Usually when people think of march madness, they think of teams like Duke and Kentucky winning it all in dominating fashion. Except that is never really what happens. Now more than ever underdogs are taking over the tournament, until 2018 no 16 seed had...

With spring break fast approaching, many students plan to leave to go to sunnier places. Spring break hot spots in Florida, OBX, and others along the east coast start to prepare for the rush of people by implementing new and harsh rules. The US is warning...

Most know Ramadan as a time of fasting for Muslims, but there’s more to it than that. Ramadan is the name of the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and is observed as a holy month due to it being the time when the Quran was sent down from heaven....

Lent is an ancient tradition that Christian’s follow every year. “The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan,” according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It all...

After being pushed to February 3rd due to inclement weather, the West Potomac Science coordinated by Mr. Kipp Rogers hosted approximately 250 students.All classes were welcome to participate in the science fair and it is a requirement for some honors...

If you are down in Gunston and you smell freshly brewed coffee or a sugary pastry, that must be the Brew-tea-ful Cafe! The Pulley Career Center coffee shop program started up in 2018, and resumed after the pandemic in 2021. Located off of Gunston, The...

Super Tuesday is coming next week and Virginia along with many other states will hold their presidential primaries. Many West Potomac seniors will have the opportunity to vote in this race so we’ve put together a helpful guide to the candidates and...

February is Black History Month and the Black Student Union (BSU) is getting ready to work during lunches doing African American trivia and making bracelets every Friday for the month.  The president of the BSU is Joy Cuero, a senior at West Po, and...

"They wouldn't even let me on the swim team because I needed help to swim one lap without basically drowning," Hadley Petronello, freshman, said. Much has changed since that 6-year-old summer season at the local neighborhood pool. Petronello qualified...

During this winter season as the holidays are just ending, students of West Potomac High School might be starting to feel symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder more commonly known as Seasonal Depression or SAD.  Seasonal Depression is more common...

Around this time of the year, the last thing any student want to be is the loser of their fantasy football league. Fantasy football leagues are a group friends or other participants that draft a team full of players from the NFL and then hope their team...

We’ve had some snow already and there may be some more in the forecast, and students, teachers and staff are all thinking the same thing: Is school canceled or not? FCPS awarded the first snow day in two years on Jan. 16, and a 2-hour delay the following...