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We had an amazing time closing out our school year programming with a special nonfiction unit on Women in Sports.
Each week, we guided our Spitfires through titles featuring exceptional female athletes and learned more about their events and about their lives. The unit featured
Venus and Serena Williams in Sisters and Champions, by Howard Bryant and the late Floyd Cooper
Laurie Hernandez in She's Got This, by Laurie Hernandez and Niña Mata
The 2017 US Women's National Soccer Team in World Cup Women, by Meg Walters and Nikkolas Smith
Alice Coachman in Touch the Sky, by Ann Malaspina and Eric Velasquez
Bobbi Gibb in Girl Running, by Annette Bay Pimentel and Micha Archer
Yusra Mardini in Swimming Toward a Dream, by Reem Faruqi and Asma Enayeh
and local superstars The DC Divas and Lois Cook in DC Divas, A Football Story by Richard Torrey
We're thrilled that each of our Spitfire cohorts also received a special guest visit from DC Divas players themselves, who guest read, taught our Spitfires how to throw a football, and led us through some drills and training exercises. A huge thanks to the Divas for the time and energy they dedicated to working with our girls!
Our unit culminated into small group projects where our Spitfires made a doll from upcycled materials in the likeness of their favorite athlete that we studied.
To learn more or see footage from our Women in Sports unit, visit our Instagram
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