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Volume IX Issue III

Flag Football Spotlight: Can the Girls Continue to Dominate Despite Challenges?

Last year, DCIAA ranked the SWW girls’ team in first place, and they held the number one seed heading into the playoffs. This spring, they hope to continue that streak.

NASCAR Driver Rajah Caruth Reflects on Time at Walls

On Friday, Mar. 1 2024, Rajah Caruth (‘20) achieved one of his lifelong goals. He became both a NASCAR pole winner and race winner on the same day in Las Vegas.

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Class of 2026 Sits for the SAT

When students think about standardized tests, none are quite as widely known – and detested – as the SAT. Because a number of colleges...

Mitchell Kasdan

7 hours ago2 min read

Latin Club Readies for Visit from Classics Legend Mary Beard

Ms. Brinley and Charlotte Mendelson (‘25) pose for a photo with Dame Winifred Mary Beard (right) before her panel at the National Gallery...

Sadie Greenhalgh

7 hours ago2 min read

Students Reflect on Walls Interview Process

The rigor of Walls studentry begins not, as many believe, with the start of freshman year, but with the arduous admissions process,...

Sowmya Boominthan

7 hours ago2 min read

Championing HBCUs: A Beacon of Diversity in Changing Higher Education

Panelists and HBCU professors pose at Walls’ inaugural HBCU summit – photo courtesy of LaToya Grant In a nation where the landscape of...

Wongel Lemlem

7 hours ago3 min read

Flag Football Spotlight: Can the Girls Continue to Dominate Despite Challenges?

Last year, DCIAA ranked the SWW girls’ team in first place, and they held the number one seed heading into the playoffs. This spring, they hope to continue that streak.

Ellie Olesh

May 122 min read

NASCAR Driver Rajah Caruth Reflects on Time at Walls

On Friday, Mar. 1 2024, Rajah Caruth (‘20) achieved one of his lifelong goals. He became both a NASCAR pole winner and race winner on the same day in Las Vegas.

Mitchell Kasdan

May 123 min read