In the fall of 1984, in Keene, Texas, Jessica Nichols attended her first day of fourth grade. Smiling from ear to ear, she skipped into her new classroom with an optimistic attitude, looking...
After 38 years at Wilde Lake, band director Mr. Dutrow is retiring. Mr. Dutrow has educated young musicians for decades and has left a positive and lasting impact on the Wilde Lake community.
Mr. Dutrow...
Because of all of the inclement weather days that occurred this year, Howard County schools have extended the school year to Tuesday, June 19. According to the HCPSS Website,“No new graded work will...
When the curtain opened for the Friday night performance of Mary Poppins, no one anticipated just how much could go wrong.
Only a few scenes before intermission, the scrim fell from the catwalk,...
Trends come and go. They stick around for a few months and then disappear only for a new one to take their place. This cycle is never-ending, and for that reason, I usually don’t partake in them. But...
It’s an old adage that seems to appear every generation: kids just don’t read like they used to. But exactly how true is it at Wilde Lake?
Do students read books outside of school?
For some, the...
The Howard County Board of Education has decided not to follow through with the policy to change school start times for the 2018 school year as announced last year.
After former HCPSS superintendent...
Juniors Julianna Bonner and Jenna Hutchison have committed nearly a year earlier than the average high schooler to play collegiate soccer. As active, talented, starting members of the girls varsity soccer...
It's 7:25am and all the students in first period are getting settled into their seats. The various conversations in the classroom are interrupted with the loud sound of the bell. A handful of students...
