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Nearly Halfway Through the School Year, Students and Faculty Reflect on New Grading Policy
The new year’s arrival marks four months of a revamped DCPS grading policy, which introduced significant updates, including new deadlines...
Mar 124 min read


Instrumental Music Ensembles Dazzle at Winter Concert Despite Setbacks
Stage Band performs @ 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools Awards in November. Photo via @sww_HSA on instagram Winter at Walls can only...
Mar 123 min read


Walls Students React to Impending Trump Inauguration
United States Capitol Building – Zoe Fisher As the election results rolled in this past November, intense reactions from both sides of...
Mar 122 min read


Latin Department Embarks on Annual Rome Trip
Students pose for a photo in Rome – photo credit: Carlton Ackerman From November 19th to the 29th, a group of sixteen students and three...
Mar 123 min read
Standardized Testing Scores Are Required Again
As applications roll into different colleges nationwide, some seniors are struck by a sudden change in requirements for certain schools....
Mar 53 min read
Walls Plans to Administer Increased Numbers of Field Trips this Year, but how?
If you search School Without Walls on your average commercial search engine, the SWW DC Gov. school profile will be one of the first...
Mar 52 min read


Senior Project Overhauled to Ease Workload
A student works on a research project – photo via Unsplash Senior Project, a cornerstone of the School Without Walls curriculum,...
Mar 53 min read


Humanities Department, 10 Sophomores Revive England Trip Tradition
Students pose for a photo in London – Photo provided by Alex Gonzalez Shalla Despite living in the nation’s capital, students at School...
Mar 53 min read
Walls Hosts First Open Mic Talent Show
Walls students have always demonstrated their talents through performances in shows and concerts. This year has given students another...
Mar 52 min read


Ms. Webster Launches Walls Writing Center
Photo by Zoe Fisher This school year, humanities teacher Laura Webster founded the Student Writing Center, held in Room 127, which began...
Mar 52 min read


Freshmen Sit for Low-Stakes PSAT
Photo by Ben Mullins For Walls students, the end of Term 1 signifies the dreaded PSAT. For the class of 2028, it’s a particularly...
Mar 32 min read
Meet the New SGA!
The new school year means new Student Government Association officials. In light of the recent election results, the new SWW SGA is ready...
Mar 33 min read
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