Dec 14, 2018
Anacostia High School Student Chased Down, Shot, And Killed In Southeast Apartment Complex
Two masked gunmen chased the 15-year-old into an apartment building and shot him multiple times in a hallway.
Ballou High School also received a threat today, though police do not have information about whether they’re connected.
Jun 12, 2014
Video: The Moving Commencement Speech From Student Who Became Valedictorian While Homeless
Rashema Melson, who graduated top of her class while living at D.C. General, received a full scholarship to Georgetown University.
The roof of the Anacostia Senior High School caught on fire around noon today, causing the school to be evacuated and provoking a large deployment of D.C. firefighters.
Jul 27, 2009
Fire at Anacostia High School
A fire broke out in a second floor classroom at Anacostia Senior High School, located at 1601 16th Street SE, this morning. Firefighters were called to the scene at just before 10:30 a.m. The fire was quickly contained, but not before causing an estimated $25,000 in damages, according to D.C. fire department spokesperson Pete Piringer. The school, which was in use at the time by a number of summer school students, teachers and construction…