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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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Boy Scouts of America is a youth development organization that works to build character. The program announced it will change its name to Scouts BSA. Photo courtesy Aaron Chusid.

Boy Scouts changes name to Scouts BSA after allowing girls to join

By Lily Cork • May 23, 2018

The Boy Scouts of America announced May 2 that they will change the name of their main scouting program from Boy Scouts to Scouts BSA, following their October 2017 decision to allow girls to become Scouts. The...

Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Maryland House of Delegates approves bill outlawing conversion therapy

By Sydney Miller • April 21, 2018
The Maryland House of Delegates passed a bill April 4 outlawing forced conversion therapy for youth in Maryland with a vote of 95-27.
Graphic by Rebecca Hirsh.

Student activism through social media elicits corporate response

By Rebecca Hirsh • April 10, 2018
Students nationwide have taken to social media alongside the Parkland students to demand gun control and encourage more elected officials and companies to cut ties with the National Rifle Association.
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Weekly News Roundup: April 9-13

By Julie Rosenstein • April 10, 2018
Whitman’s talent show will be showing April 13-15. Be sure to get your tickets before they sell out!
Graphic by Charlotte Alden.

Supreme Court to hear MD gerrymandering case

By Katherine Sylvester • March 23, 2018
The Supreme Court will hear a case about Maryland’s partisan gerrymandering on March 28. The case, Benisek v. Lamone, was filed by Republican voters who claim congressional districts drawn by the Democratic state legislature violate their constitutional rights.

Shooting at Maryland high school leaves students injured, afraid

By Julia McGowan • March 23, 2018
A shooting at Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County, Maryland left two students injured and the shooter in critical condition early morning March 20.
Creative posters bring the students message home. Photo by Annabelle Gordon.

Slideshow: National School Walkouts

By Anthony Breder • March 15, 2018

Walkouts planned at Whitman, in DC

March 13, 2018

Whitman students will participate in a walkout organized by D.C.-area high school students March 14 in D.C. Students staying at school will walk out to the parking lot for 17 minutes at 10 a.m. Both events...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.

Weekly News Roundup: Feb. 19-23

By Julie Rosenstein • February 26, 2018
Whitman’s annual dance-a-thon, Vike-a-thon took place Saturday, Feb. 24 at Whitman. The dance raised money for Pencils for Promise.
Students from Montgomery Blair and B-CC high schools organized the Enough is Enough school walkout Wednesday Feb. 21 to advocate for gun control legislation. MCPS students marched to the Capitol and protested in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, FL last week. Photo by a Whitman student.

‘Enough is Enough’: students march on Capitol for gun control legislation

By Rebecca Hirsh • February 23, 2018
About 1,000 MCPS students walked out of classes Wednesday morning around 9:30 a.m. to march to the Capitol and advocate gun control legislation in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last week.
Womens March attendees protest at the White House. This years march drew about 10,000 participants, including many Whitman students. Photo by Eva Liles.

Women’s march attracts protesters for the second year, Whitman students encourage attendance

By Eva Liles • February 16, 2018
On the one year anniversary of the Women’s March on Washington Jan. 21, thousands united to continue protesting inequality in America.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks in D.C. Many Whitman students and parents attended Ginsburgs speech. Photo courtesy Abbi Audas.

Supreme Court Justice speaks about her family, career and life at Adas Israel Congregation

By Abbi Audas • February 12, 2018
Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at  Adas Israel Congregation in D.C. Feb. 2. About  her career and Jewish background. Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief of The Forward—a Jewish-American magazine—moderated the conversation to a sold-out audience. Many Whitman students attended the event, which was also broadcast online.
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