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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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Administrators confront troubling data on class placement

Administrators confront troubling data on class placement

By Taylor Haber, Editor-in-chief November 23, 2020

This school year Whitman administrators informed select students and their families, a majority of whom came from racial minority backgrounds, of what administrators believed to be class misplacement....

Episode 1: The Black & White Sports Podcast

Episode 1: The Black & White Sports Podcast

By Quentin Corpuel and John McGowan September 28, 2020

  Feature writer Quentin Corpuel and sports writer John McGowan teamed up to discuss the upcoming MLB Postseason. Here's their predictions on what's to come.

Friday

July 21, 2020

In their final game of the week, the girls team dominated all-around and prevailed over Einstein 63–34. Throughout the game, the bench was ecstatic; every player contributed offensively and defensively...

Coach Kenah gives the team a pep talk. He focuses on players having the right mindset before and after big games.

Wednesday

July 21, 2020

Before they began practice, Kenah and the players went through their thoughts on last night’s victory and what they were planning to work on moving forward. Kenah broke the huddle with words of encouragement. “After...

Guard Jaclyn Morgan takes the ball to the hoop against guard Lexi Fleck. Morgan and Fleck are the two sophomores on the varsity team.

Tuesday

July 21, 2020

The week started off in spectacular fashion: a rivalry game against the B-CC Barons. The Vikes came into the game seeking revenge after their last season ended at the hands of the Barons. Typically,...

Senior Destinations 2020

Senior Destinations 2020

By Jonathan Young July 6, 2020

How to use the Senior Destinations Map: Click the upper left button or the markers on the map to view students and schools. Clicking the upper right full-screen button will bring you to the full...

From Ohio to Washington

May 24, 2020

For as long as Lindenberger can remember, his mother has been opposed to vaccines. She believes vaccines cause autism—despite countless studies disproving the claim—lead to brain damage and have resulted...

A family issue

May 24, 2020

For Lindenberger’s family, conflict over vaccinations is personal. Although Lindenberger is often frustrated by his mother’s arguments, he said he tries to find common ground. In his testimony, Lindenberger...

Students walk off with a new habit: Shoplifting

By Bella Brody May 23, 2020

Students’ names have been changed to protect their privacy On Black Friday this year, junior Grace was shopping at The Grove, a shopping complex in Los Angeles, with a few of her friends from California....

Senior Josh Weinberg has become a prominent member of the Whitman boys basketball team. But it wasnt always that way.

The story behind Josh Weinberg’s rise to prominence in Whitman basketball

By Matt Mande May 23, 2020

Six years ago at Pyle Middle School, head basketball coach Bobby Polley called over senior Josh Weinberg, then in seventh grade, to talk to him at the end of his second day of basketball tryouts. When...

Senior Jordan Shaibani

May 23, 2020

Senior Jordan Shaibani became interested in slam poetry after learning about it in her freshman year english class. At the end of her junior year, she decided it was something she wanted to get more involved...

Junior Raina Hatcher

May 23, 2020

The content of Hatcher’s paintings rarely resembles reality; she describes her art as being “a mix of impressionism and surrealism.” By contrasting a dark background with vibrant colors, Hatcher’s...

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