Roughly 10 years ago, the Juul craze started to take over the teenage world, hitting Jackson-Reed (then Wilson) High School hard. Since then, vape products have evolved, as has usage at JR and for all...

To conclude the 2024 season, the varsity football team finished 1-9 for the second straight year in a row. The team’s lone win came against Phelps High School on September 20. While the Tigers showed...

DC’s metro was said to have reached its fifth highest ridership in history on Saturday, March 29th with 558,000 tourists and Washingtonians. I am proud to say I was one of the 558,000 disgruntled commuters...

Prom is coming up, and we all know what that means: trying to get a date to bring with you. So, out of the goodness of my heart, I’ve decided to help you out by compiling a list of ways to ask out your...

The Arab Student Union reached a settlement agreement with DCPS last month after nearly two years of conflict over the screening of a controversial Pro-Palestine documentary. The conflict began in April...

Several Jackson-Reed teachers are being forced to leave the United States and return to their home countries when their visas expire after DCPS ended a program to sponsor their green cards allowing them...

An additional $642,378 has been added to Jackson-Reed’s 2025-2026 budget, allowing for the reinstatement of positions lost due to last year’s cuts. While Mayor Muriel Bowser's supplemental budget this...

On September 2nd, Jackson-Reed implemented the district-wide device ban, a DC policy which restricts all DCPS students access to cell phones and personal electronic communication devices during the entire...

On August 11, President Donald Trump signed an executive order deploying 800 National Guard troops in DC and taking the DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control. Over a month after...

Welcome back to Hall Pass to Wisdom, your guide to school, friends, sketchy cafeteria food, and everything in between, with a tint of that Jackson-Reed sarcasm we all just love. After our chaotic last...

On September 6th, thousands of concerned Washingtonians crowded together at Malcolm X Park for the We Are All DC march, a protest of the recent federal takeover. On August 11, President Trump declared...

Roughly 10 years ago, the Juul craze started to take over the teenage world, hitting Jackson-Reed (then Wilson) High School hard. Since then, vape products have evolved, as has usage at JR and for all...

This June, Jackson-Reed Alumni Sophie ReVeal was a member of the Emmy award winning team for her work on The Sixth, a documentary about the January 6th insurrection. The Sixth won for Outstanding Politics...

  DC is home to numerous schools, each with different rules, academics, and student lifestyles. After a lifetime of curiosity about life outside DCPS, I decided to interview students from St. John’s...

As we all know, DCPS implemented a phone ban that has greatly disrupted the well-being of the Jackson-Reed student population. A majority of students have expressed discontent surrounding the hole that...

I would like to start off by saying I most certainly do not support DCPS’s new phone policy. It is inconvenient, unnecessary, and, not to mention, absurd to be regulating an adult's (or almost-adult’s)...

This school year, a new grading policy was introduced and it’s already caused many frustrations for the majority of students. While it may have been created with good intentions, the policy is making...

Scrolling through your Instagram, you may have recently seen one or two (hundred) posts about college decisions for Jackson-Reed’s Class of ‘25. Our seniors have worked tirelessly throughout their...

People, we need to talk. Over this school year, student’s worst fears have come to life. Countless schools across the country have decided to put their foot down against the increasingly out of hand...

For years when the words the Washington Football team or even the Redskins were mentioned in conversation, the only response was a laugh. But it seems that along with a new name and brand, the team is...

This year, Jackson-Reed’s football program enters the season with a clear sense of where things have gone wrong, and what to do about it.  Following a string of losing seasons, the team has found...

Jackson-Reed’s JV Volleyball team, in only its second year post-Covid, inspires excitement and raises questions about the effectiveness of the program. Jackson-Reed has a strong volleyball program, having...

The 2025 girls varsity soccer season opened up with a strong 6-1 record. The main component of a winning team is community, which the girls soccer team has been building since the beginning of the season....

After winning the DCSAA Championship in 2024, the Jackson-Reed baseball team fought hard but ultimately lost 2-0 to St. Albans in the 2025 Championships, after a dedicated and successful season. The...

On August 11, in an executive order titled “Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia,” President Trump put the federal government in charge of DC’s local police force. A second order...

You may know Dave Chappelle from his popular stand-up comedy show, The Chappelle Show, or more famously, his hilarious and provocative skits. He developed much of his skill and inspiration here in DC,...

With a politically active population, diverse demographics, and its status as the center of American politics, Washington, DC has established itself as the nation’s leading protest city. From the 1963...

This year, over 30 upperclassmen were recruited to play their sport in college. “Recruitment” describes the lengthy process of visits, scouting, evaluations, and the narrowing down of offers. For many...

The baseball program surpassed a milestone this off-season with ten players, one junior and nine seniors, committed to play baseball at the collegiate level.  “Our program has always been able to...

En agosto, el presidente Donald Trump anunció un “estado de emergencia por crimen” en Washington...

El Ministerio de Educación de El Salvador ha implementado una medida polémica en las escuelas públicas:...

El artista urbano, Rauw Alejandro, ha llamado la atención con su nuevo tour, Cosa Nuestra. No es un...

Con el verano a la vuelta de la esquina, todos tenemos un deseo para salir a explorar. Disfrutar del...

Whether you want to admit it or not, fall is rapidly approaching. The mornings have been a little chillier...

As the leaves start to turn and the mosquitoes begin to die (thank goodness), it can only mean one thing:...

The beginning of fall represents so many things, from the crunch of the leaves to pumpkin spiced lattes...

When you consider what shoes someone wears, it may seem unimportant, but it can actually reveal a great...