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

Boys soccer season ends with 2-1 loss to Wootton

By Maddie Carrington November 2, 2012

The boys soccer team lost 2-1 to the 14-1-1 Wootton Patriots in its second playoff game Nov. 1, ending its season with a final record of 9-5. The game was deadlocked for the majority of the time,...

Girls soccer shuts out rival Churchill, 1-0

By Parisa Davoodi November 1, 2012

The girls soccer team redeemed its regular season loss with an impressive 1-0 over the 7-6-1 Churchill Bulldogs in its first playoff game Oct. 31. The teams came out ready to battle for the victory,...

A tree fell on a house on the corner Massachusets Avenue and Cromwell Drive. Despite this incident, most damage was minor. Photo by Billy Bird.

D.C. area escapes brunt of storm

By Ben Zimmermann October 30, 2012

Millions of residents throughout the Eastern seaboard began to recover Tuesday from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Record rainfall, heavy winds and power outages closed Montgomery County schools Monday...

Boys soccer beats B-CC in first playoff game, 2-1

By Parisa Davoodi October 29, 2012

The 9-4 boys soccer team won its first playoff game 2-1 Oct. 27 over the 3-6-4 B-CC Barons, who had beaten the Vikings at home just ten days earlier. With the return of defender Sam Pearl-Schwartz...

Hurricane Sandy, as viewed from space, moves up the east coast before making landfall Monday night in southern New Jersey. Photo courtesy NASA.

Hurricane Sandy arrives in Montgomery County

By Ben Zimmermann October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has brought heavy rain and damaging wind to Bethesda and the entire northeastern United States, closing schools and the federal government for at least Monday and Tuesday. Residents have...

Philanthropist speaks to students

By Ben Zimmermann October 28, 2012

Successful entrepreneur and philanthropist David Rubenstein spoke to hundreds of students Friday in the auditorium. Among many topics, he talked about his diverse career path and the importance of giving...

Field hockey advances to regional semis after defeating Paint Branch, 4-0

By Parisa Davoodi October 26, 2012

The field hockey team shutout the 7-8 Paint Branch Panthers 4-0 in its first playoff game Oct. 25, avenging a 5-2 defeat in the regular season. Despite a slow start in the opening minutes of the game,...

12 student-athletes win fall Chichester Award

By Parisa Davoodi October 26, 2012

Congratulations to the following 12 student-athletes for winning the Chichester Award for the fall season! Every season, team members of each sports team vote for a senior who exemplifies leadership,...

Girls volleyball falls to Northwest, 3-0

By Nick Sobel October 26, 2012

The girls volleyball team lost 3-0 to the 8-5 Northwest Jaguars on senior night Oct. 23, lowering its overall record to 4-10. The girls came out confident after winning two of their last three games....

Golf places third at state championship

By Nick Sobel October 26, 2012

The golf team finished third in the state championship at the University of Maryland Oct. 24 with an overall score of 627. On the first day of the competition, Andrew Barth shot an impressive 69 giving...

Humphrey Fellows speak to a journalism class Oct. 24. The speakers visited Whitman and came from 16 different countries. Photo by Billy Bird.

Humphrey Fellows’ visit increases global awareness

By Carolyn Freeman October 25, 2012

Sixteen Humphrey Fellows from developing countries visited social studies, journalism and art classes Oct. 25 to speak about their homelands, explain their professional goals and gain insight into American...

A student squeezes a stress ball as a nurse takes her blood. Twenty students donated blood to benefit Childrens Hospital today. Photo by Abigail Cutler.

Two-day blood drive benefits Children’s Hospital, teacher’s son

By Carolyn Freeman October 24, 2012

This year’s fall blood drive will benefit Children’s Hospital in honor of science teacher Melanie Toth’s three-year-old son Benjamin, who the hospital is treating for leukemia. The Hospital’s Bloodmobile...

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