Cheers and whistles filled Hayfield High School’s football field on Oct. 14, not for the usual field hockey or football game, but for a new sport: girls flag football. Until the start of the 2025 school year, girls across FCPS never had the opportunity...
Leila Freimanis, junior social media editor and staff writer for The WP Wire, won the “Best Writer” award at Virginia Association Journalism Teachers & Advisers (jCamp) at JMU this past July. Freimanis, in her third year of journalism and second...
The outdoor picnic tables have been a fan favorite spot for students to cool down and hang out in the Gunston wing. The favored lounge is in the middle of a courtyard surrounded by brick walls of the school. The courtyard has been a great place for students...
Summertime concerts are coming up in Va! Go out and see your favorite artists perform locally! Our Summertime concert artists will include.
The Beach Boys are performing at the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount, VA, on Wednesday, June 4,...
At West Potomac, tucked away in a corner of springbank, a classroom brimming with creativity releases their 4th album in just as many years. Mr.Luke Pierce and his students have made the promise to go above and beyond the standard set by their previous...
Thomas Brown, Student Issues Editor
— May 21, 2025
Early on Wednesday morning, representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) died of esophageal cancer. Connolly’s family released a statement saying, “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and...
International Night was held in the Spring Bank lobby and auditorium February 28. A total of 40 students performed with acts and 20 students had stands featuring their cultures. There were several students with amusing acts ranging from singing to dancing....
Last night West Potomac Girls Basketball defeated South County 41-39 in the Regional semi-finals on a last second shot by junior, Abby Beddis, to advance to tonight's game against Robinson that will be played at Hayfield Secondary School at 6:00 p.m.
West...
Mr. Minh Huynh is one of the many adored teachers here at West Potomac High School. Mr. Minh has worked at West Potomac for 11 years as a math teacher, he has taught 9th grade pre algebra all the way up to 12th grade calculus. He attended George Mason...
I had no idea we had a school newspaper until I got an urgent text from my friend Hana begging everyone in the group chat to check out her feature article on Madame Safavi, a French teacher who isn’t at West Po anymore.
Of course, I was happy for...
Ms. Megan Greer is a math teacher that started teaching three years ago, and all three of those years have been at West Po. She loves teaching because she wants to be able to make kids enjoy math and help them master math as a subject. She loves nothing...
The New Year is right around the corner and before you know it, the clock will tick 12 and become 2024. Each year people around the world create a new year's resolution that tends to last only a month. However it's the thought that counts. New Year's...
