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The student voice of West Potomac High School

The Wire

The student voice of West Potomac High School

The Wire

1.) On the bottom is an example of a mako shark tooth. In the middle is a snaggletooth shark tooth. On the top right is a dusky shark tooth and on the top left is a stingray tooth. 
2.) This is a picture of a Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel, notice how its leaf looks like a clovers leaf.

Nature Blooms Around Us

Hannah Mei Steury, Writer
June 2, 2022

You might’ve noticed we’ve turned the corner towards spring; front yards are filling up with beautiful wild flowers with an assortment of many colors. Most people probably recognize the yellow dandelions,...

Books that have been banned by Governor Youngkin.

Youngkin’s Executive Order Addressed

Finn McCool, Writer
June 2, 2022

Governor Youngkin recently issued an executive order calling for parent notification of education involving sexual conduct in Virginia schools. This decision has been made in many states as a nationwide...

Students and Teachers Reflect on a Year of the 4.0 Scale

Alisa Foster, Writer
June 2, 2022

At the same time students are scurrying to get those last papers in and those last retakes done, they are thinking about how the new 4.0 grading scale will affect their GPAs. Specific data comparing this...

This is the instagram profile photo for @wpseniors22. Visit the page to look for students college plans.

Senior Graduation Celebrated on Instagram

Mercedes Henwood, Writer
June 2, 2022

To celebrate the future of West Po seniors, Ali Pritsios, Emily Fricka, and Eleanor Pennington, took charge of running the 2022 West Potomac Senior Instagram page (@wpseniors22). It’s a student-run page,...

Caffeine Culture Buzzes at West Po

Caffeine Culture Buzzes at West Po

Carlie Erlandson, Writer
June 2, 2022

Both Red Bull and coffee are in high demand as students finish the year and pull all-nighters trying to turn in late or missing work that’s long overdue. In order to complete all of their assignments,...

Covid Demographics from the Virginia Department of Health

West Po Experiences a Surge in COVID Cases

Emma Bayliss, Writer
June 2, 2022

Recently, West Potomac has faced an abundance of new COVID cases. On May twentieth thirteen cases were reported through the schools daily covid notifications where parents can track outbreaks. The school's...

Sophomore, Phoebe Schultz, holding the spring edition of The Wire.

Sophomore Schultz Creates Masthead

Hannah Mei Steury, Writer
June 2, 2022

After years of having the same masthead, The WP Wire’s Phoebe Schultz, sophomore, created a new one. The masthead can be seen in the newspaper and on The West Potomac Wire’s website at www.thewpwire.org. The...

West Pos principal, Dr. Millard

Principal Millard Earns Her Doctorate

Sophia Crews West and Emma Bayliss
May 27, 2022

After having to push the program back for several months because of the pandemic, Dr. Millard received her Ed. D. earlier this year from George Washington University. An Ed. D. is a doctoral degree...

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Doctor Strange: The Multiverse of Madness

Miguel Tsang, Writer
May 27, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness takes place shortly after Spider-Man: No Way Home, and our main character, Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) has basically settled back into his life. The only...

Junior, Loza Markos, at Peace Awards Ceremony

West Po Student Wins the Peace Award

Maxim Chintalov, Writer
May 27, 2022

Loza Markos, a junior at West Potomac High School, is one of 24 recipients of the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County. Markos raised $5,000 on GoFundMe to pay for gifts to Ethiopian children with disabilities...

The Last Goodbye

The Last Goodbye

Mollie Shiflett, Editor-In-Chief
May 27, 2022

I don’t know how to start this. I feel like, when momentous occasions are near, one is always at a loss for words, or at least those words are in a jumble. So I think I’ll start at the end. Ends...

From SLES to the Graduation Stage

From SLES to the Graduation Stage

Ethan Brodie, Editor-In-Chief
May 27, 2022

I remember my first time stepping into Stratford Landing Elementary School as a student in the public education system back in September of 2009. I walked into the classroom and sat down at a table with...

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