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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

The 16-year-old suspect fled the scene before officers arrived but turned himself in to First District Police, Sept. 23.

Shooting near Watkins Elementary raises concerns about school safety

By Shahmeer Ali October 7, 2024

A 17-year-old boy was shot during a football game near Watkins Elementary School on the evening of Sept. 21. Officers arrived at the scene around 5:45 p.m. and found the teen boy with a gunshot wound to...

The MCPS Office of Strategic Initiatives creates policies for student mobile device use. Last revised in January 2024, the existing regulation prohibits cell phone use during the school day in elementary schools; however, in middle and high schools, cell phone policies are under individual schools’ jurisdiction.

Whitman administration institutes new cell phone policy to reduce classroom distractions

By Lydia Orgen October 6, 2024

Whitman administration has implemented a new cell phone policy for the 2024-2025 school year following new MCPS guidelines aiming to reduce distractions in the classroom. The Whitman policy requires...

Katya Kuzemka, an admissions counselor at the University of Maryland; Evelyn Trier, the assistant director of admissions at Mount Holyoke College; and Daisy Faria, the College and Career Coordinator at Gaithersburg High School served as the panelists.

MoCo EmpowHer hosts third annual College Expert and Alumni Panel

By Ella Kotelanski October 4, 2024

MoCo EmpowHER hosted its third annual College Expert and Alumni Panel on Tuesday Sept. 24. The event ran from 6 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Carver Educational Services Center in Rockville, open to all high...

Jamie Raskin visits Whitman to discuss careers in government, policy

Jamie Raskin visits Whitman to discuss careers in government, policy

By Rishith Alimchandani October 4, 2024

U.S. Congressman Jamie Raskin visited Whitman’s media center Sep. 17 for a WhitTalks presentation where he spoke about his career in politics, law and activism.  During the event, which took place...

Student leaders set up tables with decorated tri-fold posters, many of which featured QR codes and sign-up notebooks for students to register easily.

Photo of the Day, 9/17: Whitman Clubs Night 2024

By Rishith Alimchandani September 19, 2024

Whitman students explored over 170 clubs at the annual Clubs Night on Tuesday. The event was held in the first-floor hallways and the cafeteria due to inclement weather.  The PTSA and SGA organized...

Since its launch, MC Groceries members have made over 700 orders using their Instacart Health Fresh Funds, totaling roughly 12,000 items, according to MCPS data. MC Groceries is the first time a government has provided online food stipends directly facing food insecurity using Instacart.

Montgomery County partners with Instacart to fight child hunger

By Phoebe Gordon September 17, 2024

Montgomery County announced a new partnership to combat food insecurity and child hunger, Aug. 29. The program, MC Groceries, will provide nearly 600 families with monthly payments for online grocery shopping....

Photo of the Day, 9/6: Fall sports kickoff

Photo of the Day, 9/6: Fall sports kickoff

By Bailey Han September 9, 2024

Whitman students and fans rallied in the bus loop Friday to celebrate the official start of the fall sports season. The kickoff event, organized by the SGA, started at 5:00 p.m. before the first varsity...

At an August Board of Education meeting, MCPS Chief of Security and Compliance Marcus Jones shared data that there had been 84 cases of false alarms and bomb threats in MCPS in the 2023-24 school year, an increase of 11% from the previous school year.

MCPS student arrested in connection to bomb threats

By Ella Kotelanski September 7, 2024

MCPD has charged a 15-year-old student from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in connection with bomb threats made in May against three schools in Bethesda. On May 16, B-CC went on lockdown for three...

One week later, community members notified police of bias-related graffiti at five MCPS schools — Whitman, Winston Churchill High School, Thomas Wootton High School, Strathmore Elementary School, and Fallsmead Elementary School.

Increasing instances of anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti in past two weeks

By Rishith Alimchandani September 5, 2024

Community members discovered anti-Israel graffiti outside Bethesda Elementary School, Aug. 11. Two days after this, pedestrians found vandalism at the Congregation Beth El Synagogue in Bethesda. One week...

The MCPS Office of Strategic Initiatives creates policies for student mobile device use. Last revised in January 2024, the existing regulation prohibits cell phone use during the school day in elementary schools; however, in middle and high schools, cell phone policies are under individual schools’ jurisdiction.

Whitman administrators implement Walt Wisdom Time

By Allegra Bai September 4, 2024

Whitman administrators recently introduced “Walt Wisdom Time,” providing students with a dedicated period to focus on completing schoolwork.  Walt Wisdom Time will be held every other Wednesday...

According to a study done by a Stanford University researcher, students find that homework significantly contributes to the current mental health crisis, with 56% of surveyed students considering homework a primary source of stress.

Board of Education passes proposed amendment to homework policy

By Shahmeer Ali June 30, 2024

The Board of Education voted to pass an amendment to the current MCPS homework policy, June 25. The proposed new policy includes provisions requiring teachers to allocate in-class time for completing homework...

Miller attended Villanova University and began his career as an educator at the National Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit organization that supports vulnerable children and families.

MCPS Board of Education appoints Gregory Miller as new Whitman Principal

By Nikhita Dass and Liam Darnell June 25, 2024

The Montgomery County Board of Education appointed current Assistant Principal Gregory Miller as the new principal of Walt Whitman High School, effective July 1. Jewel Sanders, the director of the Office...

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