At West Potomac, tucked away in a corner of springbank, a classroom brimming with creativity releases their 4th album in just as many years. Mr.Luke Pierce and his students have made the promise to go above and beyond the standard set by their previous...
Thomas Brown, Student Issues Editor
— May 21, 2025
Early on Wednesday morning, representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) died of esophageal cancer. Connolly’s family released a statement saying, “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving father, husband, brother, friend, and...
Thomas Brown, Student Issues Editor
— May 19, 2025
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 854 into law on Monday limiting the use of several social media apps for teens. The new law requires social media companies to implement a one hour limit for all users under the age of...
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on December 3rd 2024. The president said he made the decision to do so because of suspected anti-state propaganda and North Korean agents within the government. This accusation was made against...
Thomas Brown, Student Issues Editor
— Dec 18, 2024
Bluesky, a social media platform that has gained millions of users in the past few months, has emerged as an alternative to Elon Musk’s “X” (formerly known as Twitter) as people have become frustrated with its decline in quality and lack of protections...
The 2024 presidential election is just days away, and candidates are doing everything they can to convince voters to support them. However, many of the actual policies that the candidates support are often lost in the constant battle of personal attacks....
Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos or the initial phase of fertility created and stored in IVF (In vitro fertilization) are children under the law in Alabama on Friday, February 16 2024.
Besides strengthening the banning...
Every day since the beginning of our time on Earth, the center of the magnetic field has been shifting from the North Pole. It has been shifting almost thirty miles every year since the early 1900’s according to the scientists at NASA. Mr.Fabian,...
Around 1:50 PM an unusual smell was noticed in the upstairs Quander building. The smell has been described as burning rubber or plastic and is being investigated by school officials.
West Potomac’s elective Combatting Intolerance, taught by history teacher Robert Kerr, received a Peace Award at the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County for the work the class has done.
The aim of the class is to discuss current issues and spread...
Week after week, West Potomac’s boys’ varsity basketball team left fans on the edge of their seats. It’s impossible to miss the energetic and ever-spirited student section, as interim principal Dale Rumberger found out for himself at one of the...
Principal Alexander Case and Assistant Principal Michelle Lyttle have been put on leave, Fairfax County Public Schools confirms. There are no details at the moment, though the county has told local news organizations that it is a “personnel matter.”...