Class of 2014 graduate Eliana Duran earned a third place finish in the Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia “Jiangsu Cup Chinese Speech Competition” finals. As a prize for her language skill, she won a full summer Mandarin language immersion trip in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. The theme was “most memorable experience while learning Chinese or traveling in China,” and Eliana spoke about traveling to China on Washington Latin’s 2013 spring break,when she happened to discover her name scrawled on the Great Wall and felt a sense of destiny with China and Chinese studies. Duran is a senior at American University, minoring in Chinese.
The Boys and Girls soccer teams repeated their success in the championship game of the Public Charter School Athletic Association. The girls defeated Capital City Charter School 7-0 on Monday, while the boys defended their crown Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Paul Public charter school. Next up for both teams will be the State Championships. We can’t wait to see them hit their #soccergoals!
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.
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.
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.
