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Breakfast at Walls: An Unappreciated Service
Walls breakfast on Jan. 23 / Credits: Carys Shepard DCPS offers every one of its students free breakfast, including those at School...
Jan 30, 20232 min read


Track Team Returns to New York Meet Post-COVID
The team competed in the U.S. Army Officials Hall of Fame Invitational.
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Basketball Program Reinvents Itself, Battles For Elusive Winning Season
A strong sophomore class has headlined a great basketball season.
Jan 29, 20233 min read

Walls Sunrise Chapter Aims to ‘Actually Make a Difference' on Climate
A chalk protest illustration by the Sunrise Club on the terrace / Credits: @sunrisemvmtsww via Instagram The Sunrise Movement is a youth...
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Mr. Davis Became a Teacher to ‘Fix How Science Is Taught’
As a Walls student, he founded the Rubik's Cube Speed-Solving Club.
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Club Spotlight: Youth and Government Tries to Fix the City’s Problems
Walls seniors Amina Ford (second from left) and James Setty and junior Maya Maaloul at the D.C. Youth Summit in December / Credits: Amina...
Jan 29, 20232 min read


‘Full WWE’: Walls Confronts Mice in Classrooms
Mr. Davis recalled Dr. Bright chasing a mouse with a baseball bat.
Jan 29, 20233 min read


Why Doesn’t Walls Have Class Rank?
Issues with ranking students in the GW program prompted the abandonment of the practice.
Jan 29, 20233 min read

Community Service Requirement Reduced For Most Grades
The temporary change aims to address the impact of COVID.
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Survey: Seniors Overwhelmingly Apply Early Action, Split on Early Decision
Over 80 percent of seniors applied somewhere early action, while around 40 percent applied early decision, a Rookery survey found.
Jan 29, 20233 min read

Combating SAD at Walls
The next few weeks are some of the toughest of the year on students’ moods: school feels never ending, the sky is gray, and there’s...
Jan 29, 20232 min read


Sophie Schell and Her All-Girls Boy Scout Troop
Schell said her Scouts experience has "pushed me to be the best version of myself."
Jan 28, 20233 min read
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