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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 Wires 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...

Wellness Day schedule (Credit: Janelle Kwatia)

Why Wellness Day is Important

Janelle Kwatia and Gracie Bobotek
January 23, 2023

 Last week, Dr. Millard announced that West Po would be hosting its very first Wellness Day on the 25th, the last day of the quarter. Students would be able to go to activities they chose throughout the...

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...

Senior Semifinalists: Nagda on the Left, French on the Right

Seniors French and Nagda Named National Merit Semifinalists

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
November 7, 2022

Two seniors, Fionn French and Saira Nagda, qualified as semifinalists for this year’s National Merit Scholarship (NMSC), a competitive program that grants scholarships to top performers on the PSAT....

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