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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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Save me from Shakespeare: should we have to memorize it?

Save me from Shakespeare: should we have to memorize it?

By Rachel Friedman June 15, 2016

Pro The dreaded time of year when your English teacher hands out a thick book full of confusing plot lines and incoherent text is upon us. English teachers, who have not been too terrible thus far,...

Current SMOB Eric Guerci holds town hall at Kingsview Middle School. Pending approval by Governor Larry Hogan the SMOB will be granted increased voting rights next year including rights to vote on the budget. Photo courtesy Eric Guerci.

State legislature votes to increase SMOB voting rights

By Rachel Friedman April 4, 2016

The state legislature passed a bill passed Wednesday that would grant the Student Member of the Board (SMOB) almost complete voting rights on issues including the capital and operating budgets, school...

Van Hollen backs call for traffic signal at Pyle Road and River

By Rachel Friedman March 2, 2016

Maryland congressman Chris Van Hollen has agreed to support the installation of a traffic light or other precautionary measures at the intersection of Pyle Road and River Road following the recent accident...

The Board of Education announced Jack Smith (pictured above) as the new MCPS superintendent, effective this July. Photo by Julia Gilman.

Jack Smith named MCPS superintendent

By Rachel Friedman February 4, 2016

The Board of Education announced current interim state superintendent Dr. Jack R. Smith as the new MCPS superintendent, who will begin his term in July. The Board, along with press, students, teachers...

Water bottle filling stations to be installed

Water bottle filling stations to be installed

By Rachel Friedman January 10, 2016

The Whitman High School Education Foundation is funding the installation of six water bottle filling stations this week. The water bottle stations, called retrofit kits, will transform regular...

Photo by Margot Dionne.

2015: Whitman’s Year in Review

By Rachel Friedman January 4, 2016

February 3: Starr resigns as MPCS superintendent   Dr. Joshua Starr resigned midway through the last year of his four-year contract as MPCS superintendent. The BOE attributed this parting...

MCPS chooses standardized quarter exams to replace finals

By Rachel Friedman November 11, 2015

The Board of Education officially discontinued two-hour final exams last Tuesday and decided to implement county-standardized quarter assessments beginning next school year. The Board voted to eliminate...

In the competition, the robot the team used (pictured above) had to stack as many containers and totes as possible on its platform. Photo courtesy Ethan Putnam.

Robotics team finishes second in final offseason tournament

By Rachel Friedman November 8, 2015

The robotics team placed second out of 26 teams in their final offseason tournament last Saturday. Whitman hosted the tournament “Rumble in the Roads,” where teams’ robots needed to collect...

Teachers voice opinions on final exams in survey

By Rachel Friedman November 7, 2015

Teachers would prefer to average quarter grades or make their own finals as an alternative to final exams, they said in a survey given by their union last month. The school board voted in September to...

Lunch ID policy changed due to fake passes

Lunch ID policy changed due to fake passes

By Rachel Friedman October 4, 2015

Seniors will no longer be allowed to use traditional paper lunch passes starting Oct. 12 in response to an increase in students caught with fake lunch passes. Over the past two weeks, security caught...

Decision to scrap final exams causes mixed reactions

By Rachel Friedman September 16, 2015

To the relief of some and the dismay of others, exams will become a thing of the past after the Board of Education voted Tuesday to end final exams starting next school year. Instead, teachers will...

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