The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
With the early start time for school, students think of ideas to wake themselves up and get ready for a seven hour school day filled with learning. Despite these well-thought out methods, some students are still caught sleeping in class.

Students try creative ways to wake up in the morning

Dylan Schmidt, Print Sports Editor
January 26, 2023
Andrew Kozlowsky goes over the agenda for his second period AP US history class. The lesson for the day was on Dred Scott and the impact of his court case before the civil war.

Worst student to best teacher

Cecilia Saltzman, Print Feature Editor
January 26, 2023
(From left) Lexie Conaway and Katie Martin rest in between soccer games in 4th grade. The two have been participating in sports and social events since before they could remember.

Middle school friend groups flow into WJ

Zsuzsanna Juhasz, Online Managing Editor
January 24, 2023
Members of the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) club paint a ceiling tile displaying the revolutions motto, Women, Life, Freedom written in different languages.

Iran’s fight for freedom takes to WJ: what students are doing to help

Sydney Fraser and Katie Campbell
January 24, 2023
Displayed is the array of unique student contributions to the bathroom stalls.

Student interests reflected in bathroom graffiti

Bella Weintraub, Assistant Feature Editor
January 24, 2023

Learning for Independence: where education exceeds classroom lessons

Sammie Cohen, Staff Writer
January 24, 2023
An English-theater combo classroom has possibly the most uncommon design in the school. An entirely black-colored space with ascending desks that face a stage-like area is the perfect set up for theater students to learn.

Best classroom designs

Ila Gordon, Print Managing Editor
January 24, 2023
Sophomores Holly Siegel, left, and Ella Berton, middle, react as sophomore Ella Schaefer-Fortier, right, tells her friends she cant make it to their Friday night plans because she has to babysit.

Students or nannies: is babysitting worth it?

Nik Delpierre, Special to the Pitch
January 10, 2023
Junior Geetanjali Raju studies for AP Physics using her notes and Flipping Physics. Sometimes, she felt stressed from the class. “I feel overwhelmed from the lack of time and resources that I’m given for such a hard course. It seems like I am being set up to fail sometimes,” Raju said.

Rigorous courses force students to cram

Guilherme Bonzi Teixeira, Special to the Pitch
January 6, 2023
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