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Class of 2025 senior, Terry Larose, eliminating opponent: Bethia Thattil. Eliminations can happen on school grounds as long as the school day has ended and the target isn’t wearing goggles or floaties.

Senior Assassin: Harmless Fun or Dangerous Competition?

Cortez Butler, Feature Editor June 16, 2025

Each year, Wilde Lake seniors organize a game of Senior Assassin. Seniors join an app called Splashin. Each senior involved gets assigned a target they track on the app to eliminate with a water gun. There’s...

Girls Flag Football Sees Surge in Local and Nationwide Participation

Kristian Smith, Staff Writer June 16, 2025

Girls flag football is growing rapidly all around the nation. Professional football teams, including the Baltimore Ravens, are partnering with high schools and colleges nationally, giving them grants to...

COLUMBIA, MD, JUNE 4, 2025 - Mr. Blount is a paraeducator at Wilde Lake.

Mr. Blount Wins Senior Teacher of the Year!

London Bruton, Staff Writer June 16, 2025

After eight years at Wilde Lake and four years as the class of 2025 sponsor, Mr. Miles Blount has been awarded the honor of Senior Teacher of the Year. During his time at the Lake, Mr. Blount has worked...

COLUMBIA, MD, MAY 16 - Jay Henry and Oman Speaks perform at May Lunch Jam. Their band, Avenue, started performing together at the end of last year and have continued to appear in all guitar department performance opportunities.

Dr. Rankin Leaves lasting Legacy of Lunch Jams

Bella Horvath, Editor-in-Chief June 16, 2025

Since 2005, Dr. Rankin has been the leader of Wilde Lake’s guitar program. During his tenure he inspired hundreds of students’ own creative expression through different music performance opportunities,...

Influencers talk to cameras, not to you. They’re never truly being genuine in front of a camera. We do not know what they’re lives are like behind the scenes. Enjoying an influencer’s content is one thing, but it isn’t healthy to see their videos or photos as reality. It is important to remember that you are not their friend, just a fan.

Celebrity Influencers Are Not Your Friends

Morgan Williams, Staff Writer June 16, 2025

The rise of social media has brought out new opportunities for people who seek fame: the art of influencing. But like most things, it comes with a downside. An influencer’s job is to connect with...

COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, MAY 12,
2025 - Senior Jordan Treger is committed
to Towson University for nursing in
the honors college. PHOTO BY AMY
MANZANARES

Wilde Lake’s Top Cats: Seniors Edition

Kristian Smith, Staff Writer May 15, 2025

With graduation approaching, seniors are choosing their paths after high school. While some students have chosen to stay close to home, others are venturing 2000 miles away. With diverse paths and futures,...

Diet culture pushes exhausting lifestyle onto teens

Diet culture pushes exhausting lifestyle onto teens

Michelle Boukanov, Staff Editor May 14, 2025

As I scroll through social media each day, I’m exposed to hundreds of different videos and posts. Most of the time when I go on Instagram or TikTok, I do it to laugh and entertain myself, but sometimes...

Roscoe Grader stands at a podium in the Senate press room. He worked as a House page through the MGA Student Page Program. PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSCOE GRADER

How I got an internship with the House of Delegates

Roscoe Grader, Cat Contributor May 14, 2025

For the past two years, I have interned at the Maryland General Assembly (MGA). The MGA is the governing body for the state of Maryland, similar to Congress. Specifically, I interned for Delegate Jessica...

COLUMBIA, MD, FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - An interviewer  during junior interview day  laughs as she gets to know the junior she  is interviewing.

Junior interview day gives students workforce insight

Wilde Lake juniors walked into the media center dressed their best as they prepared for their interviews with volunteers from different companies and businesses across the county. On junior interview day...

Ms. Kelli Midgley has worked 
at Wilde Lake since 1995. She is 
now retiring after 30 years as a 
Wildecat. PHOTO COURTESY 
OF MS. MIDGLEY

Ms. Kelli Midgley says goodbye to the Lake after 30 years

Liz Cho, Staff Editor May 13, 2025

English teacher, Speech and Debate coach, union representative, and Lincoln Douglas Debate Director for the Baltimore Catholic Forensic League Ms. Kelli Midgley has worked at Wilde Lake since 1995. After...

Our trans friends need our support during Trump presidency

Tess Groen, Staff Writer February 26, 2025

When America elected Donald Trump into office, they elected an out-and-proud transphobe. With his election, the transgender community is panicking, and rightfully so. Trump’s public and consistent...

COLUMBIA, MARYLAND, FEBRUARY 14, 2025 - The Wilde Lake village center
offers students places to eat and socialize.
Students could sit down and eat during
lunch time in the village center with an
open campus.

Let seniors eat lunch at Wilde Lake village center

Miles Anderson, Staff Writer February 25, 2025

The Wilde Lake village center bustles with familiar shops and restaurants for people to visit. Unfortunately, the students of Wilde Lake are confined to a cramped lunch period in the cafeteria, unable...

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