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Annette Leber

Annette Leber, Written Content Editor

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DC music scene awakens from pandemic hibernation

Ruby Mason and Annette Leber June 21, 2021

Imagine drums pumping out a steady beat and a melody blaring from a guitar. But instead of being surrounded by hundreds of other fans, you're sitting next to your mom on the couch watching through a TV...

Librarian position eliminated

Librarian position eliminated

Joanna Chait, Sophia Hosford, and Annette Leber April 26, 2021

Next year’s budget eliminates a full-time librarian position from the Wilson staff, but the change is receiving pushback. Pamela Gardner has been Wilson’s librarian for 15 years. Aside from her...

Students explore fashion for expression

Students explore fashion for expression

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason February 28, 2021

For many students, clothing is much more than just any old outfit thrown on before school. Gen-Z has quickly taken to fashion as a form of expression and entrepreneurship, and with the growth of social...

Online AP exams are still a necessity

Online AP exams are still a necessity

Sophia Hosford and Annette Leber February 26, 2021

With the pandemic in full swing, the idea of in-person Advanced Placement exams seems inconceivable. As cases continue to skyrocket globally, rooms of high schoolers in close quarters is certainly not...

Hobbies from home: Wilson students pick up new pastimes during quarantine

Hobbies from home: Wilson students pick up new pastimes during quarantine

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason January 5, 2021

Since students have been cooped up in their houses all day, they’ve had a lot of extra time on their hands. Although many of us have spent quarantine bingeing Netflix, some Wilson students have spent...

The ice rink at the Sculpture Garden (Photo courtesy of Ruby Mason)

Enjoy winter with a guide to DC’s best ice skating spots

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason January 30, 2020

With January comes cold weather, which usually means spending time inside doing nothing. But you don’t have to wait for spring to enjoy outdoor activities like ice skating. With all of the rinks in DC...

Want Harriet Tubman t-shirts? Mongolian Art? Literally anything? Check out Downtown Holiday Market

Want Harriet Tubman t-shirts? Mongolian Art? Literally anything? Check out Downtown Holiday Market

Annette Leber, Written Content Editor December 23, 2019

As the weather grows colder, places all around DC begin to hang up lights and decorations in preparation for the holidays. DC’s Downtown Holiday Market returned for the 15th year in a row, centered at...

Play-by-play of theater's Play in a Day

Play-by-play of theater’s Play in a Day

Annette Leber, Written Content Editor November 23, 2019

7:00 p.m., Saturday September 28: The blackbox theater is packed with students, parents, and faculty, all awaiting the collection of student-written plays created within the previous 24 hours.  3:25...

Courtesy of Ruby Mason

Outdoor concerts at Reno a singing success

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason September 8, 2019

For the 51st year in a row, the concerts at Fort Reno drew in everyone—children, adults, and even dogs—from all over the city to relax during the summer evenings and enjoy music as a community. Local...

Courtesy of Ruby Mason

Seniors reflect on Wilson memories through music

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason June 9, 2019

With the end of the year just around the corner, most of the school is busy preparing for finals, but seniors have another thing on their minds. On June 15, graduation day, the class of 2019 will be saying...

Wilson theater wins big at Cappies

Wilson theater wins big at Cappies

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason June 9, 2019

Wilson students received several awards at the Critics and Awards Program for High School Students (Cappies), a theater award ceremony hosted by the Kennedy Center on May 27. The ceremony celebrated nominees...

Artsfest showcases palettes of student talent

Artsfest showcases palettes of student talent

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason May 5, 2019

For the past five years, Wilson has held a week-long Artsfest during STEP and afterschool to showcase student talent in all art forms. The 2018-19 Artsfest took place this week. “Everyday at STEP...

Wilson theater embraces change, ends Shakespeare tradition with ‘Any Number Can Die’

Wilson theater embraces change, ends Shakespeare tradition with ‘Any Number Can Die’

Annette Leber and Ruby Mason January 27, 2019

Usually, around this time of year, Wilson actors are practicing their to-be-or-not-to-bes in preparation for auditions for the annual spring Shakespeare play. But not this year. If you walk into the Black...

Photo courtesy of artallnightdc.com

Art All Night: A Tenleytown treat

Annette Leber, Written Content Editor October 10, 2018

I volunteered for four hours on September 29 at Art All Night in Tenleytown. Art All Night is an annual art festival where artists, both professional and aspiring, are invited to share their work in cities...

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