Students in the two sections of upper school Meditation Elective, students are focusing on emotions, using the ABC’s of emotions. These feature A-Awareness, B-Balance, C-Curiosity, and S-Support. These students process their emotions, create a balance, ask more questions, and seek support for challenging emotions. They are evaluating behaviors like anger, frustration, and denial, and looking to find acceptance with emotions.
In World History Two, Mr. Bhuva just wrapped up the Enlightenment and Revolutions unit. The students finished the week with an “autopsy” of the unit, drawing a big body, noting the ideas that caused the revolutions in the head, the different body parts will reflect the back of the revolution, the hands will showcase the groups that lead the revolution. This summation allows them to consider metaphors, analyze what they know, and use critical thinking skills to evaluate themes across various historical events.
Another winning week for Latin sports. The Upper School flag football team bested Friendship Tech PRep in a win last Friday with a score of 22 to 16. The Middle School boys soccer won resoundingly against DCI with an impressive 6-0 victory. The junior varsity girls, coached by physics teacher Mr. Keller, won 2-0 against Archbishop Carroll on Thursday, and have a Friday game against Brookewood. Friday the varsity flag football team will play at 5:15 PM at Kenilworth Park.
Washington Latin teacher Mr. Whitchurch and 8th grader Lola Orlove-Rodriguez both left the competition in the dust at the Potomac River Run Half Marathon over the weekend. Latin teacher Mr. Whitchurch took first overall among men, and second place overall. Lola finished in 10th place overall, beating many adult women entrants with a time of 1:58. It was a family affair for Lola’s clan, with her father and brother also participating. Lola also participates in the cross country team, frequently practicing with the high school team.
Sixth graders in Mr. Staten’s civics class took part in a celebration of Ancient Egypt on Monday. This festival imitates aspects of an Egyptian ceremony that celebrated a pharaoh’s rule. Animals, like wolf gods, were part of this festival historically, and Egyptians wore robes made of animal skins. However, 6th graders made their own costumes, celebrating various Egyptian leaders including King Tut, Ramses, and Hatshepsut, a female pharaoh. Civics class studies the history of societies, both in ancient and modern times.
As part of their summer reading assessment on the fictional book Hudu, 6th graders in Ms. Moten and Ms. Reed’s classes recently completed original short stories and comics. These narratives showcased students’ understanding of character development, plot, conflict, climax, and resolution. Student-generated topics included animal fantasies, magic, and mystery. Students in 6th grade have also been exploring narrative with family-generated narratives about students’ lives and childhoods.
