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  • Community Mourns the Loss of Rachels

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Jared Nelson

    Two weeks after the tireless search for the two missing teens had commenced, junior Rachel Smith and graduate Rachel Crites were found dead in the Crites’s family car on Friday, February 2 in Loudoun

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  • Beach Week Meeting Spells Out Dangers of Trip

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Daria Jammal

    On Tuesday, January 31, an informational session was held to inform parents of the dangers of allowing their children to attend “Beach Week,” a trip for seniors that immediately follows graduation. Re

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  • Trash From Littering Takes Over School

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Mark Stubenberg

    Almost everyone has done it at one time or another: forgetting to throw away a plastic bottle, not cleaning up after themselves, or tossing a wrapper on the ground. Sometimes people’s contribution to

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  • Bush Fails to Take Effective Action in Darfur

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: David Taylor

    Many people have heard about the current situation in the country of Sudan, but few know what is actually going on.Sudan is the tenth largest country in the world and the largest country in Africa. It

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  • Wrestling Finishes Stellar Season

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Zach Asman

    Despite a loss to Damascus in the regional tournament, the Patriots varsity wrestling team completed a great season. The team swooped under the radar and had one of their best seasons in decades.Howev

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  • Girls’ BBall Heads to Regional Semis

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Eric Fink

    As an outstanding regular season came to a close, the Patriots were riding a 15 game winning streak to a final record of 19-1. The team won their first division title in nearly 30 years, and headed co

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  • Boys’ BBall Team Falls in Playoffs

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: David Blattman

    After an impressive 59-54 win over Gaithersburg in the first round of the playoffs in which senior Peter Barrett lead the team with 19 points, the Patriots were ready to make a run. However, Wootton’s

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  • Ice Hockey Season Ends Prematurely

    Monday, March 05, 2007 By: Jason Krakower

    After a successful and promising regular season, the ice hockey team suffered another disappointing finish. Their year ended earlier than anticipated with a 2-1 overtime loss against rival Churchill,

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  • Poms Perform Well In Past Competitions

    Tuesday, March 06, 2007 By: Megan Berman

    Led by senior captain Jackie Kaufman, the Wootton poms put on a strong performance at the Liberty Belle Competition on January 13th at Magruder High School. Their hard work finally paid off, as the sq

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  • Sports Profile: Josh Dorsey, Junior

    Tuesday, March 06, 2007 By: Zach Levin-Epstein

    The most surprising and influential player on the boys’ varsity basketball team is junior guard Josh Dorsey. Last year, Dorsey was one of the top players on the junior varsity team, and earned a spot

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Common Sense Thomas S. Wootton High School Rockville, MD
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