The Wilson Tigers’ 2022 baseball season is swinging into action, and the team has one simple goal: bring home the state championship.  “I think people are gonna doubt us because we are a much different...

After polling our helpless, wisdom-seeking Instagram followers this month, we simply had too much good material to choose from. So for our penultimate edition of Fairy Good Advice ™ , we chose to...

After what seems like hours of meticulously packing snow, hunting for carrots, and attaching buttons, my snowman adorned with a scarf is finally complete. I turn to my audience of 20 peers watching diligently...

DCPS students and teachers were required to submit a picture of a negative COVID-19 test to a database prior to returning to school this past Thursday amidst a national Omicron wave. However, the validity...

On Tuesday, the Council will take a final vote to determine whether to change the name of Wilson High School to Jackson-Reed High School, but students are losing patience.        About a year...

Why are there no hot people in my classes? Sincerely, Lone Wolf   Dear Lone Wolf,    We’re going to start this off by kindly asking you to look in the mirror. What do you see?...

Pumping music, dozens of eager students, 10 college representatives, and palpable excitement. Wilson’s first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) fair was held earlier this fall,...

A former Wilson health teacher and coach has filed a lawsuit against DCPS, alleging that she was wrongfully put on administrative leave and investigated for staff misconduct involving a student. The...

What do you do when your girlfriend doesn’t like to facetime but you’re living through a global pandemic? Easy answer: you convince your mom to practically move in together and go on road trips to...

Sixth-grade sweethearts Josh Solomon and Lillie Frankel have stood the test of time. The two Wilson juniors started dating in 2019 and ever since then have been infatuated with one another. Unlike many,...

From the basketball court to the homecoming court, athletic powerhouses and homecoming Duke and Duchess June Buchanan and Jermanie Coleman can truly do it all. Since sophomore year this dynamic duo has...

Dear cicadas, It’s been seventeen long years since you’ve last emerged from your boroughs in the ground. Would it shock you to hear it was just seventeen years ago that I, Charlotte Guy, emerged...

After what was surely one of the wonkiest years in Wilson’s history, we couldn’t help but wonder what had changed in our school community. So as any ordinary teenager would, we contacted our school’s...

Sally Schwartz can still picture the fury on her principal’s face as she and a band of classmates marched into his office, victoriously bearing a stack of papers scrawled with the signatures of every...

After a near-death experience in an uncomfortably small car (thanks Piney Branch Parkway) and the not-so-friendly reminder of DC's sweltering humidity, we finally arrived at Taqueria Habanero in Columbia...

We set out on a very important mission with only one goal: to be transported back in time. To a time when typewriter ink and teach-ins about the Vietnam war were more prevalent than cell phones. To accomplish...

This summer Wilson students have the opportunity to take a deeper look into both the wonders of Rock Creek and their consciousness. Int[tree]gued?  As part of Wilson’s Summer Acceleration Academy,...

Making movies on her phone or designing her very own t-shirt, mass media teacher Kadesha Bonds can truly do it all, and she’s more than happy to impart some of her knowledge to you.   With her sister...

While most Wilson students browse their Fiske Guides for colleges and fill out countless supplemental essays, others search for a specialized, cheaper education across the seas.  Senior Anna Wehebrink...

Wilson is using around $180,000 from President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package to develop a Summer Acceleration Academy. The Academy offers a two-week in-person program that offers classes created...

March 27, starting at 9 AM, Radio station HOT 99.5 is holding a battle of local high schools, and Wilson is a nominee. Winners get an exclusive (virtual) live performance with a secret artist (but we should...

Last March, we stepped foot in Wilson’s halls for what would be the last time in over a year and our teachers plunged head-first into the world of virtual instruction. Teachers have walked the fine...

The second semester is underway, and teachers have to face the entirely new challenge of teaching a combination of both in-person and virtual students.  Matthew Burgoyne, a history teacher, feels that...

Freshman Felix Geffen’s first-day at Wilson was nothing close to what he had envisioned. Instead of jam-packed hallways and bustling stairwells he was met with a different reality: one teacher and one...

Seven bananas, a package of hotdogs, a gallon of milk, two dozen eggs, two boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios, and one box of fruit snacks—these are just a fraction of the items that go into every bag packed...

Every year, countless Christmas cards flood my mailbox, covered with beaming faces and clip art snowflakes from acquaintances, friends, and family. For many, these cards are a yearly tradition that marks...

William Syphax was a man of exceptional stature, standing six feet tall with broad shoulders, striking cheekbones, a straight nose, and light brown skin which at the time of his birth, 1825, constituted...

The Wilson community has been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—changing the school’s namesake, Woodrow Wilson, to a more deserving figure. Currently, parents, faculty, and students alike are...

Sore feet, long hours, and preserving democracy—what do all of these things have in common? Poll workers. Most of these unsung heroes are senior citizens and retirees, but now much of the previous demographic...

The day was crisp, just like any other in the homey town of Independence, but today, I was to leave everything I once knew. Some called me a trailblazer, as I packed up my failed carpenter shop with Mr....

One day this summer while working at the Young Women’s Project, Wilson junior Sophia Hosford was asked a transformative question by her boss: What is one thing she would change about her school? Her...

Calling all my fellow teacher’s pets! I know you might be worried about getting your teachers to love you this year, but worry not, I’m here to help. Follow these eight simple tips and you will be...

Does your grandfather pick up quartz and valuable onyx jewels? If he does, you must be all too familiar with the struggles of taking some of the most unprecedented AP tests to date. Whether they couldn’t...

Despite 11 candidates to choose from after the Iowa caucus, Democrats still cannot unify themselves under one. So for many, the choice for the Democratic nominee becomes a matter of electability. However,...

As DCPS students, firstname.lastname@dc.gov has been ingrained in our heads as a fast and easy way to email your teacher. The process is so seamless, so catchy, the only road bump one might face is having...

As elementary schoolers, many students were detached from the idea of high school. Cinematic portrayals painted a picture of superficial cliques, alluring drama, and occasional outbursts of song. In a...

When you’re scrambling to get your stuff together before the bell rings, the last thing you need is your substitute calling you up to sign in, especially for the second time. Between PARCC and AP...

Many Wilson students are all too familiar with the stress that comes with AP exams, but for AP Studio Art students, their test doesn’t involve any last minute studying. In fact, it’s not a test at...

  AVA MACKAYE My style is… Haphazard, Colorful, and Yay My staple item is… My dad’s Dickies work pants Many of Ava’s clothes are either re-purposed or thrifted. She’s really...

Parents proposed eliminating class rank at a recent Parent Teacher Student Organisation (PTSO) meeting, and the proposal has since been discussed by the Local School Advisory Team (LSAT). So far, no moves...

Wilson students were gathered around the leg of a corpse when they realized with amusement that the toenails were painted. Don’t worry—nothing shady was going on. They were in Anne Arundel County at...

On a snowy January day in 2016, Wilson social studies teacher Matthew Burgoyne faced a trial most urban dog owners can relate to: protecting his pup’s paws from the snow-melt salt on the sidewalks. In...