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

Private school transfers bring new talent to boys basketball

By Lukas Troost January 14, 2019

Senior Jason Lewis has always wanted to play basketball in college. But after having limited playing time as the sixth man for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, he felt he wasn’t reaching his full potential,...

Stat from National Federation of High School Association

Recruitment or rehab? Sport specialization jeopardizes athletes

By Mateo Gutierrez January 14, 2019

It started with a sprained ankle. Then another. And another. By the time senior Caroline Macdonald was 18, she had suffered three sprained ankles, a stress fracture in her foot and a torn ACL. Her injuries...

Four cadets march forward to the cadence: left, left, left, right, left. This is the color guard, a competition team in Kennedys NJROTC program.

“This is my family”: Kennedy H.S. NJROTC creates community

By Aditi Gujaran January 14, 2019

“Attention on Deck! Good afternoon Ma’am!” one cadet yells above the chatter. He’s the first one to spot Chief Petty Officer Sharon Rogers. Thirty cadets quickly stand up straight and square...

Junior Sophia Kotschouby used train tickets and drawings to decorate her bullet journal. Many students have started using bullet journals as a way to organize their ideas.

Students use bullet journals for innovation, organization

By Hirari Sato January 14, 2019

Walking through the hot and vibrant streets of Istanbul this past summer, junior Sophia Kotschoubey held her small leather journal close at all times. She glued train tickets to the unlined pages, wrote...

Senior Hanna Freund dribbles down the field for the field hockey team—her fourth varsity Whitman sport. She joined this year after tennis was moved to the spring.

Tennis, track, lacrosse and field hockey?

By Sara Azimi January 14, 2019
Senior Hanna Freund doesn’t have an offseason—and that’s just how she likes it.

Alleged sexual assault at Damascus highlights crucial role of coaches

By Max Gersch January 14, 2019

When I heard about the alleged sexual assault at Damascus High School in November, I thought about coaches. As role models for their players, coaches have a more important role than ever to step up and...

The Glen Echo Park carousel. The Park was segregated until 1961, but local segregation isnt included in elementary school curricula.

Elementary school students should learn local history

By Dana Herrnstadt January 14, 2019

From a young age, we learn about the California Gold Rush, the Declaration of Independence and the Abolitionist Movement. We study Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the Louisiana Purchase, but the history...

Whitman students are complicit in the climate crisis—that needs to change

By Clara Koritz Hawkes January 14, 2019

Sitting behind me in English, two people are sharing Oreos out of a plastic bag, and next to me, a friend is sipping iced coffee through a plastic straw in a plastic cup. When the bell rings, they all...

Young teachers work multiple jobs to supplement low salaries

By Max London January 14, 2019

In addition to the paid hours teachers spend at school and the extra time they spend grading and planning lessons, many teachers also choose to hold a second job outside of the classroom to earn additional...

AP exam registration pushed forward to late October

AP exam registration pushed forward to late October

By Anna Yuan January 14, 2019

Starting next year, students will register for Advanced Placement exams beginning in late October and continuing to mid-November, instead of in March. Registration after the deadline will cost an extra...

New Board members Brenda Wolf (right) and Karla Silvestre (left) were sworn in Dec. 3 for the District 15 and At-Large seats. Both candidates said they were excited to serve in their first elected positions.

Board of Education is all-female for the first time ever

By Katie Hanson January 14, 2019

The Montgomery County Board of Education is all-female for the first time ever after Karla Silvestre, the former co-chair of the MCPS Latino Student Achievement Action Group, and Brenda Wolff, a civil...

The speed limit on the segment of River Road extending from the Beltway to just west of Springfield drive has been reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph. Photo by Rohit Gude.

MD State Highway Assoc. lowers speed limit on River Road from 45 mph to 35 mph

By Anna Yuan January 14, 2019

Some students are frustrated after the State Highway Association changed the speed limit on a three-mile segment of River Road that includes the Braeburn Parkway intersection and Pyle Road crosswalk behind...

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