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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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Teacher Feature: Ms Lutzker

Teacher Feature: Ms Lutzker

Ireland Mcgee, Reporter
June 4, 2024

When leaving Ms. Kelly Lutzker’s class it's not unusual to walk out with a couple of bucks. She hands out Lutzker bucks which are fake money that students earn at the end of the week for completing...

Teacher Feature: Dr. Hany

Teacher Feature: Dr. Hany

Thomas Argroves
May 31, 2024

Originally from Egypt, Dr. Hany Eldeib is starting his first year as a math teacher at West Po.. He came to America for the first time in 1978 for a summer internship, and ended up coming back and staying...

Image Credit: @officialfivetwofive

West Potomac Class Hosts 3rd Annual Album Release Party

Jaylan Post
May 17, 2024

Head over to the Kogelman Theater on May 17th at 6:30, where West Potomac High School’s fivetwofive. are hosting their 2024 album release listening party for their new album, Growing Pains. fivetwofive....

Freshman Swims at States This Weekend

Freshman Swims at States This Weekend

Addison Hood, Reporter
February 14, 2024

"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...

Antonio “Tony” Amaral, who played Professor Callahan in this spring’s
West Po Theatre production of Legally Blonde

Senior Theatre Student Nominated for Award

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor in Chief
June 2, 2023

Senior Antonio “Tony” Amaral, who starred as Professor Callahan in West Potomac’s Legally Blonde, was recently nominated for a prestigious Brandon Victor Dixon award, an honor given for “excellence...

Sara Salama, senior student lead of SEC, wins 2023 Student Peace Award

West Potomac Senior Receives 2023 Student Peace Award

Anna Weichlein, Staff Writer
June 2, 2023

West Potomac senior Sarah Salama was honored as a recipient of the 2023 Student Peace Award on March 19, along with 27 other Fairfax County students. The Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County began in...

Four-year journalism student, Annie Ghafarri will be attending American University in the fall.

Annie Ghaffari: Senior Sign-Off

Annie Ghaffari
June 2, 2023

I started taking journalism my freshman year of high school, unaware of the positive impact it would have on me down the line. It’s been a class I have consistently enjoyed throughout each year, even...

Senior, Ben Price, will be heading to Chapman University this fall.

Benjamin Price: Senior Sign-Off

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor in Chief
June 2, 2023

Most of our senior sign-offs have a message to them, something to say about how they want the school to change or their concerns about the world they’re going into, but I want to take a different approach...

Pi for Pie Day poster spread on The Wire's socials (@thewpwire) encourages West Po students to compete in the competition

Pi for Pie Day

Phoebe Schultz, Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2023

In celebration of Pi Day, March 14, The Wire hosted a Pi for Pie Day competition through all lunches. Students were encouraged to come up to our table and recite as many pi digits as they could recall....

Meritfinalist Saira Nagda: Photo courtesy of Co-Editor In Chief Benjamin Price

West Potomac Semifinalists Advance to the NMSC Finals

Phoebe Schultz, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2023

Seniors Fionn French and Saira Nagda, who qualified as Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in Fall of 2022, have heard back on their status in the process of becoming finalists...

Mary Prater in Action

Senior Guard Mary Prater Surpasses 1,000 Career Points

Phoebe Schultz and Peter Rainey
February 8, 2023

Mary Prater, a senior guard and team captain on the girls basketball team, surpassed the 1,000 point threshold for her high school career last Tuesday in a 43-27 win at West Springfield. She was eight...

Ms. Terry pictured with Dr. Millard

Shari Terry Crowned West Po’s Teacher of the Year

Peter Rainey, Sports Editor
February 8, 2023

This year’s West Potomac High School Teacher of the Year is Shari Terry. Terry, in her 27th year as a teacher and 17th year at West Potomac, is a beloved physics teacher and club organizer. Principal...

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