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fore being selected and assigned to a trip. This summer the two students will travel to Paris for a week to study the French language, culture, art and history. Congratulations!
Four CHML seventh graders who participated in the Think It Up Conference with their Empathy Award
PTO’s Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner. Children, families, teachers, and staff packed the school’s multipurpose room to enjoy turkey and a seemingly endless supply of side dishes and desserts, plus karaoke and an impromptu singalong courtesy of Dean Thomas. A few weeks later, the school gathered again for the annual Winter Concerts, under the direction of Ludlow-Taylor’s music teacher, James Levy, as well as assorted faculty who lead dance groups and provide logistical support. As students in each grade took the stage to perform, they displayed their considerable musical talents. Finally, the school held its Fall Awards ceremonies, where students in each grade were honored for academic performance, strong improvement, good citizenship, and perfect attendance. Students clapped and cheered enthusiastically as their peers received certificates and congratulations from their teachers and Principal Smith. The wide variety of awards and award winners showed the school’s commitment to honoring the process of learning, not just
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the outcome, as well as its belief that success looks different for each student—and that all successes are worth celebrating. LT is located at 659 G St NE. Learn more at www.ludlowtaylor.org. Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/LudlowTaylor/. Twitter: @ LTPrincipSmith. – Tom Sellevaag
In November, CHML science teacher Alicia Chambers accompanied four seventh graders to the Think It Up Conference. The conference is a student powered, teacher led, and crowd funded workshop for students to present their ideas for funding. Think It Up invites students to work with their teachers to develop projects that draw on their passions and connect to the futures they want to pursue. The seventh graders presented their ideas to write, produce, and perform an interactive play about Henrietta Lacks. Lacks played important role in history as an African American woman who was the progenitor of the HeLa cell line, one of the most
important cell lines in medical research ever discovered. The students participated in workshops and presented their project. The students will distribute video copies of their performance, as well as activities for teachers to use with their students to D.C. area middle schools. The CHML seventh graders won the Empathy Award for their project idea and a $1,000 kickstart grant to make it happen! CH Montessori is located at 215 G St NE. Learn more at www.capitolhillmontessorischool.org.
Eliot-Hine School Notes Junk Art Club wins OSSE Health and Wellness Award The Eliot-Hine Junk Art Club was selected as a winner of the Office of the State Superintendent for Education (OSSE) Health and Wellness Award. The Junk Art Club won the award for their efforts to create art out of materials that would normal-
Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan Eighth Graders Study Abroad Two CHML eighth grade students have been selected to travel abroad this summer as part of the DCPS Study Abroad program! DCPS Study Abroad helps ensure that our students have access to global experiences, so that travel becomes the expectation rather than the exception for students. It is a competitive process with more than 1,200 area students applying for approximately 500 positions. Students submitted several essays and sat for a personal interview with DCPS staff be-
Eliot-Hine Junk Art Club members receive OSSE Health and Wellness Award.