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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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Junior Liam Gilbert-Lawrence at the swim and dive teams meet against Churchill Jan 5. Whitman parent Adam Hirsh took this photo from the 10-meter platform at Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center. Photo by ADAM HIRSH.

Sports photographers capture the action in front of the lens

By Ally Navarrete June 2, 2019

You wouldn’t know it, but swim and dive team photographer Adam Hirsh has always been afraid of water. During his four years photographing the team, he routinely bent over the edge of the 10 meter diving...

Math teacher Susan Wildstrom is retiring after 50 years of teaching. Throughout her career, she has left a lasting impression on her students, even inspiring some to pursue math-related careers.

Wildstrom to retire after 50 years of ‘enthusiasm and passion’

By Dana Herrnstadt May 30, 2019

Math teacher Susan Wildstrom may be small in stature, but in her 50 years teaching, she has made up for it in spunk. Wearing green, dangly earrings, a polka-dotted sweater and socks covered with pictures...

SGA sees gender gap in election results, follows national trend

SGA sees gender gap in election results, follows national trend

By Katie Hanson, Alex Robinson May 30, 2019

After SMOB candidate Zoe Tishaev outlined her platform in a video March 21, both male and female students were quick to remark that she “didn’t know what she was talking about,” “had good ideas...

ESOL program fosters community, friendships

ESOL program fosters community, friendships

By Clara Koritz Hawkes and Hirari Sato May 29, 2019

Come fifth and sixth period, when most classrooms empty for lunch periods, the ESOL rooms are filled with commotion. In one corner of A334, students are working away at assignments, while another group...

Walt Whitman: the Overlooked Namesake of our School Turns 200

Walt Whitman: the Overlooked Namesake of our School Turns 200

By Emma Iturregui May 15, 2019

In Whitman students: in their own words, two hundred of Whitman’s two thousand students reflect on their idiosyncrasies. Together, they comprise Walt Whitman High School. Many of those same students...

Senior Breanna McDonald started the Whitman chapter of Minority Scholars Program last year with three other students. She is currently working on a racial awareness film project with the club.

Breanna McDonald leads Minority Scholars Program

By Alex Robinson April 27, 2019

For years, senior Breanna McDonald has seen herself as an athlete, a photographer and a high-achieving student. She led the track team to States this past season, where she placed fifth in the 800-meter...

Camp Jojos mission is to form a unique community of teenagers who have lost loved ones to suicide. The camp will be held in honor of Jojo, who Spielberg said always saw camp as a special place.

Camp Jojo to honor former student

By Katie Hanson April 5, 2019

Content warning: This article contains language that pertains to suicide. Camp Jojo, an outdoor summer camp designed to help support teens affected by suicide, will be held this July in honor of former...

Barbara Brandys father, a Holocaust survivor, stands with his grandchildren during a 2000 memorial ceremony at a Jewish cemetery in Poland. Brandys lost her aunts, uncles and grandparents in the Holocaust and was forced to leave Poland for Israel in the Polish Communist regimes purge of Jews in 1968. After moving, Brandys said she lost a sense of her Jewish heritage. Photo courtesy Barbara Brandys.

The Generation After

By Max London March 22, 2019

We’ve visited the Holocaust Museum. We’ve read about the Holocaust and learned about the millions of lives lost. But as instances of anti-Semitism increase globally and the number of survivors rapidly...

Photo illustration by Lukas Gates.

Concussions impair students’ lives

By Katie Hanson March 20, 2019

Three years after getting hit by a volleyball at practice freshman year, senior Julia Rubin is still suffering from the effects of her concussion. As a freshman, she considered herself “bubbly,”...

Seasonal Affective Disorder damages students social lives, grades

Seasonal Affective Disorder damages students’ social lives, grades

By Emma Iturregui and Alex Robinson March 20, 2019

Students’ names have been changed to preserve privacy. Junior Ryan’s friends usually describe him as “positive,” “passionate” and “confident.” But in the winter, he’s a completely...

The objects that define us

The objects that define us

By Katie Hanson March 12, 2019

While it often feels like our lives are in constant motion, a childhood toy, a certain photograph or a special pair of earrings can remind us of an activity we used to love or a person we miss. For me,...

How we will learn in schools of the future

How we will learn in schools of the future

By Zara Ali March 12, 2019

In the Tacoma School District in Washington, artificial intelligence isn’t a futuristic gadget. It’s simply another classroom tool. Throughout the past six years, the schools have used AI to gather...

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