Hidden spaces around WJ

Ishaan Ramola, Photography Editor|January 24, 2023

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Photo by Yuval Shachar

The greenhouse room is home to many new and old plants. The room has an auto sprinkler system to water the plants from time to time and also has a massive window to allow sunlight.

Walking around WJ, you see classrooms, a staff room, art displays, the media center and other things you simply cannot miss. What about the things you do miss? Places at our school that many are unaware of are hidden from plain sight. Did you know we had a spiral staircase? Rooms that were bricked off due to the international fire code of 2006? WJ is full of hidden sights. Some come from the renovation of WJ in the late 2000s and some are simply not accessible by students which means they have never even heard about these hidden spaces … until now.

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Ishaan Ramola, Photography Editor

Ishaan is a senior, and he's the Photography Editor for the Pitch. He loves to watch movies, take photos and videos in his free time.

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