Washington Latin Public Charter School provides a challenging, classical education that is accessible to students throughout the District of Columbia.
We seek to develop students who will become thoughtful people who will contribute to the public good as citizens and leaders in their lifelong quest towards a fuller humanity.
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2016-17 Enrollment
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“To all who seek to learn and all who love to teach”
We believe that education is a training of character, and character is the intersection of intellectual development and moral integrity.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
San Diego FM Radio 94.9 Interviews Diana Smith
Dana & Jayson - The $100 Tech Challenge JUNE 19, 2017 Diana Smith is the Principal at Washington Latin Public Charter School in DC, and to help her students combat the pull of technology, she issued a challenge. Dana & Jayson had the chance to speak with her...
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WTOP Radio Interviews Diana Smith
DC principal offering students $100 to stay off phones this summer By Hanna Choi, June 12, 2017 8:49 am WASHINGTON — A local principal is offering students $100 each out of her own pocket to stay off their electronic devices just one day a week for the duration of...
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Fox 5 News: Principal Smith interviewed on No-Tech-Tuesday
Fox 5 Good Morning NO TECH CHALLENGE: Principal to pay students to stay off electronics over summer POSTED: JUN 13 2017 11:55AM EDT WASHINGTON - A D.C. charter school principal is reaching into her own pocket to try and get her students to put down their electronics...
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PBS News Hour Story features Latin’s Tech Challenge
PBS News Hour 5 important stories that have nothing to do with the Russia investigations BY LAURA SANTHANAM, ERICA R. HENDRY, JOSHUA BARAJAS, IMAN SMITH AND ANDREW WAGNER June 14, 2017 at 7:02 PM EDT Lordy! All eyes were on James Comey last week The fired FBI director...
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Washington Post Features No-Tech-Tuesday Challenge
Can they unplug? A school principal will pay students to forgo screen time this summer. By Alejandra Matos, Washington Post, Friday, June 9, 2017 "...One educator in the nation’s capital wants to curb the tech deluge. "Diana Smith, principal at Washington Latin Public...
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