If you love the game, besides playing, sometimes giving back to others is the best part. While some students play for the West Po basketball teams, others play in the Fort Hunt recreational league in a...

West Po will be undergoing a $22 million dollar construction project to increase the capacity of the school by one third, from 2,331 students to 3,000. The construction will commence in December 2020,...

Recycling efforts at West Po have escalated since the new recycling program was launched last year. “The science is clear. The health and prosperity of humanity are directly tied to the state of our...

Mr. John Chapman is an eleventh-year teacher here at West Po and is one of the Biology teachers for 9th grade. He enjoys helping students with worksheets and google classroom projects, and stays after...

One hundred twenty lucky 11th Grade West Po U.S. history students will be traveling to Norfolk, Virginia, to watch Hamilton live in action this December. This is a project that has been in the works for...

Ms. Laura Pendleton teaches freshman biology as well as human anatomy and physiology. She has been teaching full-time for eight years, all of those years being at West Po. Before teaching at West Po, Ms....

Ms. Carinne Hackshaw was born to a Trinidadian father and a Granadian mother in Brooklyn, New York in the 1970s. She lived in a mostly Caribbean immigrant community, and went to St. Jude Catholic School...

The holidays are a time to venture out and see the beauty in the things around you that you don’t normally notice. As the holiday season rolls around, there is plenty to do and places to see. Here are...

Starting this school year, West Po banned the use of cell phones, according to Tangy Millard, West Potomac’s principal. “Teachers began working on this policy over the summer once the school determined...

Many seniors at West Potomac, those who turn 18 on or before November 5th, have a chance to vote in their first election. Voting this year is November 5th. The seniors of West Potomac will be voting on...

The SGA has decided to create a “Spirit Court” instead of the traditional Homecoming court from previous years, upon the county’s request. Students will be nominated by how spirited they are during...

The Powder Puff football game has always been a part of spirit week at West Potomac, and within Fairfax County. It’s a game of Juniors vs. Seniors girls flag football where the boys are the coaches and...