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Boys Lacrosse Prepares for Spring Season

Cami Santa Anna and Maliah Hawkins
March 19, 2017

Tryouts for junior varsity and varsity spring sports recently concluded. Each tryout participant has to meet the sport’s standards in order to make the team, as they all require hard work and dedication...

Movie Review: Moonlight

Movie Review: Moonlight

Spencer Bao, Reporter
March 13, 2017

“Moonlight," a small film produced from A24, surprised many people when they won the Oscar for Best Picture. Directed by Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight” tells the story of a young black child who discovers...

Group photo of MUNsters who attended NAIMUN.

MUN Motions to Attend NAIMUN

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
February 24, 2017

Though most students had a long President’s Day weekend last week, students from Model United Nations (or MUN) spent the majority of the weekend working hard to pass legislation and form blocks at the...

Author Heidi Heilig talked about her book, The Girl From Everywhere.

Author Heidi Heilig Visits School

Cami Santa Anna and Maliah Hawkins
February 15, 2017

 This past Thursday, the library welcomed author Heidi Heilig, who is currently promoting the release of her second book, The Ship Beyond Time and heard speak about her debut young adult novel, The Girl...

Tweeting Teens: Super Bowl Edition

Tweeting Teens: Super Bowl Edition

Spencer Bao, Reporter
February 13, 2017

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My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff is a refreshing, yet easy read.

Book Review: My Salinger Year

Claudia Santa Anna, Senior Editor
February 12, 2017

“My Salinger Year”  is a book that begs to be read not because of how it’s written, but because of it’s story. A memoir of the author’s days after graduate school, the book brilliantly mixes...

The Stardew Valley game logo

Game Review: Stardew Valley

Jason La Kier, Reporter
February 12, 2017

Stardew Valley is a role playing video game released February 26, 2016 by indie game developer ConcernedApe. The game allows players to start a farm, fight monsters, go fishing, and become friends with...

Freshmen Science Fair Shows Students’ Creative Side

Jason La Kier and Joey Castrilli
February 2, 2017

The freshman science fair took place on January 23 in the cafeteria. The whole room was filled from wall to wall with students and their boards. Volunteer judges, who were mainly seniors and juniors, worked...

Singer songwriter Solange Knowles’s third studio album was released in late September.

Music Review: Solange Knowles’ “A Seat at the Table”

Cami Santa Anna, Reporter
January 18, 2017

Singer songwriter Solange Knowles’s third studio album placed number one on Billboard top 200 in October, upon it’s late September 2016 release.  A Seat at the Table,  released by her own record...

Tips and Tricks for Second Semester

Tips and Tricks for Second Semester

Claudia Santa Anna, Joey Castrili
January 18, 2017

It’s that time of the year again! Second semester is almost upon us. Soon, the second quarter, also known as the longest quarter ever (seriously, November feels like it was a whole different year) will...

Girls Basketball Team Wins Holiday Tournament

Girls Basketball Team Wins Holiday Tournament

Spencer Bao and Jason La Kier
January 16, 2017

West Potomac’s Girls Basketball Team won the Joe Cascio Holiday Tournament with a victory against the Potomac School team. The tournament championship game took place Friday, December 30, at Falls Church....

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