** PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE TO 11:15 A.M. **

July 29, 2009 

MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Sherrard
202-994-1423; mcs1@gwu.edu

MAYOR ADRIAN M. FENTY, CHANCELLOR MICHELLE RHEE AND GW PRESIDENT STEVEN KNAPP MARK GRAND REOPENING OF SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS HIGH SCHOOL
JULY 30, 2009

EVENT: 

D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Chancellor Michelle Rhee and GW President Steven Knapp will celebrate the grand reopening of the historic School Without Walls High School. Tours of the new building and a reception will follow.
 
WHEN:  

Thursday, July 30; 11:15 a.m.
 
WHERE: 

School Without Walls High School
2130 G St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Orange and Blue lines)
 
RSVP:  

Members of the media should RSVP to Michelle Sherrard at 202-994-1423 or mcs1@gwu.edu.
 
BACKGROUND:  

School Without Walls is a long-time partner of the University. Walls students have the opportunity to take selected courses at GW through a structured exposure program. For the first time, a select group of 14 students will participate in the GW Early College Program this academic year, enabling them to earn an associate?s degree at the University for free while they earn their high school diploma.   

GW is the largest single post-secondary contributor of aid to students from D.C. Public Schools. GW has offered full, four year scholarships to more than 100 DC Public School students, including many from the School Without Walls, as part of the GW Trachtenberg Scholarship program. 

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