Candace Mitchell

Washington, D.C., United States

Assignment Editor, SEO at The Washington Post

Assignment editor, SEO for @washingtonpost. Previously @northjersey/@USATODAY network. Jersey native, Philly sports fan

Articles

Springing into Science in Alternative Kindergarten

1 week ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Candace Mitchell

ATKINS — The Alternative Kindergarten class has enjoyed a busy spring learning through science. We completed a “Pond Life” theme, in which students had the opportunity to learn about pond habitats. The class created frogs, wrote informational sentences about frogs, and read informational texts about pond life. Our current theme in Alternative Kindergarten, “Plants and Earth,” educates the class about the planet on which we live.
Springing into Science in Alternative Kindergarten

1 week ago | communitynewspapergroup.com | Candace Mitchell

ATKINS - The Alternative Kindergarten class has enjoyed a busy spring learning through science. We completed a “Pond Life” theme, in which students had the opportunity to learn about pond habitats. The class created frogs, wrote informational sentences about frogs, and read informational texts about pond life. Our current theme in Alternative Kindergarten, “Plants and Earth,” educates the class about the planet on which we live.
Weaponized justice: The GOP’s war on prosecutors is just the beginning

Jun 18, 2024 | thehill.com | Candace Mitchell

All eyes are on Texas — and rightfully so. Late last week, District Attorney José Garza filed a writ of mandamus contesting Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of Daniel Perry. Perry was convicted of murder in April of 2023 for driving into a crowd of protestors and ultimately shooting one of those protestors, Garett Foster, to death.
Read Justice Alito’s letter denying requests to recuse from Jan. 6 cases

May 29, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Candace Mitchell

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., seated at center, appears in a group photo with other justices on Capitol Hill in October 2022. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)CommentSaveIn a letter Wednesday, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. rejected calls for him to recuse himself from cases related to Jan. 6, 2021, after an upside-down flag flew at his home in the weeks after the attack on the U.S. Capitol. You can read his full letter below.
Analysis | A guide to the Easter eggs and name-drops on Taylor Swift’s new album

Apr 19, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Emily Yahr |Kyley Schultz |Candace Mitchell

Taylor Swift loves to fill each album with clues and puzzles — “Easter eggs,” as she and her fans call them — for her die-hard followers to decode over the ensuing weeks, months and (let’s be honest) years. Already, her new heartbreak-steeped album “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” has led Swifties to attempt to connect the album’s lyrics to events in the singer’s personal life — a hunt for literalism that Swift does not exactly discourage.
Alternative Kindergarten Friends Celebrate 100 Days of School

Feb 25, 2024 | communitynewspapergroup.com | Candace Mitchell

ALTERNATIVE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERATKINS — The Alternative Kindergarten friends recently celebrated their 100th Day of School. What a fun day to celebrate all the learning that has occurred during our first 100 days of school! We completed activities for math, literacy, and writing. We have been reading a story over the first 100 days called “Emily’s First 100 Days of School.” We read Day 100 to start our day. We practiced counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
Alternative Kindergarten Friends Celebrate 100 Days of School

Feb 22, 2024 | communitynewspapergroup.com | Candace Mitchell

ATKINS - The Alternative Kindergarten friends recently celebrated their 100th Day of School. What a fun day to celebrate all the learning that has occurred during our first 100 days of school! We completed activities for math, literacy, and writing. We have been reading a story over the first 100 days called “Emily’s First 100 Days of School.” We read Day 100 to start our day. We practiced counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, and 10s.
Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial

Feb 16, 2024 | abajournal.com | Candace Mitchell |Azi Paybarah |Devlin Barrett

HomeSyndicatedJudge orders Trump to pay more than $350…Trials & LitigationJudge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trialNew York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday ordered former President Donald Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties, handing down a hefty penalty following a monthslong civil trial in which Trump and others were accused of financial fraud by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial

Feb 16, 2024 | sfgate.com | Candace Mitchell |Azi Paybarah |Devlin Barrett

New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday ordered former president Donald Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties, handing down a hefty penalty following a months-long civil trial in which Trump and others were accused of financial fraud by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Engoron also said Trump could not serve as an officer or a director for any New York company for three years. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and assailed the case.
Lee live briefing: Lee makes landfall in Nova Scotia with sustained winds of 70 mph

Oct 23, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Matt Clough |Candace Mitchell

BELFAST, Maine — Post-tropical storm Lee lashed parts of the northern Atlantic coast on Saturday, before the storm made landfall on Long Island, Nova Scotia, at 4 p.m. with winds of up to 70 mph. Residents in eastern Maine, southwestern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick braced for the impact as forecasts warned the storm would be near hurricane strength upon making landfall before weakening. The storm transitioned into a post-tropical storm Saturday morning.