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Jun 4, 20232 min read
Spring Fling Fashion Review
Credits: Leah Levy School Without Walls held this year’s Spring Fling on Apr. 28 at Eastern Market. Starting at 7 pm, Walls students and...
Jun 4, 20233 min read
An Alabama Representative Called D.C. Schools “Inmate Factories.”
He Should Look at Schools in His Home State. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)’s 2018 official portrait / Credits: Congress.gov Rep. Gary Palmer...
Jun 4, 20234 min read
Do Students Feel Too Much Pressure to Go to Certain Colleges?
As the school year comes to an end, many seniors are preparing to take their next big step into adulthood: college. The decision of where...
Apr 1, 20232 min read
Crossword-Solving Tips From the Expert
Crosswords can be daunting. Scary grids, too-long words, too many open squares — unlike related puzzles like Sudoku or KenKen where a few...
Apr 1, 20233 min read
The Best and Worst Walls Classrooms
Room 201 (ranked #1) Room 404 (ranked #10) / Credits: Tess Buckley Despite its name, students at School Without Walls are fortunate...
Apr 1, 20233 min read
Using the City as a Classroom: Is “School Without Walls” Still True to Its Name?
Field trips didn’t always require paperwork. / Credits: Jessie Moss “Does your school really not have walls?” It’s a question every Walls...
Apr 1, 20233 min read
Current Events Belong in the Social Studies Classroom
Credits: Jessie Moss Throughout the K-9 experience, many students craft timelines of the Civil War or annotate the Gettysburg Address....
Dec 19, 20222 min read
ChatGPT on Student Journalism
We asked the AI program to write a brief article about the importance of student journalism.
Dec 19, 20223 min read
What Do GW Students Think of Us?
Walls kids have a "general vibe of naïveté," one college student said.
Dec 19, 20223 min read
Walls’s Favorite Winter Activities
From ice skating to lighting ceremonies, there's lots to do over the holidays in D.C.
Nov 2, 20222 min read
A Conversation With New Assistant Principal Jennifer Tully
At the end of last year, Assistant Principal Gradis White left School Without Walls. Many students were curious as to who his replacement...
Feb 17, 20222 min read
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither....
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