Meet the SWW 2019-20 Golf Team!
The SWW Golf Club is in its 3rd year of formation and our ranks have grown from 2 players to over 40. Our DCIAA Golf season only lasts 6 days over 6 weeks in the spring, and our student-golfers wanted...
View ArticleCongratulations SWW Debate Team: Breakout Speakers at WUDL 2019 Holiday...
On December 14, 2019, the Washington Urban Debate League held their annual Holiday Tournament, this year hosted by Capital City PCS, bringing together students and coaches from across the D.C. area....
View ArticleVideo: Thank You, HSA!
Thank you to everyone who has donated to this year’s HSA budget. Here are a few of the teams and clubs supported by your funds… Special love to student Eilythia Penati, the Arts Department, and to our...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Walls Students selected for the 2020 OSSE Scholars Program
Congratulations to three School Without Walls students who were accepted into the prestigious OSSE Scholars Program! Sophomore, Shuting Zhang and juniors, Adrian Hines and Sanjula Tomlinson were chosen...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: 5 SWWHS Posse Scholars Selected from Class of 2020
We are proud to announce the five(!) Posse Scholars from the SWWHS Senior Class (2020). An awards ceremony was held Wednesday, January 8 at the Lincoln Theatre located on U Street, NW. See the list of...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Students Recognized with DCPS Seal of Biliteracy
The DCPS Seal of Biliteracy is an award that recognizes DCPS juniors and seniors who have achieved proficiency in English and a language other than English. These juniors and seniors at your school...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Ms. Isaac to be honored at the 10th Annual Standing Ovation...
Assistant Principal Sylvia Isaac will receive a Rubenstein Award for Excellence in Leadership at the 10th Annual Standing Ovation for DC Public Schools on January 30. Click for more information about...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: SWW Ethics Team Take 1st and 2nd at DC-Area High School Ethics...
The SWW Ethics teams had a very exciting day at the DC-Area High School Ethics Bowl this Saturday. Twenty-five teams from 16 schools competed against each other at American University with two of...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Penguins in Australia!
Who knew Penguins flourished in Australia? SWW Penguins certainly did! Welcome back Walls students from their FABULOUS trip to Sydney and Cairns where SCUBA diving and snorkeling on The Great Barrier...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Emmett Brosowsky to attend National Speech and Debate...
This weekend Walls student Emmett Brosowsky was selected as one of three students in the mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, Delaware, and the District if Columbia) to attend the National Speech and Debate...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: DMV NSBE, Jr. Team wins 2020 DC VEX Robotics Championship
While some students in the District enjoyed a relaxing mid-winter break, several local high schoolers were hard at work which paid off in a BIG way! The alliance teams of DMV NSBE, Jr’s RoboRaptors...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: US Government Students participate in Mock Court Program
The SWW US Government students listed below participated in a mock court program where they made arguments before a federal judge at the DC Circuit and District Courts. The students all did an...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: SWWHS Cheer Team Win DCIAA Championship for Level 1 Novice!
View this post on Instagram Congratulations to SWW Cheer for winning the DCIAA Championship for Level 1 Novice! #GOWALLS A post shared by SWW Penguin Nation...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: Iftakhar Alam – GWU Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Scholarship...
Congratulations, Iftakhar!
View ArticlePenguin Pride: National Latin Awards 2020 Winners
Students in the Walls Latin program won 22 gold medals and 16 silver medals in March when they competed in the National Latin Exam. Special shout out to freshman Callista Baker who made a PERFECT...
View ArticlePenguin Pride: 2020 Parkmont Poetry Festival Winners
Congratulations to Gabriela Orozco and Sean Maxfield for being chosen from a pool of over 400 submissions as among the 40 winners in the 2020 Parkmont Poetry Festival (2020 winners not yet up)!...
View ArticlePenguin Athletes Takeover Instagram this Week!
Tune in to https://www.instagram.com/swwpenguins/live/ each day this week at 2:30pm, as a different team takes over the @SWWPenguins IG account. View this post on Instagram...
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