Exactly one week after traveling to Chantilly High School for Chantilly’s Model UN conference, the members of West Potomac’s Model United Nations club (commonly referred to as MUN), attended GFMUNXI, a Model UN conference hosted by Gar-Field High...

Before you start panicking about how to earn your volunteer hours, hold your horses. You may have heard that you are required to do community service to graduate, but that is not the case.   “You are not required to do community service to...

 Senior Michelle St. John and her partner, senior Jackson Kosmacki, are researching the various environmental policies of Germany. However, they aren't researching this for a class. They will not be graded on the information they learn.  Though...

West Potomac implemented a new bell schedule to meet state class time requirements on the first week after winter break. “There were some classes that were not meeting the requirement for the county,” said Spanish teacher Yamalie Colon, who was...

West Potomac has seen a dramatic increase in the number of students using the connectors to get to class this past week. Because so many people are trying to avoid the bitter cold outside, the connector has become overly crowded with all different students...

West Potomac’s Model United Nations Club held their third internal conference, WESTPOMUNC III, on Wednesday afternoon. The topic of the conference was the Syrian refugee crisis, a topic chosen by club members. Delegates were also met with a “crisis”...

Imagine it’s been a few days since school has started and you want to switch out of your AP or honors class because it’s more difficult than you thought it would be. You head to your counselor's office during class or wolverine time in order to make...

This year, the creative writing class are participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is a annual creative writing event that challenges writers to write 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November, usually at the rigorous...

West Potomac’s newest club, Modern Moderates, held its first meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. Senior Jenny Sutton started the club as a way to provide a safe space for the student body to discuss current political events. Sponsored by history teacher Rob...

A swarm of proud parents and their well-dressed students are beginning to crowd in the auditorium in Springbank. Though the West Potomac theatre’s autumn show, American Idiot is opening in the auditorium across the hallway, these parents and students...

In the weeks leading up to Homecoming weekend, students at West Potomac High School propose to each other to be dates for the Homecoming dance. In recent years, the standards marking a good “Hoco Propo” have raised, forcing students to think creatively...

Leaving campus for lunch break has long been popular among upperclassmen, however, it has always been against school rules. The school administration has been taking steps to stop students from doing leaving for lunch.  “[Students] should be allowed...