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

Maryland legislature to raise school dropout age

By Priya Kumar May 1, 2012

Beginning in 2015, students in Maryland will have to attend school past the age of 16.  The Maryland legislature passed a bill April 9 that will raise the school dropout age from 16 to 17 in 2015 and...

Photo by Nate Rabner.

Danish exchange students visit, discuss cultural differences

By Priya Kumar March 23, 2012

Students and teachers from the Nørre Gymnasium in Denmark visited Whitman March 19 as part of an annual exchange program.  While in Bethesda March 17 to 21, the visitors stayed with host families, toured...

Nobuo Yoneyama speaks to students about Mitsui & Co. Photo courtesy Demitra Marafatsos.

Mitsui manager speaks to business students about global company

By Priya Kumar March 8, 2012

Nobuo Yoneyama, general manager at the Washington, D.C. branch of Mitsui & Co., visited teacher Demitra Marafatsos’ international business class March 1. to talk about the inner workings of the...

Capital Teas sells over 120 different types of teas to please everyone. The new store, which opened Jan. 12 in Bethesda Row, is part of a new tea trend in the area. Photo by Gigi Silver.

Capital Teas joins new tea shop trend in Bethesda

By Priya Kumar February 4, 2012

Crops of cupcakeries and fro-yo franchises have sprouted up all over Bethesda, but now, there's a new sensation: quaint tea shops. Capital Teas, which opened in Bethesda Row Jan. 12, is just one...

Michael Baer (’04) pursues passion for debate to compete in final round of international tournament

By Priya Kumar January 23, 2012

Stanford Law School debater Michael Baer (’04) reached the grand finals of the World Universities Debating Championship, an international debate tournament held in the Philippines Dec. 27 to Jan. 3....

Senior Steven Goldberg selected for Stanford’s Reischauer program on Japan

By Priya Kumar December 4, 2011

Senior Steven Goldberg was selected Nov. 18 for the 2012 Reischauer Scholars Program, an online course in Japanese history, culture, politics and economics, as well as the relationship between Japan and...

Senior Jacob Taswell receives national writing award

By Priya Kumar October 5, 2011
Senior Jacob Taswell was named a winner in the 2011 National Achievement Awards in Writing, an annual contest organized by the National Council of Teachers of English.

River Falls incident resolved, man taken into police custody

By Priya Kumar August 31, 2011

Montgomery County Police took a 23-year-old male into custody for medical evaluation today after a four-hour standoff last night. Police responded to a call from a house on Coach Street at around 8:15...

Photography and digital art teacher Marjorie Scott will retire at the end of the year. Over her many years at Whitman, she has inspired countless students to pursue art as a profession and as a hobby. Photo by Nate Rabner.

Art teacher Marjorie Scott to retire at end of the year

By Priya Kumar May 18, 2011

Photography and digital art teacher Marjorie Scott will retire at the end of this school year. Scott began teaching commercial and studio art at Whitman immediately after graduating from Trinity...

New boxing gym offers self-defense classes

By Priya Kumar April 9, 2011

Fitness-conscious locals now have a refreshing new way to knock out those extra calories. LA Boxing, a gym offering classes in boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, will open April 16 on Cordell...

Senior Oshinsky wins Carson Scholars Award for the fourth time

By Priya Kumar April 7, 2011
The Carson Scholars Fund recognizes students in fourth through eleventh grade who have a GPA of 3.75 or higher and have completed a significant amount of community service. Twenty-three Montgomery County students received the award this year, but Oshinsky is one of only two in the county to receive the award four times.

Gifford’s reopens ice cream store in Chevy Chase

By Priya Kumar April 2, 2011

After all four stores closed last year following a dispute between the owner and the chain’s wholesalers, Gifford's Ice Cream reopened its doors  in Chevy Chase today. Artfully Chocolate...

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