People shoving past their neighbors in pre-dawn store lines, abandoning their children in aisles to stockpile merchandise and stampeding toward limited-quantity today-only deals. Otherwise reasonable people...

Field day: a day of games, color themes, competitions and activities that take place under the warm sun and end with ice pops. These strong memories associated with the term “field day” are  created...

Ho-Ho-Ho, Merry Christmas! For many WCHS students, this saying used to or even still today brings the brightest smile to their faces. Whether they grew up recognizing it as the voice of Santa Claus or...

Milk and cookies. Decorated trees. Presents. Out of all enduring symbols and traditions of Christmas, Santa Claus is the best known. The image of a jolly, white-bearded arbiter of good and bad is deeply...

C: We’ve almost made it guys! Only a few more days until it’s acceptable to sleep until 11 a.m., play in the snow until our fingers are frozen to the tips and we can drink hot chocolate to our heart’s...

After a busy day of schoolwork, WCHS students are ready to head home. For many, it is imperative that they get home quickly to finish homework or start extracurricular activities. If a WCHS student drives...

Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day and Memorial Day. These are just a few holidays that MCPS gives students and teachers off yearly. Although all of these holidays are significant for their own reasons,...

On Nov. 28, legislation introduced in Australia that would ban social media access to minors under the age of 16 passed in both the Australian House of Representatives and Senate by significant margins....

Featuring grisly acts of violence and played out through streaming services for thousands of captivated viewers, media about serial killers are an especially popular craze, specifically those based on...

Many high school students struggle to find motivation to come to school every morning. The same repetitive routine again and again often tires students out, giving them less of a reason to come into school...

L: Sweaters are out, leaves are falling and Starbucks pumpkin drinks are in full swing—it’s officially fall! With Thanksgiving on the horizon and the weather beginning to cool, students are feeling...

Vapers beware, WCHS restrooms are no longer private smoking lounges. For many years, school restrooms have long served as a convenient and private space for students seeking to avoid adult supervision....