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Mr Minh standing in his math class with markers in hand.
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Teacher Feature: Mr. Minh
Jackie Henwood, Reporter • January 15, 2025

Mr. Minh Huynh is one of the many adored teachers here at West Potomac High School. Mr. Minh has worked at West Potomac for 11 years as a math...

The Commanders celebrated with kicker Zane Gonzalez after he doinked the football off the upright and into the goal for the Commanders first playoff win in two decades.
Sports
A Doink to the Divisional Round, Commanders Win Their First Playoff Game Since 2006
Thomas Argroves, Finn Johnson • January 13, 2025

  On January 12th, 2025, The Washington Commanders won their first playoff game since 2006, beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20. The...

Mr Driscoll, an Economics and Personal Finance teacher who studied at Virginia Tech.
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Teacher Feature: Mr Driscoll
Thomas Argroves, Sports Editor • December 10, 2024

Mr Driscoll is a Career and Technical Education teacher, who teaches Economics and Personal Finance, Accounting, and Digital Applications.  He...

West Potomac's students filling the cast list of this years nutcracker
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Dancing into December, the Nutcracker Begins
Addison Hood and Leila Freimanis December 6, 2024

  Starting on December 5th, at our very own West Potomac auditorium, the Alexandria Community’s Nutcracker begins. This holiday tradition...

Ms. Symone Jenkins is an English teacher for 9th and 10th grade at West Po. Her love for teaching English roots from being able to see each student's progress in writing overtime and seeing how far her students come from the beginning to the end of the school year.
Teacher Features
Teacher Feature: Ms. Jenkins
Finn Johnson December 3, 2024

Ms. Symone Jenkins, English teacher for 9th and 10th grade at West Po, loves teaching English because of being able to see each student's progress...

Mr Landis, a world history/geography teacher who grew up in Pennsylvania.
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Teacher Feature: Mr. Landis
Raphael Lemorie, Reporter • November 26, 2024

Mr. Michael Scott Landis, world history geography teacher. He has been teaching at West Po for 5 years but he has been teaching for 21 years...

Junior Center Kevin Dumitrescu ready to snap the ball against Woodson HS in a 44-0 rout on November 2.   Photo Credit: Rhys Hancock, Sophomore
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Hayfield’s Last Minute Court Injunction Throws Playoffs into Chaos
Thomas Brown November 20, 2024

West Po will take the field in their first playoff game of the year Thursday, November 21 at Fairfax, but that wasn’t how the playoffs were...

Parent volunteers operate a concessions booth during most West Po Athletics home games.
Humans of West Potomac
Band Concessions Sell Out Quickly after Sudden Home Game Cancellation
Finn Johnson and Thomas Argroves November 20, 2024

Instead of being stuck with 1,000 Chick-Fil-A sandwiches and enough pizza for a playoff crowd, West Po’s home playoff football game on November...

Photos of various women and related music nominated for Grammy awards
News
The Year of the Women; Preview of the 2025 Grammys
Virginia Hope, Reporter • November 19, 2024

Is this the year of the women at the 2025 Grammys? Women are leading the way in next year’s Grammy nominations. 2024 has been a massive year...

Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders
News
New Kid on the Block
Emma Fetterolf, Assistant Editor • November 14, 2024

The NFC East has not had a repeating division champion for over 20 years. The last time was in 2004 where the Philadelphia Eagles won it four...

West Po's newest production follows the story of three Hufflepuff's and their stories throughout their seven years at Hogwarts.
Arts & Entertainment
Review: The Whimsical Joy of Puffs
Nora Fitzpatrick, Editor-In-Chief • November 10, 2024

On October 31st, Puffs came to the West Potomac. In doing so Puffs brings a hilarious story of unlikely heroes and community to West Po. Puffs...

Mrs Herman, a teacher who studied at the University of Virginia standing outside her math class.
Teacher Features
Teacher Feature: Mrs. Herman
Annie Jones, Reporter • November 8, 2024

Math is something that most people might spark interest in and pursue their smartness. Or would rather fall asleep or give up halfway. Math is...

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