1. Construction 101: Rothenberg Building Study

Are you looking to be a construction major in college? As some degrees are slowly becoming obsolete, get some real-world experience in a trade school-like setting where you work over the course of the year to investigate the Rothenberg Stench. And who knows—once the problem is addressed, you just might improve your relationship with all of the history teachers you’ve turned in work late for. Keep in mind that they’re the ones suffering the most.

2. Madness in English: A Study on the English Department

Instead of studying books in your credit-acquiring English class, work with an advisor to decode various policies of English teachers. After this class, you will champion the Raines-Kavorkian correction system, understand the color grading systems you may remember from your underclassman years, and finally understand what the bestower of your few C+s truly wanted. This may not be the most learning-focused class on the list, but it will be the most cathartic.

3. Vertical Theatre: Acting in the Age of TikTok

Learn how to do taxes this, learn how to write checks that. In this life-skill preparing class, the amazing Westridge theatre department will show students how to act and do what we have all but failed thus far on the Westridge Instagram accounts—go viral.

4. Homoerotica Through the Ages

You may have heard of the History Department’s collective love for Heated Rivalry, but in this class, we’re going way back. Students will analyze the accuracy of The Song of Achilles—which they definitely don’t already do in 9th grade history now—and progress through the ages towards the holy grail of 2000s historical accuracy—while wearing the Shane and Ilya blanket that I know you’ve seen.

5. College Counseling Counseling

College Counseling got you feeling down? Head over to your post-H Block CCC class and converse with our favorite Treehouse dwellers about the banality of college applications and if you really need to turn in those last six journal entries. In this class, tarot and service will not just be recommended, but required as strategies towards combatting those comparative attitudes we know you have internalized. 

6. Geometric Interpretation

Let’s be honest—you still don’t remember the equations for squares, cones, spheres, and all of the other nonsense shapes. It just might have bitten you on your March 2026 SAT. In a combination PE and math class that offers credits for both, learn to spin circles on bikes, run diamonds in kickball, and dance parabolas in an interpretive dance class.

7. Parking 101: Curb Your Wheels

As a sophomore-specific elective, students will learn how to park on the busy Arlington streets to prepare them for a year of mischievous endeavors to be allowed to drive their passed-down Tesla. In this class, students will be tested on parking accuracy, speed, and driving away as soon as they collide with an upperclassman’s car. After just a semester of this class, reported accidents are predicted to decrease tenfold.