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  • Patriots Search for a New Identity

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Erin Futrovsky

    Principal Dr. Michael Doran has announced a contest for students to design a new logo for the school. Wootton will keep the “Patriot” mascot, but will choose a new logo design, as the current one is b

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  • New Connect-ED System Keeps Parents Informed

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Alain Parcan

    A new system, MCPS Connect-ED, has been put into place in order to quickly inform parents of emergencies or of a student’s unexcused absence.If an important date is coming up, such as Back-to-School N

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  • New Budget Plan Proposed: Weast Recommends $1.8 Billion for 2007

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Jennifer Chu

    Montgomery County Public Schools' superintendent Dr. Jerry Weast proposed a new budget plan of $1.8 billion for the 2007 school year at a press briefing on December 14. This plan includes $15 million

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  • Former Patriot Runs for Cancer

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Chris Cho

    The DNA Academy sponsored a visit by former Wootton student Bob Kao in order to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.Kao is planning on running in the Boston Marathon on April 17 and came to

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  • R-Rated Movies Banned in MCPS

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Sarah Hofmann

    Montgomery County Public Schools has recently announced that restricted, or “R” rated movies have been prohibited from being shown in high school classrooms. The “R” rating requires that any viewer un

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  • Seniors Stressed; Leave Us Alone

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    Second semester senior year has finally begun! Overall, it seems like it has taken me forever to get to this point in my life, but now that I am almost about to graduate, I feel like these past few ye

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  • Philosophy in the Classroom

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Jonathan Huang

    A glance at my Asian complexion prompts an, “Oh, you must be interested in math and science!” When I reply that philosophy and political science are my passions, people’s jaws drop like they have just

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  • Yes, Technology Greatly Improves Our Lives

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Perry Lazerus

    Technology: where would we be without it? I feel that as the age of electronics is growing, we as people are better off with technology. New technology is the cause of so many positive things that aff

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  • The Bad Aspects of Writing in Online Journals

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Erika Lam

    You check it in the morning before school and during school (albeit, without your computer programming teacher knowing); you check it when you get back from school, while you “write your English essay

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  • Basketball’s Playoff Hopes Fading With Record at 7-7

    Thursday, February 02, 2006 By: Jason Krakower

    After last year’s boys’ varsity basketball team proved capable of making the playoffs, there were high expectations coming into the 2005-2006 season. However, the loss of senior leader Jason Furst, le

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Second semester senior year has finally begun! Overall, it seems like it has taken me forever to get to this point in my life, but now that I am almost about to graduate, I feel like these past few ye
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A glance at my Asian complexion prompts an, “Oh, you must be interested in math and science!” When I reply that philosophy and political science are my passions, people’s jaws drop like they have just
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Technology: where would we be without it? I feel that as the age of electronics is growing, we as people are better off with technology. New technology is the cause of so many positive things that aff
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