"Gypsy," the fall musical, runs from Nov. 17 to 19. Below on the left is a letter from a parent questioning the appropriateness of the musical for a high school cast and audience, while on the left is...

Your head is pounding during math class, but you know there’s no use going to the nurse’s office. She can’t give you any medicine to get rid of the splitting pain. That’s right. No Motrin, no...

Stake out your seat in the cafeteria now, because lunch next year may be a little more crowded.Counselors will now "actively discourage" students from taking eight-period days, resource counselor Frances...

Senior Brian Jones competed with three other students in the “Who Wants to be a Mathematician?” contest Feb. 20 at the Washington Convention Center. The American Association for the Advancement...

Teachers want students to be engaged in class, environmentalists want to save paper, and doctors know that carrying heavy backpacks has adverse effects on student health. But the county shouldn’t...

Drumline “got busy” with the same performance that won them second place at the county competition. Poms—guys and girls—showed off their new routine and the break-dancing team performed to “oohs”...

Sophomore Ali Foreman won Whitman’s first Poetry Out Loud competition Nov. 30. Foreman and runner-up sophomore Emily Rogers qualified to compete in the county-level contest in January, the next stage...

A Century Foundation study confirmed the common notion that it's more beneficial for impoverished students to attend affluent schools than high-poverty schools, even if those high-poverty schools receive...