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The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
Colette Yehl

Colette Yehl, Feature Writer

Grade 11

Why did you join The B&W?

I joined because I enjoy supplying my community with valuable and interesting information through my writing and learning more through my research.

What is your favorite song?

Heroes by David Bowie

All content by Colette Yehl
LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Poolesville in second round of playoffs

LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Poolesville in second round of playoffs

By Charlie Martin and Colette Yehl
May 6, 2024
LIVE: Coed volleyball takes on Seneca Valley

LIVE: Coed volleyball takes on Seneca Valley

By Charlie Martin and Colette Yehl
April 24, 2024
LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Walter Johnson

LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Walter Johnson

By Colette Yehl and Charlie Martin
April 19, 2024
Operating under the core principles of identity, diversity, justice and action, LASJ aims to foster student leadership and advocacy.

[Photo] Whitman hosts first LASJ Social Justice Fair on April 13

By Lydia Orgen
April 15, 2024
The Save Ukraine team and the five teenagers they rescued from Russia speak at the National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance in Washington, D.C..

“Russia not only destroys our houses, but also our families”: A Q&A with Ukraine’s abducted children

By Rebecca Waldman, Charlie Martin, Colette Yehl, and Dresden Benke
April 9, 2024
LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Poolesville

LIVE: Boys volleyball takes on Poolesville

By Charlie Martin and Colette Yehl
April 5, 2024
As the “Got Milk?” campaign wrapped up in the 2010s, the dairy industry sought new marketing techniques to reach their new audience: Generation Z. This younger generation, however, wasn’t purchasing milk like previous ones.

The “not milk” generation: How Gen Z prompted milk’s rebrand

By Colette Yehl
March 27, 2024
In his foundational literary dyad, “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” Homer describes an eccentric series of events, ultimately changing the landscape of future literature forever. But today, students are rarely able to read his original Ancient Greek correspondence and instead study versions translated and interpreted by linguistic experts, most of whom are men.

Lost in translation: The first female English translation of Homer’s epics makes waves

By Colette Yehl
November 29, 2023
The contest’s top three finalists were all Whitman students in Bruneel’s Honors English 10 class, with Lucas Yamamoto receiving first place, Dresden Benke receiving second and Naomi Goldstein receiving third.

Creating outside the classroom: Three students are finalists in short story contest

By Colette Yehl
November 16, 2023
Leaders of the Health and Fitness Club hope to provide their club members with the valuable knowledge they have accumulated throughout their experience in the fitness world and lead conversations where members can share their expertise about health.

New clubs debut at 2023 Clubs Night

By Colette Yehl
October 2, 2023
After 22 years of teaching math at Walt Whitman High School, Stebbins will retire at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Throughout his tenure, he found immense joy working with Whitman students and held an incredible passion for math education. 

“Patient, caring, understanding”: Math teacher Michael Stebbins retires after 22 years at Whitman

By Colette Yehl
May 26, 2023
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