Washington Latin Class of 2019 graduate Sarah Abbas earned a scholarship at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, where she is a sophomore. The scholarship, presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at George Mason, honored her academic achievement. She is pursuing a degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, with a focus on Law and Justice. While a student at Latin, Abbas participated in the mediation program run by Ms. Grant, who attended George Mason’s Peace and Conflict Resolution program for graduate school. She helped develop inspirational posters for our school walls, encouraging students to develop ideas that are informed, reasoned, and flexible, played varsity soccer, and was a fellow at the Learn/Serve adventure fair.
Washington Latin’s GLOW club (Girls Leading Our World) is hosting a drive to support the local chapter of the nonprofit “I Support the Girls.” We are accepting pads, liners, tampons, and new and gently used bras, which will be distributed to community members in need. You can also donate money directly on their website.
The drive will run until February 20. Items can be dropped off at school in a bin next to Ms. Eleby El’s office Monday-Friday, 9-3. Items can also be picked up or dropped off at various neighborhood locations. Students, see your email for more information in a message sent last week by Zoe Edelman. Parents, more information will be coming soon in the Legenda.
Next Wednesday February 17, instead of asynchronous work, students will have the chance once again to sign up for Wellness Workshops. Topics include Conflict Resolution, Backyard Birding, Baking Club, Boys Discussion Group, High Intensity Training, Craft Circles, Self-Portrait Poetry, Weaving, Storytime, and Extreme Bocci Ball. Wellness Days give students a chance to unplug from the academic load and find activities that are pleasurable and help them recharge their emotional and physical batteries.
This week was Upper School Spirit Week and the students celebrated in style! On Monday, students represented their class colors, with seniors in black, juniors in blue, sophomores in green, and freshmen in yellow and orange. Tuesday was a tropical day, filled with Hawaiian shirts and shorts. On Thursday students dressed as a famous person or character from literature or movies. Friday students honored love with romantic outfits in red or pink for Valentine’s Day. For each day, a winner was selected and awarded a $10 gift card of their choice of ensemble.
Students in Mr. Byrd’s eighth grade history class are studying the Constitutional Convention with reenactments of the Federalist and Democratic-Republicans initial debates about how to run the new nation. Students debated the role of the national bank to stabilize the economy and their interpretations of the constitution. Each researched their party’s opinions on the constitution and created a Flipgrid defending or explaining the party’s philosophies. Prior to this project groups of 8th graders researched selected amendments to collaborate on a slideshow presentation explaining the history, background, and current application of their amendment. Some students chose to write an original story about their amendment instead.
The class of 2021 will take their final Senior Portraits on Saturday at the school from 9 to 4:30. Ms. Kolb, the yearbook advisor will be there along with various faculty volunteers to help capture the seniors at their finest for the yearbook.
