Kristina Nosal has been teaching for 12 years, and this is her 11th year at West Potomac. She likes the uncertainty of the job teaching comes with, saying,  “I like working with the students and teaching them new art techniques or how to draw." Nosal...

As the school year hits the halfway point and students start preparing to go in person, a look back at the past few months is in order. This school year has been different for all of us and has forced us to adapt to new changes in our lives. Everyone...

Ms. Virginia Lintot teaches 9th grade Health and P.E. This is her first year teaching full time, as she was a part-time teacher last year. She has been coaching for the past ten years, as well as being an athletic trainer. Lintot never thought she...

The defending Gunston District Champion West Potomac Wolverines are off to a 7-1 start and rank sixth in the state per maxpreps.com, which is good for the highest mark among non-undefeated teams.  “The preparation that we built up from the past...

With the transfer of power to the new Biden/Harris administration, some have asked how it will affect People of Color (POC), whether that effect be positive, or negative. We will need to see. After Barack Obama’s two-term presidency ended, Donald Trump...

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...

Mr. George Coe teaches AP World History and freshman World History. He has previously taught a Current Events and World Religions class, but he is not teaching that this year. When asked about why he enjoys teaching at West Po, Mr. Coe said he enjoys...

Virtual learning for West Po students and hybrid learning for other private schools around the area, has been a struggle to get accustomed to. Although the schools in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) are doing all virtual learning, there have been...

Mrs. Morgan Ball was born in Leeds, England, and at age 2 her family moved from England to Centerville, Virginia. As a product of Fairfax County Public Schools, she graduated from Centreville High School.  Mrs. Ball attended Virginia Tech where she...

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...

Leonard J. Hill is a 10th grade teacher who teaches 2 English honor classes and 2 team-taught classes. Hill has been teaching for 20 years and 16 years at West Po. He was born in Rochester, New York and grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A father...

With ever-growing calls for police reform across the United States, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill in fall banning no-knock search warrants in the state. The bill makes Virginia the 3rd state in the nation to ban no-knock warrants. The...