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Spring Fling Fashion Review
Credits: Leah Levy School Without Walls held this year’s Spring Fling on Apr. 28 at Eastern Market. Starting at 7 pm, Walls students and...
Jun 4, 20232 min read


An Alabama Representative Called D.C. Schools “Inmate Factories.”
He Should Look at Schools in His Home State. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)’s 2018 official portrait / Credits: Congress.gov Rep. Gary Palmer...
Jun 4, 20233 min read


Do Students Feel Too Much Pressure to Go to Certain Colleges?
As the school year comes to an end, many seniors are preparing to take their next big step into adulthood: college. The decision of where...
Jun 4, 20234 min read
Crossword-Solving Tips From the Expert
Crosswords can be daunting. Scary grids, too-long words, too many open squares — unlike related puzzles like Sudoku or KenKen where a few...
Apr 1, 20232 min read


The Best and Worst Walls Classrooms
Room 201 (ranked #1) Room 404 (ranked #10) / Credits: Tess Buckley Despite its name, students at School Without Walls are fortunate...
Apr 1, 20233 min read


Using the City as a Classroom: Is “School Without Walls” Still True to Its Name?
Field trips didn’t always require paperwork. / Credits: Jessie Moss “Does your school really not have walls?” It’s a question every Walls...
Apr 1, 20233 min read


Current Events Belong in the Social Studies Classroom
Credits: Jessie Moss Throughout the K-9 experience, many students craft timelines of the Civil War or annotate the Gettysburg Address....
Apr 1, 20233 min read


ChatGPT on Student Journalism
We asked the AI program to write a brief article about the importance of student journalism.
Dec 19, 20222 min read


What Do GW Students Think of Us?
Walls kids have a "general vibe of naïveté," one college student said.
Dec 19, 20223 min read


Walls’s Favorite Winter Activities
From ice skating to lighting ceremonies, there's lots to do over the holidays in D.C.
Dec 19, 20223 min read


The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither....
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Early Early Show Club Spotlight
You may have seen a group of students huddled in front of the school early on a Tuesday morning and wondered what was going on. Perhaps...
Feb 15, 20222 min read
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