Katelyn Burley, Features Managing Editor

April 29, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic made seniors anxious about whether they would actually walk across a stage at graduation,  the Watkins Mill booster club posted signs around the community to appreciate, recognize and support the seniors during this difficult time. “After talking to seniors [about quarantine], the general consensus was they felt like they...

Jade Pinkowitz, Editor-in-Chief

April 24, 2020

Montgomery County Public Schools released a statement on Sunday, April 19 to outline the plans for the fourth quarter with distance learning after Maryland's state Superintendent of Schools announced that schools will remain closed through May 15. Instead of the traditional letter grade system, MCPS will be using a pass/incomplete or credit/no credit...

Jade Pinkowitz, Editor-in-Chief

April 5, 2020

Watkins Mill High School staff and students will be adjusting to a new online schooling schedule beginning on Monday, April 6. The framework for the schedule is split by "A days" consisting of first through fourth periods and "B days" consisting of fifth through eighth periods (eighth period is for students who were part of an after-school period...

Jade Pinkowitz, Editor-in-Chief

March 13, 2020

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called for the shutdown of all Maryland public schools on Thursday, March 12 from Monday, March 16 until at least Friday, March 27, among other sweeping regulations designed to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The ending date for the closure is subject to change depending on when the Department of Health and...