As West Po prepares for students and staff to return to the building, there is a bell schedule change starting next week to accommodate the changes to come. Most notably, school begins at 8:20 a.m. instead of 8:10 a.m., and lunches are back to 25 minutes,...

  In the U.S., 45% of high-school age students feel stressed from school and due to the pandemic, this number increases. Virtual learning lacks social interaction and encourages screen fatigue, which have been primary factors in the decline of...

After two of the most expensive Senate races in United States history, Democrats will take control of the Senate after Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff both won their runoff Senate elections in Georgia in early January. With these wins and Joe Biden's win...

After the events of Wednesday’s insurrection by the attendees of the pro-Trump rally on the Capitol, students still remain shocked. At around 2:25 p.m., rioters broke their way into the Capitol building with Congress in session debating the Presidential...

Following the Coronavirus Pandemic that shut schools down in Fairfax County in early March, schools are attempting to reopen once again, and have reopened for small numbers starting in the beginning of October.    Fairfax County decided at...

The Senate confirmed President Trump’s 3rd Supreme Court appointment and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement, Amy Coney Barrett. Justice Barrett was recently confirmed into the Supreme Court of the United States, which is now dominated by...

Despite major media outlets declaring Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election, the current General Services Administrator, Emily Murphy, refuses to say Biden is the winner of the election, thus delaying the presidential transition process. According...

With the upcoming election just days away, a recent survey conducted among seniors at West Po found just 23.1% of eligible seniors have registered to vote, a result consistent with historical turnout trends among young adults. The survey also found...

Early voting in Virginia and across the country is surging amid the coronavirus pandemic and expanded early voting options in many states, evidenced by the long lines seen at the local polling location for early voting at the Fairfax County Government...

West Po students honored at FCPS Regional Science Fair: One of the First Virtual Events During the Coronavirus Outbreak  Way back in the beginning of this COVID-19 outbreak, the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) district regional science fair that...

On June 4, 2020, the original date of their graduation ceremony, the senior class convened in the bus loop of West Po for a drive through graduation. The celebration went on from 9 am to 5 pm, and students came at specific times according to last names....

The effects of this pandemic have hit close to home for all of us for obvious reasons, including restricting our outings and limiting who we can be around. But in the midst of the chaos, in an effort to brighten the days of many, these businesses are...