The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

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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
Veteran photography teacher Daniel Kempner instructs a first year course in the techniques of the art form.

A passion or a pain? How art translates to schooling

Liam Dorrien, Print A&E Editor
February 28, 2023
Third period positive psych watches a documentary called Happy. The documentary explores human happiness which heavily links to the class curriculum.

Positive Psychology class introduced to course catalog

Grace Willis, Print Feature Editor
September 16, 2022
Students have many options when it comes to picking elective classes. Electives provide an opportunity to focus in on interests like acting, music, astronomy or economics that arent covered in core classes

Niche electives offered at WJ

Sydney Fraser and Nishi Tripathi
March 31, 2022
WJ student takes notes as teacher lectures over zoom.

Lack of Covid-19 resources for quarantined students.

Steven Johnson, Staff Writer
February 24, 2022
A student is thinking about what class she is going to take next year. She is interested in journalism, but the fact that it doesn’t count for any specific graduation requirement, like art, is stopping her from taking it. Shouldn’t all elective classes count for some type of graduation requirement?

Credits should count towards elective classes

Sara Karbowski, Staff Writer
February 23, 2022
Counselor Audrey Weissberg works at her desk. The beginning of the semester is especially busy for counselors due to the volume of student schedule change requests.

Students share the reality of switching teachers and classes

Mia Halper, Staff Writer
February 22, 2022
Honestly, at this point Im sort of indiferrent to it becase Ive been doing it for so long, when I was in school I had the same teacher all year and I think theres value in that because you get to know the rhythms, routines and such, but Ive been teaching so long with the system as it is, Ive just kind of gotten used to it. - English teacher Joshua Fullenkamp.

Up at bat: What are your thoughts on changing teachers during semester class changes?

Yuval Shachar, Senior News Editor
February 14, 2022
Creative writing should be promoted in high school

Creative writing should be promoted in high school

Allison Xu, Special to the Pitch
February 10, 2022
Students visit their counselors in this part of the building. This is where all the schedule changes get made for students.

WJ students rethink course choices

Caleb Kasten, Staff Writer
October 12, 2021
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