Anonymous wrote:When wisdom’s lamp doth brightly blaze with light,
And youthful minds in quest of truth do strive,
There stands a school, a beacon burning bright—
Fair BASIS DC, where thought is kept alive.
No idle hours nor slothful days abide,
But rigorous pursuit of knowledge reigns;
Each scholar, armed with reason as their guide,
Ascends the mount where true ambition gains.

With math and science firm as marble stone,
And arts that stir the soul to higher ground,
Each lesson speaks in firm, relentless tone,
Yet joy in learning richly doth abound.
The teachers, wise, with patient hearts and keen,
Awake in minds the fire yet unseen.

Debate and thought do flourish, bold and free,
Like roots that stretch beneath a stately tree.
No dream too grand, no question deemed too small,
For minds thus trained may rise and grasp it all.
So sing I now, in earnest, true and bold,
Of BASIS DC, more prized than finest gold.

This should be recited at all official BASIS DC events including graduation.

Anonymous wrote:Why are there no kids of color in the National Honor Society induction ceremony photo? In a city that is... much more diverse than BASIS?

Seriously? NHS at DC schools must have racial quotas tracking the racial percentages of Washington, DC. What is next? 41% of the students Harvard admits from DC must be black because DC is 41% black?

And by the way there are kids of color in BASIS DC NHS.

Why are there no kids of color in the National Honor Society induction ceremony photo? In a city that is... much more diverse than BASIS?