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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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Senior wins End Family Fire contest with striking video

By Meera Shroff October 20, 2019

On a Monday in late July, senior Amelia Montagnino headed to her summer internship at the Brady Campaign — a nonprofit organization aimed at preventing gun violence. As usual, she attended the all-staff...

Poms perform in Redskins’ halftime Spirit Explosion

By Matt Mande October 15, 2019

Blaring music, screaming fans and HTTR posters are only to be expected at a Redskins game. Less typical is what fans saw on October 6. Twelve members of Whitman’s Poms team performed alongside professional...

Pyle student Arvin Kim wins award for leadership in community

By Mia Friedman June 5, 2019

Once a week, after a 20 minute drive, Pyle eighth grade student Arvin Kim opens the door to his family’s black Volvo. He waves goodbye to his mom as he walks toward the Board of Education building, where...

English teacher Omari James “reproposes” to counselor Angela Fang

By Clara Koritz-Hawkes and Jack Gonzalez June 4, 2019

There wasn’t a dry eye in Whitman’s main entrance when English teacher Omari James "reproposed" to his current fiancee, counselor Angela Fang, today during fifth period. James recruited Whitman’s...

Battle of the Bands rocks out in the WAUD one last time

By Taylor Haber, Bella Grumet, and Gabe Schaner May 22, 2019

Covered in tie-dyed bed sheets and strewn with black electrical cords, the Waudatorium had shaken its usual English class undercurrents; instead of scribbling notes for some Socratic seminar, students...

Students discuss the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy: extended version

April 12, 2019

Read one of our writers' opinions on the controversy here.

Students discuss the Rep. Ilhan Omar controversy

By David Villani April 4, 2019

My opinion: why criticisms of Israel aren't anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has had an eventful first term in Congress. Since her election, the freshman congresswoman has been under near-constant...

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