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

After raising funds for LLS over a six-week period,  Carolyn Hoover won the LLS gala volunteerism award by NBC7 Meteorologist Eileen Whelan. Photo courtesy of Anna Longworth.

Senior Carolyn Hoover wins LLS volunteerism award

By Allie Lerner March 2, 2016

While the decision to participate in Every 15 Minutes will educate students on drunk driving, it also took funding away from and overlapped with the planning of LLS Month, thus putting Whitman's title...

Unlike past years, Whitman dramas Annual play Will be a comedy. Students have been preparing since before winter break and are confident to share their work. Photo courtesy of Christopher Gerken.

Noises Off primed to entertain viewers, draw laughs

By Allie Lerner February 24, 2016

After several years of performing dramas for the annual play, this year Whitman Drama will make you laugh.They're performing the farcical comedy Noises Off, which runs Feb. 25-27 in the auditorium from...

Art students designed trash cans to put on display in the media center. Art teacher Jean Diamond hopes that every classroom will have a one of these colorful trash cans in their classroom eventually. Photo by Allie Lerner.

One person’s trashcan is another person’s canvas

By Allie Lerner February 1, 2016

Throwing trash away is usually an uneventful process, but now students will have the opportunity to admire an assortment of unique trash cans in the media center, with designs ranging from clouds in the...

Umttr to hold Fillmore dance for suicide prevention awareness

Umttr to hold Fillmore dance for suicide prevention awareness

By Allie Lerner December 21, 2015

Strobe lights will flash and teenagers of various ages will bounce in unison to the beat of the music. The dancers will have one common bond: they support teen suicide prevention. Umttr, a teen suicide...

Photo courtesy of Christopher Gerken.

“This isn’t your parents’ ‘Sweeney Todd'”

By Allie Lerner November 18, 2015

After more than two months of memorizing, rehearsing, directing, staging and creating, Whitman Drama is prepared to kill it at this year's annual musical. Over 150 students, along with director Christopher...

Gusto restaurant opens in Bethesda

Gusto restaurant opens in Bethesda

By Allie Lerner November 5, 2015

Gusto opened Oct. 22 with a charitable gesture: the new Bethesda restaurant donated one hundred percent of proceeds from its opening night to Whitman, Walter Johnson and Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Gusto...

Whitman welcomes new special education teachers

By Allie Lerner September 29, 2015

After losing six special education teachers last June, the Whitman community welcomed five new teachers to its special education department this year. Each of these teachers comes from a different career...

Fashion Society displays work in annual show

Fashion Society displays work in annual show

By Allie Lerner May 8, 2015

Strutting down the hallway is often the closest students will get to walking a runway, but, thanks to Fashion Society, some students got one step closer. In a culmination of their year’s work, Whitman...

Earth Day concert raises awareness of poverty and climate change

Earth Day concert raises awareness of poverty and climate change

By Allie Lerner April 21, 2015

Over 300,000 people gathered on the National Mall for the 45th annual Earth Day event April 18. The non-profit organization Global Citizen sponsored the free event in an effort to advocate the mitigation...

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