Fast Flyers

The upper school frisbee team has had a fast-paced season, winning 8 out of 9 games, besting Sidwell, Maret, School-Without-Walls and other competitive schools. The only loss so far this season has been against Field in the re-match after an original win.  As a result of the high-flying season, the team is the second-seeded team in the district, playing at the tournament this Saturday at Field School at 11:30.  Coaches Mr. Hultgren and Mr. Yonker helm the team, which has been playing since 2007.

A League of Their Own

Upper school students will attend the National High School Model Arab League conference on Friday at Georgetown. The event is a simulation of the Arab League.  Our school will represent Qatar on councils such as environmental, political and social affairs in the Arab world. Sophomores, juniors and seniors such as Shelby Ferncrombie, Ajania Thaxton, Christina Spraggins, Harry Hirsch, Jasper Ferncrombie, Maddy Katz, and Goodness Ukaegbu will attend.

Poetry Springs Eternal

Librarians Ms. Hamd and Ms. Abercrombie adorned the hallways with poetry for National Poetry Month. Students and teachers were treated to printouts of poetry by Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes, Robert Frost and many others on the walls and bathroom stalls. April is National Poetry Month, so enjoy the poetry while it lasts, as “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

We Wear the Mask

Students in Ms. Stephens’ art classes created plaster masks for the 8th grade fourth quarter project. The masks related to the thematic study of Identity. Students painted and constructed images that either express something about their identities or showcase a way they hide their identities.  This connects with the 8th grade English thematic study of Identity. Students are reading various fiction and nonfiction books that deal with characters who hide and eventually accept some truth about their identity, and reading several identity-themed poems, like “We Wear the Mask,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Thinking About Theology

Thinking About Theology

Mr. Day’s upper school elective course “Comparative Religions,” took its second field trip to visit religious places of worship. The class visited the 6th and I Synagogue to meet with one of the rabbis and discuss the historic building and its symbolism.  Last week the students visited the National Cathedral to meet with Reverend Tricia Lyons to discuss similar issues for Christian worship spaces and the recent fire at Notre Dame.  The class examines and compares aspects of various theologies and modern religious practices.