Mar 13, 2020
The Washington Latin quiz bowl team travelled in late February to Baltimore to compete in the Johns Hopkins Winter Invitational today. One team featured seniors Oliver Stevens, Harry Hirsch, and Shelby Ferncrombie and another included sophomores Dylan Paglee, Ben Southworth, and Cooper Davenport. The team competed amongst 18 teams and over 80 players. The seniors started with a strong 6-3 preliminary round and earned a spot in the top 2 playoff groups, but eventually fell short of the championship game. Oliver placed 10th overall in preliminary round points and earned a book prize. The underclassmen finished 2-0 in the afternoon games.
Mar 13, 2020
Last Friday, the Government class participated in the DC Circuit Court Historical Society’s mock court program, alongside students from H.D. Woodson, Maret, School Without Walls and McKinley Tech. Latin students from Mr. Liu’s government class presented oral arguments before U.S. District Court Judge Ketanji Jackson. The Latin students created smart responses to tough questions on a hypothetical Fourth Amendment case. Judge Jackson named senior Luke Tewalt as the outstanding advocate for her courtroom. Students that participated included Nathanael Cooper, Arthayuga Briscoe, Daisy Hand, Shelby Ferncrombie, Jala Lee, Antonina Gomez, Sydney Weaver, Micah Gans, Luke Tewalt, Isaiah Stewart, Maren Cochran, Jia Fleming, Zoe Woods-Arthur, Benjamin Southworth and Mason Gray. Special thanks go to the outside volunteer attorneys from the Department of Justice and Goodwin Procter LLP, who helped our students prepare.
Mar 13, 2020
10th grade World History students are running a WWII simulation after school in Mr. Bhuva’s class. One team member should have their top-secret mission binders out in every class. The students will represent countries including Germany, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Great Britain, the United States, Italy, Japan, France, Yugoslavia, Belgium, China, Poland, Norway, Netherlands, and the USSR.
Mar 5, 2020
Upper schoolers went on a government class field trip through the DC Circuit Court Historical Society on Friday. They presented oral arguments in a mock Fourth Amendment case before a real federal judge at a federal courthouse downtown. The class is taught by Mr. Liu, who previously worked as a lawyer and policy advisor.
Mar 4, 2020
Washington Latin seventh grader Michael, who won the Middle School Geography Bee in January took an online test to qualify for the State level Geography Bee. He will be competing at the State-level GeoBee on March 27 at the National Geographic building.
Mar 4, 2020
Ms. Richardson’s Mi Herencia Multilingual Spanish Heritage class had a Latino Coffee House on Tuesday. The class showcased research projects highlighting the Latino population in four neighborhoods in DC. Presentations were in English for the first 45 minutes and Spanish for the second 45. Students also enjoyed various foods including tamales, sweet bread, coffee, tea, jugo de durazno (peach juice), and mango bonbons.
