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Asian American LEAD’s (AALEAD) DC Elementary School Summer Program *This poem is a piece from AALEAD’s DC Elementary School Summer Program “I Am ME” workshop which focuses on helping youth explore identity through creative writing and visual arts. “I am…” By: Joline, rising 3rd grader I am Responsible and Respectful I wonder how dinosaurs died I hear people talking I see …

By Jhee Yoon (Waldorf, MD)—Toni and Bill Benton probably never get lonely. They’re probably never bored. That’s because their house is filled with seven adopted children, ranging in age from 2 to 18. There are medical issues for some, including a heart condition and a cleft palate. One child is deaf and two have urological conditions. But Toni and Bill …

We welcome D.C.’s newest A-Lister, Linda Schatz (2nd from right). A Kaimuki girl, she was born and raised in Hawaii by parents who had fled communism in China. Linda received her Doctorate in Architecture this year, while raising two children and caring for her parents. And, almost forgot, that’s her husband, Brian Shatz, on the left, the new U.S. Senator …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans It has taken eight years, but area kids have their own museum back again. The National Children’s Museum (NCM) opened its brand new doors at National Harbor in Prince George’s County, Md., on Dec. 13. Scores of Washington area children joined by Sesame Street characters to welcome back the museum, which closed its Northeast DC location in …

By Michelle Phipps-Evans Several children converged at the Old Council Chambers at One Judiciary Square in Northwest Washington, D.C., for the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OAPIA)’s annual “Share a Smile, Give a Toy” Holiday Toy Drive celebration on Dec. 13. More than 340 donated teddy bears, Lego sets, dolls and cars made the more than 140 …