One year later, Prince Cutchember faces legal battle from Whitman “panning” incident
By Eva Levy
September 30, 2020
Dubbed the “frying pan incident,” students and staff likely remember the event that occurred September of last year. A plethora of memes and jokes circulated around the school and on social media, making fun of “pan man.” But few recognize the name of the 19-year-old arrested for assaulting a...
MCPS enrollment down thousands from last year
By Lily Freeman
September 29, 2020
Enrollment in MCPS is down for the first time in over a decade, school district officials said during a Board of Education meeting on September 10. The decline comes after years of positive growth: over 11,000 students enrolled in the school district in the last decade, including 2,700 during the ...
Nonprofit sues MCPS over changes to middle school magnet program admissions
By Lily Freeman
September 25, 2020
The Association for Education Fairness, a Montgomery County parent coalition, filed a lawsuit against MCPS on September 1, claiming that recent changes to the admissions process for the county’s middle school magnet programs discriminate against Asian students. The AEF alleges in its complaint that the co...
“Phenomenal” educator Joseph Msefya joins staff as new assistant principal
By Lily Freeman
September 23, 2020
Whitman welcomed former Newport Mill Middle School staff development teacher Joseph Msefya as the new 11th grade administrator this past July. Msefya, who replaced Rebecca Zatz, is serving as Clubs Faculty Advisor, overseeing the science department, administering standardized testing and managing th...
“My heart sunk”: Whitman community mourns the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By Aleydis Barnes
September 21, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at her home in Washington D.C. Friday night due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer, according to a Supreme Court press release. While technical director of the Women’s Rights Project at the ACLU from 1972 to 1980), Ginsburg advocated for w...
County climate activists host forum on housing, economy and healthcare
By Christian Larson
September 19, 2020
The Montgomery County Green New Deal Coalition hosted an online meeting on September 16, providing residents with a platform to discuss countywide concerns amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics ranged from housing shortages to socioeconomic disparities and healthcare access. Over 70 residents attended the meeting. Mode...
I’m not just checking a box, I’m acknowledging my heritage
By Cate Navarrete
September 18, 2020
When brought up in conversation, my ethnic background usually gets two different reactions: “Wait, you’re Hispanic? But you look white,” or “You’re so lucky; it’ll be so easy for you to get into college.” For most of my life, I considered myself Spanish and Irish; my paternal grandmo...
MCPS requires MAP testing for high school students
By Zoe Cantor
September 15, 2020
Students will take Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments from their homes on September 16 and 23. As a result of MCPS’ emergency closing in March due to COVID-19, the Maryland State Department of Education has mandated that students from grades K–12 complete diagnostic tests. In previou...
It’s not just another meme: Why teens need to be conscious of hate online
By Caitlin Cowan
September 14, 2020
Quarantine halted my world and left me adrift with no schedule to dictate my day. I became attached to my phone. No matter what I was doing — eating breakfast or lunch, walking my dogs or going on a run — I always had it with me. Until online school staged an intervention two weeks into quarantine, it s...
“This is a crime scene”: Friday rally for historic Moses African Cemetery draws passionate crowd
By Lexi Fleck
September 5, 2020
On Friday, September 4, demonstrators from the Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition held a rally to “save” Moses Cemetery, a historic African cemetery, from demolition. Around 80 people gathered for two hours near the Capital Crescent Trail overpass at River Road to protest the destruction of the ...
Celebrating Ramadan virtually: how quarantine has forced new traditions
By Iman Ilias
August 15, 2020
Eating dates and samosas with friends at the mosque. Listening to the imam’s sermon late at night. Choosing what to wear on Eid. Praying side by side with people of all different backgrounds and ages. That’s what usually comes to mind when I think about Ramadan, the holy Islamic month durin...
International book exchange brings students together
By Defne Aslan
July 26, 2020
Sophomore Yuxi Apel caught a glimpse of the UPS worker walking by her window and wandered downstairs to check what had arrived at her front porch. When she opened the front door, she found a small package carefully wrapped in last Sunday’s comics and immediately knew what it was. “I sent you...
By Eva Levy
September 30, 2020
Dubbed the “frying pan incident,” students and staff likely remember the event that...
By Lily Freeman
September 29, 2020
Enrollment in MCPS is down for the first time in over a decade, school district officials...
By Lily Freeman
September 25, 2020
The Association for Education Fairness, a Montgomery County parent coalition, filed a...
By Lily Freeman
September 23, 2020
Whitman welcomed former Newport Mill Middle School staff development teacher Joseph Msefya...
By Aleydis Barnes
September 21, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at her home in Washington D.C. Friday night...
County climate activists host forum on housing, economy and healthcare
September 19, 2020
