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Mar 1, 20223 min read
Winter Olympics 2022: Reaching Beyond Global Complexities
In the midst of a global pandemic, people from all over the world are convening in Beijing, China, for a popular, bi-annual event: the...
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Student Opinions on DCPS Contact Tracing: Poll Results and Analysis
The Rookery recently conducted a survey of School Without Walls student opinions on DCPS contact tracing and exposure notification...
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Fashion Meets Sustainability Meets School Without Walls
Freed, Tillie. The thrift club sells jewelry for a fundraiser in school during lunch. A man known to the members of the Thrift Club as...
Feb 17, 20223 min read
AP Seminar at SWW
Students at School Without Walls have experienced their fair share of challenging classes, but AP Seminar has been a unique example of...
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Supreme Court Strikes Down National Vaccine Mandate as Local Mandates Proliferate
In recent weeks, the United States has broken record after record of COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the highly infectious and...
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....
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Walls Programming Club Awarded $6,500 in National Competition
The Walls Programming Club qualified as a state winner in Samsung’s 2022 Solve for Tomorrow national competition in January for their...
Feb 15, 20224 min read
The Sixth Extinction
Few are aware of the countless mass extinctions that have occurred on Earth. Some may not even know how many there are. They may not know...
Feb 15, 20222 min read
C'mon C'mon Movie Review
C’mon C’mon is undoubtedly my favorite film of 2021. It stars Joaquin Phoenix ( Joker, The Master ) as Johnny, an audio journalist who...
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Despite Signs of Progress, Absences, Politics Impede Climate Summit
As the impacts of climate change are worsening and becoming more visible, both individuals and world governments are increasingly...
Feb 15, 20221 min read
New Teacher Spotlight: Bouchaib Mifdal
After two uncertain months of school, School Without Walls can finally welcome one of two incoming French teachers: Bouchaib Mifdal. Mr....
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Spike Club Spotlight
Many School Without Walls students have turned to recreational clubs as a way to socialize as the world returns to fully in-person...
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