Enrolled my teen daughter in The Theatre Lab's Summer Camp 2026 and the Honors Acting Conservatory…read moreintro class--game-changer! The small classes with pro faculty built her skills from basics to stage-ready poise, boosting her confidence for school plays and beyond; she even landed a community theatre role right after. Super organized site for easy enrollment, generous scholarships available, and the downtown DC space feels inspiring with access to pro theatres. Nurturing vibe for all levels; we've signed up for more--highly recommend for aspiring performers!

I have taken a couple classes here and it's a great school. It's refreshing to find a school geared…read moretowards adults that has classes for people who just want to act and aren't interested in becoming a professional actor. I walked in to "Anyone can act" class with no training or experience and loved it. Since then I have taken into to acting and scene study and enjoyed it. I also like the fact all of my classes were taught by local actors. I will be taking more classes here in the near future.

I came here for Easter Sunday Mass and it's a very beautiful church. Reminds me of something I'd…read moresee in Europe with lovely gold accents all around! There are many rows of pews with seats alongside the pews as well to accommodate the amount of guests. The choir is not as traditional as other churches I have been to and there was even a dance performance at the end of Easter Mass which I am not used to seeing but I didn't mind. Still a pretty place and I'd come back. :) Mass Schedule: Saturday 4:30pm Sunday 8/10/12:30pm

Beautiful parish and church! This is an historically black Catholic Church that has a gospel choir…read moreand celebrates the mass with the African American expression. (Vatican 2) If you're looking for a more "traditional" solemn mass I suggest Saint Matthew or Saint Stephen's.

This school is amazing. My daughters, in grades 3 and 2, have been going there since kindergarten,…read morealthough their kindergarten is technically at their brother school, The Avalon School. We love the curriculum. It's a wonderfully rich, traditional, liberal arts curriculum. The teachers, predominantly women in the lower grades, are fantastic. They love and care for their students as if they were their own children, which in some cases they are; And they clearly love their subject matter, which makes the classroom so much more vibrant. The final piece to the puzzle is the student body. They are so caring and kind to one another. There are your typical personality differences among girls but we especially love how the older girls care for the younger ones. I have every confidence that my girls will have moral support facing any problem they encounter, both from teachers and big sister students. The girls love going to school and are learning so much, academically, spiritually and emotionally. We would never think of sending them anywhere else!! Thank God and thank you Brookewood.

An institution on Capitol Hill, my elementary school aged daughter has taken a few after school…read moreclasses here. A CHAW van picks her and others up and takes them to the art and theater classes. She loves each class and enjoys the instructors. There's easy street parking nearby making pick up seamless.

CHAW is a really positive contributor to the Capital Hill community, in art, music, drama for all…read moreages and experiences. In particular I have been participating in the open figure drawing sessions for several years and really enjoy the atmosphere and the creativity. The organizers of this group are knowledgeable and always helpful.

How sad am I today? I just found out that basically one month after I discovered the fitness…read moreclasses at the YWCA NCA, they will stop offering them one month from now! June 28th is the last day of fitness classes at this YWCA. It is a tremendous loss. I am certain they are doing it to focus on their important goals (much more important than keeping me in shape), but it still makes me sad.

Clean, friendly, spacious and $7 drop-in classes. Two spacious fitness studios, lockers, clean…read morebathrooms, and showers. Forgot your yoga mat? No worries, they've got them. Super fun, challenging classes like Piloxing (pilates AND boxing!) on Saturdays and Bollywood dance. A convenient, reasonably priced way to keep in shape and conveniently located near some fantastic brunch spots (hello, Busboys and Poets!).

This is the high school I graduated from many years ago. it isn't! WOW! What an impressive…read moreimprovement!! It's like a university campus now. Beautiful and engaging! Great work!

This review is for the TRACK ONLY! My husband & I found ourselves in this particular side of SE DC…read morelooking for somewhere to run sprints. I stopped somewhere and asked someone if they knew where a good track was to run and they pointed me to Ballou. The track here is GREAT! Given the neighborhood, I wasn't too sure if I'd find a decent track, but Ballou's got it! The turf was nice & new, the lanes were freshly painted, the bleachers were clean, etc. There were students & coaches on the football field, as well as a few people walking/running the track gettin their workout in. Everyone there was friendly. It really made for a great work out. We did our sprints, ran a few sets of bleachers & felt great! I would most DEFINITELY recommend Ballou's track if you are in the neighborhood & want to get a track work out in! (Also - The School kinda sits up on a slight hill, so if you want to get a little hill work out in, you can do that there as well!)

Templeton Academy ignited my child's learning. The local public high school of thousands of…read morestudents was overwhelming for her and she was failing her classes. She and her education came alive under the expert teaching and supportive environment at Templeton. Now she is headed to the district competition for National History Day. The experiential, project-based learning approach that Templeton uses is providing my student with an outstanding education that she is excited about. The routine field work trips around DC are exposing her to the larger world and preparing her to be an engaged citizen.

My child started middle school at Templeton this year, and it's precisely what you would want for…read moremiddle school. It's small, so your child is seen, gets the attention they need, and the work can be tailored to them. The teachers and staff know the kids - and they really seem to like them too. This is a place where every kid can find themselves and be themselves. It is academically rigorous, and project-based learning helps students apply what they learn to the real world. The students receive support while gaining the growing independence they need. Templeton's motto is "Stay Curious," and they live by it. Everything about this school is centered on creating curious learners who feel supported and confident.

3.5 stars, but b/c of the critical work being done by this org, it's an easy bump up to 4…read more patience, patience, PATIENCE. if you don't have this key trait, do NOT try to teach or help someone with reading. write a check or donate some books to WLC, or something of that nature. they are a good program and can use support/assistance in whatever way you can provide it to help adults in DC learn to read. but if you opt for one of the many volunteer opportunities they have that deal with working with literacy students - PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE. i know this b/c i volunteer in the 1-on-1 reading tutor program. i truly enjoy it ,but i will not say it's been a breeze. i definitely had to warm up to it, and it is WORK. you get a little training that, while helpful is also somewhat intimidating [at least IMO] b/c it's less than 2 hours of jam-packed information...and then you're given the workbook + tutoring materials, assigned a student, and off to start. they do try to match students & tutors based on temperament, need/skills, schedules/availability and location, so that's nice. but do not for one second make the mistake i made in thinking that if you love reading and love helping others, this is the perfect volunteer gig for you. again, you must be PATIENT. (patience is something i tend to reserve for my kid, my office, and/or my family...so i sometimes - okay, often - run out by the time it gets to other areas of life.) lucky for me, my student is a sweetheart. i'll admit i was concerned about tutoring someone older than me, but it's worked well w/o any issue WRT our significant age difference. in fact, it's added a nice dimension to our relationship as we learn a lot from one another. the set-up for the 1-on-1 volunteering is fairly simple. meet once a week and do reading/writing exercises with student from the materials provided by WLC. sometimes it's instruction and work-checking, other times it's assistance and working on exercises or new words/grammar together. the student is enrolled in one or more programs at WLC besides the one-on-one tutoring, so you (as a tutor) are a supplement to service, not THE service. for example, my student is in a weekly reading class @ WLC. other students may be in the GED program, the family literacy project, the job/career training program, or something else. (the programs listed are also areas in which you can volunteer, i believe.) once in a while WLC has community events for contributors, volunteers, staff, students and interested parties, so that's a great way to check them out if you're unsure of where the best fit for you would be, or you just want to see their work in action. you can also call the office and schedule an informational interview where you can meet staff and learn more about the programs offered/volunteer need. however you choose to get involved, just please get involved (or donate)! remember, if you are able to read this, you: -likely owe it to a teacher [of one kind or another] -are a minority is many places -know the importance of literacy