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Benjamin Price

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

Benjamin Price, a senior, likes going to the movies, getting slurpees and listening to music. He is the parliamentarian of Asian-Pacific American Club (APAC), and he's in numerous other clubs and activities. He's also trying to get a Film Club started at West Po. Price is taking journalism for the second year for more of the same fun as last year, to keep up with current events and also to gain further writing experience. He hopes to expand the variety of things he writes about.

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Mr. Feinstein will continue to have a lasting impact on the West Po community
Credit: Miguel Tsang

Feinstein’s Farewell

As the 2023 school year comes to a close, history teacher Mr. Jeffrey Feinstein has unfinished business outside of the teaching world. Feinstein has been known to be one of the most influential history...

Antonio “Tony” Amaral, who played Professor Callahan in this spring’s
West Po Theatre production of Legally Blonde

Senior Theatre Student Nominated for Award

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor in Chief
June 2, 2023

Senior Antonio “Tony” Amaral, who starred as Professor Callahan in West Potomac’s Legally Blonde, was recently nominated for a prestigious Brandon Victor Dixon award, an honor given for “excellence...

Senior, Ben Price, will be heading to Chapman University this fall.

Benjamin Price: Senior Sign-Off

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor in Chief
June 2, 2023

Most of our senior sign-offs have a message to them, something to say about how they want the school to change or their concerns about the world they’re going into, but I want to take a different approach...

Students Share Insights at PTSA Open Forum

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2023

The recent April PTSA meeting drew crowds of Wolverines and was largely driven by students who were given an open forum to talk with Dr. Millard about issues occurring all around school. Dr. Millard made...

Photo Credit: Universal Pictures

Super Mario Bros Movie: Let’s-A-No

Benjamin Price and Miguel Tsang
May 2, 2023

After all these years, our chubby Italian boy finally made it to the big screen. The Super Mario Bros. Movie takes the world of the iconic turtle-stomping plumber and mixes it with a (Super) star studded...

A sign discouraging students against parking lot misdeeds in West Potomacs lot, located behind the Gunston building.

New Parking Lot Causes Trouble For Staff

Benjamin Price, Ali Ahmed, and Miguel Tsang
March 17, 2023

During September 2022, the new parking lot behind the new building and Gunston was finally finished. This new parking lot was designed for staff and faculty to have more space for teachers to park. However,...

Akosua Adoma Owusu gets ready to present Bus Nut
Photo: Ben Price

Celebrated Alexandria Filmmaker Visits West Po

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
March 2, 2023

 Akosua Adoma Owusu, a movie director from right here in Alexandria, dropped by West Po during yesterday’s advisory to do a Q&A about her short films. Owusu, who is a 1st-generation Ghanian-American,...

Meritfinalist Saira Nagda: Photo courtesy of Co-Editor In Chief Benjamin Price

[Photo] West Potomac Semifinalists Advance to the NMSC Finals

Phoebe Schultz, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2023

Meritfinalist Saira Nagda: Photo courtesy of Co-Editor In Chief Benjamin Price

Picture, courtesy of West Po Journalist Roger Velasquez

Spring Sports Try-Outs Ongoing

Roger Velasquez-Medina and Benjamin Price
February 23, 2023

 A huge number of hopeful athletes are currently trying out for teams as Winter sports have wrapped up. Student athletes prepare for the upcoming season. Hundreds of West Po Students have registered for...

PSAT/NMSQT symbol from the college board website. Below the story name West Potomacs 11 Commended Students.

National Merit Commended Scholar Process Scrutinized Across Northern VA

Phoebe Schultz, Benjamin Price, and Miguel Tsang
February 8, 2023

Numerous Northern Virginia schools, including West Po, Langley and Westfield in FCPS, along with schools from Loudon, Prince William and Stafford counties, neglected to inform PSAT National Merit Corporation...

Ben Price, assistant editor-in-chief, chats with director Rian Johnson

For A Laugh: Knives Out 2

Benjamin Price and Miguel Tsang
February 8, 2023

Glass Onion is a highly entertaining, star-studded return to the antics of master sleuth Benoit Blanc and the top-notch writing of Director and Screenwriter Rian Johnson as he delivers another murder...

Ben Price, assistant editor-in-chief and movie aficionado, has high praise for Avatar 2. Photo by: Miguel Tsang

A $2 Billion Triumph: Avatar 2

Benjamin Price, Assistant Editor-in-Chief
February 8, 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water is an awe-inspiring spectacle for the ages. It is nearly as visually spellbinding (Dare I say groundbreaking) as its predecessor, but in moments, rises even above it in terms of...

Fentanyl and Our Community: An On-Going Issue

Fentanyl and Our Community: An On-Going Issue

Haskew Pearson and Benjamin Price
December 5, 2022

At a recent PTSA meeting, the West Potomac community gathered to examine the Fentanyl Crisis that is gripping our community. A board of experts convened to provide insight into the situation, consisting...

Images from fcps.edu: West Potomac High Capital Project, showing interior and exterior of the new addition.

Construction Completion puts West Po “Under One Roof”

Phoebe Schultz, Benjamin Price, and Miguel Tsang
November 23, 2022

On Monday, Principal Millard invited all West Potomac advisory classes to join a Zoom meeting regarding the completion of the on-going construction. According to Millard, as of Nov. 28, West Potomac will...

Teacher Feature: Ms. Hubbard

Teacher Feature: Ms. Hubbard

Benjamin Price, Writer/Co-Editor In Chief
November 15, 2022

In Ms. Dana Hubbard’s 14th year at West Potomac, teaching AP biology, human anatomy and physiology, as well as AVID, her favorite part of her job remains the same: getting to know her students every...

Senior Semifinalists: Nagda on the Left, French on the Right

Seniors French and Nagda Named National Merit Semifinalists

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
November 7, 2022

Two seniors, Fionn French and Saira Nagda, qualified as semifinalists for this year’s National Merit Scholarship (NMSC), a competitive program that grants scholarships to top performers on the PSAT....

Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On!

Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On!

Benjamin Price, Writer/Assistant Editor In Chief
September 13, 2022

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is a funny, thoughtful, little wonder, just like its lead character. This is a one part all-ages adventure, one part rumination on family, loss and how one shell understands...

West Potomac Parking Spots In Flux

West Potomac Parking Spots In Flux

Benjamin Price and Miguel Tsang
September 11, 2022

West Potomac students have felt the rumble of construction vehicles under their feet, seen construction workers all over campus and even gotten to enjoy the new building. In the midst of all the changes...

Shut Down DC organized the first demonstration on Justice Alito’s street whih was attended by some West Po students. Photo Credit: Hayden Stengler

Students Join Protest of Leaked Draft Supreme Court Document Overturning Roe v. Wade

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
May 27, 2022

Local resident Supreme Court Justice Alito’s house has become the sight of spirited demonstrations in the wake of his leaked court opinion that would overturn Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme Court case which...

Morbius Broke Me?

Morbius Broke Me?

Benjamin Price
April 29, 2022

Morbius is crazy. Morbius is unlike just about any movie I’ve seen. Certain scenes just defy comprehension the way they’re put together. This is a disaster, but somewhere in this mess of a movie, deep,...

A car drives off campus for lunch.
Photo Credit: TaMon Hendricks

Doordash Dreams Dashed

TaMon Hendricks and Benjamin Price
April 13, 2022

Until recently, even though it wasn’t explicitly authorized, West Po students had the luxury of calling delivery services for off-campus lunch choices from Chipotle to Chick Fil-A and everything in between. The...

Source: CA Times

The Pursuit of Slappiness: Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock Live on Television

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
March 30, 2022

Last night marked the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony, which was held in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. While the event was branded as a celebration of film, the theme of the night being “Movie Lovers...

Photo Credit: Sony Pictures

Spider-Man: No Way Home: Swings, Soars, Dazzles

Benjamin Price, Writer
March 14, 2022

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the 27th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third film starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker, the titular webslinger. This movie has been heavily anticipated for months,...

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

The Batman: No More Lies

Benjamin Price, Writer
March 8, 2022

The Batman opens aptly on Halloween night and sees a younger and slightly more naive Bruce Wayne in only his second year as Batman, played by Robert Pattinson. We learn from hearing Bruce’s diary entries–he...

Latin Students wearing masks in Mr. Gianelles class

Fairfax County Public Schools Files Lawsuit to Overturn Mask Mandate Ban

Miguel Tsang and Benjamin Price
January 31, 2022

Seven Virginia school districts, including Fairfax County Public Schools, have sued recently sworn-in Governor Glenn Youngkin to challenge his executive order banning mask mandates in schools. This order...

Photo Credits: United Artists Releasing, Searchlight Pictures, 20th Century Studios

Winter Movies Coming Out That Aren’t Spider-Man

Benjamin Price, Writer
December 15, 2021

“Nightmare Alley” Release Date: December 17th [Trailer] Synopsis: When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette)...

Poster: Disney

Eternals: A Surprising Marvel Spectacle

Benjamin Price, Writer
December 9, 2021

Eternals is a grand swing in the right direction for the future of Marvel’s cinematic universe. The moment Avengers Endgame ended, it felt like Marvel was at an apparent crossroads. Bidding farewell...

Photo Credit: DC Bar Association

Teacher Feature: Mr. Feinstein

Benjamin Price, Writer
October 19, 2021

Mr. Jeffrey Feinstein has been teaching AP US History and US VA History at West Po for 24 years. He was drawn to teaching history by an interest in studying the past: “I like the stories of the past....

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