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
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

Dive into the most highly anticipated books of summer 2022

Liann Keren, Staff Writer
May 26, 2022
Richard Regan jogs down Cedar Lane on his daily 7-mile run. Regan runs all throughout Kensington and has been doing so for 25 years.

The story behind Kensington’s mystery runner

Caeden Babcock, Print Editor-in-Chief
May 26, 2022
Senior Pearly Gal-Edd discusses an essay grade with Italian teacher Maria Cavallini. As the number of students requesting grade adjustments spiked towards the end of the last marking period, teachers have stressed that building a strong rapport through consistent contact goes a long way to having their requests fulfilled.

Students’ requests for grade adjustments frustrate teachers

Alexander Lewton, Staff Writer
May 24, 2022
Dramitization of sophomores Torben Mucchetti and Erik Austengard cheating on an assignment. The students were not participating in academic dishonesty.

Classifying cheating: students, teachers on academic dishonesty

Yuval Shachar, Senior News Editor
May 24, 2022
Senior captain Julia Beato performs a front handspring during the vault event. While the Wildcats finished in 3rd place, the whole team gave it their all and had a fantastic last meet.

Gymnastics team takes 3rd place in counties

Luke Liden, Print Sports Editor
May 24, 2022
Seniors (Top row: seniors Reagan Tyler, Julia Levine and Fernando Chinchilla; Bottom row: seniors Sam Williams, Tata Toure and Amber Ahyick Wong) reflect on their time at WJ.

Seniors reflect on their high school years

Allison Xu, Staff Writer
May 24, 2022
While twins and seniors Ellen and Erin Osterman are also close friends, they dont always get along. “Birthdays are expensive, and they fall on the same day, so our birthdays would be the same, and we wouldn’t often agree on things. So one of us would end up getting their way, and that would lead to the other being really sad, Ellen said.

Siblings share unbreakable bonds

Katie Campbell, Online Feature Editor
May 24, 2022
Senior club president Camille Lorillou leads rehearsals for the spring pep rally. They prepared for weeks before they were ready to perform the dance for the event. There was a lot of work to do and I do tend to take a lot of responsibility and I push people for the pep rally,” Lorillou said.

Music and memories: all about WJ’s APRO club

Sydney Fraser, Staff Writer
May 24, 2022
Head of the ESOL department Andrew Won teaches a class of non-native English speakers. ESOL classes will be offered in the summer through a partnership with Richard Montgomery High School.

WJ opens summer program registration

Jona Jancewicz, Online News Editor
May 20, 2022
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