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...

Ms. Jessica Statz starts as the new principal for West Potomac High School on November 20. She is known to the community because of her history in West Potomac High School as an Assistant Principal and Acting Principal in 2016. In 2020, she moved to Hayfield...

As of this school year, the West Potomac Athletics Department instated a new attendance policy for all student athletes regarding unexcused tardies and unverified absences. With the first quarter complete and fall sports coming to a close, the policy...

As the college football bowl season approaches, many JMU fans, alumni, and prospective students are wishing the team could be awarded for the success they have found on the gridiron. However, the two year bowl ban placed on JMU by the NCAA for switching...

Local voters had the opportunity to weigh in on predominant issues in the community by voting for new Local Office, House of Delegate and Virginia Senate representatives Tuesday. Virginia Democrats won the majority of the local elections on election night...

It's finally Election Day in Virginia, though the sheer amount of political promotional signs on Government Center property have been announcing election day for weeks. All the State Delegate and State Senate seats up for grabs--along with all the School...

It's finally Election Day in Virginia, though the sheer amount of political promotional signs on Government Center property have been announcing election day for weeks. All the State Delegate and State Senate seats up for grabs--along with all the School...