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The student voice of West Potomac High School

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The student voice of West Potomac High School

The Wire

The student voice of West Potomac High School

The Wire

Leila Freimanis

Leila Freimanis, Social Media Editor

Leila Freimanis, a junior, is excited for her third year of Journalism. She is one of the social media editors for The Wire and enjoys making reels and Instagram posts. Leila likes playing volleyball and is on the Varsity team for West Po. In her spare time she enjoys shopping, listening to music, taking naps, and hanging out with her dog Princess. She is delighted to write more stories and expand more of her knowledge in journalism this year.

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Is Trisha Paytas's Baby The Next Pope?

Is Trisha Paytas’s Baby The Next Pope?

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...

Finding the Pot of Gold this St Patrick's day

Finding the Pot of Gold this St Patrick’s day

Addison Hood and Leila Freimanis Mar 17, 2025

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,...

Lack of Funding Impacts Some West Po Sports

Lack of Funding Impacts Some West Po Sports

Addison Hood and Leila Freimanis Feb 11, 2025

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...

West Potomac's students filling the cast list of this years nutcracker

Dancing into December, the Nutcracker Begins

Addison Hood and Leila Freimanis Dec 6, 2024

  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...

One of West Po's high academic students, Samuel Glassman, has qualified for the National Merit Scholarship

West Po’s Samuel Glassman Named National Merit Semifinalist

Leila Freimanis, Social Media Editor Nov 9, 2024

One of West Po's high academic students, Samuel Glassman, has qualified for the National Merit Scholarship

Image created by Leila Freimanis

2024 Met Gala

Fashion's grandest and monumental night of the year always falls on the first Monday of May, hosted at Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institution. Celebrities and designers join the red carpet together on this special night to showcase extravagant...

Student listening to "Tortured Poets Department"

The Tortured Poets Department: Forces Fans to Speculate

Midnight on April 19, 2024. Screams from fans around the world as they start playing “The Tortured Poets Department,” a piece of work Taylor Swift has been working on for 2 years, her 11th studio album.    The Tortured Poets Department...

Mr. Robbett at a baseball game.

Teacher Feature Mr.Robbett

Leila Freimanis Apr 18, 2024

Mr. Billy Robbett has started teaching his first year at West Potomac High School.   Before teaching at West Po, Mr. Robbett was teaching at Hayfield Secondary School, which was his first school that he taught at. He did not always plan on...

The new building features tons of windows that provide natural light and open to an outdoor classroom space.

What’s in a Name? History? Family? Fun?

Leila Freimanis and Jacqueline Henwood Apr 4, 2024

In response to The Wire’s request for suggested names for the new building, we found few but mighty responses from the fun to the familial. What’s your favorite? Readers can respond to the poll on The Wire through April 18. The first response,...

Students in line for Brew-Tea-Ful products.

Brew-Tea-Ful Cafe Energizes Student Body

If you are down in Gunston and you smell freshly brewed coffee or a sugary pastry, that must be the Brew-tea-ful Cafe! The Pulley Career Center coffee shop program started up in 2018, and resumed after the pandemic in 2021. Located off of Gunston, The...

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Mean Girls: What’s Old? What’s New?

Leila Freimanis and Nora Fitzpatrick Feb 14, 2024

The Mean Girls Musical adaptation was released in theaters on January 12th. The original movie became one of the most iconic movies of the 2000s, but will the adaptation live up to the same expectations? Freshman Sadie Regardie doesn't think so, “I...

The Grammy that is awarded to the winner of each category. Graphic courtesy of the recording academy.

The Grammys 2024

The Grammys are a highly anticipated event that typically happens every February. The Grammys celebrate the spectacular work of artists, producers, and dancers in the music industry. Awards are given to those who showcase excellent work in their category. Here...

The New Building was planned and designed to ease West Po's overcrowding issues.

Who’s Going to Name that Building?

Jaqueline Henwood and Leila Freimanis Feb 2, 2024

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...