West Potomac held a blood drive with the Red Cross this past Friday, April 29. Students 16 and older were encouraged to donate their blood to help save lives. Unlike last year’s blood drive, members of the Black Student Union volunteered to help the...
This past weekend Beyond The Page Theater Company has once again amazed the community with the premier of their spring musical, Starlight Express. With the entire show on rollerskates, the fast-paced dance sequences and high energy songs led to well...
Beyond The Page Theater Company will be performing their rendition of Starlight Express this week. Philip Clark, theater director, talked about how the cast has grown into the challenge of putting on such a large-scale show over the past few years.
“I...
Advanced Placement (AP) testing season is here. It’s the time of the year where stress levels rise to an all time high and everyone around the school can feel the tension as AP classes are starting to review and prepare testing strategies. Some...
On Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, 2016, a confirmed 3 fights broke out on the West Potomac campus and at a school bus stop. The situation is under investigation by school security and the police. While some students have speculated that the incident...
The primaries of April 26th––Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, and Rhode Island––saw both parties’ front runners broaden their leads. Donald Trump won a clean sweep, earning nearly 60% of the vote in each state. Hillary Clinton...
The Robert Russa Moton High School is a national historic landmark home to the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement and it recently had its hallowed halls walked by some of West Potomac’s AP U.S. History students and teachers.
The reason...
West Potomac High School recently switched to using recycled printer paper instead of the standard 8x11 paper. Despite the positive effects it has on our environment, the decision to start using recycled paper was not prompted by an explicit desire to...
After a night filled with plenty of laughs, original talent and good-natured fun, senior Darrel Mensah received the coveted ‘Mr. West Potomac’ title and a check for $100 on Friday in this year’s annual competition. The Mr. West Potomac competition...
On Saturday, March 5th, students funneled into the main gym of West Potomac, ready to face the first of the new version of the SAT being offered by College Board. The new SAT planned to provide a standardized test which accurately measures what you learn...
With encouragement from sunny, warm weather and a day off school, West Potomac students and teachers took to the polls on Tuesday Mar. 1, called Super Tuesday for the number of states participation. 12 including Virginia, voted in the presidential primary....
February is Black History Month, a month dedicated to recognizing and honoring the accomplishments and contribution African-Americans have made to the US over the course of our Nation’s history. Black History Month began with the Association for the...
