Imagine walking down the hall and hearing someone purposely call you by the wrong name. Imagine hearing your parents address you by the wrong pronoun, trying to correct them, and watching them get angry at you. Imagine being kicked out of your home and...

Back in 2014, the College Board announced that they would be making significant revisions to the iconic SAT. Ever since that announcement, current high school juniors have been put between a rock and a hard place. They must choose between taking the old...

In the weeks following winter break, West Potomac seniors are balancing their resumed work with last-minute college applications. As these seniors reflect on all the college visits, essays, and SAT testing they have completed, a common agreement is the...

 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 implemented a new bell schedule to meet state class time requirements on the first week after winter break. “There were some classes that were not meeting the requirement for the county,” said Spanish teacher Yamalie Colon, who was...

West Potomac has seen a dramatic increase in the number of students using the connectors to get to class this past week. Because so many people are trying to avoid the bitter cold outside, the connector has become overly crowded with all different students...

West Potomac students finished off their final week before winter break with a holiday themed spirit week. Students were able to show their school pride by coming in their comfiest clothes, warmest flannel, cheeriest holiday get-ups, ugliest sweaters...

Of the many holiday traditions in Alexandria, Va., one of the most memorable is the Collingwood Light Show on Collingwood Road, organized by Aldersgate Church.  Almost every year since 1994, Bill Vaughan has created the “largest animated residential...

A typical Monday afternoon for Junior Liz Brodie between September and December started with her signing out of school at 2:20pm.  From school, her mother drove her to Huntington Metro Station, where Brodie would hop on the Yellow Line. Then, she would...

This year, the creative writing class are participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is a annual creative writing event that challenges writers to write 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November, usually at the rigorous...

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...

On November 11th, cadets of West Potomac High School’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) will travel to New York City to march in the America’s parade, which is one of the largest Veteran’s day parades in the United States. “It’s...