Shepherd Elementary School

Shepherd Elementary School is a school in Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic. Shepherd Elementary School is situated nearby to the synagogue Ohev Sholom Congregation, as well as near the neighborhood Shepherd Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ohev Sholom Congregation and Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library.

Ohev Sholom Congregation

Synagogue

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Ohev Sholom Congregation is the oldest Orthodox synagogue in the Shepherd Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The synagogue was formed from the merger of two synagogues, Ohev Sholom and Talmud Torah. Ohev Sholom Congregation is situated 830 feet west of Shepherd Elementary School.

Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library

Library

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Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is part of the District of Columbia Public Library System. It was opened to the public on July 29, 1990. The library was named in honor of Juanita E. Thornton, a teacher and community activist. Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Shepherd Elementary School.

Lowell School

School

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Lowell School is an independent, diverse, co-educational preschool through 8th grade school located in the Colonial Village neighborhood near Shepherd Park Washington, D.C. The school was founded by Judith Grant and Susan Semple in 1965 during the Civil Rights Movement on the educational philosophies of Haim Ginott, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, and Friedrich Fröbel. Lowell School is situated 1,300 feet west of Shepherd Elementary School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shepherd Park and Colonial Village.

Shepherd Park

Neighborhood

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Shepherd Park is a neighborhood in the northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Colonial Village

Neighborhood

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Colonial Village is an area in northwest Washington, D.C., built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the Moore House, where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

North Portal Estates

Neighborhood

North Portal Estates is an affluent residential neighborhood in Washington, D.C. that forms the northernmost corner of the District of Columbia. North Portal Estates is bounded by North Portal Drive to the south, East Beach Drive to the west and northwest, and Rock Creek Park to the northeast.

Shepherd Elementary School

Type: School
Also known as: “Shepherd School”
Category: education
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.98476° or 38° 59′ 5″ north

Longitude

-77.03417° or 77° 2′ 3″ west

Elevation

292 feet (89 metres)

Operator

District of Columbia Public Schools

Open location code

87C4XXM8+W8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 48207507

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

GeoNames ID

4140469

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