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
School psychologist Kimberly McGonigle works in her office, room 158D.

Q&A with school psychologist

Katie Campbell, Online Feature Editor
April 5, 2022
Students often feel significant pressure to succeed in academics and extracurricular activities. This stress is often exacerbated at schools like WJ that have an intense culture of competition and overachievement.

Academic competition drains students’ spirits

Maeve Sanford-Kelly, Managing Editor
April 4, 2022
Senior Jillian Ward takes on an aggressive BCC defender in their first regular season matchup last spring. Many high school athletes have come to learn the difference between club and school sports.

The mental toll a club sport can take

Jillian Ward, Managing Editor
April 3, 2022
Many people use yoga as form of coping with mental health. Students at WJ find yoga to be calming.

How to cope with mental health

Laura Mata, Layout and Design Editor
April 3, 2022
The trials and tribulations of psychiatric medication

The trials and tribulations of psychiatric medication

Ruby Topalian, Print Opinion Editor
April 3, 2022
Senior Caroline Dooren stresses over coming back to in person classes her last year of high school. She is studying for an economics test that she has been working really hard to receive an A.

Behind the screen: students left reeling from virtual year

Hana Elster, Staff Writer
April 3, 2022
Get off the internet and stop self-diagnosing

Get off the internet and stop self-diagnosing

Liann Keren, Staff Writer
April 3, 2022
Too much screen time is bad for our mental health

Too much screen time is bad for our mental health

Rachael Wolfson, Print Opinion Editor
April 3, 2022
Cultural perspectives on emotional well-being

Cultural perspectives on emotional well-being

Aya Hesham and Stella Hadamer
April 3, 2022
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