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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...