Senior named Montgomery County Volunteer of the Year
Alisha Siddiqi and Victoria Joya
November 9, 2015
Senior Elida Maria Vasquez Serrano was named the Student Volunteer of the Year by the Montgomery County Therapeutic Recreation Team on October 29. Therapeutic Volunteer Coordinator Marco D’ottavi feels great about giving this award and thinks “[Serrano] is one of the best volunteers of all time.” Vasquez...
Security gives tips to protect property as phone thefts rise
Brennan Guilds and Alex Wright
November 6, 2015
Watkins Mill students are facing an increase in phone thefts at school this year with over 30 missing phones reported to security. Phones have been stolen from the locker rooms, bathrooms and student backpacks. According to security team leader Darryl Cooper, about ten of the phones reported to secur...
College Board changes SAT to resemble ACT beginning in March 2016
Suriya Sundaramurthi and Angelina Walton
November 4, 2015
Adjustments to the SAT will line up with common core and resemble the ACT after the College Board removed a mandatory essay, irrelevant vocabulary questions and penalty deductions for wrong answers, and changed the number of answer choices from five to four. The ACT has been the dominant test in the...
Students, staff ‘pink out’ to support breast cancer awareness
Mikaela Cajigal and Alisha Siddiqi
October 30, 2015
Students are supporting breast cancer awareness as athletes do their “Dig Pink” games and students wear pink throughout the month of October. A huge percentage of the student body wore pink this month to show their support. Breast cancer forms in the cells of the breast and is becoming more an...
Hunters work to control deer population in woods behind school
Keegan Dant, Naina Tsarni, and Vijay Vanathayan
October 29, 2015
Since September, hunters have been given permission to hunt deer with bows and rifles around the Gaithersburg park area, including the woods behind our school, in efforts to control the local deer population. The local deer population has outgrown its environment; there are too many deer for the land tha...
New 90-10 grading policy helps kids keep grades up
Sara Durr, Fiona Franke, and Hezekiah Likekele
October 29, 2015
Watkins Mill High School has implemented a new grading policy this year, which is changing the way teachers grade and how students see their grades. Originally, the grading policy was 50-40-10 and is now 90-10. Principal Carol Goddard said she decided to change the grading policy because she felt...
“Fairy Tale Courtroom” allows audience to determine verdict, tonight only
Sarah Elbeshbishi and Tatiana Spratling
October 28, 2015
Members of the Watkins Mill Theatre department will perform “Fairy Tale Courtroom” tonight only at 7pm in the O’Shea Theatre. Tickets will be sold at the door for three dollars for all ages. “Fairy Tale Courtroom” is the trials of the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, told in testimoni...
Hurricane postpones Homecoming, celebration starts with pep rally today
Heather Montoya and Shinel Mullings
October 23, 2015
Homecoming has been moved to October 24 from October 3 due to the potential threat from Hurricane Joaquin. The football game was played a night earlier scoring a big win against Poolesville High School with a score of 13-7. The violent weather predictions caused concern for students that were plan...
Youth and Government program allows students to write, pass bills to change the world
Selom Kalin and Bennett Stoppelmoor
October 27, 2015
Students are joining the new Youth and Government program sponsored by Rec Zone, a program that allows students to become more involved in politics and helping their community through passing bills. This program allows students to call out issues in their community and offers solutions to them. It...
Wolverines raise over $32,000 for student’s new wheelchair
Suriya Sundaramurthi and Vijay Vanathayan
October 15, 2015
In four months, our school and community has raised $32,325 for senior Ibrahim Samia’s new wheelchair. Samia was born with athetoid cerebral palsy, and this wheelchair will replace the one he has and help him become independent.
Medical Careers students observe real open-heart surgery
Victoria Joya Euceda and Alisha Siddiqi
October 15, 2015
Medical careers students from Watkins Mill High School got the opportunity to observe an open heart surgery on October 13 at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital. The students were put inside a dome over the surgical operating room where they could see through the glass and they...
Board of Education votes to remove final exams this year
October 15, 2015
Montgomery County Public Schools have decided to end final exams and replace them with tests that measure cumulative content knowledge and skills that build over the course of the year.
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