The WLPCS actors will perform 12 Angry Jurors on November 15, 16 and 17. Mr. Birkenhead and Ms. Richardson are directing Washington Latin’s first fall play, featuring 13 high school students and one eighth grader, Paulina Inglima. In 12 Angry Jurors, twelve jurors, varied in their personalities and biases, must decide whether a young boy is guilty of homicide. Set in a locked room, the jurors face tension, prejudice and doubt, as they argue over what was expected to be an obvious verdict.
Washington Latin’s Girls Varsity Soccer team will play Capitol City Public Charter School for the PCSAA Championship on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 3:15 at Riggs LaSalle Field, located at 501 Riggs Road NE. The team, advised by coach Mr. Richardson, has its eyes set on the state championship, the next stop after the PCSAA Finals.
This year the Community Council added new holiday traditions to the Middle School. Students took part in Halloween advisory door decorations during the day on Halloween. The spooky and kookiest door, earned a dress down. Meanwhile, students were given the added privilege to wear crazy hats on Halloween. Finally the council posted more than a dozen riddles in the Middle School hallways in honor of the holiday that caps the month of October and the beginning of the second quarter of the school year.
Washington Latin 2014 graduate Walter Deleon is running for reelection for his position as the ANC Commissioner. As the youngest ANC member ever elected in the district, Deleon took on the role representing Ward 5 in 2014. As a high school student, he interned in former councilman Tommy Wells’ office and was on the school community council. Deleon has worked as a political consultant on campaigns including former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s Presidential campaign. He also served as the Ward 5 Coordinator for Councilmember Robert White and worked on Attorney General Karl Racine’s re-election campaign. He has served on the DC Latino Caucus Executive Board, Commiteeman on the DC Democratic Party, and is President of DC College Democrats. Learn more about his political work here.
Washington Latin 2014 graduate Cuneyt Dil clearly has his finger on the pulse of DC political gossip. The former student newspaper edit is now a reporter at Citypaper, contributing to the “Loose Lips” and “City Desk” columns. Dil worked on “The Eagle” student newspaper at American University, where he graduated last Spring. He also reports for DC Line News, and you can follow his political reporting on Twitter. While at WLPCS, Dil was the founding editor for the school newspaper, Sumus Leones.
