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Senior Deyonna McGeachy-Alexander with one of her drawings. While it is colored, she started by sketching it during class. (Photo by Cameron Franks)

Studies Find Benefits of Doodling in Class

Cameron Franks, Staff Writer November 5, 2021

For many years now, students have been doodling during classes on worksheets, from Elementary School, up to High School. Teachers, however, even in this day and age still don’t understand it, and oftentimes...

Wilde Lake seniors Shelby Kline (left) and Shanna Kachuriner (right) performing together at an outdoor cafe on October 31, 2020. (Photo taken by Sarah Rubin)

In An Abnormal Year, Students Find Comfort in the Arts

Zoe MacDiarmid, Editor-in-Chief May 6, 2021

Seats are empty, instruments have been left to collect dust, stage lights are off.  Distance learning has made it difficult for students to rehearse, perform, and collaborate. In spite of all of this...

How the everyday music student practice during virtual learning (Photo courtesy of Emerson Alberti Ramirez)

Virtual Learning Takes Its Toll on Music Education

Virtual learning is hard. Learning music virtually is even harder, and students and teachers alike are feeling the effects of trying to carry on as a separated ensemble.  Anywhere where art relied...

Lily filmed her dancing at her studio from many different angles that Hwanee then edited over his playing.

Seniors Bond Through Artistic Collaboration

Zoe MacDiarmid, Editor-in-Chief May 4, 2021

Lifelong musician Hwanee Pak and lifelong dancer Lily Garrah joined forces to create an original story for Gene Koshinski’s “Afternoon in March” during online learning and didn’t have to work...

Dance Company members, Shelby Kline (left), and Emma Bohse (right), teaching during a hybrid lesson.

Senior Emma Bohse, DCo. Captain, Prepares For Final Dance

Amaiya Sancho, Sports Editor, Arts Editor May 4, 2021

Emma Bohse has been dancing for most of her life. She has been a part of the Dance Company (DCo) for all four years of high school. She has also been a competitive dancer since the age of eight,...

The Show Goes On(line): How Theater Has Survived Online Learning

The Show Goes On(line): How Theater Has Survived Online Learning

Zoe MacDiarmid, Editor-in-Chief April 30, 2021

Theater veteran Skyler Merchant has spent nearly a decade on the stage.  But, she was forced to put down the microphone and wipe off the makeup when COVID shut schools down. After a year of being...

The Marriotts Ridge Chamber Singers perform their music.

United Through Music: Chamber Master Class Brings Students Together

Sydney Lowry, Writer February 24, 2020

Each year, chamber choir students from all twelve Howard County high schools gather to showcase the songs they’ve been working on for the choral assessments in March. The theatre is always packed...

Students gather around the piano to practice for the show.

Do You Hear Howard County Sing When Tomorrow Comes

Sarah Rubin, Managing Editor February 24, 2020

The lights go down, the audience quiets, and the stage is still. The students begin to enter, ready to perform. They have one chance, and after months of practice and preparation, the moment has finally...

Mr. Crouch, Wilde Lake High School choir teacher, directs his chamber choir class.

Thriving Fine Arts Programs Lose Funding

Sydney Lowry, Writer February 3, 2020

This year, the choir department increased in size from 88 students to 130. At the same time, according to Choir Director, Mr. Crouch, its budget was cut by $300.  This represents a trend of school-wide...

Auditions for Wilde Lake’s Spring Musical, Guys and Dolls

Auditions for Wilde Lake’s Spring Musical, Guys and Dolls

Sydney Lowry, Writer December 6, 2019

For anyone who loves to sing, dance, or act, Wilde Lake’s theatre department is holding auditions for the spring musical, Guys and Dolls, on Tuesday, December 10th.  Guys and Dolls is a classic musical...

The Theatre Department is pictured at their dress rehearsal the day before opening night.

Wilde Lake High School Presents Matilda The Musical

Nadyne Segbe, Writer November 19, 2019

  The Wilde Lake High School Theater Department is presenting: Matilda The Musical this upcoming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Tickets are $13 online and $14 at the door. The play will begin...

Drama Department Heads Reflect on Their Experience With Wilde Lake Theatre

Drama Department Heads Reflect on Their Experience With Wilde Lake Theatre

Brian Hudec: Sound Department Head   By: Marian Isailovic If you recently saw “Chicago,” and noticed the smooth transition from speech to song between characters, you may have also noticed...

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