Feminine Mystique

Jan 15, 2020

Ms. Foley’s AP Language and Composition Class took a trip Wednesday to the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The class is currently reading 3 books by women authors, including Stiff by Mary Roach and The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. The class is finishing up a unit on mortality, specifically focused on feminine perceptions about life and death.

Seeing Surgery

Jan 15, 2020

Ms. Jost’s Science Research Methods class attended a live thoracic surgery at George  Washington Hospital on Friday. Students in the elective class include seniors Eva Antione, Ryan Bradley, Simone Burchard, Nona Douglas, Ellery Grimm, Harry Hirsch, Ryann Mellion, Lydia Mitchell, Lydia Moore, Trinity Rich, Felicity Ryan, Aya Salem, Sahara Trask, Dakota Turnage, Zoe Wolfel, and Brayden Young. The class will complete a semester-long research project related to science research and present it in the spring.

Caution: Scientists at Work

Jan 10, 2020

Freshmen in the upper school are hard at work preparing for the February 21st science fair. Students get to choose their own topics, either independently or with a partner. They construct experiments, test a hypothesis, record data, evaluate the results, and draw conclusions. This year’s topic include two groups looking at the accuracy of genetic testing, one group evaluating the effect of social media and phone use on grades, one group building a bicycle that will charge a cell phone, another exploring the connection between energy drinks and heart rate in teenagers, one evaluating the effectiveness of a Carbon filter on vehicle exhaust, and one measuring the challenge of switching to a vegetarian diet. The school is still looking for adult judges to interview students the day of the fair and evaluate their work.

Scenes of Suffrage

Jan 10, 2020

This week students in Mr. Canedo’s junior history classes visited the Belmont Paul Women’s Equality National Monument to honor the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote throughout the nation. As part of the class’s unit on the women’s suffrage movement, students visited the museum at the site of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) headquarters. The NWP, established in 1916,  played a central role in the passage of the 19th Amendment and the movement for an Equal Rights Amendment, beginning in 1923.

What’s All the Buzz About?

Jan 9, 2020

The school will have a second  Summer Buzz Night, featuring Summer Opportunities for students in grades 5 -11. The event, organized by Ms. Richardson, will take place in the MPR, and will feature work, travel, study, volunteer, and internship opportunities for students.

New Classes On Tap

Jan 9, 2020

The school will offer new classes for the upper schoolers. Classes required for graduation include DC History, Digital Humanities, Financial Literacy,  United States Government, and Health. The students can take electives including Advanced Music Theory, Astronomy, College Writing, Creative Writing, The HIstory of Jerusalem, Introduction to Robotics, Introduction to World Religions: The Abrahamic Faiths, Mindfulness and Meditation, Performance Studies in Theater, Spanish For Heritage Speakers, Studio Art I, II, and III, General Music.