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The Student News Site of Thomas S. Wootton High School

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Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor

Naeha is a 2024 graduate.

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Seniors Sudiksha Purohit, Millie Vyas, Ayesha Gulati, Naeha Muralikrishnan, Jezzel Renderos and Myiesha Ameen celebrate their college commitments at senior picnic on May 10.

From rejection to full ride: How my college dreams took an unexpected turn

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
May 22, 2024
Senior Myiesha Ameen reads "Their Eyes were Watching God," one of the books students are reading in AP Literature.

Seniors reflect on favorite English class books from past four years

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
May 5, 2024
The college counseling company, Empowerly, describes their students' acceptances rates in comparison to the national acceptance rates. The national acceptance rate for UCLA is a low 8.0%, however for students at Empowerly, the acceptance rate is near 50%.

Are college counselors worth it: My experience

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
April 23, 2024
While MCPS uses traditional calculations for GPA and weighted GPA, they do not have a class ranking system based on students' GPAs.

Class ranks foster overly competitive, stress-inducing school environment for students

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
March 26, 2024
This scattergram is available for students on Naviance for the University of Maryland, College Park. Students are marked as accepted in green, waitlisted in blue or rejected in red. The Y axis represents students' GPA and the X represents their SAT score.

Assessing Naviance: Does it uphold or undermine students’ perception of what colleges they can get into?

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
March 10, 2024
College Board shared the 2022 AP US Government and Politics exam scoring guidelines that the AP readers used to grade the first essay question. According to Staff Development Teacher Christy Rice, they are helpful resources to study for the AP exam in May.

AP readers share process, benefits of grading exams

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
February 14, 2024
The band and orchestra play at the arts assembly on Dec. 1.

Celebrate the Arts assembly presents talent, creativity of art students

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
January 17, 2024
Dartmouth College has both early and regular decisions. Early decision features a much higher acceptance rate, but is binding, while regular decision has a low acceptance rate but is not binding.

Exclusive advantage: how early decision contributes to college admission inequality

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
December 18, 2023
Senior Shreyas Bachu worked on multivariable calculus homework for five hours one night. "I would like there to be more no homework days as they are a helpful break for students to relax," Bachu said.

Students, teachers share opinions on no homework day policies

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
November 19, 2023
The list of Montgomery College classes that students can take through dual enrollment includes those pictured here.

Students take advantage of Montgomery College courses through dual enrollment

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
October 26, 2023
Students interned last summer at a range of workplaces.

Students gain work experience through internships throughout summer, school year

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
October 10, 2023
Senior Millie Vyas reads about SSL opportunities on the MCPS website before first period.

Students evaluate Student Service Learning system

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
September 18, 2023
Junior Ayesha Gulati reads the news during advisory.

Ways students can get involved, educate themselves politically

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
June 1, 2023
Junior Dhruv Das studies for the SAT using Khan Academy during advisory.

Post-COVID test optional, blind policies spark debate over importance of standardized tests in college applications

Naeha Muralikrishnan, arts editor
April 27, 2023
Junior Jezzel Renderos watches a true crime video on the bus on Mar. 21.

True crime class kicks off its first year

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
March 24, 2023
Junior Carolyn Fu practices for her mock interview for AOIT after school on Feb. 15.

AOIT program entices students to join

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
February 24, 2023
Simone Biles warms up for her floor routine when competing for Team USA.

Simone Biles withdraws from Tokyo Olympics, raises questions about athlete mental health resources

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
January 11, 2023
Freshman and AOIT memberJulia Kleinbussink works on code for a choice program that will create a fruit slot machine.

Students weigh in on how to get more girls involved in AOIT, STEM

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
December 16, 2022
Sophomore girls gather around a computer, collaboratively learning code in AP Computer Science.

AOIT attempting to decrease gender imbalance; girls weigh in

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
November 17, 2022
Seniors Anya Sander, Sureena Atwal and Ganeev Kaur spend time together at a SASA lunch meeting.

South Asian Student Association is welcoming place for all students

Naeha Muralikrishnan, staff writer
November 5, 2022
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