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SWW Siblings Win First Place in White House At Bat Challenge

May 10, 2016, 8:27 pm
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sam-philip-teddy_fillCongratulations to brother-sister team, senior Philip and sophomore Samantha O’Sullivan. Sam and Philip won first place in the White House Historical Association, White House At Bat Challenge. Their submission will be developed into a video that will be shown at Nationals Park! See the press release here.

Inspired by a love of history, conservation, and baseball, they  focussed their submission on President Theodore Roosevelt’s work to create national parks as safe sites for historic artifacts and diverse, precious wildlife. Their video will debut at the game at Nationals Park Stadium on Friday, May 27.

Sam (left), Philip (right), and their teacher-sponsor Mr. Ishmael (not shown—that’s Teddy) were also honored at a White House Historical Association reception at Decatur House on May 5.

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SWW Street Law Class Wins First Place City-Wide

May 16, 2016, 6:29 pm
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StreetLawCongratulations to Claire Contreras (’18), Savannah Toure (‘17), Annie Brennan (’17), Jonah Merriam (’17), Destinee Perry (’17), and Fatima Yansane (’16) for their first place win in the 44th Annual City-Wide Mock Trial Competition!  The team, comprised of members of the SWW Street Law class, beat 30 teams from 17 schools and competed in the finals at Georgetown Law School on April 25.  Future lawyers, perhaps?!

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Meet Walls’ 2016 GW Early College Program Graduates

May 23, 2016, 4:58 pm
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The GW ECP Class of 2016

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Aidan Meyer, Najya Williams, Blake Snyder, Nora Douglas, Program Director Dr. Sheila Mills Harris, Sebastian Corrales, Isabel Morales Gaskin, Helene Douglas, and Hannah Smallwood

Our 2016 GW ECP class participated in the graduation ceremonies of The George Washington University on May 15, 2016, on the National Mall. The GW ECP graduates were awarded an Associate of Arts degree by GWU’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.

This is the sixth cohort of School Without Walls students to graduate from GW with an Associate of Arts degree. Each student has been accepted into numerous colleges and universities throughout the country and abroad, and all were offered an overwhelming number of scholarships and awards.

These students exemplify what access and opportunity and public-private partnerships can achieve for students residing in all wards of the District of Columbia.

Congratulations, graduates!

The GW Early College Program – Associate of Arts Degree (GWECP- AA) affords highly motivated and academically talented students from School Without Walls the opportunity to be considered for an associate of arts degree from The George Washington University. SWW sophomores interested in GWECP-AA and motivated to challenge themselves in a college environment are encouraged to apply. Interested in learning more about the GW Early College Program? Read more here.

 

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Walls Senior Asha Pappajohn Wins 2016 Future Global Leaders Scholarship

May 30, 2016, 8:26 pm
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From Assistant Principal Simone Anderson:

We are honored to announce that the winner of the 2016 Future Global Leaders Scholarship Award is our very own Asha Pappajohn. Asha is a senior at SWWHS. Through Wall’s Global Issues Network club, Asha found her calling for international affairs. She has since become the outreach director for the club, encouraging other students to become globally minded, become deputy head delegate of her school’s Model U.N. (MUN) team, and taken her vision abroad by volunteering in Paraguay. For her project, Asha created FrancisMUN, an MUN club for junior high school students at Francis Stevens Educational Campus. She won a $10,000 scholarship. She plans to attend the University of California, Berkeley in the fall of 2016.

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Freshman Eliyah Lister Excels in B’nai B’rith Writing Contest

June 2, 2016, 9:40 am
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June 1: Walls freshman Eliyah Lister won second place — and a $2,000 college scholarship — in the B’nai B’rith Diverse Minds writing and art contest. Applicants were asked to write and illustrate a children’s book that tells a story of tolerance, diversity or inclusion. Eliyah’s book, Hadia’s Lunch, tells the story of a girl from Turkey who gets picked on in school because the food her mother makes her for lunch is different from regular American food. But with the help of friends, Hadia is able to show the others that being different can be good. Congratulations, Eliyah!

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Walls students present projects at the Mikva Actions Civics Fair

March 26, 2017, 10:24 am
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Teacher Kerry Sylvia of the Social Studies department took eight Walls students from her DC History and Government classes to the Mikva Actions Civics Fair to present their projects.

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Claire Contreras and Elena Wehebrink presenting their project on homelessness to Chancellor Antwan Wilson.

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Penguin Pride

October 12, 2017, 6:02 am
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October 12, 2017:

School Without Walls Dancers To Join A Special Performance at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes

This Saturday October 14th

This coming Saturday, join SWW Faculty Heather Pultz, Walls families and friends in celebrating our student dancers! They have been honored with an invitation to perform at the Kennedy Center!

WHEN: Saturday October 14th

WHAT: Opening the 1:30 PM SHOW of ” The Red Shoes” by Matthew Bourne!

TICKET INFO: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/DSDSA?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=18DMRedShoesEM7&utm_content=version_A&pid=1163122&src=274071

CALL LIST OF DANCERS
Stella Maiden
Sydney Wells
Miriam Shron
Gabriella Yago
Maya Rush
Eilythia Penati
Raina Lee
Raina Johnson
Denna Blumenthal
Sarah James
Ciara Chase
Kamerin Harris
Jay Osgood
Telia Walton
Kyra Liverpool
Zariah Salley
Destiny James
Harlem Moore
Trinitee Rickards
Aja Topps-Harjo

Please join them for this special honor! The Kennedy Center describes the Red Shoes by Matthew Bourne as magical, just like our School Without Walls dancers: “The 1948 film and beloved fairy tale meet on stage for a stunning new production featuring swing, waltz, and ballet.”

September 2017:

National Merit Scholarship Corporation Names 18 Walls Commended Students

Last week, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation notified Principal Trogisch in a letter that each of the 18 Walls seniors named below is a Commended Student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship program.  See the letter here: http://bit.ly/2yznvXk

Olivia H Barr
Benjamin B Bates
Kyra Bendel
Kofi Bulluck
Mia Campbell
Zoe Fredrickson
Sara Hunsberger
Azaan Lambkin
Montana A Lee
Robert C Lusk
Claire Medina
Samantha O’Sullivan
Samuel Page
Ethan Rosenthal
Noa Rosinplotz
Ella C Weiner
Noah Yared
Eliza  Zizka

Have a look at the Penguin Pride Archive to see more of our students’ (and teachers’) fantastic achievements!

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Varsity Debate Team Heading to May 2016 Nationals

March 21, 2016, 7:11 pm
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Congratulations to the Walls debate team for an amazing showing! Earlier in March three teams from SWW debated at the metrofinals, which invites only the best teams from the region to vie for a spot in the National tournament in May. One of our varsity teams (Noa Rosinplotz and Mahler Revsine) came in second which means they’ll be heading to Sacramento in May. Also debating were Atalanta Ritter and Jack Watkins, Penelope Leibovich and Anthony Thomas.

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Walls student featured in the New York Times

November 20, 2018, 10:16 am
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School Without Walls students participate in a Q & A with Arne Duncan

December 17, 2018, 11:01 am
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Author Arne Duncan discusses his book: How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education.

Moderated by Aspen Institute President Dan Porterfield.

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Penguin Pride: Model UN Competition at Columbia University

January 25, 2019, 7:50 am
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Last weekend, the SWW Model UN club sent 12 delegates to an annual competition at Columbia University.  It was a tough competition involving numerous delegates from many countries.  Nonetheless, our delegates  demonstrated  outstanding diplomatic skills.  Out of the 12 SWW delegates, 9 won awards. 

List of Winners:
Verbal Commendation:  Severin Bokus,  Alejandro Jorge
Honorable Mention:     Lachlan Bond,  Mariia Leon Acosta,  Caedmon Kollmer-Dorsey,  Julian Abeledo,  Saskia Daugherty
Best Delegate:       Levi Berger, and  Brian O’ Neill.

The SWW delegation was sponsored by Mr. Ismail

Congratulations SWW Model UN Club!!

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Penguin Pride: Seven Walls Seniors Nominated for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program!

February 28, 2019, 8:27 am
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School Without Walls is well represented this year by seven seniors nominated for the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The Program was established by President Johnson in 1964 to honor high school students who have demonstrated exemplary academic achievement. If selected by the Commission to be a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar, students will receive the Presidential Scholar Medallion, along with other honorees from around the nation, at a ceremony in their honor.

  • Max Berengaut
  • Milan Chopra
  • Ian Conway
  • Nicholas Frank
  • Joseph Horwitz
  • Jane Kelly
  • Samuel Lossef

Here is the full list of candidates:   https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/awards.html

For background info about these awards:  https://www2.ed.gov/programs/psp/select.html

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Penguin Pride: 3 teams from SWW Debate Team have qualified for the Metrofinals

February 28, 2019, 8:34 am
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The metrofinals will take place March 8th & 9th at Basis McLean.

The students who qualified are:

  • Julien Kearns
  • Skyler Clay
  • Will Beckerman
  • Arina Chowdhury
  • Chase Jones
  • Josie Reich

Well done and good luck next week!

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Penguin Pride: Championships for both SWW Girls’ and Boys’ Swim Teams

March 23, 2019, 9:03 am
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Penguin Pride: 11th grader on WAMU’s 1A

March 27, 2019, 9:00 am
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Penguin Pride: SWW’s DC Youth and Government Club

April 4, 2019, 6:15 am
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Members of SWW’s DC Youth and Government Club were very successful at this weekend’s Legislative Weekend Conference. Special congratulations to:

  • ​Maria Leon-Acost who was elected DC’s Youth Mayor
  • Adam Soltani who was elected City Council Chair.
  • Aryaman Arora who won an award for the best bill
  • Yuddh Kimsovanna who won the Youth Mayor Core Value Award
  • Lakshmi Mosquera-Herrera who won Outstanding Statesman Award
  • Drew Dozier, Maria Leon-Acosta, Christian Robles, and Adam Soltani who will be representing DC at the Youth and Government national conference this summer.

Additionally, congratulations should go to the following students who had their bills passed:

Aryaman Arora
Marcus Butler
Cam Cary
Jalen Ceasar
Maddie Eggen
Ally Han
Layla McKan
Isabelle Shook
Adam Soltani
Dante Venable

Thank you to Ms. Vollin and Ms. Cardoba for​ helping to chaperone!

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Graduation 2019 Photos

July 8, 2019, 12:55 pm
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Penguin Pride: SWW 2019 D.C. Latino Art Beat winners

September 11, 2019, 1:49 pm
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The D.C. Latino Art Beat youth in the arts competition is offered annually in collaboration with District of Columbia Public Schools and the Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs. This year’s theme was “What Hispanic Heritage & Culture Means to Me?” and all three winners hail from School Without Walls!

D.C. 1ST PLACE

Irene Chamorro-Beckenhauer
Teacher: Jason Bullock / School without Walls
Artwork: Motherland / Acrylic
Graduation: 2019
College of Choice: UT Austin

D.C. Honorable Mentions

Murphy Hallee
Teacher: Jason Bullock / School Without Walls
Artwork: “Upsidedown BIRD”
Graduation: 2020

Timothy Maslycakav
Teacher: Jason Bullock / School Without Walls
Artwork: Chaos of Spring / acrylic on board
Graduation: 2021

The 1st Place winner will receive a minimum $1,000 college scholarship and the two Honorable Mentions will receive “Certificates of Appreciation” from Latino Art Beat.

Congratulations to all three!

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Meet the SWW Cheerleading Team!

October 5, 2019, 6:53 am
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“The School Without Walls Cheerleading team is a sisterhood that brings spirit to the community. They cheer at the school’s pep rally and assemblies, and they support many teams by cheering them on at events. In addition to bringing spirit to the school community, they also compete against other schools in Cheerleading competitions. This sisterhood is made up of females from all grades (9-12) who get to meet people that they many not have otherwise had a chance to meet, and bond over many things in and outside of cheerleading. ”

Special thanks to Captain MacKenzie Tate for introducing us to the team!

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Walls Ultimate Frisbee Team Makes Noise in the DMV

October 28, 2019, 2:58 am
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WAYU_Fall_Fling_20191006_115825_KYL_0329-(ZF-1330-40038-1-001) (1)The Flightless Birds Squad took to the fields earlier this month, competing the in the Fairfax Fall Fling. Our growing team split into two teams and competed against some of the top high school teams in the nation, including Yorktown, HB-Woodlawn, and Wilson. Splitting into two teams with very few players made it tough to close out games, but we are still proud of our 11th place result, out of 14 teams. Senior captains Leah Silverman, Luca Christiansen and Robert Mcfarlane led the team exceptionally, integrating experienced vets and our record-setting freshman class. It was a long weekend of 8 games over two days, but the Birds swam fast and hard!

 

The ultimate team has worked hard all fall to prepare for the main season in the spring and this early challenge will help them prepare for the big show: DC States in May. They are still looking for new recruits and interested players should talk to the captains or Coach Webster.

 

A special shoutout to seniors Leah Silverman, Ashley Cheung and Isabel Mejia-Roberts who also played on a girls all-star team on Sunday. Their team went undefeated and won the entire tournament!
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