The Walls’ volleyball team has always been very good. Usually, our Penguins and Jackson-Reed end up facing off in playoffs and the championships. For ten years, Jackson-Reed came out on top. But this year, the team made history, defeating the Tigers in a suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat final.  

Winter has quite a few negatives: seasonal depression, tons of schoolwork, and bad weather just to name a few. However, there are many positives to this cold season, like the many holiday themed, seasonal activities across the DMV. One classic holiday activity that many SWW students enjoy is looking at Christmas lights, and there are many places to do that, both inside DC and just outside the city. Lucy Mayer (‘27) recommends ZooLights, an annual light show at the National Z

Released on November 21st, Wicked: For Good is the long-awaited conclusion to the two-part film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked. With a combined length of about 5 hours, the movie adaptations run far longer than the original musical, which lasts about 2 hours and 45 minutes. While this extra time allows the movies to have new scenes, more dialogue, and more character development, it does not distract from what many consider to be the most important part of the m

For the first time at Walls, students had the opportunity to choose between taking regular Precalculus or AP Precalculus. While some students believe that AP Precalculus will prepare them better for AP Calculus next year, others think that taking an AP math class in sophomore or freshman year will not necessarily benefit them as much. For some, the GPA boost is not enough to justify the added rigor of the class.

Washington D.C. is a city that prides itself on resilience. Yet today, it feels stalled.  After years of economic uncertainty and fraying public trust, D.C. is caught in a slow-moving shutdown of both its institutions and its spirit. Thousands of workers face unpredictable futures. Small businesses struggle to stay open. And ordinary residents - people who love this city and keep it running - are left wondering what, exactly, they’re supposed to look forward to.

The Walls halls echo with many languages, the trilled “r” of Spanish, the “xia” of Chinese, and, of course, the familiar sounds of English. But for some Walls students, language is not heard, but seen. In order to educate more of the Walls student body about the language used by many who are deaf or hard of hearing, Walls student Lorena Diamond (‘28) established the American Sign Language (ASL) club after two previous iterations in 2020 and 2021 had died out. 

From ziplining, to rock climbing, the sky’s the limit at Adventure Park. The Class of 29’ embarked on a field trip to Adventure Park at Sandy Springs on November 7th as a way to immerse team-building into their class. The trip cost $35, and 140 of 150 people went on the trip. “The point of the trip,” said Ms. Pace, one of the trip coordinators and counselor for the class of 29’, “was to have a team building exercise for the ninth grade class.”

The England exchange trip coming in the fall of 2026 is an exciting international trip for current freshmen. It involves going to the city of Sunderland and spending two days in Walls’ sister school. There are field trips on many days, including visits to George Washington’s family’s home and to a castle where Harry Potter was partially filmed. The aim of the trip is to connect students with peers their age in another culture and to widen their understanding of the world.

As colder temperatures and cloudier skies quickly approach, many students at Walls experience something known as seasonal depression. Weighing in on the aspects of seasonal depression, SWW school psychologist Dr. Lori McDowell described the occurrence with the term “Seasonal Affective Depression,” or SAD. “When the time changes, people might begin to feel some internal and psychological changes.” She explained how this can cause mood fluctuations, fatigue, prolonged sadness,

New Walls students soon come to dread a certain pile of papers: copious homework assignments. Students turn this dreaded part of the day into their own routine to maximize efficiency. After a few months of school this year, students from all grade levels have figured out what works for them. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors take similar and different techniques with some long and short homework tasks:

Gleaming new banners, the smell of warm mozzarella sticks, and shiny bright yellow wallpaper. A new off-campus lunch spot has opened for SWW students in our own Western Market.  Gigi’s Pasta is the latest venture from Constantina Economides and Stephanos Andreou, a Greek-American couple well known in D.C. 's dining and nightlife scene. The pair previously ran Barcode and Sakerum and currently operate Tokyo Pearl. Gigi’s marks their first Italian restaurant, inspired by their