A fad has been sweeping the school, in the form of anonymous Instagram accounts. These accounts are usually based around a theme, where pictures of students are submitted by typically anonymous photographers and posted by the account holders. This...

Back from virtual school, many students have been inspired to create their own clubs. In particular, Kaitlin Cascio and Annalise Grindstaff, two sophomores, have paired up to create “The West Po Studio.” Inspired by other school publications, like...

Fairfax County Public Schools announced it will no longer require students, staff, and visitors to wear masks beginning March 1st. The change allows FCPS to comply with a new state law signed by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin that effectively bans mask...

Starting Jan. 27, students will no longer travel to S periods during their advisory block. The first part of the block will be advisory as usual, however, what was previously S rotation time has been repurposed. What has been S rotation, the return period...

West Potomac Varsity Football is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. They will be facing the Fairfax Lions Friday Nov 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Fairfax High School. It will be a blue out, according to the hype squad twitter account. The...

The West Potomac theatre program has planned to showcase their fall show “Night of the Living Dead”. It is based on a George Romeo/John Russo film, adapted for stage by Lori Allen Ohm.  Previously performed by past West Potomac students in 2017...

Recently, students at West Potomac have stolen soap dispensers as a part of a viral Tik Tok trend that has swept across the county. The new challenge, dubbed “The Devious Lick Challenge,” encourages students to steal certain items from their schools.  Urban...

Make sure your calendar is marked for October 2 for the upcoming homecoming dance. Tickets are being sold at lunch for $20 starting Monday September 27th. There will be five spirit days leading up to the dance—Monday is PJ day, Tuesday is tie dye, Wednesday...

The West Po football team will have its home opener this Thursday, September 2nd, against Wakefield High School at 7:30.  “Currently there are no social distance guidelines that we have to enforce,” Aaron Helmick, the Director of Student Activities...

Chaos struck West Po students’ inboxes this past Thursday night as one West Po student sent an email about YouTube restrictions to the email address, [email protected], which delivered the message to the entire student body, spawning...

Over Memorial Day weekend, West Po juniors Elizabeth Hardin and Aaron Kopp placed 12th in the virtual NCFL Grand National Debate Tournament out of 257 teams.  The tournament, originally planned for Minneapolis, proceeded online due to covid concerns...

Student drivers at West Potomac and throughout the state of Virginia are required to pass a guided drivers course known as ‘Behind The Wheel’ before receiving their license. As coronavirus clicked the pause button on society last year, the Behind...