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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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WJ needs a writing center

WJ needs a writing center

Zsuzsanna Juhasz, Online Managing Editor
March 27, 2023
There There by Tommy Orange is a book taught in English classes. The book, which focuses on the lives of Native Americans in modern society, is a piece of literature that represents Native American history and heritage. Teaching such books in school is important for students to learn about the various cultures around them.

Students and teachers find cultural representation in literature

Kalana Amarasekara, Special To The Pitch
January 17, 2023
Users can type and submit their questions and prompts and watch ChatGPT type out its response. ChatGPT has the capacity to write anything, from a poem about flying kittens, to a letter for a loved one, to instructions on how to undo a stuck zipper.

ChatGPT ignites concern, discussion on its implications for human writing

Allison Xu and Liann Keren
January 17, 2023
English teacher Adam Zeitlin grades a student essay out of his pile of 60 plus essays for AP Literature. Zeitlin noted that a significant difference between teaching English and physics was the grading workload.

Adam Zeitlin pulls a 180 switching from STEM to humanities

Yuval Shachar, Print EIC
September 21, 2022
A bobblehead version of the famous Walter Johnson nods at students passing by English teacher and baseball fan, Jason Krakower. Krakower was both a baseball player, as well as an editorial producer for Major League Baseball Advanced Media before he joined WJs English department.

Meet the newest members of the English department

Katie Campbell, Online EIC
September 20, 2022
English teacher Jon Bos. The beloved WJ teacher was struck by a car on Friday, March 13, and is currently in critical condition.

WJ English teacher Jon Bos hit by car, in critical condition

Julia Hananel, Editor in Chief
March 19, 2020
Senior Holly Darby reaches for a paper in Mrs. Patels seventh period AP Lit class. She worked on annotating poems in class.

Although AP Lit is challenging, it’s worth taking it over Honors English 12

Molly Benson, Managing Editor
November 1, 2019

Classes host experimental ‘Privilege Walk’ activity

Courtney Cohn, Staff Writer
March 2, 2017
Photo by Samuel Falb

Everything you need to know about: Janelle Ryan

Samuel Falb, Staff Writer
September 19, 2015
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