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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

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All content by Josephine Meriot
The WJ girls lacrosse defense huddles and has a quick debriefing before entering the second half. In a joint effort they only allowed Clarksburg to score one goal.

Girls lacrosse honors late alum

Josephine Meriot and Sanir Byanjankar
Apr 26, 2022
Senior Alex Ghaffari supporting his fellow wildcat wrestler on the mat by calling out moves that could aid him in winning against the Churchill wrestler. "The coaches kind of give us freedom as individual wrestlers cause if you want to succeed you have to want it yourself," Ghaffari said.

WJ Wrestling at the Battle of Bethesda meet edit

Josephine Meriot
Mar 28, 2022
Senior Andrew Schell swallowing his burritos with water to get to the running part of the race. The track star, Schell has a winning streak for the Pennies for Patients' Burrito Mile event, and won this year with a 7:15 mile time.

The Burrito Mile concludes the last Pennies for Patients fundraiser in February

Josephine Meriot
Mar 2, 2022
Sophomore Olin Kimball has been elected to serve for the remainder of the year as Class of 2024 secretary. "I hope to make the rest of the year great for my classmates," Kimball said.

Olin Kimball elected as new sophomore secretary

Jillian Ward, Managing Editor
Feb 22, 2022
Recently some WJ students left class to stage a walkout in support of virtual school, citing Covid safety. WJ students need a juice rejuvenation and pride to have the courage to come to school.

Covid walkout calls for “juice” rejuvenation

Alex Wolfson, Print Editor-in-Chief
Feb 16, 2022
From right to left: Madeline Chung, Erin Gardiner, Jillian Ward, and Sinead Longsworth are overcome with second semester senioritis in their 4th period Leadership class on Feb 2. Symptoms of senioritis typically include a lack of motivation and for Longsworth, sleeping in class.

Senioritis strikes again, snatching students’ spirits

Cora Flynn, Print Feature Editor
Feb 10, 2022
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MCPS students march to demand transition to virtual learning

Liann Keren, Staff Writer
Jan 26, 2022
From right to left: Adam Brodsky, Max Kaminski, Marissa Krantz, Julia Levine, Zeke Ross on their way out to G Square during lunch were all dressed up in their Holiday Sweaters. These seniors went all out for their last December spirit week.

Spirit week takes over WJ

Josephine Meriot, Photography Editor
Jan 10, 2022
English 10 students work on an assignment in room 194. Throughout MCPS a discussion about the diversity gap is being held, as the student body is more diverse than its staff counterpart.

Demographic discrepancies prompt concern

Yuval Shachar and Ila Gordon
Dec 20, 2021
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New WJSD captains poised to lead Aquacats

Jillian Ward, Managing Editor
Dec 20, 2021
Math teacher Erin Hall assists students with classwork. Hall is one of the more engaging teachers seen in school and tends to leave the promethean board to give 1-on-1 help.

What makes a good teacher bad?

Julia Garms, Print Opinion Editor
Nov 30, 2021
The WJ film club held its first meeting on Oct.1. The club is run by Nicole Weaver(President), Raquel Daly(Vice President), Josephine Meriot(treasurer) and officers Charlotte Brown, Janaiyah Inniss

Film Club directs new path for the school year

Ishaan Ramola, Special to the Pitch
Nov 30, 2021
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Lamb Club continues to make memorable connections

Josh Hananel, Special to the Pitch
Nov 22, 2021
English teacher Ashley Herdman inserts grades into the grade book as the quarter ends. Herdman had a lot of assignments to put in from previous weeks, in addition to new assignments.

Deadline rules should apply to everyone

Josephine Meriot, Photography Editor
Nov 17, 2021
"I personally like Adele’s song the best because “No Time to Die” was too mellow while “Skyfall” had a strong and powerful part to it,” senior Noah McPhee said.

Last James Bond movie results in mixed reviews

Josephine Meriot, Photography Editor
Nov 16, 2021
Health teacher Lorraine Goldstein assists her students with an in-class assignment. While in-person assignments are fairly low-stress, the work level differs for online health class.

The disparities between online and in-person health

Ila Gordon and Yuval Shachar
Nov 12, 2021
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