West Potomac’s CyberPatriot club, a program for youth to learn about cyber education is entering its second year and is growing. CyberPatriot conducts National Youth Cyber Defense (NYCD) Competition every year. Teams of high schoolers can register...

The Best Buddies is a nationwide program that is dedicated to helping students within the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) community. Their mission is to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities to one-to-one friendships,...

This past week on May 25-28, West Potomac’s Odyssey of the Mind team travelled to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa to compete in the 2016 World Finals. The team had already won 1st and 3rd at states and at World's, competed against over 35 different...

The areas around Alexandria and throughout Fairfax County have seen an increase in military presence in recent years. With more families moving to the area, local schools have seen a surplus of students enrolling in all school levels.   Current...

February is Black History Month, a month dedicated to recognizing and honoring the accomplishments and contribution African-Americans have made to the US over the course of our Nation’s history. Black History Month began with the Association for the...

Exactly one week after traveling to Chantilly High School for Chantilly’s Model UN conference, the members of West Potomac’s Model United Nations club (commonly referred to as MUN), attended GFMUNXI, a Model UN conference hosted by Gar-Field High...

 Senior Michelle St. John and her partner, senior Jackson Kosmacki, are researching the various environmental policies of Germany. However, they aren't researching this for a class. They will not be graded on the information they learn.  Though...

West Potomac’s Model United Nations Club held their third internal conference, WESTPOMUNC III, on Wednesday afternoon. The topic of the conference was the Syrian refugee crisis, a topic chosen by club members. Delegates were also met with a “crisis”...

It is a Monday afternoon, and a dozen high school students are gathered in a circle around an old television. Sitting in two chairs in the center of the ring, two players concentrate on the screen, their fingers flying across the Nintendo Gamecube controllers...

West Potomac’s newest club, Modern Moderates, held its first meeting on Monday, Nov. 16. Senior Jenny Sutton started the club as a way to provide a safe space for the student body to discuss current political events. Sponsored by history teacher Rob...

A swarm of proud parents and their well-dressed students are beginning to crowd in the auditorium in Springbank. Though the West Potomac theatre’s autumn show, American Idiot is opening in the auditorium across the hallway, these parents and students...

West Potomac’s Model United Nations club held its interest meeting September 16th, in Room 410 at 3 PM. The meeting covered the purpose of MUN, how often meetings will be held, and what their goals are for the year. Created last year by seniors...