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Teacher Feature: Ms. Corey Haynes

Teacher Feature: Ms. Corey Haynes

Rimshaw Hassan, Reporter
April 16, 2018

English teacher Corey Haynes is a new to West Potomac, but it isn’t her first time teaching. Haynes has taught at a number of schools, including ones outside of the U.S. She volunteered at the Peace...

Air Jordan 32

Review: Basketball Shoes Recently Released

Abdullah Akhtar, Reporter
April 16, 2018

Air Jordan 32 The Air Jordan 32 (also known as Air Jordan XXXII) was released on September 23,, 2017. These shoes cost $185, which is a quite expensive, but may be worth the price for some customers....

Teacher Feature: Dr. Sukalo

Teacher Feature: Dr. Sukalo

Ruth Dean, Reporter
April 12, 2018

Dr. Althea Sukalo is new to West Potomac this year, but she quite familiar to student antics--her love for teaching came from her love for teenagers. “Teenagers help you enormously to stay young,...

Movie Review: Love, Simon

Movie Review: Love, Simon

Ruth Dean, Reporter
March 28, 2018

Love, Simon came out in theaters this weekend, and really surprised me and many other watchers. I came in with the expectations of just another sappy romance movie, but came out thinking it was so much...

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February 28, 2018

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Gun Resolution Passed at FCPS School Board Meeting

Claire Callahan, Editor-in-Chief
February 25, 2018

In response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting on February 14, FCPS discussed gun violence at the school board meeting on February 22. The superintendent and school board members discussed the issue...

Skopp-Cardillo diving into the pool for a swimming race.

6-0 Is the Way to Go: Swim & Dive

Leigh Kovalsky, Reporter
January 29, 2018

With a 6-0 record, the West Potomac swim & dive team has owned the pool this season, despite the change of a new coach, Laurel Grezeler. Freshman swimmer Juliana Skopp-Cardillo enjoyed her first...

The mariachi band performing at Around the World in One Night.

Around the World in One Night: Behind the Scenes

Claire Callahan, Editor-in-Chief
January 26, 2018

Every year, Around the World in One Night is a multicultural, international event held in West Potomac’s cafeteria intended to celebrate the student body’s diversity and learn about other cultures....

Snow, School, Students: A Struggle

Ruth Dean, Reporter
January 25, 2018

January comes with many holidays to start with, but the three snow days and a two hour delay are really adding up to the stress put on students who are worrying about their grades for this quarter. Freshman...

Photo of the Supreme Court building taken by Julia Cunningham

Students Witness History: Masterpiece Cakeshop V. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

January 9, 2018

For most students, Supreme Court rulings only happen in textbooks; however, for West Potomac seniors Julia and Katherine Cunningham, the highest court in the land was just in reach. The sisters witnessed...

My gym membership card WHICH I USE ON A REGULAR BASIS!!!!!

New Year’s Resolutions: Delusional Wannabes

Claudia Berman, Reporter
January 9, 2018

Are you unable to find an open tread mill at the gym? Is that healthy organic fruit juice that you’ve been getting from Whole Foods sold out at your local grocer? It must be that dreaded time when the...

Insidious: A Somewhat Scary Snoozefest

Insidious: A Somewhat Scary Snoozefest

Chase Hanson, Reporter
January 9, 2018

Insidious: The Last Key is the final chapter of the horror movie franchise. It's completely fictitious and focuses on one of the side characters from the other three movies, Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye)....

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