I hope you are all enjoying this oddly cold weekend, just as we "spring forward" on the clock. While the official start of spring comes on the 21st, it does feel like we are speeding towards the end of Quarter 3 and Spring Break. There is still work to do, of course, but we are already planning a number of fun events for students - and parents! Please see below for a call for Bacchanalia hosts, as well as a brief introduction to how we do the last week of school at Washington Latin.
As we look towards these next three months, I want to reiterate my commitment to you all to communicate about all things Cooper with clarity and transparency. This includes events, all of which will be new to all of us at Cooper. I will be sure to give you as much information as possible as soon as it becomes available, especially when it will affect the calendar. And I would ask that you all continue to extend grace and work with me and my team in partnership, as we craft Cooper's year-end events and establish new traditions.
With that said, you can all look forward to a fairly standard week ahead. May you enjoy the chilly evening, and see you soon!
Sincerely,
Khashiffa Roberts
Principal
Spring Sports Tryouts Begin
Monday, March 13 at 2nd Street Campus
Sports tryouts will begin this week for Cooper and 2nd Street students who are registered. Families should have received information from the team coach or Mr. Eleby-El with details about days and times.
To ensure Cooper students arrive with time to change and get ready for tryouts and subsequent practices, we are changing the 2nd Street Shuttle departure time to 3:20 pm from Cooper. This will continue through the spring season; we will update families of any future schedule change.
After a years-long hiatus, we are excited for the return of Multicultural Night at Washington Latin Public Charter Schools! This event is a celebration of the rich diversity of culture in our community. We invite families (or groups of families!) from both campuses and ALL countries/cultures to host a table and represent at a fair in the 2nd Street Multi-Purpose Room on Thursday, April 13th, starting at 6:30pm. Not able to host a table? No problem! We invite everyone to come out and experience our community’s diversity through displays, music, art and of course, food!!
To sign up to host a table and represent a country/region or volunteer to help, please email mcn@latinpcs.org.
The Latin Way
Classical Reading Group for Parents
March 20 6:45 - 8:00 pm
Anna Julia Cooper Campus
Join the next session of the parent classical reading group, led by Diana Smith with other members of our faculty.
Our Classical Reading Group has finished reading and discussing Sophocles' Oedipus the King and are ready for another reading. Diana Smith will lead us through a shorter text this time, a selection from Plato‘s Republic on the nature of education.
Please visit The Latin Way page to RSVP for this next reading group at the Cooper Campus. You can also view the recording of the first three virtual discussions, see the full calendar of discussions this year, and RSVP for our next virtual discussion on April 20 on the last of our Latin Way principles, Serve the Common Good.
Thanks to those who have expressed interest in hosting one of our inaugural Bacchanalia parties! These are parent-hosted parties just for the Cooper Community. Each party has a theme and might have more than one family teaming up to host. Instead of selling tickets, we ask all guests to make a donation to the school. But really, the headline here is PARTY!
Please use the form below to indicate your interest in learning more, and Kate Cromwell, Director of Communications & Engagement, will follow up. (But don't worry, learning more is not the same as promising to host!)
COOPER VOLUNTEERS
Please complete THIS FORM to let us know your interests!
Thanks to those who have responded. Please complete this form, if you have not yet done so!
Questions? Please contact Kate Cromwell (kcromwell@latinpcs.org).
MAGIS @ Cooper
Sign up for Session 3, if you have not yet done so!
Please see the offerings for session 3, and note that all MAGIS participants need to sign up for the new session!
Our third and final MAGIS session of the 22-23 school year is here! Students may continue in their current selection or select a new one (or more than one!) Please see the list and sign up details on the MAGIS @ Cooper page. The session options include:
MONDAYS
Dungeons & Dragons (Mr. Starnes)
Girls on the Run (with Community Coaches Ms. Heather and Ms. Jessica)
Homework Club (Ms. Maclay)
TUESDAYS
Knit/Crochet Circle (Ms. Cox)
Arabic (Ms. Hamid)*
WEDNESDAYS
Arabic (Ms. Hamid)*
THURSDAYS
Dungeons & Dragons (Mr. Starnes)
Girls on the Run (Ms. Cox and Ms. Helck)
Arabic (Ms. Hamid) *
Homework Club (Ms. Maclay)
*The Arabic MAGIS offering is considered a class, and therefore we ask that students commit to attending the entire session and sign up for at least two of the three days offered. While the class will not be graded, we do want the participants to take it seriously, even though it will take place afterschool.
Whether your child would like to continue in the option they were in last session or try something new (including for students new to MAGIS), please complete the registration form on our MAGIS page. All students must have a new registration form for Session 3.
We have several trips coming up this month and next in both 5th and 6th. Families have received information about the upcoming ones from Ms. Spiegel, but the list is below as a reminder.
6th grade to NASA demonstration @ Union Station (details to follow)
5th grade will take the DC Science assessment (at Cooper)
If you have questions about the March 15 trips, please contact Ms. Spiegel. We will share information about the April activities soon!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
March 16th -19th at the 2nd St Campus
It’s the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage, the entire cast & crew are suspects. Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical theatre fan! Packed with glorious tunes and a witty, charming script filled with delightful characters, CURTAINS is a hilarious journey for both performers and the audience. The Broadway production garnered 8 nominations at the 2007 Tony Awards® including Best Musical.
Though it seems like a ways off now, we want to share a sense of what to expect at the end of this school year.
You will start to see changes in our daily and weekly routine after Memorial Day (May 29). While our students in 5 and 6 will not sit for final exams as they will in later years at Cooper, we will have a push to close out Q4 by the end of the first week of June.
The next week is when the fun gets going! Starting Monday, June 5, students will have several special activity days, including:
Monday-Tuesday, June 5-6th - Regular school days; no tutorial or MAGIS
Wednesday, June 7th - Field Day @ Trinity University (no classes, no tutorial, no MAGIS)
Thursday, June 8th - All students on parent-led field trips
Friday, June 9th - Cooper Valediction (our final assembly for the year for students and faculty); Dismissal at 12:15 pm - LAST DAY of 2022-23!
We will share more details about our last week of school, including the daily schedule and a call for volunteers for both Field Day and the field trips. Please mark your calendars now and watch for more to come!
The Inaugural Cooper Yearbook!
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Washington Latin
Anna Julia Cooper Campus
Cooper Events
Wednesday 3/15 - 5th grade to Air & Space Museum; 6th Grade to Natural History Museum
Monday 3/20 -The Latin Way - Classical Reading Seminar @ 6:45 pm, Cooper Campus (RSVP)
Friday 3/24 -Q3 Ends
Monday 3/27 through Friday 3/31 - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
Monday 4/3 -Classes Resume;Q4 Begins
Friday 4/7 -PD for faculty; Asynchronous Day
Thursday 4/13 -Multicultural Night @ 6:30 pm, 2nd Street Campus
