Shortly following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, social media headlines quickly circulated to the conspiracy and media meme of the Trisha Paytas baby curse. The alleged curse links the pregnancies of YouTube star Trisha Paytas to deaths and illnesses...

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,...

Summertime in film is something that mirrors a dream, it's fun and light. Summers should be spent outside, but when you're not or caring for a nasty sunburn in your room, here's what to watch to inspire you to make your summer just like a movie!  1.Grease An...

The Mount Vernon Rec Center renovation, 2 years in the making, is nearing the finish line as the Fairfax County Park Authority announced the opening date sometime in May 2025 with the center’s pool reopening 2 weeks later. Local students and residents...

The WP Wire continues our quarterly check in on the student parking situation in the new staff lot. All spaces in the lot are reserved for staff. Students are not allowed to park there, and teachers must hold a green faculty pass clearly visible in their...

St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17 and celebrates the death of Saint Patrick, who is the patron saint of ireland. He is said to have brought Christianity to Ireland, converting the Pagans to Christians upon his arrival. St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain,...

West Potomac Athletics is home to over 20 sports that students can pick from and play. Each team gives West Po athletes a chance to be a part of a team, a competitive environment, and gives student athletes an opportunity to try something new. High school...

On January 17, right after school began, out of 137 cars parked at the icy lot, 83 had visible parking permit slips visible, and 54 did not. So, 39.42% of parked cars were without parking permits compared to our most recent reporting which was a year...

  Starting on December 5th, at our very own West Potomac auditorium, the Alexandria Community’s Nutcracker begins. This holiday tradition that happens every December is full of West Potomac’s very own students, as well as students from neighboring...

Eighteen years, two hundred, sixteen months, six thousand, five hundred, seventy-four days; give or take. That’s how long American citizens wait to cast their vote for our democracy. In the past, voting was a highly regarded event, freshly eighteen-year-olds...

Exhausted. Spent. Knackered. No matter what anyone calls it, as the end of the year approaches, some students' motivation is at an all-time low. Unfortunately, we’re smack dab in the middle of spring testing, and SOLS or AP exams are required to receive...

Ms. Amy Wheeler, or Ms. Wheeler, as her students call her, didn't originally want to be a teacher.    She went to college for communications and public relations, but her drive to help her community led her to becoming a sub in Florida when...

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...

"They wouldn't even let me on the swim team because I needed help to swim one lap without basically drowning," Hadley Petronello, freshman, said. Much has changed since that 6-year-old summer season at the local neighborhood pool. Petronello qualified...

Beyond the Page, West Potomac’s company, will present "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” for its winter play beginning February 1 - 10 in Kogelman Theatre. West Po’s rendition of the play is based on the 2003 book that follows  a gifted...

Student-athletes are encouraged to join and try out for winter sports, but all athletes should turn in their physical forms. Here is a look at some of the sports that are hosting tryouts.  Cheer Coach Janay Campbell is holding tryouts from 5-7...