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Junior Class Council Ramps Up Spring Fling Preparations
It’s almost time for Walls students to trade textbooks for tuxedos, stresses for dresses, and essays for unforgettable evenings. Spring...
May 192 min read


Walls Prepares to Greet Students from Sunderland, UK
Walls students pose for a photo with their British counterparts in Sunderland, England. Photo credit: Shakir Ghazi At a humanities-based...
May 192 min read
DCPS Introduces New, Restrictive Field Trip Policies
School Without Walls is based on the idea that students will go beyond the walls of the school and use the city as their campus. However,...
Mar 123 min read


5 Months Into School Year, New Cell Phone Policy Has Sparked Positive Change According to Faculty
Photo Credit: Annabel Holt As Walls students transition into second semester, it’s the perfect time to re-examine a policy introduced at...
Mar 123 min read
The Show that Won’t Go On: Spring Musical Production of Hadestown Grinds to a Halt
The lights went out before the story could begin for School Without Walls’ spring musical. On Jan. 8, the Walls theater department...
Mar 122 min read
Disconnected: School Without Walls Students React to the (Fleeting) TikTok Ban
Imagine waking up one morning to find one of the world’s most popular social media apps banned in the United States. On Jan. 18, this...
Mar 123 min read


Class of 2025 College Decisions Account Causes Commotion on Instagram
The Walls decisions account – photo via @sww2025decisions on Instagram This year, some School Without Walls seniors committed to...
Mar 122 min read


Walls Team Falters at Ethics Bowl, Breaking Two Year Streak
The Pondering Penguins–Abigail Dowd (‘26), Siena Lenerz (‘28), Augusta Kankel (‘25), Jillian Sanders (‘26) and Willa McCartney (‘26)...
Mar 122 min read
DCPS Rolls Out New Protocol for School ICE Visits
On Jan. 24, following the Trump inauguration, DC public schools introduced a new policy outlining strict guidelines for Immigration and...
Mar 122 min read


Walls Rolls Out New, Stricter Policy for Alumni Visits
Photo Credit: Mitchell Kasdan (‘27) For years, upperclassmen and teachers, alongside the rest of the School Without Walls community,...
Mar 123 min read
Class of 2028 Chooses their Class Color: Red
During advisory on Monday, November 18th, every SWW freshman in the building came to the commons to determine their class color. There...
Mar 122 min read
DC Mayor Awards $10 Million to Safe Passage Project
On Nov. 13, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice (DMPSJ) awarded $10 million to four...
Mar 122 min read
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