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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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Class of 2016 Offers Post-Grad Advice to 2017

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
June 18, 2017

"My advice is to join the Quidditch team and get BIG. Seriously though I would suggest making time to work out. Sometimes you get super busy or stressed and you start to prioritize other things over...

Orchestra Seniors Take Final Bow at Senior Night

Cami Santa Anna, Reporter
June 8, 2017

Siblings, parents and friends gathered in the Kogelman for a smaller concert to commemorate the six graduating senior orchestra students on their various achievements, as well as hear each player perform...

Wrapping It Up: Class of 2017 President on Senior Year

Wrapping It Up: Class of 2017 President on Senior Year

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
May 24, 2017

This article is a follow-up from an article from October. Click here to read it.     In October, the senior class sent out a survey asking about Class of 2017 senior privileges. These...

ESOL Program Sees Population Growth

ESOL Program Sees Population Growth

Spencer Bao, Reporter
May 21, 2017

In the last couple of weeks, ESOL has seen multiple new students arrive on campus. In fact, the total number of “level 1” students has doubled. ESOL stands for “English for Speakers of Other Languages,”...

Horses at A Place to Be, a nonprofit organization where senior Juliette Burcham (on horse) will be SHOUTing, provides stress-relief to children in foster care.

SHOUTing Out Loud: Seniors Look Forward to Unique, Meaningful SHOUT Experiences

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
May 19, 2017

SHOUT (Students Helping Others United Together), which runs from June 1 to 14 this year, provides for unique but meaningful experiences for seniors in their final weeks before graduation. Instead of attending...

May 1 is the national deadline to commit to a college or university.

A Big Commitment: Seniors Celebrate National College Comitment Day

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
May 1, 2017

For most college-bound students, May 1 is the national deadline to commit to a college or university. Even though many Wolverine seniors discovered which college they would attend through early decision...

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West Potomac Film Club Movie Premiere Faces Tech Difficulty

Jason La Kier, Reporter
April 28, 2017

It had been seven months since the West Potomac Film Club announced that filming had begun on their first feature film, Strangers in the Night. A trailer had been released to Youtube, and the film was...

Photo credit to Michael Brambha

Wolverines Talk Culture: Students Celebrate Nowruz

Cami Santa Anna and Maliah Hawkins
April 7, 2017

Students often treasure the things that connect them with their heritage. In seniors Sarah Sauers and Michael Bambha’s case, that would be Nowruz. Nowruz is also spelled many ways, including Nooruz,...

Senior Map 2017 Survey

Senior Map 2017 Survey

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
April 4, 2017

Seniors! Are you going to college? Community college? A gap year? Work? Military? Let us know what YOUR plans are for this year’s senior map! We want the entire Class of 2017 included in the senior...

Humans of West Potomac, Vol. 13 (Emotions Issue Edition)

Humans of West Potomac, Vol. 13 (Emotions Issue Edition)

Claudia Santa Anna and Jason La Kier
April 4, 2017

Oliver DiCaprio, Junior “[I would define nostalgia as] looking back overly fondly at childhood memories. I don’t remember my childhood [much]. I was an anti-social gremlin in my childhood… I don’t...

Bikers line up to compete in the Bike-a-Thon.

Wolverine Green Bike-A-Thon Bikes to the Finish

Spencer Bao, Reporter
March 26, 2017

 Many community members of all ages gathered in Fort Hunt Park on a Saturday morning to support the West Potomac Wolverine Green in the Bike-a-Thon. The money that was raised in the Bike-A-Thon went directly...

Students gather in the College & Career Center for the Generation Global talk.

Students Video Conference with lndonesian, Mexican Students on International Women’s Day

Jason La Kier, Reporter
March 22, 2017

On March 8, students from the World Religions and Combatting Intolerance classes joined in the College and Career Center for an hour and a half videoconference on Women’s Rights. The talk started with...

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