From playing every sport the community can offer as an average kid from the block, to becoming the neighborhood hero for all adolescents in the Montgomery Village area, Joseph Hooks has depicted the meaning...

Trampolines? A ninja warrior course? Rock climbing? Sounds like the perfect birthday party! But, for some Watkins Mill students, this is work. Many students struggle between the balance of  finding...

Anyone who is devoted to their art understands the feeling of pride that comes with being first place in a national competition. Often willing to sacrifice anything and everything for it. Well one freshman...

Summer! No school, sunshine, the pool, the beach, and… no money. No one wants that last part, but for high school students summer jobs are often the worst part of summer break. Some Watkins Mill...

Oh no! Your alarm didn’t go off!  You only have 15 minutes to get to school. You throw on your clothes, catch a ride and phew!  You just barely made it. There’s only one problem: you’re starving....

Teachers' perplexing lives can often be confusing. Do they have friends? What do they do outside of school? Are they really human? Well, teachers are human; they aren’t Ted Cruz, and they do have...

Washington DC,  a hub for tourists and business people alike, built on not one, but two rivers, and regularly ranks atop the most walk able cities. It’s a beautiful place to live, but after seeing the...

Winter is coming… Not really, it’s still May. But the season six premiere of the HBO original series Game of Thrones aired last month, and the show is now in full swing. (Note: if you don’t...

Watkins Mill High School’s community can be described as a close-knit family, yet the term “family” is more literal for social studies teacher Jim Torrence, his wife Penny Torrence, speech pathologist...

Growing up is tough for all of us, but it was especially tough for English teacher Sonya Shpilyuk who was born and raised in Ukraine for the first few years of her life… right next to the infamous Chernobyl...

Being Watkins Mill High School’s unofficial hype man is certainly hard work, but science teacher Matthew Johnson knows what it takes, having been a mascot for both the University of Maryland Terrapins...

If there's something gross in the C hallway, who you gonna call? BUILDING SERVICES! Our building services team has been here for years, yet they are the unsung heroes of the halls. All students...