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

Malachuk (’91) discusses her book on the college admissions process

By Stephanie Haven October 21, 2009

Katie Malachuk (’91), a yoga teacher and writer, spoke to parents and students at the Oct. 20 PTSA meeting about her new book You’re Accepted: Lose the Stress. Discover Yourself. Get Into the...

Motivation for local shooting still unclear

By Stephanie Haven October 14, 2009

The police continue to search for the suspect of the shooting that occurred in the 6800 block of Millwood Road in the Kenwood Park neighborhood Oct. 8. The motive for the shooting remains unclear. Montgomery...

64 seniors make National Merit commended list

By Stephanie Haven October 14, 2009

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation awarded 64 Whitman seniors as 2010 National Merit Commended students for receiving a score in the top two-thirds of the 50,000 highest scoring students around...

Shooting near Whitman prompts lockdown

By Stephanie Haven October 8, 2009

*Also By Megan Dwyer* Montgomery County police reported a handgun shooting on the 6800 block of Millwood Road the evening of Oct. 8. The victim, a 54-year-old man, was shot around 7:30 p.m., after...

State officials look to raise HSA standards

By Stephanie Haven September 30, 2009

Out of over 60,000 Maryland high school seniors last year, only 11 couldn’t graduate because they failed the state-mandated standardized exit exams, according to the state superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick....

Seventeen seniors make cut for National Merit Scholarship semifinals

By Stephanie Haven September 30, 2009

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation declared 17 Whitman seniors as 2009 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists Sept. 16. The students are among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who attained the...

Surprise power outage greets students and staff

By Stephanie Haven September 17, 2009

Principal Alan Goodwin drove up to a pitch-black Whitman campus Sept. 10, just 30 minutes before masses of teenagers were due to arrive. The emergency generators weren’t working, the phone lines...

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