In celebration of the end of their middle school career, eighth graders began the annual Spirit Week this week. Students dressed showing Latin Pride for Advisory Feud on Thursday. On Friday, students dressed for matchy/match day, finding twins or triplets to showcase the same outfit, or wearing clothes in a monochromatic style. On Monday, students will showcase their fanciest duds for Dress-Up day, and on Tuesday students will have Advisory Olympics, a chance to dress in their advisory color and showcase their athletic and academic prowess through basketball, sprints, soccer, and It’s Academic, along with their advisory cheer. This is the final segment of the year long competition that marks eighth grade and helps students bond with their advisories.
For the annual Penny Wars fundraiser, during lunch, each advisory will have a large water jug with the advisor’s name on it. Students will try to earn points for their advisory, by putting pennies in their advisories’ water jugs, and putting any currency that is greater than a penny in another advisory’s water jug. That will deduct the number of points from that advisory that the currency is worth. The Community Council will calculate the total points at the end of the Penny Wars, and the winning advisory in each grade will win an ice cream party!
In the celebration of arts and performance, upper school students gathered for the semi-annual “Hook” performance in the library. The event is organized by junior MK Wilson and seniors Nathan Cobbs, Meg Grieve, and Kellin Jeffries, with Mr. Hotchkiss serving as the advisor. Students read poetry, played guitar, sang, or acted. Performers included freshman Camsey Noonan, seniors Anakin Frum and Chloe Cattaneo, and juniors Trinity Rich and Owen Fox-Whelpton, with a surprise serenade by math teacher Mr. Richardson.
Junior MK Wilson and senior Chloe Cattaneo were awarded prizes at the annual Parkmont Poetry Festival. These Washington Latin students were two of the forty winners selected to have their poetry published through the contest. Wilson is the editor in chief of the school newspaper, Sumus Leones, and Cattaneo is the founder and editor of the school literary magazine, OpenMic. For more information about the contest, visit https://www.parkmontpoetry.org
On Tuesday, members of DCRA (Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs) presented a program to students about careers in architecture and engineering. The program is part of Building Safety Month and taught students about building inspection, codes, as well as present material about scholarships in those fields. Anthony Diallo, parent of 7th grader Anthony Jr, lead the group.
Last week was the eighth annual Senior Honors Concert. This event honors graduating seniors who have taken part in the choir during their time at Latin. The concert included performances by the eighth grade choir, Honors Choir, Latin Voices, and the jazz band. This year there were 18 graduating seniors who participated in the program.
