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Prom is a week away, buy your tickets before its too late!

Prom is a week away, buy your tickets before it’s too late!

Josephine Moore April 20, 2017

Prom is on it’s way! Prom will be on Friday, April 28 from 8pm-midnight at the Inn at Brookeville Farms. The tickets are $50 and will be on sale until April 21. This year’s theme is a masquerade...

Multiple financial aid opportunities give hope for college experience that doesnt break the bank

Multiple financial aid opportunities give hope for college experience that doesn’t break the bank

Brennan Guilds March 30, 2017

College is tough. Being broke? Even tougher. Money is one of the most important factors people consider when choosing a college. Even if you make it into Columbia University would you be willing or able...

Junior Tyler Lewis throws it way way back for Throwback Thusday

Spirit week kicks off spring sports season

Chase Deist, Associate Editor March 23, 2017

Watkins Mill High School’s spring spirit week is in full swing this week. Show your school pride by dressing up according to the theme of the day. This spirit week leads up to the spring sport pep...

Geometry students solve problems as their RQA during the Geometry Fair

Watkins Mill hosts first Geometry Fair, experiences great turnout

Jessica Cruz and Louisa Boockhoff March 21, 2017

Why did the obtuse angle go to the beach? Because it was over 90 degrees! If you love geometry jokes, the Watkins Mill Geometry Fair is the place to be. Geometry students attended the first ever...

Seth Rudetsky (front) and Kerry Butler (back) sign autographs for students after the show

Watkins Mill hosts 20th annual Artspeak!, feature Broadway special guests

Josephine Moore March 22, 2017

Watkins Mill hosted the twentieth annual ArtSpeak! in the O’Shea Theatre on March 11. This ArtSpeak! featured special guests Broadway actress Kerry Butler and Broadway pianist Seth Rudetsky. Growing...

Seniors at the scholarship award ceremony.

As year wraps up, seniors give advice

Briana Pasion June 5, 2017

"DING DING DING DING" And just like that, you’re late for class. Some seniors have lived through this enough to give us all some tips and tricks on how to survive high school here at Watkins Mill. “I’ve...

Assistant principal Steve Orders performs in his band, Exit 0.

Assistant principal Orders rocks in his band, Exit 0

Nana Tutu, Katherine Amaya, and Joshua Ali March 15, 2017

HE WANTS TO ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT! Or twice a month, whatever you wanna say. Assistant principal Steve Orders has been into music his whole life. He has also been in many bands. Orders has been...

Junior Terrance Williams with his step-father and basketball coach Corey Robinson.

Father, son take ‘home school’ to another level

Taylor Dawson and Genesis Jimenez March 6, 2017

Usually, if you see your dad walking down the hall of your school it means you're in trouble.  Junior Terrance Williams, however, doesn't need to panic when he sees his father in the halls, because he...

The game 8 Ball

IOS games shift focus from notes to phone

Lucas Richards March 16, 2017

"Put your phone away." "I said 'put your phone away.'" "PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY OR I'M TAKING IT AND GIVING IT TO SECURITY AND YOUR PARENTS WILL HAVE TO COME GET IT!" Many teachers have complained...

Social studies teacher Bryan Lanham

Social studies teacher brings passion for teaching to Watkins Mill

History and NSL teacher Bryan Lanham became a teacher because he: A.) loves teaching. B.) likes getting summer and snow days off. C.) loves teaching students. D.) wanted a change from middle...

Junior Jelvani Fajardo poses in his fashionable outfit

Winter weather under-delivers, but fashion stays on point

Eudel Ndong, Alex Wright March 2, 2017

As the winter weather moves out and we start looking towards the sun, let's take a glance back at some of the trends we will be leaving out in the cold.    One of the biggest struggles while choosing...

Art teacher Limor Dekel while serving in the Israeli army.

Dekel decks hallways with art, spent two years in Israeli military

Renato Masson March 7, 2017

Art is something you see everyday and everywhere you go, but do you really appreciate it? Art teacher Limor Dekel has been at Watkins Mill for five years but has been teaching art for 15.   Dekel came...

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