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The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
The official student newspaper of Walter Johnson High School

The Pitch
Graeme Pearce

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor

Sophomore Graeme Pearce is entering his first year on The Pitch as a Print News Editor. He is thrilled to be playing baseball this year and loves to play all and any sport.

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Students often are stressed about the AP exam weeks or even months ahead of May. Research has found that it is important to give students a break after this significant stress has been endured. (Courtesy Porter Press)

AP students in a post-AP exam world

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Jun 9, 2025
Students are offered a variety of AP courses from several different subject fields. In past years, students were not always offered this many choices. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

AP classes: credit where credit is due

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
May 22, 2025
Although the school year ends for students of June 16, teachers must work until June 19. In the past, marking period four grades have been due earlier than they will be this year, due to the extended school year. (Courtesy MCPS Website)

Case of the Mondays: should MCPS extend the school year?

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Apr 10, 2025
WJ students: working hard or hardly working?

WJ students: working hard or hardly working?

Graeme Pearce and Jonathan Bahat
Feb 18, 2025
Junior WR Corey Dooren checks with the referee that he is on the line of scrimmage. Dooren helped step up throughout the Wildcat's season and will continue to step up as he matures into a senior next year.

Does practice make perfect in sports?

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Dec 13, 2024

ESOL hosts pumpkin carving event

Addie Strbak and Graeme Pearce
Nov 15, 2024
An online resource on the MCPS website shows the four core steps for completing the SSL requirements. Groups of students have still struggled despite such resources. (Courtesy MCPS).

Students express concerns about SSL requirements

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Oct 29, 2024
Bradley plays at the Global Strings Program at Berklee College of Music. She learned about several different styles of music and got a chance to perform them live, last summer. (Courtesy Alice Bradley)

Hard work, passion talent compose student musician

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Oct 4, 2024
A sign at Walter Johnson indicates that students can only move down stairwell S03. However, students often ignore such direction moving as they please.

Point/Counterpoint: The ups and downs of getting to class

Finn McArdle and Graeme Pearce
Sep 17, 2024
Jonny Venters is one of the only pitchers ever to receive Tommy John's surgery three times. He had the operation performed in 2005, 2013 and lastly in 2014. (Courtesy Thomson200 via Wikimedia Commons)

Pitchers look to surgery for success

Graeme Pearce, Print News Editor
Jun 12, 2024
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