Senior Ryo Ishida participates in the Fun Run at the Turkey Chase Nov. 22

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Posted: 9/5/2008 10:12:27 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- Tropical storm watches or warnings were posted Friday from Georgia to New Jersey, and forecasters said Hanna could still become a hurricane before its expected arrival on U.S. shores....
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DETROIT (AP) -- Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door open for a return to public life....
Posted: 9/5/2008 4:24:56 AM
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Calling all ninth-grade boys! Raise your hand if this school sounds like fun: wearing jackets and ties every day, staying until 5 p.m., learning Latin and - to top it all off - no girls....
Posted: 9/5/2008 8:20:17 AM
HONOLULU (AP) -- A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed in waters five miles south of Honolulu, and officials say three crewmembers have been recovered and one remains missing. Officials aren't releasing the recovered crewmembers' conditions....
12/19/2007 11:03:01 AM
By Meg Baglien
  Beginning second semester, students can serve as student aids to assist special needs students as part of the Designated Hitter Program.
12/13/2007 11:24:06 AM
By Marc Katz
Whitman’s Anthropology class founded the Walt Whitman Nonhuman Primate Conservation Coalition in order to raise money to help save endangered primates around the world.
11/27/2007 11:32:11 AM
By Marc Katz

Out of a heated rivalry between local high schools over athletics and academics, a new challenge emerged: which school could win the Turkey Chase challenge for $1000. 

11/20/2007 11:33:09 AM
By Julia Deutsch
On November 17, several Whitman students joined thousand of others on the National Mall for the 20th annual Walk for the Homeless.
11/20/2007 11:24:24 AM
By Jessica Kahlenberg
Six Whitman seniors were honored as Finalists at the 6th Annual Washington Post Music and Dance Scholarship Awards on Saturday evening at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC.
11/20/2007 11:18:25 AM
By Marc Katz
Senior Anna Isaacs won the Scholastic Arts and Writing Contest for her journalism column, “On Being Informed,” which she wrote in tenth grade as an intro journalism student. As a winning article, Isaacs's column is now featured in the Best Teen Writing of 2007 anthology.
11/15/2007 10:55:21 AM
By Sarah Lyon
Photos taken by three juniors and three seniors graced the pages of the fall issue of the Teen Ink Poetry Journal. Whitman photography students, including juniors Elissa Fitterman, Maureen Saylor and Alex Sobrino, along with seniors Samantha Kasten, Ellie Rogers and Caroline Spangler entered the contest as part of a quarterly requirement for the class.  
11/13/2007 11:16:34 AM
By Rachel Davidson
Juniors Ellen Noble, Patrick Deem and Tori Stevenson, and senior Liza Schalch received the 12th annual Mark Curtis Award, Oct 8, along with 98 other Montgomery County high school students and three Montgomery College students.
11/13/2007 10:14:06 AM
By India Wells
In a surprising upset, Andrew Palmer won the Maryland 4A State Championship Nov 10.
11/9/2007 10:59:58 AM
By Rachel Davidson
After Magruder High School destroyed Blake High School’s football team in a 55 to 7 win Oct. 2, a member of Blake’s football team pulled out a razor blade during the post game handshake and cut the hands of three Magruder team members. 
11/8/2007 11:19:45 AM
By Stephanie Gaspar
Inova Blood Donor Services and the Whitman SGA will host the annual blood drive at Whitman in the small gym from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
11/2/2007 11:29:10 AM
By Marc Katz
Seniors Paul Kominers and Damjan Korac qualified as semi-finalists in the 2007-2008 Siemens-Westinghouse Competition in Science, Math and Technology. 
10/31/2007 11:07:18 AM
By Marc Katz
Sophomore Taylor Denchfield and his family funded the renovation of the garden surrounding the Whitman rock at the entrance to the stadium.
10/25/2007 10:49:46 AM
By Sarah Lyon

   Whitman plans to host 10 to 12 British students from St. Peter’s School in York, England next fall as part of a one week exchange program.

10/22/2007 11:11:48 AM
By Marc Katz
   Ninety-three Whitman seniors achieved the rank of 2007 Maryland Distinguished scholars.
10/15/2007 11:20:45 AM
By Rachel Davidson
   Bethesda’s women’s market celebrated its 75th anniversary with festivities including music, food, a petting zoo and square dancing Sept. 29.
10/10/2007 11:15:49 AM
By Marc Katz

   Whitman play director Christopher Gerken announced this year’s winter play and spring musical.
9/25/2007 11:32:04 AM
By Adam Marshall

  Issue 1's front page photo was from history teacher Michael Curran's trip to Africa, not South America.  As our readers may know, and as the Black & White staff should have learned from kindergarten field trips to the National Zoo, there are no gorillas in South America.  Additionally, we managed to confuse two of the nation's top periodicals.  In the headline for the story "Should colleges participate in Newsweek rankings?" we substituted Newsweek for US News and World Report.  Black & White regrets both errors.

 
9/20/2007 11:13:20 AM
By Sarah Lyon
   Junior Seth Gordon won first place in the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges essay contest this June.
9/17/2007 11:27:09 AM
By Rachel Davidson
   Spanish teacher Lynette Showers received the Spanish Culture and Language Fellowship, an award presented to six Spanish teachers in the DC area this past June.
9/17/2007 11:24:34 AM
By Rachel Davidson
   Superintendent Jerry Weast approved of Jennifer Webster and Cathy McHale as assistant principals early June, coinciding with the departures of former assistant principals Jennifer Baker and Benjamin Ouyang.
9/16/2007 11:44:43 AM
By Marc Katz
   Whitman choral groups, past and present, honored the death of Whitman alumna Katherine McManus, class of ‘03, with their performance at her memorial service Sept. 8 after she passed away from injuries caused by a car accident.
NEWS
9/11/2007 11:02:25 AM
By Julie Mazziotta
   Whitman juniors produced the county’s highest number of passing HSA scores on two of the four tests, according to a MCPS release of the preliminary results Aug. 28.
News
9/8/2007 12:29:42 PM
By Rachel Davidson
   Four juniors who left school grounds during lunch Sept. 4 crashed into a neighborhood yard.
NEWS
9/4/2007 11:29:54 AM
By Marc Katz