By Sydney Stern, Copy Editor & Social Media Manager
• December 4, 2025
Skipping class and arriving late are frowned upon at WCHS. Yet for most students, the consequence rarely goes beyond a pink lunch detention slip. For student-athletes, however, attendance rules are a completely...
By Dehab Habtai, Features Editor & Photo Manager
• November 7, 2025
In classrooms across the country, detentions are a commonplace disciplinary tactic to address student misbehavior. At WCHS, whether it is for tardiness or disruptive behaviour, students are now starting...
By Sneha David, Online Content Editor
• October 18, 2023
At any MCPS classroom at this moment, there would be empty seats. However, these seats have increased in the past two years, causing alarm among the MCPS community.
As schools across the county have...
As the 2022 fall season comes to a close, the WCHS teams all enjoyed successful seasons. All varsity sports had winning regular season records and every game was packed with adoring fans. Some may wonder,...
There are countless reasons students may not be within their classroom’s door frame at the second the bell rings commencing the beginning of a period. Whether they have to use the bathroom before class,...
By Jordyn Green, Online Editor-in-Chief
• January 30, 2020
The morning bell rings for WCHS AT 7:45 AM. Instruction begins, and students are expected to be in class. However, this is exactly the contrary. Students arrive 10, 20 even 30 minutes late, flocking the...
The MCPS central office implemented a new "quick link" to every school’s website Aug. 29 that allows parents to electronically submit their children’s absence notes.
The parent must...
By By: Julie Kracov, Online Arts Editor
and Stacey Stein, Online Breaking News Editor
• September 8, 2011
MCPS implemented new cell phone and attendance policies that allow students more flexibility in using their phones while the attendance policy creates stricter guidelines to ensure that all students attend...
The bell rings. There are three questions left on the social studies exam. After staying two minutes late finishing the last questions, the teacher won’t issue a pass, causing a tardy for...
