Eighth grade science teacher Ms. Barlev started a Magic the Gathering club this year during her Wednesday in her advisory. The club, open to eighth graders, allows students a chance to bring their own cards to her class and play during lunch. The game is a complicated card game in which each card has multiple features and meanings involving fantasy characters.
Middle Schoolers hosted their first assembly last week, combining grades 5 through 8. The event focused on the theme of adventure and seizing the day, and featured student speakers like Angie Sturr, who read a Doctor Seuss poem, and Giaan Kalsi, who read an introduction encouraging the younger middle schoolers to capitalize on all the exciting adventures and opportunities coming their way. Ms. Sisk spoke about overcoming stage fright and tackling challenges like public speaking. Teachers honored students with merit awards for showing positive examples for their peers and being kind, respectful, generous, and engaged in the community. Students as well wrote merit awards for teachers, honoring their instructors for their enthusiasm and effort. Next week the upper schoolers will have an assembly on the theme of “Home.”
Ninth graders took a trip to Terrapin Adventures this week in Maryland. The annual event includes outdoor activities like low and high ropes courses. Aerial adventure guides instructed students about outdoor survival, climbing, team-building and understanding and protecting the ecosystem in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Next week the fifth graders head to Calleva for another outdoor climbing experiences. Many students cite these outdoor events as a chance to develop a shared identity and trust between their classmates and build a feeling of belonging.
Evan Koslof, WUSA-9, August 30, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) – A couple months ago, WUSA9 brought you the story of an unusual challenge at one D.C. school. The principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School offered her students $100, under one condition. These kids had to put their screens away every Tuesday all summer.
Now with summer over, WUSA9 gave the school a visit to see how it went, and just how much money she now owes. READ MORE
