From Above, they look like ants
If you were to look at the oil fields from a plane, it would look like hundreds of little bugs milling around. The machinery like children’s toys, the tracks of the...
During the second half of my junior year of high school, I spent four months living and learning in the northwoods of Wisconsin at an environmentally-focused semester school called Conserve School. My...
Principal Kimberly Martin led an open meeting with students in the library last Friday during STEP to address student concerns surrounding the administration's response to the murder of Wilson sophomore...
One Saturday this April, Principal Kimberly Martin was on the Wilson field, standing by as a remote-controlled camera burrowed further into pipes below the school. The atrium had flooded again, and...
Acting Chancellor Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee is visiting schools and learning about the issues confronting DCPS as he wraps up his first months leading the school system. In an interview with The Beacon, Ferebee...
Assistant Principal Gregory Bargeman is a man of many ambitions: he’s the brains behind the Tiger Cafe, the engineer of the infamous senior block party, and the creator of many Class of ‘19 spirit...
In Dupont Circle, a child’s scooter is propped against a streetlamp, with a sign against it that reads: “A person on a scooter died here 9-21-18.” Twenty-year-old Carlos Sanchez-Martin was involved...
Senior Simon Rosenthal grew up drawing with his aunt, a graphic designer. His grandpa taught him about facial proportions. In eighth grade, he transitioned from sketching to painting canvases. This year,...
Mayor Muriel Bowser selected Dr. Lewis Ferebee to be the next DCPS Chancellor, ending a nine-month long search for the District’s sixth permanent chancellor since 2000. Ferebee, currently the Superintendent...
There are many hard truths about our society, but here are just three of them: we are a nation of immigrants, the US was founded on stolen land, and as humans beings we deserve the right to migrate. These...
Enrollment data released this month revealed that the proportion of Black students at Wilson is continuing to decline as the proportion of white students in the school climbs. This year’s student body...
Dozens of students will file into Wilson’s black box theater this Tuesday afternoon to audition for the fall musical, the largest of Wilson’s six annual theater productions. After being divided into...
A bill limiting the use of suspensions in DC Public Schools passed the City Council unanimously this month. The Students Fair Access to School Act, authored by Councilmember David Grosso, bans suspensions...
Most days, Wilson students pour out of class after fourth period and shuffle down packed stairwells to the atrium, where they settle in for lunch or head off campus to get food. Assistant Principal Gregory...
An image of an object resembling a firearm on a Wilson student’s Snapchat story circulated on social media early Monday evening, sparking fear of a potential shooting at Wilson and prompting a police...
Six students exhibiting symptoms of drug overdoses were hospitalized April 13 after recreationally taking pills they thought were Xanax. Principal Kimberly Martin was notified of the symptoms presented...
Wilson students were some of the thousands of youth across the country who walked out of class this morning to urge Congress to pass stricter gun legislation. The nationwide walkouts come one month after...
Former Wilson students at universities around the country are proof-positive that the DC Tuition Assistance Grant (DCTAG), which provides financial aid for DC residents at public colleges, serves a valuable...
Chancellor Antwan Wilson resigned Tuesday in the wake of revelations that he violated DCPS policy by bypassing the competitive out-of-bounds lottery policy to gain his daughter a spot at Wilson High school....
Principal Kimberly Martin remembers eagerly awaiting the first day of school in 2015. She was new to Wilson and was thrilled by the prospect of working in a diverse community where students of all backgrounds...
Federal funds for the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DC TAG) could be significantly reduced if a bill proposed last month by the Senate Appropriation Committee is passed.
The program helps make...
Nearly halfway into the school year, DCPS is mandating the enforcement of a grading policy requiring that teachers count unexcused absences against student’s grades. Five unexcused absences in a class...
Throughout its history, Wilson has been a microcosm of DC and the United States as a whole. In the late sixties, this was true as it is today. Civil rights issues and racial tensions that plagued the country...
Two months after President Trump ordered an end to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Wilson students walked out of school to urge Congress to pass legislation protecting...
Five years of stagnated salaries and growing discontent among teachers culminated in the proposal of a new teacher contract this August. Under the proposed contract, teachers would receive a 9% salary...
The day after Taylor Dumpson was elected student government president at American University, the college awoke to what is currently being investigated by the FBI as a hate crime. Early in the morning...
Wilson is set to lose 340,000 dollars for the upcoming school year in the budget allocated by DCPS, and eight staff positions within the school have been excessed as a result. If the budget is approved...
The summer before my final year of middle school, Darren Wilson, a white police officer, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed Black man in Ferguson, Missouri. The unjust event angered many across...
Several departing teachers cited DCPS’s IMPACT evaluation system as one of the reasons they are not returning to Wilson next year. Widely disliked by teachers in the school, the system has been criticized...
DC Public Schools cut funding substantially for the Wilson robotics team for the 2016-2017 school year. The team will continue this year, but it is unclear whether they will be able to compete in any competitions.
In...
When residents of the District of Columbia head to the polls this Election Day, they will be doing more than just voting for a new president: they will be answering questions that have the potential to...
In today's online world the debate over what is racist or discriminatory is just as heated as it is in real life. Apps like Snapchat and Pokemon Go as well as websites, such as AirBnb are raising important...
Last Wednesday night, my friends and I spent a blissful two hours or so singing along to messy, raunchy punk as well as sugarcoated power pop gems.
The bands were No Parents and Bleached, both staples...
In 1975, the United States Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), which mandates that youth with disabilities ages three to 21 be provided a “free and adequate” public school...
I spent my past Thursday and Friday nights diving into DC’s culture. No, I didn’t go to museums, visit the monuments, or read about DC’s history; I went to two free punk shows showcasing DC area...
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