New enrollment data found that Wilson is getting more white and less Black, with a relatively constant proportion of Hispanics and students of other races. While the yearly change is small, it is part...

Senior Nick Koryukin is supposed to be given extra time on tests and assignments because of a IEP plan arranged years ago. In some classes, he gets exactly what he needs. In others, teachers either aren’t...

Senior Seb Murrell’s heart was pounding and his body ached, but all he could think about was the next stroke. It was the biggest regatta of the year, and everything was on the line. Pausing between breaths,...

DCPS has drastically reduced the budgets of schools in Wards 7 and 8 due mainly to a significant decline in enrollment projections. Schools in that area make up just one third of DCPS schools, but face...

From jazz to R&B to rock to punk, throughout the decades Wilson students’ tastes have run the gamut of musical invention. But of all these musical funks, go-go is the most quintessentially DC. “Go-go...

The offense and defense players scramble to their positions, the spectators cheer wildly in anticipation, the whistle blows, and the game begins. Immediately, Wilson leaps into the spotlight, seizing a...

A series of public service announcements (PSAs) featuring Wilson students will be aired on television around the nation in the coming months. The three PSAs were contracted by Boys Town, a counseling 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...

Wilson held assemblies in the auditorium on Wednesday and Thursday to inform freshman and sophomores of the dangers of drug use. Drug prevention practitioners brought by Wilson presented information via...

Tuesday’s professional development for Wilson staff was unlike any other. Art teacher Avram Walters taught JROTC instructor Walter Davis how to draw like Picasso, social studies teacher Michelle Bollinger...

The DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department put Wilson under “firewatch” on December 8 after the Fire Inspector found that the fire alarm control panel and fire alarms were not functioning....

The PEN/Faulkner Foundation terminated their relationship with Wilson, ending a program that had sent authors to the Wilson library to give presentations regularly for years. The foundation ended the program...

The recent government shutdown has been the longest, and likely most catastrophic, in American history. 800,000 federal workers have remained furloughed for close to a month. Tens of thousands have been...

Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed prominent education consultant and administrator Paul Kihn to the position of Deputy Mayor of Education in October. Bowser has asked Kihn to focus on two specific goals: narrowing...

The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) released report cards for every public and charter school in the District last Friday, with a series of metrics and a rating out of five stars....

Wilson’s Student Government Association (SGA) made over $10,000 from ticket sales for the Homecoming dance and spent less than $1,000 on decorations and entertainment for the event. The organization...

The DC Council voted seven to six to table the bill that would have lowered the voting age in DC to 16. The Vote16 activists vowed to continue to push for the legislation despite the setback. The bill,...

Over one-third of Yondr bags are broken, according to a Beacon survey of all the Yondr bags in Wilson math and science classes. The damages are caused primarily by student vandalism and overuse. Many...

Wilson students with IEPs or 504 plans had their special education information leaked to multiple sources outside of DCPS. The breach stymied efforts by administration to consolidate the information of...

Throughout last school year, Wilson amenities in the bathrooms and hallways were often broken or missing. In February, The Beacon reported that the broken items totaled 52, including 27 soap dispensers....

The warning signs are relatively mild: small disruptions on the surface, a moderate increase in temperature, and a few failed health tests. As the disease progresses, the symptoms become harsher: mass...

Leo Saunders, well-known Fortnite god and unknown Bahamian, is the President of our student body. He will be the one in shouting matches with administration urging them to buy paint for the bleachers....

A new SGA constitution will restructure the association into four main branches, with specific responsibilities assigned to each, as well as change the qualifications for elected office. Advocates of the...

Only one Wilson academy goes on college tours, visits local fish wholesalers, and meets executive business owners. Next year, however, it might not be able to due to a decrease in funding. The Academy...

A midyear report DCPS released April of this year found that only 46 percent of DCPS seniors are on track to graduate, 27 percentage points fewer than the graduation rate of last year. At Wilson, 62 percent...

A series of probes, investigations, and audits released in the past few months found widespread residency fraud throughout the District. The first of these reports, by DC Inspector General Daniel Lucas,...

America needs to stand up to Israel Elie Salem America’s love for Israel is as stubborn as it is strong. In the past decades, Israel’s stunning military successes in the Middle East have been accompanied...

After being rescheduled from March 23 to May 4, the “Tigerfest” carnival was cancelled by Wilson administration. A series of interviews with SGA members and staff found that the delays and eventual...

Florida Senator Marco Rubio recently reintroduced legislation to weaken DC gun laws. If the bill manages to pass, multiple DC firearm restrictions would be repealed and local legislators would be unable...

Three weeks ago, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors watched nearly a dozen candidates speak about why they deserve to be elected secretary, treasurer, vice president, president or student body president....

More than 60 teachers and staff, along with a few students, walked out of Anacostia High School on April 4 to protest a major plumbing issue in the building. At 7 a.m., Anacostia Principal Eric Fraser...

A bill introduced Tuesday in the DC Council would lower the voting age for federal and local elections from 18 to 16 years of age within the District. Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, who proposed the...

Thurgood Marshall Senior Zion Kelly was returning home when a man asked to use his phone in Brentwood Park. Zion refused. The man immediately flashed his firearm, demanding that he hand over his valuables....