After the Covid-19 pandemic, administration has implemented new policies in response to a decline in student attendance. According to the Maryland State Department of Education, 37% of Wilde Lake students were absent for 18 days of the 2022-23 school year. A student who misses 18 days of school or more is considered chronically absent, according to the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS). This...

Next school year, core class sizes at the middle and high school levels will increase across the county. This is just one major impact of the Board of Education’s recent decision to cut staffing and eliminate certain programs from Howard County public schools.  An increase in class sizes will present challenges to both staff and students next school year, according to principal Ms. Marcy Leonard.  Student...

This year, English teacher Mr. Alan Nettles was determined to recruit enough students to run the first African American Literature class at Wilde Lake. However, at the time of publishing “The Paw Print” issue 50:2, with a plethora of electives to choose from, only four students registered for the class. This means the class did not have enough students to run. According to the Howard County...

Forty-four Wilde Lake seniors were taken to Merriweather Post Pavilion for a goal setting field trip and a paid lunch, hosted by Principal Ms. Marcy Leonard on February 28th. The students were invited with the purpose of setting goals for the second semester to help them prepare for the upcoming graduation in May. With Ms. Leonard as principal, Wilde Lake’s graduation rate has increased from...

Principal Ms. Marcy Leonard made an announcement reinforcing a past safety policy that students are to enter and exit through the main doors only on January 2nd. Administration has reinforced this policy by placing signs on doors throughout the school building. Ms. Leonard says the enter and exit policy is nothing new regarding school safety. “It is all the same expectations we’ve always...