Outside of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown, stands this giant lime green Adirondack chair. For the ten plus years I've lived in this area, I've never been able to figure out what this has to do with instilling in each student an appreciation of his or her innate intellectual and creative potential; developing the personal sense of discipline, cooperation and hard work necessary to succeed in professional occupations; and to giving students the preparation to make significant contributions to their professions, families, and communities, but there it is, just the same.
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April 19, 2009 at 10:12 AM
The D.C. Adirondack Chair stands on the front lawn of Duke Ellington School. It was built in 1996 by Georgetown University students as a gift to the Ellington School as part of the Green Chair Project.
The Green Chair Project proved that given a chance, young people can and want to be productive members of society. (http://curtprins.com/pro_bono/greenchair.org/history.html)
That kinda fits the mission.
source: http://www.agilitynut.com/mim/1.html
April 19, 2009 at 9:35 PM
The chair is cool. Im sure it is an attention getter!