The US Cross Country team was victorious at the DCSAA State Championships. Sophomore Luke Tewalt placed second with a time of 16:55. Freshman Zoe Edelman placed ninth in her first state meet with a time of 20:55. Senior captains Annelise Claire and Roman McDonough and senior Alim Wilkins all ran the final cross country race of their career at Latin. Despite an injury that benched her for much of the season, junior Aubrey Nowland finished the race, running 4th for the girls’ Varsity team. After a strong season, Boys Soccer fell to GDS on Monday, and Girls Soccer lost to St. Johns in their state playoffs. Both teams claimed the Public Charter School Athletic Association titles.
The 12th Annual Girls on the Run Community 5K will be Sunday November 19th at 9 AM at Anacostia Park Girls on the Run requires that every girl run the 5K with an adult buddy runner. Parents and friends are encouraged to run along with Latin’s team. All buddy runners must register for the race. Registration is $35 and closes at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 18th. Please email Grace at [email protected] by Monday, November 13th if want to be paired with a Buddy Runner! If you do not want to participate in the race, please consider attending to provide moral support for our team.
Educational innovator Deborah Meier visited our school last week and spoke to students, teachers, and administrators about our educational goals. She also enjoyed the chance to observe a socratic seminar in an upper school Latin class and was impressed by our students’ critical thinking and public speaking skills. Meier is the founder of the modern small schools movement, which embraced progressive ideals in the tradition of John Dewey. She founded the Central Park East School, Central Park East II, and River East in East Harlem, New York in collaboration with the Coalition of Essential Schools and the Mission Hill School in Boston. She is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Meier was visiting Washington, D.C. to talk about her newest book, These Schools Belong To You and Me.
This Saturday, November 4th, the Washington Latin Cross Country Team will be racing 23 other schools from around the District at Kenilworth Park. The team, coached by Mr. Hotchkiss, and Mrs. VerCammen has already nabbed four trophies, more than 20 medals, more top-10 finishes than ever before and a new school record for a boys 5K:16:36! We would love to have you join us this weekend as we close out the season! The first race (JV boys) will go off at 11:35, Girls Varsity at 12:10 and Boys Varsity at 12:45pm. The race is near the Deanwood Metro.
Former Head of School Martha Cutts returned to the school to take part in Casey Trees’ School Tree Planting Program. Ms. Cutts joined several hard-working student volunteers to help plant new trees for our school. Senior Lucie Warga, juniors Thalia Flores, Julia Smeltzer, and Audrey Ashdown, sophomores Joseph Claire, Ellery Grimm, Emma Olson, and Kim Montpelier, and freshmen Graham Evans, Oliver Krisetya and Nazareth Fisher were happy to take some time getting their hands dirty to help keep our tree canopy growing green!
