News Archive, 2002-2003

As part of the Baltimore Believe campaign, Jasmine Jeffreys, '06, was awarded a special visit from the Ravens' Ed Hartwell, who spoke to several classes of Western students on May 29.
Engineers from Northrop Grumman visited Ms. Ewing's Biology class on April 30 to teach Western 9th graders about the engineering profession.
Listen to "Dear Western" as sung at the Class of 1964's commencement.
Western's MESA Club earned 7 trophies at the Maryland Statewide Competition on April 25.
See how Western celebrated Foreign Language Week in March
Megan Fishman, '05, was accepted to the School Year Abroad China program founded by Phillips Academy in Andover.
On Tuesday, March 11, sixteen new members were inducted into the National Honor Society at a ceremony held in the Library and attended by students, parents, and staff.
Western received the only Exemplary rating for its Student Support Team in the Mid-Year Review of BCPSS high schools. The rating means that Western's team "rivals the best multi-disciplinary teams in the country."
Western's Varsity and J.V. Basketball won the city championships by scores of 58-54 and 68-60 respectively. Both games were won over last years champs, the Dunbar Lady Poets.
Western's Track and Field team won the city championship and the north regional championship and placed 3rd in the state finals in a field of 85 teams.
Five Western students were named finalists in the 16th Annual "Champions of Courage" Black History Month Competition.
Western celebrated Junior Day on November 22, 2002. Nikeita Moore, '04, created a page documenting the events.
Junior Christine Harkness was named a finalist in the ConJosé Student Science Fiction & Fantasy Contest
Western's Russian classes received visitors from Kyrghyzstan and Russia on January 8.
See our "Westernites in the News" page for items on Timothy Myers and Margaret Harmon.
Western named Honorable Mention School in Maryland's 2002 Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Program.