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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
Ely Snow

Ely Snow, Assistant News Editor

Ely Snow is the Assistant News Editor for the Pitch this year. This is his second year on the Pitch. In his free time, he likes to play guitar and ultimate Frisbee.
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A group of friends sit together outside the gym during lunch. Eating in the hallways provides much more freedom in deciding what kind of spot to eat in.

Veiled stigma: Students avoid lunch in cafeteria

January 24, 2023
Senior co-leader Norah Mannle solos as Vanilla performs Rolling in the Deep by Adele at the winter choral concert. The group is looking to do more upbeat music for the spring.

Desserts turn Pitch Perfect through a capella

January 24, 2023

Video: Meet WJ’s three acapella groups

January 20, 2023
Main office secretary Natalie Britton works at her desk during lunch. Secretary Britton supervises the class coverage program, which has evolved in recent years to reflect difficulties in staff procurement as a result of changes in the hiring labor.

MCPS strives to overcome staff shortages

December 13, 2022

Up At Bat: What was your halloween costume?

November 2, 2022
New S*T*A*G*E technical director Clare Cawley demonstrates to new members how to use a power tool for building sets. “I love being able to kind of start from scratch and build this baseline of organisation, structure and communication for all the crews so that they know, ‘Oh thats how its supposed to work!’,” Cawley said.

S*T*A*G*E hires alum as new technical director

October 22, 2022
MCPS recently announced that it will hold scheduled gun education assemblies in all high schools through the fall of 2022. This is in partnership with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Montgomery County Police Department.

WJ to hold gun education assembly

September 20, 2022
Students walk towards the cafeteria entrance outside the bus loop before school. This was a commonly used entrance in the first week of school for students exiting buses.

Students tackle first week of school

September 12, 2022
A view through the crowd of the Mona Lisa on display.

Mona Lisa attacked by Cake wielding assailant

June 8, 2022

Q&A with student member of the board Arvin Kim

May 20, 2022
Whitman junior Arvin Kim won the April 20 SMOB election and will serve as the 45th MCPS SMOB.

Arvin Kim elected Student Member of the Board

May 10, 2022
An aerial view of Al-Aqsa Mosque (lower center). Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian rioters broke out in the morning of Apr. 15 and continued in the following days.

Tensions rise in Israel near important Muslim, Jewish holdiays

May 6, 2022
Zhang Chutong (CHN), Petra Rusnáková (SVK), Michelle Velzeboer (NED) and Florence Brunelle (CAN) compete in short track speed skating Final B at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Chutong, Velzeboer and Brunelle are all competing in Beijing this year.

Winter Olympics: What’s happening in Beijing?

February 8, 2022
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