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Ellen Carrier

Ellen Carrier, News Editor

No, this is not a typo, she does have the same last name as Leah Carrier. Clearly, Ellen is significantly cooler and more better than Leah (Jeez, I mean Ellen Degeneres was named after her)! 

 

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Students required to be vaccinated by March 1

Students required to be vaccinated by March 1

Ellen Carrier, News Editor February 23, 2022

Beginning March 1, 2022, all eligible DCPS students are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. However, Wilson administrators have no information about the enforcement of this policy. The...

Carrier Critics: a review of Masala Street

Ellen Carrier, News Editor December 17, 2021

We entered Masala Street, a month-old Indian restaurant in Georgetown, with high expectations. Rated 4.9/5 stars on Google reviews, its stellar appraisal was surely a good sign. Right? We certainly...

Mask mandates lifted for indoor student athletes

Ellen Carrier, News Editor December 17, 2021

In accordance with updated DCSAA guidelines, fully-vaccinated athletes are no longer required to wear a mask when participating in sports.   This update was approved by District’s Local Education...

Carrier Corner: a review of Maman Joon

Carrier Corner: a review of Maman Joon

Ellen Carrier and Leah Carrier November 9, 2021

Nestled in the heart of Tenleytown lies a warm and vibrant nook of a restaurant: Maman Joon. We set out to give it a try on one overcast fall evening, our stomachs eager with anticipation.  Stepping...

Legislation overturns Mayor’s suggestion of August Wilson

Joanna Chait, Hadley Carr, and Ellen Carrier November 6, 2021

In an unexpected reversal, the DC Council last month rejected the city’s recommendation of August Wilson for the new name of Woodrow Wilson High School. Instead, it proposed naming the school for two...

photo by Joanna Chait

Jackson Reed proposal overturns “August Wilson”

Joanna Chait, Ellen Carrier, and Hadley Carr November 4, 2021

In an unexpected reversal, the DC Council last month rejected the city’s recommendation of August Wilson for the new name of Woodrow Wilson High School. Instead, it proposed naming the school for two...

DC Council proposes Jackson Reed High School

DC Council proposes Jackson Reed High School

Joanna Chait, Ellen Carrier, and Hadley Carr October 18, 2021

DC council members proposed to rename Wilson for Edna B. Jackson and Vincent Reed Monday evening, effectively repealing the Chancellor’s proposal to name the school after playwright August Wilson.  Jackson...

A Q&A with the Interim Principal

A Q&A with the Interim Principal

Ellen Carrier, News Editor October 1, 2021

Assistant principal turned Interim Principal, back to assistant principal… and now Interim Principal again. This isn’t Gregory Bargeman’s first rodeo. At the end of last school year, former Principal...

December 2021 100 word rants

Ellen Carrier, Madison Dias, and Mia Heyward January 4, 2021

Teachers stress too By Ellen Carrier As the advisory ended, many students were anxious about the lack of grades in Aspen. Teachers are the ones designated to assign and grade work, but because of...

100 Word Appreciations

Friendship is underrated Written by Leah Carrier My best friend is an outgoing, smiley, life-of-the-party type of girl. She has this heartfelt, honest laugh that I could recognize anywhere. She’s...

June 2020 100 WORD RANTS

Sophia Ibrahim and Ellen Carrier June 27, 2020

There’s no one way for a Black person to speak Written by Sophia Ibrahim A comment some Black people might get—especially if they grew up/live in a non-predominantly Black neighborhood—is that...

Inside the process of creating class schedules

Inside the process of creating class schedules

Ellen Carrier, News Editor September 8, 2019

You look down at your schedule on the first day of senior year. Constitutional law takes the place of US Gov, and Marine Science is missing completely. It seems that the hours you spent meticulously curating...

Courtesy of Ellen Carrier

Multicultural Literature, what does it mean, and what can you learn?

Ellen Carrier, News Editor June 13, 2019

Avram Walters and Jacob Williams’ Multicultural Literature class is a combination of both art and literature. While teachers normally send recommendations for rising juniors and seniors to enter the...

Tracing Wilson's carbon footprint

Tracing Wilson’s carbon footprint

How much paper does Wilson use? Is it too much? By the end of a normal day, the average student accumulates about 14 pieces of paper. That is more than 2,300 pieces of paper per student per year, which...

Wilson adds new classes to next year’s curriculum

Wilson adds new classes to next year’s curriculum

Ellen Carrier, News Editor April 1, 2019

Wilson is set to add eight new classes next school year, including playwriting, play analysis, African-American experience in American Literature, Women in African-American Literature, Writing Research...

HQ2 For

HQ2 For

Ellen Carrier, News Editor December 16, 2018

After weighing hundreds of bids from cities in Mexico, Canada, and the U.S., Amazon decided on Crystal City, Virginia, and Long Island City, New York to establish two new headquarters. But how will this...

Student service profiles: Sam Alswang, Maya Canady, William Cheves, Maria House

Student service profiles: Sam Alswang, Maya Canady, William Cheves, Maria House

Ellen Carrier, Sophia Hosford, and Kat Menditto October 6, 2018

Sam Alswang: Sophomore Sam Alswang, a passionate baseball lover, went to the Dominican Republic this past summer to coach baseball for his 100 hours of community service. Alswang was a camper at Home...

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