Seniors and Mr. Day’s Honors English 10 will attend the Shakespeare Theatre Company production of Hamlet next week. The play, directed by Michael Kahn and starring Michael Urie as Hamlet, focuses on a Danish prince trying to avenge the murder of his father. In previous years, students have seen Othello, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry IV, and Romeo and Juliet performed.
Later this month eighth graders will take a two day trip into the past as part of their history and English curricula. Students will spend a day watching court cases at the D.C. Superior Court in connection with their Justice unit in English and their study of the play “Inherit the Wind” by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Students will also spend a day visiting Lincoln’s Cottage and Ford’s Theatre in connection with their study of the Civil War in history class. We often take for granted how rich our city is with historical landmarks!
Thursday upper school ninth and tenth graders took part in the annual science fair. The students, lead by Mr. Torrence and Ms. Shapiro, created a hypothesis, designed an experiment, and tested their hypotheses. Students evaluated the results in light of other scientific research. The results were on display for judges from our community on Thursday in the MPR.
Upper School Indoor Track athletes competed in the District of Columbia State Athletic Association (DCSAA) Indoor State Championships this week. Freshman Robbie Mirabello had earned a personal record in his heat of the boys 800 meter race, scoring a first place finish alongside sophomore Oliver Spiva, junior DJ Okuleye, and Zion Kelly. Sophomore Luke Tewalt finished second overall in the state for boys in the 1600M final, scoring a personal record. He also placed third in the 800 meter dash and Spiva placed fifth. The boys 4X 200 race placed fourth overall, featuring Okuleye, freshman Chima Ukaegbu, senior Max Muradian, and Kelly, The team also earned third place in the 4X4 relay, featuring Ukaegbu, Tewalt, Kelly, and Spiva. Senior Raven Berry and sophomore Cecily Bufkin also scored personal records for the day. The team is coached by Mr. Callum and Mr. Czujko.
Ms. Brady’s freshman English class visited the African Arts Museum after completing the book Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The story focuses on life in late nineteenth century Nigeria before and after the demise of colonialism. Later in the week sophomores visited the Holocaust Museum. The tenth graders had studied about Europe during World War II in their history classes, and many had completed the novel The Book Thief by Markus Zusak about a young girl in Germany whose foster parents are hiding a Jewish man who inspires her to steal books the Nazis wish to burn.
