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’...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

The end of the year is on its way, and with it comes the flurry of final exams, AP testing, graduation, prom, summer plans, and quite frankly, it’s incredibly stressful. It seems like there's not enough time, but also too much time, and you have an...

West Potomac athletes across many sports are getting ready for playoff competition. All the teams benefit when classmates cheer them on. “The fans help us play better, they create an atmosphere that proves we have a positive student-filled community...

The boys lacrosse team at West Potomac is going into the Patriot District Tournament hot. Coming to the end of the season, the boys have a record of 9 wins and 4 loses. After winning the district and making the regional finals last year, the team entered...

The testing schedule for West Potomac starts tomorrow (5/4), lasting until next Thursday (5/13). The morning period starts at 8:20, leaving the 10 minutes prior for breakfast, but goes until 11:10, with the second and third blocks lasting the normal amount...