President Obama will give speech at Wakefield High School September 8th
Arlington Public Schools re-open for classes on Tuesday, September 8th and the first day will feature a special guest for one Arlington school. President Obama will be giving a national back-t0-school addres at Wakfefield High School. The speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN and the White House Web site. The school was apparently chosen for the speech, intended to motivate students to work hard, set educational goals and take personal responsibility for their learning, because of its history of success with disadvantaged students.
The following message from the Arlington County Police Department highlights road closures for President Obama’s visit to Wakefield High School on Tue, Sept. 8.
“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4, 2009
MEDIA CONTACT: Det. Crystal Nosal, 703-228-4331
TRAFFIC ALERT: Presidential Visit Road Closures
ARLINGTON, VA. – The Arlington County Police Department will close roads
around Wakefield High School on Tuesday, September 8, for a school visit
by President Obama.
The following road closures/detours will take effect at 9 a.m.:
* Traffic coming from South George Mason Drive on South
Dinwiddie Street will be diverted at South 14th Street to King Street
(school buses will be allowed to proceed to the school).
* Traffic on Chesterfield Road from Claremont Elementary will be
diverted south on South Buchanan Street (school buses will be allowed to
proceed to school).
* Traffic on Chesterfield Road from King Street will be diverted
to South Dinwiddie Street towards Walter Reed Drive.
* Traffic on South Dinwiddie from Walter Reed Drive will be
diverted to Chesterfield Road towards King Street.
* Pedestrian and vehicle traffic will be not allowed in the rear
of the school (the football stadium side).
* Westbound traffic on South Buchanan, South Columbus, and South
Culpeper Streets from Walter Reed Drive will be closed at Chesterfield
Road.
The following parking restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. to 3
p.m.:
* Parking will be restricted on Chesterfield Road on both sides
between South Buchanan Street to the Chesterfield/Dinwiddie traffic
circle.
* Parking will be restricted on South Dinwiddie Street between
South George Mason Drive and Chesterfield Road.”
Market Statistics for July 2009
Market statistics for Arlington County real estate for July 2009 are now available at this link.
Dark Star Festival
On Saturday, August 1 the Rosslyn BID will hold the Dark Star Park Festival in Rosslyn from 8:30 am – 2:30 pm.
The event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Public Art in Arlington by celebrating the anniversary of Arlington’s first public art piece, Dark Star Park.
The event kicks off with a program at 8:30 am at Dark Star Park at 1655 N. Fort Myer Drive. The ceremony leads up to a once-a-year shadow alignment. At 9:32 am on August 1, the art piece interacts with the sun and the spheres and poles of Dark Star Park cast shadows that line up with shadow images on the ground.
Many APS students are helping to celebrate this event with a 400 piece art show. Students from ATS, Barrett, Claremont, Drew, Glebe, Henry, and McKinley produced circular works of art in honor of the large public art piece in Arlington. Their work will be shown in what is now known as Arlington’s future Cultural Center.
In addition to that, families can enjoy many free science and art related events Saturday in Rosslyn.
The fun includes:
Free donut holes and cereal straws at the alignment ceremony
A chance to meet famous Dark Star Park artist Nancy Holt
Star Talks by APS Planetarium Director Jonathan Harmon
NASA Movies including Cosmic Collisions and 3D Sun (complete with 3-D glasses)
NASA Family Activity Area
Face Painting and Balloon Animals
Public Art and Historic Tours
Live Music by Rocknoceros and The Grandsons
Synetic Theater (Classika Theater) Educational Performance
The event is just three blocks from the Rosslyn Metro and free parking is available at 1101 Wilson Blvd.
For an event schedule go to www.RosslynVa.org
Arlington Rap
Have you seen the rap video on You Tube about Arlington? Click here to see this video by GoRemy.
Market Statistics for May 2009 are now available
Market Statistics for Arlington Virginia can be found at this link.
