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Spring Sports Come to Exciting Close
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Spring Sports Come to Exciting Close

As the school year draws to a close, Field students end the spring athletic season on a high note. From baseball to lacrosse, ultimate frisbee to track and field, softball to tennis, all sports teams concluded their seasons with strong finishes, even in the case of setbacks. 
 
The tennis team wrapped up their season with championship matches at their final tournament. The matches were competitive across the courts, and the guys played with a lot of heart. Feld ended the season in second place, after an impressive effort from all members. 
 
"Erik and I are very proud of the team, both for their efforts today and throughout the season," commented head coach, Nate Edmunds. "They worked incredibly hard and improved a lot since March. They also responded to every challenge in front of them.  I know that with a few days perspective [post championships] they'll recognize how much they have to be proud of."

The baseball team had a big turnaround this year, going 4-6 overall after a challenging 2012 season. They finished their final game of the year against St. Anselm's, just missing a final win 8-7 in a closely matched game. 
 
"Having older players with more varsity experience was a huge advantage over last season," noted head coach, Dave Nelson, "and we also had some younger players who were new to varsity, but stepped up and made their presence known on the field. If we put in hard work, next season I think we could be in contention for a league title."
 
The lacrosse team finished the season with a 9-4 record. The team was large, with a lot of eager new players who flocked to the field and learned from the starting senior players. Assistant coach Chris Lorrain said a highlight for the season came when Field won the tournament that gets held here at the school every year - a first time tournament win for the team. 
 
Ultimate Frisbee had yet another dominating season this year, winning 8 of their 9 games. In the one loss they had of the season, they missed the win by two points, to the school that would later win Maryland States. Neal Gibson, one of the team's captains contributed, noting, "The team is set up really well. Kids are into it. A lot of them are people who will come back and are getting pumped up about it." 
 
Assistant coach Kent Allen added, "It was a remarkably committed team. I very much appreciated the support of the team's friends and family." 
 
In softball the team focused most on improving their skills and learning the basics of the game; the softball team was made up of a lot of young players who have plenty of room and patience to grow into a competitive team in the seasons to come. 
 
"We had a lot of rain-outs this year, which was a bummer," said head coach, Brittany Ensing. Despite the inclement spring weather, however, the girls fought to the finish. "They really tried their best and put 100% in." The season had several highlights, including a "best catch of the season" by an eighth grader, a shut-out performance by the team's main pitcher, and a handful of close games. One eighth grader and one tenth grader were named to the PVAC 2nd team, while another 10th grader earned 1st team all PVAC. 
 
Congratulations are also owed to the Field boys and girls track and field teams on their banner-winning performances at conferences on the 13th. Both teams ran, jumped and threw extraordinarily well, outperforming all other teams and earning both meet MVPs, as well as their own article in The Washington Post! Check it out here.
 
Field students excel as athletes on teams outside of school as well—of particular note this spring was our own Donnie Shaw III, who won the inaugural NHL/Thurgood Marshall scholarship through his Fort Dupont Ice Hockey Club.
 
"It was a great season," Athletic Director Bridget McKeogh put it simply, "We had lots of success across the board."
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Field Day 2013!
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Field Day 2013!

Flying water cups, pictionary, trivia, hoola hoops and more were the order of the day on Friday, April 12th, during Field's fourth annual Field Day extravaganze. With warm weather and friendly competition in the air, students banded together into teams (in the traditional Blue Team vs. White Team alignment) and competed in a vast array of activities. Click on the image at right to see a slideshow of highlights from the day!
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Winter Internship Expands All Horizons
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Winter Internship Expands All Horizons

Winter Internship was a great success! Over 200 students interned at approximately 140 different locations locally while another 30 students (about 15% of interns) completed internships out-of-town, with the farthest intern in Mauritius! Thirteen students participated in the Winter Dramatic Production, and trips abroad totaled 85 students—18 to France, 37 to Spain and 30 locally with the community service group. Meanwhile, the 6th grade had a unique internship experience with one week of arts learning at school, and a second week of culinary instruction with Gil at school and also at Hill's Kitchen.

The teachers also stayed very busy during the internship weeks, holding parent/teacher conferences, visiting students in their local internships, and engaging in a number of professional development activities. The highlights included a viewing and discussion of the award winning documentary about educationRace To Nowhere and a visit and workshop by Rick Lavoie, an internationally recognized expert on learning differences. Dr Lavoie spoke with the faculty for four hours about strategies that work for students with all kinds of different learning styles, and he left us with great ideas to broaden our teaching repertoires.
 
Truly, Winter Internship is a learning experience for everyone at Field, teaching us in difference ways that extend our classrooms all over the city and all over the world, bringing us back together more able to pursue Self-Discovery, Skills of Mind, and Generosity of Heart!
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The Field School Participates in Second Annual Community Service Day
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The Field School Participates in Second Annual Community Service Day

On Saturday, February 23rd Field students, alumni, faculty, and families traveled to Leckie Elementary School in Southwest DC to work alongside City Year corps members for Field's 2013 Service Day. Over 100 people showed up to help paint, build flower boxes, picnic tables, and benches in an attempt to create a real community space for the students and staff at the school.  A few of Leckie's elementary school students even joined in on the fun.

Thank you to alumni parent Missy Young for sponsoring the Field project again this year.  We're hoping it becomes a Field tradition!
 
Field's Director of Alumni & Community Relations, Janine Werkman said, "I was amazed at how organized City Year was and how much work can be done if a group of people come together for a few hours on a Saturday. It's great to watch our students get involved in something bigger than themselves."
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Be Yourself at The Field School
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Be Yourself at The Field School

Self-Discovery.  It's the first word in our mission statement, and its pursuit is innate to everyday life at Field.  Students are encouraged to think and learn about themselves, and to grow as individuals over the course of their time here.  They can be studious, athletic, shy, boisterous, latino, focused, whimsical, black, white or anytihng else they want—so long as they are who they truly are.

Field is a place where you can be yourself.
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