We're not ready to see summer end ... So we're keeping the feeling going through Sunday, September 22! 🏊🩳🩱2 OUTDOOR POOLS remain open: Oxon Run Pool Hearst Pool 10 am - 6 pm (6 days a week) 💦💧⛲️ And all DPR SPRAY PARKS throughout DC will be open 10 am - 6 pm until 9/22!

Juggling schoolwork, extracurriculars, friends & family...getting #BackToSchool can be particularly stressful for teenagers. Would you recognize the signs of stress in your teen? Learn more about what to look for & how to help: medlineplus.gov/ency/patientin…

Happening right now DC Parks &Rec #WhereFunHappens Safely’s Deanwood Community Center (1350 49th St. NE) until 2pm. Go check it out and talk ALL things OST! #PurpleWave #ParentPriorities #OST

Grandparents are like a special kind of glue. They shape our lives; they hold together families; and they are the very foundation of our communities. They love on us in a very special way — only like a grandparent can! Our PAVE grandparent leaders are some our most fierce

PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)’s Founder & Executive Director Maya Martin Cadogan is stirring up a bit of “good trouble” mixed with big dose of #ParentPower this fine Monday. Check out her conversation with Power Station about PAVE #ParentPriorities and more!

Civic education “but reimagine ethnic studies”. We need more support but even with a bill we still have teacher shortages. Stop curriculum harm. Teacher #retention is a real issue.#pavedc

It’s Day✌🏽in fellowship with the Education Leaders of Color community and Team PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) is 🔒in!! Our powerful #parentleaders are mixing, mingling, learning, sharing, and planning! The energy is amazing. Let’s go! #EdLoCNatCon2024 #ParentPriorities #ParentPower

This is #ParentPower in action! The #EdLoCNatCon2024 was a whole vibe and our powerful PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) parent leaders and team soaked it all in! Thank to Education Leaders of Color for a soul-filling experience! We are all fueled up and ready to get back to work. 👏🏽

Team PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) reflection: Education Leaders of Color’s #EdLoCNatCon2024 was an eye-opening experience of community building in action. It was inspiring to focus on addressing and implementing solutionS all driven by leaders of color — just like me — sparking the change we KNOW is possible! 💪🏽

We spy amazing leaders experiencing pure joy and seeding disruption for “good trouble.” Hey Kaya Henderson 👋🏽 #EdLoCNatCon2024 was 🔥!! Education Leaders of Color

Let us #neverforget #September11th, 2001. We must #neverforget the heartbreaking loss of nearly 3,000 Americans lives — including the DCPS students and teachers — taken on that day. We are forever grateful for the heroic efforts of our first responders’ on that day and always.

PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) Parents at the Power of Basketball Pre-Release Book Launch Event - a Social Justice Conversation featuring Malcolm Brogdon & James Cadogan!!

Yesterday National Basketball Social Justice Coalition launched *The Power of Basketball* — a collection of essays by NBA players, coaches, & governors on their social justice journeys. Of course our PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) #parentleaders were in the building to soak it all in! The best part…cheering one of PAVE’s favorite

The Power of Basketball is a book of essays written by members of the #NBA #WNBA Coalition and other leaders; who are committed to promoting voting rights, policing reform, transforming the criminal justice system, and creating community safety.#meaningful #Pavedc

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Today PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education) #parentleaders stepped out for a beautiful cultural experience — #CirqueduSoleilOvo! Thank you Mayor Muriel Bowser for the tickets💜. We had an amazing time!

Are you registered to vote?🗳️ There’s still time to get #voteready!

Mondays are for convening and collaborating! Yesterday we joined together with DC SCORES Kid Power, Inc. DC Action — and a host of other partners — to talk all things #OST! The energy in the room was amazing. Our upcoming #OST Summit in October will be🔥!! Why is #OST important

So exciting to see these schools doing amazing work to support students' math growth! We hope to see their strategies replicated across DC so that ALL students can become "math people"!