New Mexico (4 p.m.)
• Grant Supports College for Every Student (PNN)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 02:28:27 pm
  College For Every Student (CFES) today announced a two-year, $400,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to support The New York Life National Student Leadership Initiative for students in grades 6-12, in ten underserved middle and/or high schools in two sites – Denver and Washington, D.C. The funds will provide at least 500 high school students with academic and social support to increase ...
• Promising frosh QB Yeager leaving New Mexico (Sports Illustrated)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 02:16:58 pm
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Freshman quarterback Emmanuel Yeager, the star of coach Mike Locksley's first recruiting class at New Mexico, is leaving school because of an undisclosed family issue.
• AM Briefing 5/13 (Provo Daily Herald)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 11:21:01 am
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• FAU signs two for men's basketball (TCPalm.com)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 04:47:20 pm
  Stewart and Simpson join an exceptional incoming class expected to play for Jarvis, which includes all-state point guard Ray Taylor (Plantation/American Heritage High School), Gainesville Sun "Player of the Year" Greg Gantt (Gainesville/Gainesville High School), 6-foot-6-inch forward Jordan McCoy (Orlando/Olympia High School) and all-DC1AA forward Andre Mattison (Washington, D.C./Coolidge High ...
• Go Home Already: Alternate Viewpoints (DCist)
  posted on March 23, 2009 at 09:33:30 pm
  Photo by AnAb.... FOX5 reports that Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) has intervened to put off DDOT's enforcement of sidewalk sign laws. DCist first reported on this issue, which has local business owners upset, earlier this month . The White House today was expected to name David H. Stevens , president of D.C.'s Long & Foster, to run the Federal Housing Administration. So far, it doesn't appear to have ...