Saturday, May 4th, 2024, protesters assembled at the West Potomac sign by the entrance of the Springbank parking lot. These protesters held signs saying things like "An innocent child is a happy child" and "Education not indoctrination." The protest began...

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 8:50 AM - The school evacuates after an announcement from Ms. Jessica Statz instructs students to go to the field and for teachers to bring their class roster. 9:03 AM - Classes are instructed to organize based on building...

Next fall, on November 5, Americans will be faced with a choice of who they want as the next president. The choices will be between the Democratic incumbent president Joe Biden, and the Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump....

Just this morning at 8:50, students were evacuated to the football field with their first period classes. The reason being was not revealed until 9:15 this morning, when parents of West Po students received a mass text stating that police were "investigating...

The West Potomac Wire Women’s Bracket Challenge came to a close on Sunday afternoon. This year’s bracket challenge winner is Stef Waigand who is in the Hollo-Gand homeroom. Waigand had an 88.6% correct bracket, which puts their bracket into 418,074...

If you noticed we don’t have school this Wednesday, that’s because April 10th marks Eid al-Fitr, or the end to the holy month of Ramadan in Islam. This is the first year FCPS students have had Eid fully off, as last year the day was a Wolverine Workday...

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...