Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year. You know what that means, new school years, new rules. I can't wait to see what the Mill has in store for this year. Rules ensure to protect, prepare, teach or make...

US News & World Report ranked Watkins Mill last out of all Montgomery County high schools.  The schools listed below Watkins Mill are the alternative and special education schools that are not actually...

Julien Payen is our Editor-in-Chief. And he's secretly a dad. Why is Julien a dad? I'm glad you asked! I compiled a list of reasons.  He wears an off-brand watch that he refers to as his...

Visiting Los Angeles, you see a lot of trendy restaurants serving “fusion” food. I went to a restaurant whose name I won’t throw under the bus and ate a pork bulgogi burrito that I thoroughly enjoyed....

"Okay class, turn in your homework!" But you didn't do your homework. What do you do? We’ve always had different excuses. Like dogs eating the papers, losing them, or even siblings eating papers....

The introduction of this year’s new cell phone policy has, unsurprisingly, been met with an array of disapproval, predominantly coming from the student population. To many, it comes off as archaically...

"Guess who's back? Back again. Ella's back. Tell a friend." Except I'm not the real Slim Shady. It's me, Ella, again. But this time I'm back with some things I wish people knew as a freshman. Everyone...

Unsurprisingly, I am writing this very late and after some (heavy) pushing from Mrs. Confino (sorry!). I think I was putting it off because I’m not necessarily ready to say goodbye or reflect on a very...

Mrs. Confino—generally awesome newspaper sponsor and #1 danger to leopard wildlife—is obsessed with leopard print.  And it's a problem.  A big, spotty problem.  She has worn at least one article...

I mean it was alright. Honestly, to put it very bluntly, it was okay. Not bad. Not great. Just okay. Glad that it’s over! And that's the end of the senior reflection, thank you very much. Just kidding,...

Have you ever walked into the bathroom and realized just how gross it really is? I don't mean like port-a-john-at-a-fairground-gross but still, it's pretty gross right? If you said no, I would question...

Honestly, I wanted to start writing this reflection earlier than needed, since one of my best friends was the previous year’s Editor-in-Chief and I remember the process of her writing her own. Now, I’m...