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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
2 days ago


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
2 days ago
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
2 days ago


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
2 days ago


Students and Staff Brace for Uncertain Future as Trump Shutters Department of Education
A homemade sign welcomes an employee to the Department of Education’s Office of Planning and Educational Policy Development which was...
Mae Tuggle
2 days ago
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...
Venya Gulati
2 days ago


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...
Masha Pavlova
2 days ago
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,...
Carlotta Rother
Mar 12


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...
Siena Lenerz
Mar 12
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...
Sowmya Boominthan
Mar 12
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...
Astrid Leppig and Anna Wood
Mar 12


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...
Peyton Chada
Mar 12


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)...
Sadie Greenhalgh
Mar 12
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...
Venya Gulati
Mar 12


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,...
Mitchell Kasdan
Mar 12
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...
Bayla Halper
Mar 12
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