Winter Season Wrapup: Boys Basketball
March 6, 2012 • Daniel Thaler, Online Sports Editor
It has been an up-and-down season for the boy’s varsity basketball team. First year head coach Mark Karver has effectively utilized the team’s size and athleticism, but consistency has been a major weakness. With injuries to key players senior Harrison Gibert and junior Sean Poosson, it has been...
Why Watching the Superbowl Alone was the Best Thing I’ve Ever Done
March 6, 2012 • Phillip Resnick, Sports Editor
I am one of the biggest sports fans I know. I watch almost every Caps and Redskins game, and regularly keep up to date with the Nationals, Orioles and Wizards. I tend to know about major sports news the day that it happens and ESPN.com is the most visited website on my computer. And, up until this year,...
Special Ed Programs Serve Diverse Student Needs
March 6, 2012 • Julia Cinquegrani
High school, with its constant testing, rigid scheduling and peer pressure, is a challenge for everyone. For students with disabilities, it can be even harder. That’s why the novels in Christine McArdle’s classroom are different from the books found in other classrooms. Her tenth grade English students,...
Coping with Senioritis; The Journal of a Sick Man
March 6, 2012 • Cameron Keyani, Online Arts and Entertainment Editor
Ah yes. I am a second semester senior. For the past seven semesters, I’ve wondered about the nature of the spell that takes over seniors in their last semester at WJ and transforms them into lazy animals. A second semester senior is no longer tethered by the expectations of logical high school...
Local Matt Eiden Trains Both High School Athletes and the Pros
March 6, 2012 • Ellie Jorling, Staff Writer
When most people think of personal training, they typically think of professional athletes. However, with more young athletes playing year-round sports, and some even pursuing college and professional careers, personal training has become more commonplace. Matt Eiden, a personal trainer at Champions...
LEADing the Way: WJ Starts New Language Program
February 1, 2012 • Claudia Nguyen
This school year witnessed the debut of a new foreign language program, called Linguistic Excellence and Discovery, or LEAD!. The program was designed to recognize and support students who are interested in pursuing a rigorous foreign language course schedule. “Several years ago, our colleagues...
MCPS’s Counter-Strike to Halo: Halo, Counter-Strike Blocked from School Computers
February 1, 2012 • Girard Bucello
Call it an early Christmas present to students – or a nuisance to administration. From early to mid-December, two students added Halo and Counter-Strike to school computers. In the short time that students had access to the games, they became wildly popular, especially during classes that frequently...
WJ Students Lend a Helping Hand in Haiti
February 1, 2012 • Jenny Deutsch, Print Feature Editor
While some WJ students were tanning on faraway beaches or lounging at home, Emily and Charlotte Fallick spent winter break in Haiti, helping rebuild houses and offering support to displaced victims after the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010. “The devastation is very prominent,”...
Gender Equity: Women’s Plight in Politics
January 30, 2012 • Ali Jawetz, Online Editor-in-Chief
WJ has never had a female SGA president in the past eight years. In addition, out of the three females who have been on the SGA in the past eight years, all three have held the position of secretary. Still, WJ at least has had female presidents of individual grades, and certainly has had female presidents...
A Day in the Life of Principal Jennifer Baker
January 27, 2012 • Megan Chun, Online Feature Editor
It is 7 a.m. on a weekday and Principal Jennifer Baker arrives at school. After checking her email and responding to urgent matters, such as malfunctioning equipment, in the building, she goes into the halls and greets students. For most of her day, Baker conducts meetings with staff, members of her...
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