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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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All content by Jordan Nixon
Profile: Jeffrey Petit-Freres

Profile: Jeffrey Petit-Freres

Jordan Nixon, Reporter Jun 1, 2017

Jeffrey Petit-Freres, a senior at West Potomac, is known to excel in academics. What most people don’t know is that he is also a very skilled violinist. Petit-Freres has played this violin since he was in the fourth grade, when asked why he chose violin,...

Photo by: Laura Marshall

The Making of West Potomac Theater’s Billy Elliot

Jordan Nixon, Journalist May 9, 2017

  West Potomac Theater’s production of the play Billy Elliot was one for the books. With complex mechanics and the lead role being a non high school student, the theater program expanded their creativity in a new and exciting way. Billy Elliot...

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Women of West Potomac: Nicole Borghard

Jordan Nixon Mar 12, 2017

Nicole Borghard teaches history and leadership at West Potomac, where she started working five years ago after she graduated from graduate school. Borghard helps students in her leadership class to organize events like the homecoming dance or Mr. West...

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Women of West Potomac: Cheryl Langford

Jordan Nixon, Reporter Mar 5, 2017

West Potomac’s staff is filled with incredible women doing their jobs with passion and effort every day, and now is the time to recognize them. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Wire will be posting a feature of an influential woman at West Potomac...