During the pandemic, teachers and students had to learn in a digital classroom. For the first time, teachers had to teach without paper, and students barely used any. Before the pandemic, this would have...
When online school started in April of 2020, sophomore Kaia Roberson says she was doing the bare minimum because of the pass or fail system. As the year progressed, turning in work got harder, she says....
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...
According to the Baltimore Sun, in 2020, Wilde Lake saw the biggest increase in graduation rates of any other school in Howard County
The graduation rate in the 2017-2018 school year at Wilde Lake was...
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...
Drained, burnt out, and exhausted.
This is what many students and teachers feel after a year of virtual learning.
After a long winter of being stuck inside and not seeing friends, waking up early...
Amy Batmunkh, Opinions Editor, Features Editor
• March 31, 2021
Senior Jet Stevenson wakes up feeling well rested, and logs into her first period class. After practicing the viola and completing her asynchronous assignments, she ends her school day with a book...
On March 1 of 2021, almost one year after schools were closed to in-person instruction, Howard County adopted a hybrid learning model and opened its doors to the first of four waves of students, but with...
I think there has been a global recognition over the past year that there are a lot of things in life that we take for granted. More specifically, I have found that the longer the pandemic continues, the...
Amaiya Sancho, Sports Editor, Arts Editor
• March 2, 2021
The senior walk-in, senior night for sports, and senior breakfast are just a few of the events that many 12th graders have been anticipating since their freshman year. Little did I know back in 2017, when...
Despite the difficulties of taking care of her younger brothers, Wilde Lake sophomore Jessy Rubio-Vigil has found the silver lining from working with them throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like...
The COVID-19 crisis introduced a paradigm shift in schooling. Freshmen have never set foot in their school, graduated seniors never truly said goodbye, teachers are learning to adapt their strategies,...
