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Captain Hook (Antonio Amaral) threatens a lost boy. Photo from Beyond The Page theatre company.

West Potomac Theatre Wraps “Peter & The Starcatcher”

Peter Rainey, Sports Editor
November 20, 2022

Peter and The Starcatcher, West Potomac Theatre Department’s fall play concluded last weekend after two weeks of shows. The first play under new theater head, Omar Cruz, Peter and The Starcatcher was...

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Ticketmaster Goes Bust Amidst Taylor Swift Tickets Rush

Emily Butler, Social Media Manager and Editor
November 19, 2022

Taylor Swift has been making a lot of music history over the past three weeks. Following the release of her tenth studio album, Midnights, Swift has held the top ten spots on Billboard’s Hot 100. She...

Why This Year’s World Cup Is a Big Deal To Fans, Old and New

Why This Year’s World Cup Is a Big Deal To Fans, Old and New

Image: FIFA The World Cup begins tomorrow with a bang, kicking off with Qatar Vs. Ecuador. Qatar is hosting this year's World Cup, but due to the weather, FIFA decided to move the event, typically held...

Teacher Feature: Ms. Hubbard

Teacher Feature: Ms. Hubbard

Benjamin Price, Writer/Co-Editor In Chief
November 15, 2022

In Ms. Dana Hubbard’s 14th year at West Potomac, teaching AP biology, human anatomy and physiology, as well as AVID, her favorite part of her job remains the same: getting to know her students every...

Enter The Wires $50 Primos Gift Card Contest!

Enter The Wire’s $50 Primo’s Gift Card Contest!

Alumoah Boadi, Writer
November 7, 2022

The 1st quarter print edition of The WP Wire was distributed to all advisories today. Through the paper, Wolverines have been given the opportunity to win a $50 gift card to Primo’s Family Restaurant.    Students...

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Horoscopes For The Fall

Alexis Haymon, Writer
November 7, 2022

Curious to find out what the fall might bring for your sun sign? Major astrological events occurring this November include a full moon and lunar eclipse in Taurus on the 8th and a Mars retrograde in Gemini...

Wolverines Commit to Play at the Next Level

Wolverines Commit to Play at the Next Level

Peter Rainey and Annie Ghaffari
November 7, 2022

West Potomac’s Class of 2023 comes into its senior year with no shortage of high level athletes, with already north of half a dozen committed to play collegiate sports at the time of this article’s...

Some Class of 23 to Cast Their First Ballot in the Midterms

Some Class of ’23 to Cast Their First Ballot in the Midterms

Miguel Tsang, Public Affairs & School Issues Editors
November 7, 2022

With this year’s midterm elections coming up on November 8, many West Po seniors will be eligible to vote for the first time. In our annual senior voting survey which we sent to different senior government...

Photo Credit: Benjamin Price

Broken Bathrooms Add Travel Time for Boys

Annie Ghaffari, Social Issues Co-Editor
November 7, 2022

Update: As of today, the previously closed bathrooms have since re-opened. At the time of this story's writing, they had not. If students in the new wing have to visit the restroom, they have a different...

This Week! Peter and the Star Catcher!

This Week! Peter and the Star Catcher!

Claudia Bunea and Catherine Dabbieri
November 4, 2022

West Potomac Wolverines! The West Potomac High School fall show, Peter and The Star Catcher is playing from November 3rd to November 12th at the Kogelman Theater. Although the show is ensemble-based, the...

Excerpt from the VA DOE Model Policy 2022

Youngkin’s Draft Model Education Policy Produces Pushback

Mercedes Henwood and Gracie Bobotek
September 25, 2022

Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, proposed a new policy for Virginia public schools that includes suggestions about the involvement of parents in schools in general and including transgender rights...

Yellow highlighted portion of the Student and Staff lot is where students are permitted to park this week.

Parking Back in Session for Upperclassmen

Phoebe Schultz, Editor-in-Chief
September 19, 2022

Today, Sept. 19, students who were issued parking spots this summer, and then had them revoked due to construction delays, were able to park in their respective spots for the first time. Staff and teachers...

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