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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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Photo by Sara Azimi.

Photo of the day: January 11

By Sara Azimi January 11, 2019

Junior Gwen Arbetman plays with the dogs visiting in the auditorium today during both lunches. Parents are invited to bring their dogs on various select days throughout the school year to help students...

Photo by Lindsay Keiser.

Photo of the day: First snow day of the year disrupts school activities

By Sydney Miller November 15, 2018

After initially announcing a two hour delay at 5 a.m, MCPS updated their decision at 8:35 a.m. to announce that there would be no school today. Students support the decision, given the icy condition...

Photo of the day: Cafeteria gains new manager

Photo of the day: Cafeteria gains new manager

By Lukas Troost November 2, 2018
New cafeteria manager Leshia Murray poses behind the register inside the cafeteria. Murray comes from Walter Johnson and brings seven years of experience in the profession.
Photo of the day: Child development class trick-or-treats around school

Photo of the day: Child development class trick-or-treats around school

October 31, 2018
Child development students trick-or-treated around the school today with kids from daycare to celebrate Halloween.
Photo by Lukas Gates.

Photo of the day: students celebrate National Coming Out Day

By Emma Shaffer October 11, 2018

Students wore rainbow and white ribbons at school today to celebrate National Coming Out Day. Rainbow ribbons indicated the individual identified as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, while white signified...

Photo by Rebecca Hirsh.

Photo of the day: Sept. 27

By Blake Layman September 27, 2018

A film crew from HBO’s nightly news show, Vice News Tonight, followed around seniors Rachel Zeidenberg and Cassandra Branson today for the show’s daily documentary. The documentary will provide perspectives...

Photo of the Day: Sept. 17

Photo of the Day: Sept. 17

By Max London September 17, 2018

The new photo ID machine stands in the main office. The machine, put in place today, allows visitors to self-check in and out of the school by scanning a government-issued ID. The system makes the secretaries’...

Photo of the day: Sept. 7

Photo of the day: Sept. 7

By Thomas Mande September 7, 2018

English teacher Cody Therrien and writing center director Orion Hyson pose with their new staff t-shirts. Many teachers around the school wore the shirts today, which sport the motto “believe in Whitman,...

Photo by Katherine Luo.

Photo of the Day: May 31

By Sydney Miller May 31, 2018

Incoming principal Robert Dodd visited Whitman today to meet with current principal Alan Goodwin and see the school. Dodd was confirmed as Goodwin’s replacement May 21. Dodd will begin his position July...

Photo by Azraf Khan.

Photo of the day: April 20

By Azraf Khan April 20, 2018

Pictured, about 150 students participate in a 13 minute moment of silence in the front of the school. The walkout was part of a nationwide remembrance of the shooting at Columbine High School on this day...

Junior Amanda Halliday. Photo by Eva Herscowitz.

Photo of the day: March 8

March 8, 2018
Many Whitman students marked International Women's Day by wearing clothes supportive of the feminist movement. 
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