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

The College Board intends to make the digital SAT simple in terms of time and resources by no longer requiring test administrators to pass out equipment and limiting the amount of pre-test instruction given to test-takers.

Whitman reacts: First online SAT to debut March 2024

By Abby Ikenson October 12, 2023

On January 25, 2022, College Board announced their plan to move the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT, to a completely digital format starting in March 2024. This change comes after the same international...

The new rule, to go into effect in the second semester in MCPS, allows teachers to give students zeros for missing work provided that they contact the student’s guardians.

Police called to Whitman after report of weapon on campus

By Ella Werkman October 6, 2023

Local police authorities and Whitman administration worked together to stop a potential weapon threat on October 5, according to a community letter Principal Robert Dodd sent regarding the details of the...

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...

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