by Eliana Hernandez, Jinyi Lu, and Amanda Wang Duolingo is a popular language learning app. Over 500 million people use it. What makes it awesome is that you can learn more than one language! You can learn languages like French, Chinese, Hawaiian, Japanese, Spanish, Ukrainian, Russian, Greek, Korean, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Zulu, and more! You […]
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More than a Substitute
An interview with Mr. Schroeder By Brady Winkler You’re sitting in math class. You open your planner and write in the homework, and look at the door to see Mr. Schroeder walk in. Class just got a lot better than you expected! Everyone loves having him, but did you really know about the fascinating life […]
Stroads, Roads, Streets and Car Centric Infrastructure
The difference between streets, roads and stroads and how car-centric infrastructure is bad for our society. By Brady Winkler Introduction You’re trying to walk to a store that is only a mile away. You pull up walking directions on Google Maps and begin your trip. You head out onto the highway, only to realize there […]
UTAITE (JAPANESE SINGERS)
by Amanda W, Jinyi L, and Eliana H. Utaite is the Japanese term for Japanese singers who post covers, as well as their own songs on sites like Nico Nico Douga and YouTube. Some of our favorite Utaite include; まふまふ(mafumafu),天月(amatsuki), Sou,うらたぬき(uratanuki),隣の坂田(tonari no sakata),そらる(soraru). Nqrse, and しま (Shima). If you have any questions that you would […]
Community Service Club
BY AMIRLAN J. The Community Service Club has started this month, and is looking for members to help with its many contributions to the WMS community. So, today I’ll be (trying) to persuade you to take a look into this club and (hopefully) join it! Let’s start with a few commonly asked questions, shall we? […]
7th Grade Trips Review
By: Arianna Desai This article will be covering the field trips that the 7th grade took this year. The first day was Waterworks, followed by Kayaking and Blue Hills, finally Cape Cod. All trips were important and informative for the students. Day 1 was the Waterworks Museum. This trip was not my favorite, mostly because […]
About Orange and Black News
By: Becky Berhe and Arianna Desai Did you know there is only a small group of people that take part in the Orange and Black News? This allows you to really work one on one with different teachers to expand your writing knowledge. Orange and Black News will allow you to expand on your opinions […]
End of the 2024 Basketball Season
By Will Collett and Nicky Kilmon The Basketball teams here at the middle school each had a very successful season. Will Collett and Nicky Kilmon interviewed Mr. Glavin and Mr. Rivera, looking back on this season. Mr. Glavin and Mr. Rivera are the coaches of the teams. Mr. Rivera coaches the boys team, and Mr. […]
Wayside Gift Drive – Follow Up
By Brady Winkler A little while back, I published an article on the Wayside Gift Drive. After the gift drive ended, the community service club was invited to wrap gifts for the tweens and teens living in residency at Wayside Youth & Family Services Network. I attended the gift wrapping and it was a great, […]
The Importance of Learning the T
By Brady Winkler Imagine that you are at the Prudential in Boston. Now, imagine you are trying to get to Fenway Park. The quickest way is to take an MBTA E train to Arlington, then change to the D branch and get off at Kenmore or Fenway. To me, this seems like something that everyone […]