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![Junior Katherine Hua receives an award for excellence in painting during the awards ceremony on May 15. The schools award ceremony is held annually and recognizes student achievements in various subjects throughout the year.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8880-1200x675.jpg)
Pragna Pothakamuri, features editor • May 29, 2024
![Students were given a wellness day on May 10 after a weeks worth of AP and MISA testing. This wellness day allowed students to come to school late and catch up on their school work or take a day to themselves to reset and recover before the next week of testing.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-5-900x1200.jpg)
Shayna Fleischer, opinion editor • May 28, 2024
![While multiple site improvements are scheduled for the summer, areas of the school will remain in a state of disrepair, like the ceiling tiles pictured on the first floor.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9648-900x1200.jpg)
Claire Lenkin, editor-in-chief • May 28, 2024
![Montgomery County Board of Education President Karla Silvestre testifies on Capitol Hill about antisemitism across the county on May 8.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/karlaSarticle.webp)
Emory Scofield, news editor • May 26, 2024
![English teacher Zach Lowe finishes up his school day with honors English. The students are currently studying Romeo and Juliet.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6242-900x1200.jpg)
Lale Olguin, staff writer • May 26, 2024
![On Mar. 10 junior Ben Phillips (middle) and his roommates take a picture on a cliff hanging over the Israeli desert Negev.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_2066-900x1200.jpg)
Casen Linn, staff writer • May 5, 2024
![Sophomore Chloe Ayissi-Etoh presents during a fashion show in 2023. Ayissi-Etoh sews, models and markets for her company, Chlolaná. “I just never thought I was going to love something that much,” Ayissi-Etoh said.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Chloe-Ayissi-Etoh-1-801x1200.jpg)
Cameron Cowen, staff writer • May 2, 2024
![Junior Naima Cho-khaliq on the runway.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-1-927x1200.jpg)
Danielle Ram, features editor • May 2, 2024
![The boys volleyball team plays against Gaithersburg.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Wootton-1200x590.png)
![Junior Goalie Connor Jackson, named second team all-division, makes a save against Richard Montgomery on Apr. 27.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_6814-800x1200.jpg)
![Senior Noah Parker pitches his junior year before his injury. Parker missed a large part of his senior year due to an injury. I could have prevented the injury from happening with proper load work management, Parker said](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zy9NBp7noRjODKkTHB6HVqwA7kf7RMot8cLEujNw.jpg)
![Soccer player Sofia Gabrielle played with seniors at the MCPS Senior All-Star Game against BCC on Nov. 20, 2023.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-21-at-10.02.17 PM.jpg)
![The crew of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying prepared the playbills on the opening day of the show. During sixth period, they gathered in the theater to make final preparations.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/86126FF7-D4D0-4D56-B31D-003C0F3179AC-1200x900.jpg)
![Senior Jax Kobey walks through the streets of New York on their way from dinner to the Broadway show, Hadestown.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/902EAD5B-1AFF-43BE-9648-F29AAA52412C.jpg)
![Freshman Jolie Ginsburg researches the Kentucky Derby and its problematic nature, after school on May 21.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kentucky-derby-2-900x1200.jpg)
Hayley Gottesman, news editor • May 24, 2024
![Junior Tali Rosen reads the summary for the new British black comedy drama series Baby Reindeer.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-4-979x1200.jpg)
Danielle Ram, features editor • May 26, 2024
![Students who went to different cluster elementary schools talk before school starts on May 29.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_0166-900x1200.jpg)
Chase Dolan, staff writer • May 29, 2024
![Sophomore James Colvin scrolls on phone instead of doing classwork. Throughout the fourth quarter but especially now with only about two weeks left in school, I find it really hard to get work done instead of doing a different activity outside of school, Colvin said.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-6-900x1200.jpg)
May 29, 2024
![Wootton sophomore Blake Graham and Churchill sophomore Austin Lieber reunite after the Wootton vs. Churchill football game In September 2023.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8776-1200x900.jpg)
May 28, 2024
![The parking lot has caused controversy between juniors and seniors this year, but that does not deter sophomores from hoping for spots next year. “I hope I can get a parking spot for my junior year,” sophomore Jonas Klein said.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_8048-1200x900.jpg)
May 28, 2024
![Senior Carma Ghorab watches Michael Showalter’s seventh feature film “The Idea of You” on May 25 on a roadtrip to New Jersey. “There was no substance to the movie, it felt like a story for older One Direction fans that are now mothers. It was a very odd trope, a mother with a newly adult,” Ghorab said.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/563EA3A5-2538-40AA-971B-9504F283B57D-900x1200.jpg)
Ahmed Ibrahim, opinion editor • May 28, 2024
![Banana-apple bread is an easy loaf to prepare for busy mornings.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4401-1126x1200.jpg)
Heerah Jayakumar, features editor, race & equity editor • May 24, 2024
![Senior Jordyn Cottone reads the third book in the Divergent series, Allegiant, during free time in her first-period ASL class. I love how powerful Tris is throughout the series, Cottone said.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4924-900x1200.jpg)
Emma Karcz, news editor • May 23, 2024
![Croissants are a delectable treat for any season.](https://woottoncommonsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/unnamed-1-1-1185x1200.jpg)
Heerah Jayakumar, features editor, race & equity editor • May 2, 2024
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