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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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Student Life

This Week! Peter and the Star Catcher!

This Week! Peter and the Star Catcher!

Claudia Bunea and Catherine Dabbieri Nov 4, 2022

West Potomac Wolverines! The West Potomac High School fall show, Peter and The Star Catcher is playing from November 3rd to November 12th at the Kogelman Theater. Although the show is ensemble-based, the leads of the show are Sunny Call (Peter Pan), Ema...

Excerpt from the VA DOE Model Policy 2022

Youngkin’s Draft Model Education Policy Produces Pushback

Mercedes Henwood and Gracie Bobotek Sep 25, 2022

Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, proposed a new policy for Virginia public schools that includes suggestions about the involvement of parents in schools in general and including transgender rights specifically. The new policy states “Parents are...

Yellow highlighted portion of the Student and Staff lot is where students are permitted to park this week.

Parking Back in Session for Upperclassmen

Phoebe Schultz, Editor-in-Chief Sep 19, 2022

Today, Sept. 19, students who were issued parking spots this summer, and then had them revoked due to construction delays, were able to park in their respective spots for the first time. Staff and teachers are now allowed to park in the new Kiss-n-Ride...

West Potomac Parking Spots In Flux

West Potomac Parking Spots In Flux

Benjamin Price and Miguel Tsang Sep 11, 2022

West Potomac students have felt the rumble of construction vehicles under their feet, seen construction workers all over campus and even gotten to enjoy the new building. In the midst of all the changes spurred by the construction occurring throughout...

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

Senior Graduation Celebrated on Instagram

Mercedes Henwood, Writer Jun 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, not official. The three seniors post students’...

Caffeine Culture Buzzes at West Po

Caffeine Culture Buzzes at West Po

Carlie Erlandson, Writer Jun 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, some chug Red Bull, Monster, coffee, espresso, whatever...

Covid Demographics from the Virginia Department of Health

West Po Experiences a Surge in COVID Cases

Emma Bayliss, Writer Jun 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 current protocol is to put the affected person...

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 and volunteered at the Black Lion Hospital...

Shut Down DC organized the first demonstration on Justice Alito’s street whih was attended by some West Po students. Photo Credit: Hayden Stengler

Students Join Protest of Leaked Draft Supreme Court Document Overturning Roe v. Wade

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price May 27, 2022

Local resident Supreme Court Justice Alito’s house has become the sight of spirited demonstrations in the wake of his leaked court opinion that would overturn Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court case which gave women the right to an abortion in 1973 and...

Senior Grant Hamilton Receives National Merit Scholarship

Senior Grant Hamilton Receives National Merit Scholarship

Javin Richards, Writer May 25, 2022

Senior Grant Hamilton became one of approximately 7,500 high school students who earned a prestigious National Merit Scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). A total of 1.5 million students competed for the scholarships, and...

Picture from senior page of the West Potomac website.

Senior Information Roundup

Michael Weinraub, Writer May 23, 2022

For seniors, this Friday the 27th is the last day of school before graduation, but there’s a lot that has to be done before putting on the cap and gown on June 3rd. This week, laptops have to be turned in. From today (the 23rd) until Wednesday (the...

Burnout Strikes Juniors and Seniors

Annie Ghaffari, Writer May 23, 2022

The fourth quarter is coming closer and closer to an end. Seniors are getting ready to head off to college and start their adult lives. Juniors are getting prepped to consider colleges and figure out what they really want to do with their lives. Burnout...