Welcome back ‘Rines! After having online school for 18 months, many changes have been implemented throughout the school. Here are a few essential things you should know:
1) Chromebook Needs
Chromebooks...
As of May 19, 2021 and as students transition back to in-person sports, necessary precautions against Covid-19 have been updated in order to ensure the safety of athletes, coaches and spectators.
For...
Watkins Mill Student Government Association hosted a townhall on Thursday April 8, 2021 with SMOB candidates Hana O'Looney and Henry Kaye where they were asked about their standpoints on certain MCPS policies...
Caleb Vargas, Really Good Looking Guy
• April 7, 2021
On Tuesday February 23, 2021, Watkins Mill students were given the opportunity to speak to Hana O'Looney, one of this year's candidates for SMOB through a meeting hosted by WM4Change.
O'Looney is a...
Schools across the county are preparing to welcome students back in after the Board of Education voted to reopen. Watkins Mill High School is currently focusing on precautions to reopen safely for students...
One of the most significant health problems in the United States is cancer, second to cardiovascular disease, in terms of leading causes of death. Americans avoided over three million cancer-related deaths...
In a 7-1 vote, the Board of Education decided to push student return to schools from February 15 back to March 15.
Initially, the BOE adopted a plan to phase in students when the county met specific...
Melody Safo, Arts and Entertainment Managing Editor
• January 20, 2021
Minority Scholars Program (MSP) hosted a virtual Zoom Town Hall about colorism on December 18, 2020. There were over 90 students across the county in attendance, including 12 high schools and three middle...
Watkins Mill High School senior Tanya Yahouedeou was nominated for the Congress of Future Medical Leaders.
The Congress of Future Medical Leaders is an honors program for high school students interested...
Staff development teacher Kerrin Torres-Meriwether has taken over as acting assistant principal at Watkins Mill High School for the second quarter of the school year, while assistant principal Duncan Jackson...
COVID-19 has swept the nation since the national quarantine in March and millions of people have been affected by this powerful virus. Some of these people are students in the Watkins Mill community.
“I...
Luke Swander, Business Manager and News Managing Editor
• December 21, 2020
Due to the challenges of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Montgomery County Public Schools Board implemented a new grading policy on November 30, then amended it again in December.
“We...
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