Good friend and benefactor, Hank Levine, is working once again with our 8th grade class on topics such as: The Stock Market, International, Free and Fair Trade, International Business Practices, World Currencies, and the Global Marketplace. Each lesson is interactive and lively – especially when the students learn that their chosen stock has performed well!
This year, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students are enjoying full use of an up to date science lab, thanks to a grant from the Sovereign Order of Malta. Many science experiments and other projects take place in a space that is perfect for middle school adventurers. We are well on our way to having what we need for a complete lab.
New staff members bring different levels of teaching experience, much dedication, and hail from such education institutions as: Penn State University, Georgetown University, Hope College, and Rosemont College. Several are currently studying for Masters Degrees from George Washington University and Trinity University. In January, faculty members Marlene Magrino and Angela Stepancic accompanied Headmistress Jennifer Gibbs Phillips to the Nativity Network of Schools’ Conference in Baltimore, Md., where they met with other teachers and principals from Nativity schools across the country.
Honor Roll Students from The Washington Middle School for Girls and The Washington Jesuit Academy were treated to a “power lunch” with Associates from the Jones Day Law Firm, and later moved on to Washington’s Union Station for an afternoon at the movies. Staff and students alike at these two Nativity Network schools agree that this might have to be an ongoing activity for our students who have proven their dedication to their own bright futures!
In January, Jennifer Gibbs Phillips, Headmistress, Marlene Magrino, School Coordinator, Washington View Campus, and Angela Stepancic, Vice Principal, THEARC Campus attended the Nativity Network Conference in Baltimore, MD, where they met and mingled with administrators and teachers from Nativity schools from all over the country.
Thanks to the Kimsey Foundation, Amy Norris and several WMSG students attended a Washington Capitols Hockey game at Washington DC’s MCI Center. Our girls truly enjoyed their box seats, where they were able to learn first hand about hockey – a sport that they had never seen before in person.
Kimberly Hopwood, Graduate Support Director, and several WMSG students attended the recent “Right to Life” march on the Mall, where they joined in with people from all over the world to voice their beliefs.