The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White

Junior Amye Elfin poses with classmates from the Wynberg School. Photo courtesy Amye Elfin.

Q&A with junior Amye Elfin, who studied abroad in South Africa

By Julia Medine April 9, 2013

Junior Amye Elfin spent December through March in Cape Town, South Africa on an exchange program. Elfin studied at the Wynberg School in subjects like Afrikaans and British history. She stayed with an...

Senior Kayla Lorberbaum screams in excitement during the seven hour dance-a-thon. Over 800 people came to the second annual event. Photo by Billy Bird.

Second annual dance marathon raises over $21,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

By Julia Medine February 24, 2013

Students clad in neon crop-tops and sparkly spandex pants strutted to popular house music and hip-hop tunes for this year’s second annual bRAVE dance-a-thon Feb. 23. The event, which brought in over...

Indie and urban artists win big at Grammy Awards

By Julia Medine February 12, 2013

The 55th annual Grammy Awards featured a large number of indie and urban artist winners Feb. 10. Among a male-dominated nomination pool, artists Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, Gotye, Jay-Z,...

Book-lovers from across the nation came to the National Mall this weekend for the 12th annual book festival.

National Book Festival takes over downtown

By Julia Medine September 26, 2012

Enormous white tents sprawled across the length of the National Mall as crowds of people eagerly listened to the unsung heroes of the literary world Sept. 22 and 23. The 12th annual National...

Students at Flora Singer Elementary School participate in a first day of school activity. Photo courtesy Flora Singer Elementary School.

New elementary school named after former teacher

By Julia Medine September 13, 2012

When Montgomery county school board members brainstormed names for a new elementary school, they wanted the name of a person who intrigued and inspired. Former Whitman teacher Flora Singer did just that,...

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