Washington School for Girls

A SUMMER BREAK FOR WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: After the long pandemic push, it was decided to allow this summer to be a true break with no intersession.

RJM’s from the MD/DC region and New York joined about 500 supporters of the Washington School for Girls on May 14th in a 25th Anniversary Gala at Trinity Washington University.

Racism is a learned behavior. May we be led through the eyes of a child. (TMS Facebook posting)

This month, Women’s History Month, WSG is celebrating its three Founding Spirits: Claudine Thevenet, Cornelia Connelly, (Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus) and Mary McLeod Bethune (Founder of The National Council of Negro Women).

This past week, Washington School for Girls 8th grade student, Genesis Lipscombe, was on a live NASA video chat seen by students around the country, as she spoke to an astronaut in space, who is working in the International Space Station. ABC7 news reported on the event and these pictures are from their news report.

Jesus-Mary School - Gros Morne, Haiti: Maryknoll Lay Missioner Abby Belt brought us a DVD copy of "Taking Root" about Wangari Maathai's life and the Greenbelt Movement in Kenya. So, on June 5, International Day for the Environment, the Lekol Jezi-Mari student body learned about Wangari Maathai and her Greenbelt Movement by watching “Taking Root”, on the screen by the red door.

Last Halloween, I was handing out candy when I recognized one of our students among the goblins and ghouls parading through my neighborhood...

SR. MARY BOURDON LEADERSHIP AWARD

Pamela Johnson, Chair of the Board of Directors, awarded the Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award at the Washington School for Girls graduation ceremony, on Friday June 15th, saying:

As a co-founder of WSG and former Head of School, Sr. Mary Bourdon provided WSG with outstanding and steadfast leadership for twenty years. The Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award honors a WSG graduate who best exemplifies Sr. Mary’s generosity of heart, determination, and tireless commitment to community.

In honor of one of Washington School for Girls’ founding Spirits, Saint Claudine Thevenet, students participated in activities revolving around forgiveness on "Thevenet Tuesday".

SR. JEANNINE COTÉ, RJM: Sr. Jeannine began her teaching career at St. Clare Academy in Woonsocket, RI in March 1958, and subsequently held teaching and academic administrative positions at Catholic schools in Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, New Hampshire, and New York.