Photo of the Day: March 22
By Scott Singer
March 22, 2015
Filed under Feature
Great Falls National Park, just over 10 minutes by car from school, offers majestic views of the Potomac River. The water levels in the river have increased due to snow melt. Photo by Scott Singer....
Photo of the Day: March 19
By Scott Singer
March 19, 2015
Filed under Feature
Black & White juniors meet up at the arch in Washington Square during the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Journalism Conference. The writers are in New York through tomorrow. Photo by Louise Reynolds....
Photo of the Day: September 5
By Scott Singer
September 5, 2014
Filed under News
Nationals P Stephen Strasburg delivers a fastball in Friday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Nationals are the talk of the hallways these days, as they enter into the final stretch of the regular season with the National League's best record. Photo by Scott Singer....
Photo of the Day: August 25
By Scott Singer
August 25, 2014
Filed under News
The sun rises this morning as the first day of school commences. Photo by Scott Singer....
Photo of the Day: August 21
By Scott Singer
August 21, 2014
Filed under News
Incoming freshman walk from class to class as part of Freshman Orientation. Students attended an abbreviated version of their schedule as part of the event, which took place 7:20-11:45 this morning. Photo by Scott Singer. ...
‘How I Met Your Mother’ finale deserves a slap in the face
By Scott Singer
April 2, 2014
Filed under Blogs
After years of suiting up, slap bets and saluting (it’s a general trend), “How I Met Your Mother” fans were ready to learn the answer to the mother of all questions: how exactly did Ted meet his wife? Read More »...
The Wikipedia experiment
By Scott Singer
March 30, 2014
Filed under Blogs, Opinion
We’ve all heard the rumors: it’s public, crowded and uncontrollable. No; it’s not the stands at a football game or an EDM concert--I’m talking about Wikipedia, a mainstay at the top of Google searches and a collection of over 30 million web pages. Read More »...
Alum charged for ricin possession at Georgetown
By Scott Singer
March 21, 2014
Filed under News
Updated Monday, March 24. Graduate Danny Milzman (’12), now a student at Georgetown University, was charged Friday afternoon with possession of the deadly chemical ricin after authorities discovered the substance in his dormitory room. Read More »...
Starr hosts roundtable discussion, MCPS to focus on widespread student achievement
By Scott Singer
March 3, 2014
Filed under News
MCPS will turn its attention to closing the achievement gap between schools by incentivizing veteran teachers to teach in schools with underperforming students, superintendent Joshua Starr told student journalists at a roundtable discussion last Monday. Read More »...
What we learned from Sochi
By Scott Singer
February 25, 2014
Filed under Blogs
Sochi’s Olympic torch may have been extinguished, but the games certainly fired up sports fans around the world. Before the press on Sochi cools down, let's look back at what we learned from the 2014 Winter Olympics: Read More »...
Spring and summer trips offer unique travel experience to students
By Scott Singer
February 6, 2014
Filed under Feature
Now that students are back from chilly Breckenridge, its time to focus on warmer destinations. Here's a preview of spring and summer trips available to students. Read More »...
Students explore area thrift stores
By Abbi Audas
Shopping at the mall can be expensive. Local malls, filled with designer brands that come at steep prices, are sometimes unaffordable to students. Reduced thrift store prices provide some students with an affordable option to express their style. Not only do local thrift stores offer new and resale clothing with more affordable prices than high-end retail stores, but shopping in thrift stores is also an experience in and of itself. Here are two popular local thrift stores to visit.
June 18, 2017
Whitman student helps ice cream truck owner organize backpack drive
Senior Sarah Bruegmann and ice cream truck owner AJ Jalloh have collected backpacks to donate to schoolchildren in Koidu Town, Sierra Leone, Jalloh’s hometown, since May 18. The team will collect backpacks until the last week of school.
June 17, 2017
I’m good at math; don’t pressure me to take STEM classes
By Jenny Lu
In each of the STEM-related classes I have taken, I have noticed a lone girl sitting in the corner looking miserable. It’s not just that she is greatly outnumbered by her male counterparts; she may not have taken that class by choice at all.
June 17, 2017
Students show pride, attend LGBTQ+ parade and march
By Mira Dwyer
A sea of rainbow flooded the streets of D.C. as thousands attended the Capital Pride Parade June 10 and the Equality March for Unity and Pride June 11 in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
June 16, 2017
Umttr hosts annual basketball tournament
By Naren Roy
Umttr, a locally-based nonprofit that works to prevent teen suicide, hosted its 4th annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament fundraiser at Whitman June 11. Aside from the competition, attendees placed bids at a silent auction fundraiser, listened to workshop presenters and met celebrities like professional basketball player Michael Sweetney.
June 16, 2017
Whitman student and parent interviewed about fundraiser for Ryan Seacrest Show
Representatives of reality personality Ryan Seacrest invited junior Clara Ryan and her mother, Rana Sawaya Ryan, onto Seacrest’s show to discuss their art exhibit fundraiser for scoliosis patients, which lasted from April 22 to July 8.
June 15, 2017
Class of 2018 kicks off senior year with new ‘Senior Night’
By Elea Levin
The rising senior class kicked off the upcoming year with a senior night tailgate celebration in the parking lot June 6. SGA members treated juniors in attendance—decked out in Whitman gear and face paint—to refreshments, lawn games and photo opportunities.
June 15, 2017
Maryland government needs to prosecute environmental crimes
By Maddy Frank
During his 2014 campaign, Governor Larry Hogan promised to make Maryland more business friendly. To fulfill this promise, he has been easing enforcement of environmental regulations on businesses. In fact, prosecutions against businesses that break Maryland environmental laws are at a 20-year low, according to the Baltimore Sun.
June 15, 2017
Junior bakes his own artisan bread
June 14, 2017
Amid wave of car theft, key tips to prevent these crimes
By Naren Roy
Unknown thieves have stolen cash and personal items from parked cars in the Whitman community over the last several weeks, coinciding with a 39 percent increase in the number of stolen vehicles in Montgomery County since last year, according to a May 19 article in Bethesda Magazine.
June 14, 2017
Whitman’s diplomat: Maroni forges relationships with ESOL students
With students from around 50 countries and all corners of the world, Whitman is home to students with a wide array of nationalities. Maroni helps ensure that these international students feel included in the Whitman community and encourages them to express their unique cultures and traditions while living in the U.S.
June 14, 2017
Dual enrollment at Montgomery College offers students wider range of classes
Montgomery College in Rockville offers an extensive array of college courses for high school students during the school day and in the evening. Students often opt to enroll so they can take classes Whitman doesn’t offer or earn college credits before graduating.
June 14, 2017