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

Tandon brought music that she composed, which combines “America the Beautiful” with an Indian song, for the students to perform at the event.

Chandrika Tandon prepares Whitman chorus for the World Culture Festival

By Marilena Adamantiades September 29, 2023

Indian-American entrepreneur and Grammy-nominated artist Chandrika Tandon visited Whitman on Sept. 15 to help chorus students prepare for the World Culture Festival. The festival will display music and...

COVID is back: Whitman reacts

COVID is back: Whitman reacts

By Liam Darnell September 27, 2023

Since returning to school this fall, Montgomery County has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Students have been out of school due to COVID and hospital admissions have increased slightly. MCPS Medical...

AP School Honor Roll is a College Board program which highlights schools in the United States and Canada that have achieved significant success in their AP programs.

MCPS and The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future to cover AP exam fees for students

By Nikhita Dass September 17, 2023

MCPS and the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future will pay for students’ AP exam fees starting in the 2023-2024 school year, according to a community letter sent by AP Coordinator and Principal Intern Gregory...

The phrase No cops at Whitman was spray painted on the exterior wall of the auditorium yesterday morning. MCPD has begun an active investigation to determine the perpetrator.

Anti-police graffiti found outside auditorium

By Liam Darnell September 2, 2023

Graffiti containing the phrase “No Cops at Whitman” was found on the exterior wall of the auditorium yesterday morning, wrote Principal Robert Dodd in a letter to the community. Whitman’s building...

The teachers — Argyle Middle School teacher Hajur El-Haggan, Westland Middle School teacher Anike Robinson and Takoma Park Middle School teacher Angela Wolf — had previously been placed on administrative leave for expressing alleged antisemitism regarding the Israel-Hamas war on social media and within an internal email signature.

Maryland judge denies injunction in lawsuit against MCPS over LGBTQ+ books

By Ella Werkman August 31, 2023

On Thursday, August 24, a state judge ruled that parents cannot currently opt their children out of Montgomery County Public Schools lessons involving books with LGBTQ characters. This action comes...

On June 15th, Montgomery County Public Schools joined over 500 U.S. school districts in a lawsuit against several prominent social media companies for allegedly contributing to the rise in the teen mental health crisis due to their failure to fight cyberbullying and posts that glorify eating disorders, among other dangerous trends. 

Whitman reacts: School districts across the state join TikTok lawsuit

By Olivia Hansel August 15, 2023

On June 15th, Montgomery County Public Schools joined over 500 U.S. school districts in a lawsuit first filed in May by neighboring Prince George’s County Public Schools against prominent social media...

Student speaker Joseph Jones addresses his graduating class in a speech

Class of 2023 graduates after a delay due to unhealthy air quality

By Griffin Haber June 14, 2023

On June 8, the class of 2023 graduated in the Jerome M. Marco stadium at 6:00 pm. This year’s graduation ceremony is the third to be held outside on the football field, a decision implemented in 2021...

Whitman Japanese teacher Yukiyo Moorman was honored by the Japanese government with The Order of the Rising Sun with Silver Rays award on May 15.

Japanese teacher Yukiyo Moorman honored by Japanese government

By Liam Darnell June 13, 2023

On May 15, the Japanese national government honored Whitman teacher Yukiyo Moorman for her dedication to teaching the Japanese language in the United States. The Order of the Rising Sun with Silver...

Air quality in southern Maryland reached “unhealthy” levels today and is expected to be “unhealthy for sensitive groups” tomorrow, according to a weather forecast from Clean Air Partners.

MCPS cancels after-school activities over poor air quality, safety measures added to senior graduation

By Zach Jaffe June 7, 2023

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) notified all schools in the county to cancel after-school activities and recess and limit outdoor athletic activities on June 7 and June 8 over air quality concerns,...

AP School Honor Roll is a College Board program which highlights schools in the United States and Canada that have achieved significant success in their AP programs.

Recap of AP testing: College Board offers 7 digital exams

By Yaela Teplinsky June 5, 2023

In a reversal of its paper-only system, the College Board administered seven digital AP exams to schools in 48 states and the District of Columbia this spring.  Whitman offered five of the seven AP...

The teachers — Argyle Middle School teacher Hajur El-Haggan, Westland Middle School teacher Anike Robinson and Takoma Park Middle School teacher Angela Wolf — had previously been placed on administrative leave for expressing alleged antisemitism regarding the Israel-Hamas war on social media and within an internal email signature.

Whitman’s LASJ program to be expanded for county-wide enrollment in the 2024-2025 school year

By Romina Mofrad June 2, 2023

Whitman’s Leadership Academy for Social Justice (LASJ) program will expand for county-wide enrollment in the 2024-25 school year.  LASJ, which debuted unique to Whitman in the 2020-2021 school year,...

Rather than relying on a simple detector, a focus on education and self-improvement will benefit students’ mental and physical health in a much more profound way.

Whitman selected for county pilot program to test vape detectors

By Griffin Haber May 31, 2023

On April 21, MCPS officials selected Whitman to participate in a Vape Detection System Pilot Program, according to an email from Principal Robert Dodd. The program is one of several new safety initiatives...

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