For most college applicants, May 1 is the deadline to send in the SIR (Statement of Intent to Register), to the school they plan on attending in the fall. While some West Potomac seniors were accepted through early decision or early action processes,...

If it’s Wednesday right after school, then there’s probably a Model U.N. meeting going on in room 410. Though it’s only been a year since club presidents and seniors Logan Petkosek and Olivia Ireland founded the Model United Nations (more commonly...

The areas around Alexandria and throughout Fairfax County have seen an increase in military presence in recent years. With more families moving to the area, local schools have seen a surplus of students enrolling in all school levels.   Current...

With encouragement from sunny, warm weather and a day off school, West Potomac students and teachers took to the polls on Tuesday Mar. 1, called Super Tuesday for the number of states participation. 12 including Virginia, voted in the presidential primary....

February is Black History Month, a month dedicated to recognizing and honoring the accomplishments and contribution African-Americans have made to the US over the course of our Nation’s history. Black History Month began with the Association for the...

Many students at West Potomac are not privy to one of its most withheld secrets - recycling. The school does not have a long standing history of recycling and the effort to better the community’s environmental status has only just recently kicked off....

When Snowstorm Jonas first began to pound the Washington D.C. area on the night of Jan. 21, one fate became inevitable for student events scheduled during the weekend and beyond. All the effort, fun, and activity would have to be either cancelled or postponed...

This August, West Potomac welcomed over 30 new teachers this year. As students, it’s difficult to get a read on so many first-year teachers, so to take out the guess work, The Wire has decided to feature a new first year teacher each week. This week’s...

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...