Extraordinary educators 2021
Photo by Skip Brown Unsil Kim Thomas S. Wootton High School Rockville To teach art virtually during the pandemic last school year, Unsil Kim assembled 300 packets of supplies—sketchbooks, paint sets...
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Photo courtesy of Glass Light Hotel & Gallery Glass menagerie The historic 1912 Royster building in Norfolk, Virginia, is now home to Glass Light Hotel & Gallery, which features elegant...
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Sydney Spottiswood has taken on leadership roles at the Whitman Pride Alliance and MoCo Pride, a student-led countywide advocacy organization, to support LGBTQ students. Photo by Liz Lynch...
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Photo illustration by Alice Kresse; switchboard photo courtesy of Library of Congress In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for a device he called “the telephone.” His...
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Photo by Lindsey Max Linda Petursdottir’s approach to healthy living often starts in the kitchen. “You can’t exercise your way out of a bad diet,” she says. “You’re not going to be able to make the...
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Brett Guterman and his mother, Barbara. Photo by Liz Lynch Brett Guterman is 21, a senior at George Washington University, and childless—probably not the person parents would expect to see representing...
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Photo by Joseph Mendoza The couple: Trisha Granados (maiden name Valencia), 36, grew up in Rockville and graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. She works as a human resources business...
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Horticulturist Kelley Heim is pictured in the Brookside Trial Garden, where staff test new plants on the market to see how they fare in Maryland’s climate. “It’s really intense there—the heat is high...
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Bartender Francis Jeffrey (left) with customer Tony Cauterucci at Sal’s Italian Kitchen in Cabin John. Photo by Deb Lindsey A neighborhood restaurant is community. It’s an owner saying hello at the...
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Courtesy photo 1. Taking shape An updated version of a classic midcentury modern molded plywood design, this stool provides a comfy perch with a generous seat and wide back. The seat is available in...
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Gaithersburg teen Drew Mendelow developed an app to help people manage Type 1 diabetes. Photo by Liz Lynch Diagnosed last September with Type 1 diabetes, then-eighth-grader Drew Mendelow wasted no time...
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Photo by Louis Tinsley Ted Segal had a sense of nostalgia five years ago when he opened a dust-covered box containing his unfinished master’s thesis on Black student activism at Duke University. “It...
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Joe McKee and Ruth Lehman outside the Hope Connections building in Bethesda. Photo by Lisa Helfert On a sunny afternoon in early April, Ruth Lehman and Joe McKee are sitting on the patio of their new...
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Daniel de Visé briefly considered a career in music but instead became a journalist, author and obsessive music buff. The Garrett Park resident traveled from Memphis to Las Vegas, interviewing dozens...
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Photo by Skip Brown Unsil Kim Thomas S. Wootton High School Rockville To teach art virtually during the pandemic last school year, Unsil Kim assembled 300 packets of supplies—sketchbooks, paint sets...
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Bayla, now 6, pictured at home in Potomac during class in January. Her parents installed a trapeze bar in their basement to help her get some energy out. Courtesy photo Kate Eig Hurwitz uses air quotes...
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Photo by Heidi’s Bridge Beach bound Opened in Cape May, New Jersey, in the summer of 2019, Lokal Hotel is an intriguing cross between an Airbnb (self check-in and spacious) and a beachy-chic boutique...
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Bethesda homeowners Maurizio Grimaldi and Elena Terminiello chose a refrigerator with a front panel that allows them to watch shows, display their calendar and see when someone is at the front door....
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Photo by Joseph Tran Holly Sears Sullivan Twenty-five years ago, when Holly Sears Sullivan told her dad she wasn’t going to law school—that she’d pursue a master’s degree in urban planning instead—his...
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University of Maryland, Collge Park. Getty Images The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2021 graduates from six Bethesda-area high schools applied and were accepted, based on...
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