Wilson sends delegation to Chicago Model UN conference
December 25, 2019
It’s 12:45 am and someone is banging on your door, screaming, “Your country needs you!” No, it’s not an invasion, it’s a crisis simulation at the Chicago Model UN conference! Wilson sent a team of eight delegates to participate in the conference this year, which took place the first weekend in...
Cheer coaches strive to lead team to victory
December 22, 2019
In movies and popular culture, cheerleading is plagued by elitist, superficial stereotypes. However, coaches Dionna McTaw and Africa “Liz” Lancaster have sought to make the sport a space for empowerment and leadership. Lancaster, a former Wilson cheerleader herself, started her coaching career when ...
Blast from the past; Updates from Wilson cheer alumni
December 22, 2019
Wilson Cheer Alumni Shaniya Spriggs and Cheyenne Smallwood, class of 2017, share their experiences and words of wisdom to current and future Wilson cheerleaders. Q: Where has life taken you after Wilson? Spriggs: I am currently a junior at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. I am major...
Cheer season update
December 22, 2019
With the fall season coming to an end, the members of Wilson’s cheerleading team see it as the midpoint of their long, strenuous schedule. After traveling all fall with the varsity football team, the cheerleaders have jumped right into the winter season, juggling tri-weekly practice with basketball games....
Four Years a Wilson tiger Cheerleader
Rasheda White
December 22, 2019
It was the summer before freshman year and the flyers about Wilson’s cheer team were broadcast all over social media. Nervous and excited, I prepared myself for August tryouts. Being a cheerleader at Deal, I had admired Wilson’s cheer program for years, especially when Wilson and Deal shared the...
Calculus teacher Walker Yane is the ultimate mathlete
December 20, 2019
If you’ve ever been to the back corner of the fourth floor, you’ve likely seen a tall, moustachioed gentleman wearing an illustrious belt buckle and flannel with rolled-up sleeves loitering next to room 427. Or maybe at a Wilson sporting event you’ve spotted that same guy—now sporting sunglas...
Why, Wilson?
December 20, 2019
When you look at a clock you expect to find one thing—the correct time. And if you go through the trouble of building a giant white tower with windows, and a weather vein, simply to display a clock, that better be one impressive clock. If you are any regular Wilson student, you may have realized that Wils...
A student’s experience with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Grace Kowal and Madelyn Shapiro
December 20, 2019
For most of her life, junior Virginia Suardi eagerly awaited the winter. Between the snow, holiday atmosphere, her birthday, and hot chocolate, winter was her favorite time of the year. Then, when she started high school, all of her enjoyment of the changing seasons disappeared. “Every single ...
Multimedia extraordinaire Grover Massenburg to retire
December 20, 2019
Grover Massenburg spends his day in a computer-congested classroom teaching countless students to design apps and websites. Through his career, mentoring students has been a rewarding experience for Massenburg, but he plans to retire at the end of the school year. Growing up in DC on Capitol Hill, Massenburg...
Money coming soon: an inside look at popular money scams
December 20, 2019
During my sophomore year, my social media feed was flooded with invitations to join plots to rack up a quick check. It was a sensation. All the upperclassmen I followed were saying I could make money by paying them. I was too busy with my AP World notes to join, but I was certainly intrigued. The...
Mouse population squeaks to a slow
December 20, 2019
Custodial foreman James Lewis had grown accustomed to murmurs of scratching on his early-morning walks through Wilson last year. An eerie skittering of nails often permeated the otherwise silent hallways of an empty school. While Lewis was always the only person in the building that early, a ubiquito...
Club traditions bring joy to holiday season
December 20, 2019
While the second advisory at Wilson is often associated with loss of school, consequent grade decline, and looming midterms, it is also marked by the abundance of holidays filling up the DCPS calendar. While most clubs do not stray from their usual agenda during the winter season, some have taken it upon...
