A Winning Week

A Winning Week

Washington Latin sports teams had a particularly successful week with Girls Varsity Volleyball defeating Paul Public Charter School, Girls Soccer defeating DC International by 6-0, and Boys Soccer besting St. Andrews with a 4-1 win. Boys soccer also defeated EL Haynes 3-0. The Latin Lions basketball team dominated St. Andrews for the entire game. The Cross Country team competed in Georgetown Prep Classic. Sophomore Luke Tewalt and  freshman Zoe Edelman took 1st and 2nd place respectively while sophomore Oliver Spiva came home 7th. Freshmen Max Regardie and Robbie Mirabello both got personal records on the day. Both the Boys and Girls MS Cross Country teams brought home the Public Charter School Athletics Association 2nd place trophies. Middle School girls soccer beat Georgetown Day 1-0.
Shedding Light on Watersheds

Shedding Light on Watersheds

Sixth graders visited the Aquatic Resources Education Center to continue their study of the health of local watersheds. The Washington, D.C. parks facility is a multi-use environmental education and aquaculture center in Anacostia Park. The National Park Service and the Fish & Wildlife Service and the Department of Energy & Environment opened the AREC in 2005. Students took part in water quality tests to analyze the water, animals, and nearby fauna and assess the health of the watershed. The students are involved in a yearlong study of the local watersheds, which will culminate in their own projects devoted to improving local water quality and the health of nearby waterways.

Great Debate

Great Debate

Middle and Upper school students participated in the Washington Urban Debate League season Opener at Capital City Public Charter School. Of our 16 participants, 13 were new to debate.  Students participated in novice, JV, and varsity divisions. Ninth grade pair Jia Fleming and Robbie Mirabello won all three rounds of their varsity debate, and ninth grader Hawaa Sturr won two of her four rounds in a solo debate. Seventh grader Jackson was one of the top five speakers in his JV division. Other participants included debate team pairs Amal (Juma) Buba,Kennedy Cawley and Aaron Smith, Eamon Price and Nassir Purnell-Snowden, Vanessa McCullers and Lena Webb, Sarah Schifferle and Marianna McDiarmid, Maxwell Burton, Brandon Souverain and D’Andre Person. The team is advised by Ms. Lee-Bey. The team’s next debate tournament will be November 4 at Greenbelt High School.
Research on Poverty

Research on Poverty

As a culmination of the first quarter poverty unit, Ms. Haywood’s eighth graders did library research on Eleanor Holmes Norton to evaluate the type of legislation she has supported and committees she is on and write a letter to her about their ideas about combating poverty.  With Ms. Hamm’s help, students evaluated various sources about poverty in Washington, D.C. and analyzed what type of resources are available to support  people who are struggling financially in Washington, D.C.

Artists on Display

Artists on Display

The main hallway is now decked out with new art projects from Ms. Stephens’ classes. The 7th grade classes learned about Post-Impressionism, designing a composition and acrylic painting using specific style techniques. They took a Van Gogh painting and changed something about the composition. The high school Art 1 class created mixed media drawings inspired by an artistic selfie photograph. Students enlarged the photograph using the grid method. They used materials like graphite, ink, charcoal, fabric, and paper to add value and create form.