Get ready with your eclipse glasses because earth will be experiencing a total eclipse on April 8. From anywhere between a few seconds or a few minutes, the moon will completely cover the sun, leaving a truly out of this world view. What's even more special...

Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos or the initial phase of fertility created and stored in IVF (In vitro fertilization) are children under the law in Alabama on Friday, February 16 2024. Besides strengthening the banning...

Just last night, President Biden delivered his third State of the Union address to congress. Behind him on the left was VP Kamala Harris, and new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who took office last October after previous speaker Kevin McCarthy was...

Super Tuesday is coming next week and Virginia along with many other states will hold their presidential primaries. Many West Potomac seniors will have the opportunity to vote in this race so we’ve put together a helpful guide to the candidates and...

The Virginia legislative session which began early last month is set to discuss many issues facing Northern Virginia from the new sports arena and entertainment district proposed at Potomac Yard, to new regulations for the growing number of data centers...

Social media is this one big digital place where everyone can share information. Lots of people find joy and happiness from social media and don't actually realize the negative effects of it. It has some good effects, like connecting communities around...

West Potomac’s swim and dive team faced a new challenge this season, as their home pool, Mount Vernon Rec Center, went under renovation. For now, the swim and dive team hosts meets and practices at George Washington Rec Center (GWRC). Fiona Condon,...

We’ve had some snow already and there may be some more in the forecast, and students, teachers and staff are all thinking the same thing: Is school canceled or not? FCPS awarded the first snow day in two years on Jan. 16, and a 2-hour delay the following...

Here we are on February 2nd and the results of Groundhog Day are in. Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, for 2024 didn't see his shadow meaning that there will be more spring instead of winter this year. Groundhog day is a day where the groundhog chosen...

The staff of The Wire has sent out a Google Form to all Advisory Teachers. We challenge each advisory to come up with a new name for the building that we’ll share with the administration. Advisory teams should include their research/reasoning. Submissions...

Last year, construction finished on West Po’s faculty parking lot. This new parking lot, located behind the Gunston building, was designed for teachers and academy students to have a place to park and hopefully free up some parking space in the other...

A great fall sports season is coming to an end. It is sad to see it go, but the experiences were great. “I loved every moment of it, " Jack Coulter, kicker of the varsity football team, stated. “I wish we could have made it a little bit farther...