This past week marked the annual Teacher Appreciation Week. The event, which occurs during the first full week of May, is celebrated by schools around the country. Salvatore Olivo, AP Government teacher and chair of the History department at West Potomac,...

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 up to a total of 42 days missed. How early would Fairfax...

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 through early decision or early action processes,...

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 to this experience. Most of them didn’t know each...

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 publications in the eyes of law. Hazelwood East...

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 to review and prepare testing strategies.  Some...

  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 AP U.S. History students and teachers. The reason...

AP European History teacher Jeffrey Feinstein took 11 students on a field trip to New York City on Mar. 5, 2016. The trip to New York is an annual event that has taken place every school year for the past 5 years. Keeping with the theme of West Potomac’s...

What do you think when you hear the acronym “S.O.L.”? Students in Virginia often think of the Standards of Learning exams, or SOLs. Love them or hate them, depending on what classes you take, most students have to take the SOLs every school year....

Back in 2014, the College Board announced that they would be making significant revisions to the iconic SAT. Ever since that announcement, current high school juniors have been put between a rock and a hard place. They must choose between taking the old...

In the weeks following winter break, West Potomac seniors are balancing their resumed work with last-minute college applications. As these seniors reflect on all the college visits, essays, and SAT testing they have completed, a common agreement is the...

As the academic advising season begins, the electives fair is a way to help students figure out which electives to take along with their core classes. With so many classes being offered, it is sometimes hard to discern the hidden benefits of these courses....