All content by Taylor Haas
[Editors' Note: This version of the article differs from the originally published version in The Wire Jan/Feb print magazine issue; it contains expanded content and additional interviews.]
Within fifteen minutes, she started to feel it. The euphoria...
“West Potomac is the world's greatest high school!”, says Principal Alex Case. In the first of a series of press conferences held throughout the school with The Wire, Case outlined his vision for the 2014-2015 school year, and his mission to make...
"Six in Two": We used six words to write an essay or create a story and recorded this two-minute video to represent it. This is the first in our "Six in Two," a series of student video-essays from the staff of the West Potomac Wire, and the WPHS student...
The Kin perform one of their famous musical robberies.
Aaron Locks of the National Academy of Athletics writes that, “One of the most challenging aspects of sports is commitment. Anyone who has played sports knows there have been times when you’ve just wanted to walk right off of the court or the field...
“OMG, did you hear? Next year’s freshmen are going to have four years of gym! I hear there’s going to be extra Fine Arts credits added too. Those poor incoming freshmen won’t have an open elective until their SENIOR YEAR! They’re going to fail...
Like many West Potomac seniors, Charlotte Hayes worries about getting into college. Not just any college, but the college. Upon visiting Virginia Tech last March she fell in love immediately, enjoying little details like the friendly atmosphere and the...
