On Monday, students and teachers were hard at work, showing that Martin Luther King Day is a day of work and service, not just vacation. Students made soup and sandwiches for the homeless and distributed food, designed Valentine’s Day cards for senior citizens, and helped with cleaning, painting, and outdoor tasks to beautify Washington Latin’s campus. The day is organized by social worker Ms. Foster with help from several teachers and their families. Thank you to all who participated and helped give the day additional meaning.

Ms. Rose took our school’s Certamen team to a tournament in Virginia this week. Our team of fifth and sixth graders, many of whom were some of the youngest participants in the event, scored well in their divisions, with one team earning a first place finish in the final round. The tournament was at the Flint Hill School. After the first three rounds, the team of Jack Pearson, Henry Dunne, Wesley Freed, and Michael Tichy placed 4th out of 10 teams, and the team of Niamh O’Donovan, Alice Pittard, Sophia Smith, Liam Saxon, and Ben Fisher placed 1st. The classical trivia based tournament included facts about classical civilizations and its peoples, languages, and cultures.

Our library teacher portraits have grown with beautiful new photos by Students Support Services teacher Yule Pieters. The photos depict several teachers reading their favorite books, whether they are math textbooks, memoirs, historical texts, or works of fiction. These are display in the hallway inside the library, showcasing teachers’ love of reading and the joy that a book brings to every moment.

Upper school students in Ms. Stephens’ art class made self-portraits from photographs, using various media and colors to depict aspects of their identity. Students enlarged photos using the grid method to get an accurate representation of their faces, and then chose three different medium to use for shading to convey a mood. The portraits are hanging in the central hallway, and along the wall of the entryway. Come take a look inside the minds of our young artists!