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Read about what is happening at Latin!
Poetry Pros
Tenth grader Felicity Ryan won the school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition. She performed “The Children’s Hour,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky” by Louis Carroll. The competition was judged by Mr. Anderson, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Richardson, with Ms. Seid serving as the accuracy judge. Second place was a tie between freshmen Nick Mazza and Aviel Honey, and third place was freshman Zoe Edelman. Poetry Out Loud also sent a teaching artist named Nubia Kai who assisted with the competition and helped English teachers in their classrooms. Felicity will also compete at the citywide competition in March.
Basketball Divas
On Tuesday the Girls Varsity Basketball team defeated Friendship Collegiate, nabbing a spot in the quarter finals of the DCSAA State Championship playoffs against St. John’s College Prep.
Identity and History
Ninth graders went to Woolly Mammoth Theatre Wednesday to see the play Familiar written by the actress Danai Gurira. The story focuses on an immigrant Zimbabwean family preparing for the wedding of their eldest daughter. But when the bride insists on observing roora, a traditional bride-price ceremony, it opens a deep rift in the household. The story evaluates the issues of assimilation and identity, both themes students also touched on in their eighth grade classes. Ninth graders have recently completed the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Theater visits have been a common part of our field trip curriculum, with students in both the middle school and high school taking trips to Folger Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, and the Kennedy Center.
Celebration of Culture and History
Monday, February 26th will be an after-school celebration of African American History month in the MPR, complete with music, games, dancing, food, and entertainment. If you are interested in participating, email Ms. Eleby-El at celebyel@latinpcs.org or Ms. Figueroa at jfigueroa@latinpcs.org.
If You’re In Town….
A cast of Middle and Upper Schoolers will perform Urinetown: The Musical Thursday at 7pm, Friday at 7pm, and Saturday at 2 and 7pm. The satirical play, written by Greg Kotis with music by Mark Hollman, premiered in 2001 Off-Broadway and focuses on issues of capitalism, politics, and bureaucracy in a comedic storyline about a futuristic society where people must pay to use the facilities.