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100 words
By: Simon Holland
I love talking and ranting, so you can imagine my excitement at getting to write a rant! But my enthusiasm quickly deteriorated when I learned I only had 100 words to...
From mid-November until the end of each year, shopping for gifts and searching for sales takes over the minds of many. Like clockwork, after Thanksgiving, Black Friday sales lead to Cyber Monday discounts...
We’re two months into school and classes have already assigned tests and loads of homework, all while missing a school staple: group projects. Group work should be brought back in full force; not only...
Everyone’s talking about Wilson’s new lunch schedule. On the one hand, it’s a great plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in a large school. Still, I’m going to miss the old festivities and opportunities...
As Wilson makes several changes, including discarding this year’s late work policy and asynchronous Wednesdays, it’s time to consider removing Advanced Placement classes from our school curriculum.
AP...
A new normal
By: Liberty Kessler
During the early days of the pandemic, it took me a bit of time to adapt to the transition into quarantine and the abruptness of losing everything I once thought...
While many teams haven’t gotten a chance to compete, softball is one of the few sports that may be able to practice and compete this spring.
The DC State Athletic Association has recently announced...
Wilson has converted to hybrid learning, and while the students might not be better off, the environment certainly is. With less trash and more Teams, Wilson’s environmental footprint has decreased....
When my friend told me he made $50 off of AMC stock in one day, I knew I wanted to get in on the action. I logged into my Charles Schwab brokerage account and reallocated some money into shares of AMC,...
The Wilson Quiz Bowl team beat Dematha Catholic High School and Lake Braddock Secondary School in a close match on “It’s Academic,” the NBC4 quiz show on November 14. Three juniors—Liam Hansen,...
The DC government has created a comprehensive meal service program for all residents under the age of 18, throughout the duration of the 2020-2021 school year.
Every child may receive free packed breakfast...
School is fully flung in session, and fully online. In addition to classes and assignments being virtual, tests are as well. Right now the status of finals is unknown, but midterms will definitely be occurring...
Mr. Singer Appreciation
Julia Weinrod
Helping students learn and keeping them engaged is not easy when you can’t even see half of them. However, math teacher Jeremy Singer has been going above...
Complaints about jobs usually revolve around feeling bored or hating the boss. These days, however, thoughts of viruses and personal protective equipment prevail. Wilson students who are employed right...
The NBA and MLB are back in session, but what about DCIAA? This year, DC high school sports will continue, but business is not as usual, with many changes in effect due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
One...
In years past, a rite of passage for Wilson’s juniors and seniors was attending college visits in the College and Career Center in order to get exposed to schools across the country. Even though the...
Across the nation, a large number of sports seasons have been either canceled or postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In addition, numerous colleges have chosen to offer virtual classes or...
You get down to the atrium hungry and lunch-less. Searching through your backpack, you manage to find $4—just enough money for a slice of pizza at Angelico. You ask your friend to go get it with you,...
When you got back from winter break, did you feel like you forgot everything that you had learned in the last semester? And did you get a sinking feeling when you realized you would have to remember it...
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