“Habibi” (my love), “sahtain” (double blessing), “yalla” (let’s go), “shukran” (thank you), “istiqlal” (independence), and “Eid Milad” (birthday) are several of the Arabic words...
Found all over the Levant as a popular street food that comes with many different toppings, Mana'eesh is a kind of flatbread that is eaten at all times of day from the morning breakfast table to the stands...
Jackson-Reed’s photography club’s exhibit at the Phillips Collection, entitled “DC is Beautiful”, is on display until Sunday, April 10.
The club’s leaders, seniors Wengfay Ho and Olivia Biggs,...
Jackson-Reed senior Henry Cohen is officially the youngest person to ever run for DC Council.
Announcing his candidacy on March 9 via Twitter, Cohen is running to represent Ward 3.
Cohen has...
I first walked into Room A-302 at 3:30 on a Friday afternoon. It was January 14, and I was there to speak with Rebecca Bradshaw-Smith, one of Jackson-Reed’s health teachers.
At the time, students...
English and ESL teacher Randy Potts is in his first year at Jackson-Reed. He previously taught in Dallas, Texas, as well as in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Potts has spent much of his life traveling....
Alex Lambert, long-term substitute for AP Biology teacher Lauren Trujillo, comes home every evening to a princess costume-clad bearded dragon.
Named Frankie, the bearded dragon isn’t Lambert’s first...
Demetrius Denson arrives at Jackson-Reed at 5:30 a.m., before anyone else is there. He walks the halls, making sure the building is empty and nothing is amiss. He checks the cafeteria and the loading dock...
Dear Wordle,
How do I love thee? A word game that was born as a love letter (creator Josh Wardle designed the game for his partner), so of course your five-letter puzzle is impossible not...
It’s mid afternoon, and the Wilson auditorium is bustling with students spitting into tiny tubes and zipping the full vials in plastic bags. Some will sit alone, awkwardly trying to generate enough spit...
When asked about the high school experience, a few things may come to mind for Wilson students: jam-packed halls, the noisy atrium, lots of homework, and rowdy sports games. Or perhaps more recently, face...
Every Wednesday, members of Wilson’s Arab Student Union (ASU) assemble in room 325. Last week, after completing the agenda for the day—sorting through clothes from their necessities drive and designing...
