Sophie Ludgin

Sophie Ludgin, Junior Editor

Sophie is a senior who is excited to go into her 2nd year of writing for The Beacon, and sad to be going into her last year of living with free food and laundry. She is a vegetarian who is indeed not a bandwagon, as she has been one since the age of 5! Sophie’s #1 motto is to never go into Tenley unprepared to see anyone that you know.

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Wilson aims to create college prep program from $172,000 donation

Sophie Ludgin, Junior Editor • June 9, 2019

Wilson alumni John Scott left his alma mater $172,000 in his will. A PTSO committee has decided to use the funds to create a college preparatory program. The committee, led by member Jennie Bonney,...

Wilson hosts international night

Sophie Ludgin, Junior Editor • March 18, 2019

Wilson’s annual ‘International Night,' a fundraiser for the Wilson International Program Studies academy (WISP), occurred on Wednesday, March 13. The event is run by teacher, student, and parent volunteers...

Wilson partners with Truth Initiative to combat juuling

Zara Hall, Sophie Ludgin, and Baraka Aboul-Magd • March 4, 2019

Truth Initiative, a DC based nonprofit dedicated to ending tobacco use, has expanded its quit smoking program to e-cigarettes. The new program comes after the U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory...

Mayor Bowser announces summer school improvement projects

Sophie Ludgin and Max Karp • March 4, 2019

DCPS will implement structural repairs at 21 DCPS schools over the summer, announced Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn in a letter to DCPS families on January 25. At Wilson, the turf field will be...

DCPS confirms Wilson enrollment at just under 1,800

Sophie Ludgin and Maya Wilson • January 27, 2019

DCPS certified Wilson’s 2018-19 enrollment at 1,796 students, a figure that differs from the number of active student schedules currently in the DCPS student information system Aspen: 1,806. Wilson’s...

New “Clean and Green Campaign” aims to reduce litter around Wilson

Sophie Ludgin, Junior Editor • December 16, 2018

Wilson’s newly-created ‘Clean and Green Campaign’ is aiming to reduce litter and raise student pride in Wilson’s school environment. The campaign was formed after a survey found that Wilson students...

Funding reallocated from art department

Sophie Ludgin and Zara Hall • November 11, 2018

Art teacher Mary Barnes has already spent more than $300 of her own money on supplies in the first quarter of the year. After the classes she was teaching changed and her supplies were damaged by flood...

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