by Grace Armogida Social studies teacher Jason Lepeonka (also known as Lep) has been the soda drinking, mallet hitting, funny teacher here at Walkersville for a number of years. Through the many interesting storiesRead More
Read MoreTwo students in this year’s Frederick County Public Schools’ Asteroid Hunters program discovered asteroids never before catalogued and earned rights to name them! The only other schools in the U.S. with students achieving this honor are in Hawaii and Texas. The FCPS students are 11th grader Susanna Chen from Walkersville High and 10th grader Kaitlyn Murray from Oakdale High. “This is a REALLY big deal,” says Lisa Bruck, who co-directs the ESSL with Jeff Grills. Asked what the students will name their asteroids, Ms. Bruck said she doesn’t know yet.…
Read Moreby Jessica Bentley Every year school and classes seem to be going more and more online. This new way of learning is convenient for some, but not so much for others. I personally justRead More
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 18, 2017, five students representing Walkersville Middle School competed at the State Level MathCounts competition at John Hopkins University. Out of more than eight-hundred “mathletes” in Maryland, only twenty percent compete at the state level. Walkersville’s five Mathletes were: Pruthav Patel, Jimmy Yang, Bradley Morhiser, and Maya Brown. Mr. Silver, a math teacher at Walkersville Middle School, coaches the mathletes. He is so very proud of the accomplishments of the mathletes, and how well they worked this season. If you see any of these fantastic Mathletes, please wish…
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