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Stuent Volunteer Opportunities for All Grades

Bela Starinchak, Student Life Editor
May 8, 2016

It’s almost June, which means most seniors are getting ready for Students Helping Others United Together (SHOUT), an opportunity the school gives them to go out into the community to volunteer. However,...

Lunch Staff Workers Involved in Altercation Were Not School Employees, Case Says

Daniel Rayder, Reporter
May 3, 2016

On Tuesday, April 26 during D lunch, students watched as two lunch ladies engaged in a physical altercation. While rumors were made regarding the situation, Principal Case provided information to set...

Reception Celebrates Senior Artists’ Work

Brian Cash, Reporter
May 3, 2016

Seniors in the West Potomac art program were celebrated on Saturday, April 28, 2016. A wide variety of art from different seniors was shown off in the library from 7 to 9 p.m. with the artists present...

History Teacher Don Beeby To Retire This Friday After 30 Years at West Potomac

Wingel Caburian, Reporter
May 3, 2016

West Potomac High School loses and gains teachers every year. This year, the school is losing history and personal finance teacher Mr. Don Beeby. Beeby taught at West Potomac since Jan. 27, 1986. At first,...

Fairfax County Public Schools To Start Before Labor Day in 2017-18 School Year

Grant Benick, Reporter
May 3, 2016

The 2017-2018 school year may be changing drastically for the students of Fairfax County Public Schools. With an average of eight and a half days missed due to snow over the past five years have added...

Seniors Celebrate College Commitment for National Decision Day

Nina Raneses, Co-Editor in Chief
May 1, 2016

For most college applicants, May 1 is the deadline to send in the SIR (Statement of Intent to Register), to the school they plan on attending in the fall. While some West Potomac seniors were accepted...

West Potomac Gears Up for First Weekend of Starlight Express

Duncan Hoag, Co-Editor in Chief
May 1, 2016

Beyond The Page Theater Company will be performing their rendition of Starlight Express this week. Philip Clark, theater director, talked about how the cast has grown into the challenge of putting on such...

30 Years of History: The Creation of West Potomac High School

Nina Raneses, Co-Editor in Chief
April 30, 2016

On the morning of August 26, 1985, the first bell signaling the beginning of classes to start at West Potomac High School rang. Filling the crowded halls and parking lots were students who were all new...

Complete Coverage : Mount Vernon Surveyor Editor Defends Yearbook Spreads

Nina Raneses, Co-Editor in Chief
April 30, 2016

This article was originally published in the March 2016 issue of The Wire. In 1988, the Supreme Court case decision for Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier permanently altered the perception of public school student...

Students, Teachers Prepare as AP Exam Week Approaches

Bela Starinchak, Student Life Editor
April 30, 2016

Advanced Placement (AP) testing season is here. It’s the time of the year where stress levels rise to an all time high and everyone around the school can feel the tension as AP classes are starting...

Security Increases at West Potomac After Fights

April 28, 2016

On Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, 2016, a confirmed 3 fights broke out on the West Potomac campus and at a school bus stop. The situation is under investigation by school security and the police. While...

AP U.S. History Takes A Trip to the Moton Museum

Shahtaj Ali, Reporter
April 27, 2016

The Robert Russa Moton High School is a national historic landmark home to the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and it recently had its hallowed halls walked by some of West Potomac’s...