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Fast as a Flash
Upper School track team members left the opponents in their dust in a meet last week. Coach Jamille Callum took 5 runners Oliver Spiva, Luke Tewalt, Casey Montrey, Rob Mirabello, and AJ Burton and all of them had a career best performance in at least one race (for Indoor). Senior racer Luke Tewalt qualified again for the high school national championships in the 5,000m!
Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholders
Students in Honors Humanities visited the National Gallery as part of their study of the unit on Beauty. Teachers Mr. Clausen and Mr. Hultgren participated in the trip with their classes. Students will have to write a paper on a particular object they see on the trip and how it fits into the notions of beauty. Beauty was considered one of the ultimate classical values, alongside goodness, truth, and justice. Before the class trip, students read various philosophers to understand different approaches to beauty, and considered the art they observed from these perspectives.
Lucky at Latin
The Certamen club had a strong performance in the competition on Saturday the 11th at Flint Hill! Twenty-six 6th and 7th graders competed on seven teams to assess their skills at knowledge of Latin language and culture. This is four times as many students as participated last year. Three of the teams scored in the top three for their division. The team of Max Aaron, Ben Blier, and Archer Griffin placed 3rd in the Novice Amateur division. Maeve Marchand, Alice Pittard, Aaron Gill, and Evan Kendall placed 2nd. Sophia Smith, Niamh O’Donovan, Liam Saxon, and Ben Fisher placed 3rd in Novice Competitive. Sixth graders Zuri Shepard, Reva Kelly, Eliza Lowenfish, Aaron Gill, Evan Kendall, Evan Darling, Godiya Dakim, Valerie Deleon, Abbey Hawkinson, and Jahari Samuels all were first time competitors. The next competition is Saturday February 29th at Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia.
Tea and Literacy
This week students in Ms. Seid’s AP Literature class took part in the Jane Austen Tea Party. The annual event features the study of early 19th century satire and Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. There are two sections of AP Literature this year, with parties Wednesday and Friday. Students were assigned roles of characters in Jane Austen books and dressed and acted the part as they engaged in simulated discussions. The school offers AP Literature and AP Language and Composition classes.
Feminine Mystique
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.