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
Guests Cynne Brown, DAngelo Gaskins, Kelani Lawn, and Makayla Campos enjoy one of the may planned activities in the Media Center.

Staff members thrilled for ‘Take your child to work day’

Bella Weintraub, Staff Writer
May 31, 2022
Junior Janaiyah Inniss overloaded with school work and extracurriculars, like WJ Crew, falls asleep during class.

School atmosphere weighs down instead of uplifts

Olivia Scharf, Staff Writer
April 26, 2022
A number of extracurricular activities and educational opportunities are on display outside the counselors office. Students often feel great pressure to participate in one or more of them in order to strengthen their college application.

SAT difficulties highlight teachers’ responsibilities

Alexander Lewton, Staff Writer
April 26, 2022
AP US Government and AP Human Geography teacher lectures on economic policy and religion on the global and regional scale. Muehl loves it when her students connect what they are learning in class to the real world. I call it the lightbulb moment. It’s the moment when you are teaching and you see a kid make that connection for the first time, Muehl said.

Multi-course AP teachers build unique relationships with students

Joshua Singer, Staff Writer
April 5, 2022
Sophomores Olin Kimball and Ian Alves study for their APEX English vocab test. We have to know 50 words Ive never even heard of by tomorrow. Ive studied for two hours already, Kimball said.

APEX application changes spark reactions

Peter Kahrl, Staff Writer
March 25, 2022
As Boxlight boards slowly integrate into the classrooms of WJ, the question arises of what will happen to the schools Promethean Boards. Removal is pending but not set for a specific date at this time.

New Boxlight Boards Bring Mixed Reactions

Walker Prince, Staff Writer
March 11, 2022
PE teacher Chad Beswick talks to his 7th period Team Sports class about putting effort into exercising. Beswick, two other PE teachers and a former WJ PE teacher recently won $500 for WJ after placing in the Well Aware 365 exercise competition.

PE department places in competition, inspires students

Joshua Singer, Staff Writer
March 10, 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
“I was very upset when we couldn’t go to games anymore because I know that the crowd has an influence on the game, having one of the best crowds in moco I think that us being there really helps out.” -Alejandro Linares, 12

Up at Bat: Spectators at Sports

Audrey Ring, Staff Writer
February 17, 2022
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