As a lifeguard, one of my jobs is to clean out the pool skimmers. The contents of each skimmer are emptied into a bucket that is dumped over the fence. Originally, I could barely reach the top of the...
Schools have changed dramatically since 1944, and with the introduction of new technology such as computers, schools can be taught more efficiently than ever before. Though it still has not fundamentally...
Valentine’s Day: a love-based holiday symbolized by pink and red hearts, comically sized balloons and a rich assortment of chocolates. Stores' favorite colors become pink in order to match patrons' expectations,...
Ding. Ding. Buzz. The sound of post notifications fills the lives of adolescents in America today, accounting for, on average, 8 hours of screen time per day. Popular social media apps such as Instagram,...
Being left on “read.” Promises are like Cinderella’s slippers, shattering after an 11:59 p.m. deadline. Unrelenting spouts of “he said, she said.”
While the mere thought of some of these...
Sprinting through the halls at 8:09 a.m. was never anyone's first choice. A short glance at the Woodson hallways and parking lot a minute before the bell rings will show the daily panic of students desperate...
Owning an NFT, short for “non-fungible token,” has become a symbol of wealth due to the rise of cryptocurrency popularity. The video “Nyan Cat” with over 190 million views is now an NFT. Though...
Jada Bromberg, a senior at Woodson High School, recently published an opinion piece in USA Today detailing her experience with being adopted and how it has affected her daily life, highlighting November...
Imagine walking into a thrift store with $100 dollars, and leaving with 20 sweaters. Now imagine walking in a thrift store in need of an affordable sweater, but not being able to find one because sweaters...
Woodson has always let students pick the difficulty for the classes they want to take, such as APs. APs are a type of class for the student who wants a bit more of a challenge in their course, or some...
Today, W.T. Woodson High School is ranked at 60th place among the most diverse high schools in northern Virginia according to publicschoolreview.com, but this hasn’t always been the case.
Woodson...
When people need a time killer, the easiest thing to do is to fiddle around with your phone. It’s a simple pick-up that becomes a force of habit after a while. Whether it be games, emails, or social...
