Washington Latin Public Charter School

06/12/2024

Washington Latin Faculty - most of us!

06/12/2024

Faculty Field Day! But we earned it - meetings this week with our departments, divisions, campus teams, and as the entire Latin faculty. We said good bye to those who are leaving us and stepped back to look at the year’s challenges and accomplishments. And THEN we played and feasted outside! Happy Summer everybody!!

06/10/2024

Class of 2024, we miss you already! A perfect day for Graduation, Latin’s 13th! But against type, this is class is lucky - as have we been to watch them grow through the past eight years. CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉❤️🎉 Sumus Leones 4eva!!

06/08/2024

Valediction and Senior Luncheon and Roast today, with dancing, recitations, awards and of course farewells. Seniors and families, see you at Monday’s graduation!

06/07/2024

05/28/2024

LION DAY 2024! Field day for 9-12, friendly, fun advisory competition before final exams begin tomorrow. Lower stakes - like musical chairs… or maybe also high stakes!

04/16/2024

Latin’s Got Talent! 2nd Street Show today - plenty of acts, standing room only crowd!

04/13/2024

Hard Knock Life? Not when you’re watching the final night of Cooper’s sold out run of Annie Jr! Stellar cast, crew, direction and audience! We all left fully dressed with a smile 😁🥰

04/09/2024

ECLIPSE! We were lucky today to experience this phenomenon, with DC near the 100 mile wide Path of Totality. All our students and faculty at both campuses headed outside just after 3pm with our cool glasses to witness the event. Next total eclipse visible in the US will be in 2044!

04/06/2024

Friday fun for our MS girls basketball team with some robotics in the gym today, thanks to a special visit from the Mystics! 🏀🦾🤖

04/02/2024

“Rester c’est exister mais voyager c’est vivre.” Latin students (and a few lucky faculty chaperones) made the very most of spring break last week. On their trip to France, they took in the sites of beautiful and history rich Paris. They then traveled to the northern city of Metz, where they stayed with families and visited to a French lycée the next day. To travel is indeed to live! (PS ready to travel next year? Join the interest meeting for our 2025 trips later this month!)

03/21/2024

Senior Recitations - “to learn by heart” - a tradition of memorizing a meaningful passage and so to take it into your heart. Each senior selected a passage from all they read during 12th grade and recited it - no notes! - before their peers and teachers in the Diana E. Smith Library. Selections ranged from Plato to Anna Julia Cooper to bell hooks to Martin Luther King, Jr to Shakespeare to Pablo Neruda … and more. Cheers to our Class of 2024!

02/29/2024

Happy Wellness Wednesday! Students at Cooper and 2nd got to choose their sessions. Lots of creative fun on campus and off!

02/26/2024

Still have questions about applying to Washington’s Latin? Join our virtual open house on Tuesday 2/27 at 6:30 pm! Register to get the zoom link! http://tinyurl.com/2m4nx4v7

We invite students and families to join us for a virtual information session about our Middle Schools at both campuses.

02/24/2024

We are the Columbia Heights farmers market! Stop by and visit to learn about our schools before the 3/1/2024 lottery deadline! Estamos en Columbia Heights visítenos para conocer más sobre nuestras escuelas antes de la fecha 1 de marzo que cierra la lotería.

02/23/2024

Above are some books written by Black authors that Latin’s students have been exploring in their English classes throughout the year. Unfortunately, Black works, especially those by Black women, are often overlooked. Let’s all work to improve that!

02/22/2024

Latin celebrates Black History month in lots of different ways, such decorating our doors and posting banners in the hallways, recognizing legendary African American musicians in the Daily Bulletin, and honoring the accomplishments and progress of students during our quarterly assembly. During the assembly last week, merits were given to students who had exemplified the tenets of Hip Hop!

02/21/2024

As part of BLM Club’s Insta. Takeover we would like to spotlight one of this year’s new courses: Introduction to African American Studies! It is taught by Mr. Wills (middle school Ancient Civilizations) and Mr. Bhuva (upper school World History and AP HuG). This course, inspired by AP African American Studies, follows the journey of African Americans from the Bantu people’s ancient migration across southern Africa to the artists of the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Throughout their study, students are guided by key questions such as, “How do you maintain and assert your humanity in a dehumanizing world?”

02/09/2024

Which foods grow your nails faster? Want to know which home surface makes for the best bacterial dance floor? Will yeast feast on sugar (who could blame it)?

Our middle schoolers found the answer to these and hundreds of questions like them, showcasing their research at today's Science Fair. Congrats to the students and thank you to the judges!

01/19/2024

Have you heard? SNOW DAY TODAY (Friday 1/19/24)!!! Enjoy the ❄️❄️ or being cozy inside with a good book or cute pup!

01/17/2024

Wednesday - we have a two hour delay tomorrow Wednesday 1/17. Enjoy that extra time and see you READY TO GO !!!

01/11/2024

Join us today from 4:00-6:00 in the MPR for 2nd Street's Winter Art Show! Participating students will display work they have completed over the past few months. Students, faculty, and parents are encouraged to attend!

01/10/2024

Before the rains hit, our Geology students took advantage of Monday's beautiful weather to explore different rock formations to better understand the region's geologic history.

01/09/2024

Tuesday 1/24 - Rain and high winds mean no after school activities at Latin today. So get home and snuggle those pets waiting for you!!!

01/02/2024

Welcome back, Lions! We hope everyone's break was restful and rejuvenating!

12/06/2023

What an honor to host so many colleges today for Instant Decision Day! Congratulations to all of our seniors who participated and to the CCO for organizing!

11/23/2023

We are grateful today - and everyday - for our wonderful Latin community! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday full family, friends and a few beautiful surprises, like this doe grazing just off North Capitol between our two campuses. Happy Thanksgiving!

11/11/2023

We salute our veterans, including those now serving the common good on our faculty. Adele Mujal (US Army), Nate Campbell (US Air Force) and Jennifer Thorpe-Lewis (US Air Force) paused during today’s faculty meetings to demonstrate the proper salute form. To these three and all the vets in our community, we thank you for your service. Aim High and HOOAH!!

11/09/2023

The annual fall concert was held last night at 2nd Street - wonderful performances by our Jazz Band, 7/8 Choir, Latin Voices, and Honors Choir! And those student intros!! Music + comedy = happiness ❤️