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Harmony in the Hills Visitors who find themselves in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on a Saturday quickly find it’s not uncommon to hear live music at various venues around town and the entire Shenandoah Valley including the Har...

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Students Face Detention for Cellphone Use Students, previously seen checking their phones during passing periods, now rarely use their phones in the sight line of teachers and staff. Instead, only the cafeteria is filled with students distrac...

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Families Feel the Impact of Federal Government Shutdown For the past week, Congress has failed to pass the appropriations bills needed to fund the federal government, causing a government shutdown as the new fiscal year began Oct.1. The shutdown this year ...

Our school has a large population of families employed by the federal government. thewpwire.org/10467/news/f...

A few members of The WP Wire made the trek to the VHSL Media Championships in Harrisonburg today. Great energy and so much learning! @splc.org

@thewpwire.bsky.social Have you read it? I think you should. I need to have a discussion about it with someone! Lemme know!

Congrats!

Well—I know freshmen bio is tough for many. Maybe we should work on study skills, too?

Gubernatorial Candidates Show Marked Differences in Educational Policy Gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger, democrat, and Winsome Earle-Sears, republican, have both discussed education as important issues they wish to address as potential governors. While they ag...

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UNICEF Club Hosts Book Drive Until Nov. 7, students can donate books and office supplies by dropping them off in boxes located in the front office, by door 5, or in room 176.  The drive aims to give books to people in need to lea...

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FCPS Affirms Protection of Transgender Students’ Rights According to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, FCPS has violated the sex-based, Title IX right to equivalent accommodations by letting students use gendered facilities according t...

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Thoughtful piece.

I wish all those eligible young people would register and vote!

First story of the new year. Well done!

Hey other 49 states‼️‼️ Got that? #resist

indict. Still and forever.

West Po journalism students are awesome. You couldn’t sponsor a better group.

Well…. teacher week starts in just a few days here in Fairfax County…. how’s everyone doing?

Motivated kids at jCamp writing some great stories!

Haven’t posted in a while! Proud of my student journalists at jcamp this summer!

THIS IS THE GREATEST THING!!!! CONGRATS!

Ah…. Eric…. if the same guys gave you that plane—would your bosses let you cover the the energy industry? Should they?

Censorship Threatens Papers Throughout ACPS and FCPS Censorship has been rearing its ugly head across the nation. For instance, earlier in the year, The Washington Post editorial writers were instructed to focus the paper’s opinion page only on stories ...

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Their school can censor the student press. They are trying to change that. Student journalists at Alexandria City High School want the school system to change a policy allowing their principal to review stories before publication.

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Don’t forget tomorrow is the nationwide May Day protest. 50501 has been doing an incredible job organizing, and a lot of our coalition members will be joining events across the country.

The rest of the year we will have metal detectors at Doors 1 and Door 19 at the start of the day.

Take a Gamble on Prom: Show up This Saturday This Saturday, hundreds of West Po students will make their way to the Torpedo Factory for an unforgettable night. From 8-11 pm, juniors and seniors will be dancing, socializing, and just having fun i...

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West Potomac Heightens Security in the Wake of Stabbing Incident This morning, West Po students had to go through metal detection scanners to enter the building. Students were required to go to Door 1, 5, 19, which were filled with the scanners and security personn...

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Proud of my students. Glad they are all safe.

You are not holding back these days.

No it wasn’t.