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...

  Wednesday afternoon, the Chancellor announced that DCPS is making adjustments to expedite the notification process after a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19.  Emails sent...

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,...

Edna B. Jackson 1955 was an important year in Wilson High School’s history. Not just for the twentieth anniversary of its opening, but for the arrival of one of the most impactful teachers to set...

In 2019, ELA teacher Marc Minsker worked with ten Wilson students to advocate for rehabilitating the Chesapeake House, an abandoned building on the corner of Fort Reno, as a community center. Now, all...

After a year of closed doors and empty hallways, Wilson has reopened fully for in-person school with a variety of safety measures in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. As of September 27, the school...

Starting Tuesday, September 7, Wilson’s schedule will incorporate two lunches, designated as Lunch A and B. Principal Gregory Bargeman announced the change Friday, following concerns from community...

After serving six years as the Principal of Wilson High School, Kimberly Martin is leaving to take a promotion within DCPS. Assistant Principal Gregory Bargeman will act as the Interim Principal.   Martin...

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...

The Wilson administration is adhering to many regulations in order to hold in-person graduation at Audi Field at noon on June 22. When DCPS chose the venue to hold many of this year’s high school...

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...

DCPS will open two new schools in Ward 3 in the coming years to relieve overcrowding in Wilson’s feeder pattern. The schools are currently being identified as Foxhall and MacArthur. Both buildings...

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...

The Build Captain of Wilson’s robotics team trekked to the robotics lab earlier this year and gathered every material and spare piece that club sponsor Angela Benjamin would let her take.  The Wilson...

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...

Vincent Emory Reed was born in 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the 14th of 17 children. His career in education included working as a DCPS teacher, administrator, and superintendent. He was the first Black...

Hilda Mason was a renowned advocate for DC statehood, educator, and city leader. She dedicated her life to public service and fighting for progressive causes, and her efforts have left an indelible mark...

Hello fellow chefs! Chef Anya Herzberg and artist Emily Mulderig are ready to present our… cook strip! I love cooking, and Emily loves drawing, so we decided to put our talents together and create a...

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...

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...

Hello fellow chefs! Chef Anya Herzberg and artist Emily Mulderig are ready to present our… cook strip! I love cooking, and Emily loves drawing, so we decided to put our talents together and create a...

The Chesapeake House, an abandoned brick building located on the corner of Chesapeake Street and Belt Road on the Southwest corner of Fort Reno, is often overlooked by passerby. But members of the Coalition...

DCPS’s budget for this year is on track to be overspent by more than $23 million. They have until September 30th (the end of the fiscal year) to make up that money. When the situation became public over...

As a typically hot and sticky DC July came to a close this summer, I learned that it had been the hottest month recorded by humans, ever. Worrying as this fact was, I can’t say I was shocked. Growing...

On May 4th and 5th, the National Cathedral celebrated its 76th annual Flower Mart. From great food to a variety of vendors, kids’ rides, live music, performances, and of course plenty of flowers, Flower...

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...

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...

If you read the Wilson weekly newsletter, you have probably noticed messages about the wealth club. Members of the club discuss and learn about business, finance, consumerism, and everything there is to...