The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

Spyglass

The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

Spyglass

The student-run newspaper of Westridge School for Girls, Spyglass strives to build community and evoke empathy through the medium of journalism. Comprised of passionate student writers, editors, designers, managers, and leaders, Spyglass is dedicated to ethical reporting that amplifies our unique voices to inform, entertain, and forge connection in the Westridge community and beyond.

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Senior Confessions

Senior Confessions

Hailey T., Lauren C., Jessica W., and Cindy C. May 30, 2022
As the 2022 school year comes to an end, seniors bid high school a final farewell and share their confessions and favorite memories...
Banned or censored books at Books Inc., an independent bookstore located in California. (Photo Credit: Vox)

“At What Point Do I Practice Subversion?”: States Are Afire With Wars Over Book Banning

Sophene Avedissian March 21, 2022

In the fall of 2021, republican State Representative Matt Krause of Texas emailed the names of 850 books to superintendents, asking them if the listed works were on the library shelves of schools. Of the...

Manuel Oliver, father of a teenager killed in the Parkland school shooting, holds a banner calling Biden to take action on gun violence. (Photo Credit: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Parkland School Shooting Survivors Remain Disappointed Four Years Later

Sophene A. March 21, 2022

On February 14, 2018, Alyssa Alhadeff, a freshman soccer player who, according to her mother, “took every second of her life and did something with it,” was killed. Scott Biegel, geography teacher...

The poster for the Spring play, The Book of Will. (Artwork by Izzy C. ’23)

Westridge’s Spring Production of The Book of Will Highlights “the power of theater to pull us through difficult times”

Mckenna D. March 21, 2022

The stage darkens as the sound of rustling paper and applause echoes through the theater. The audience murmurings die down and the first actor walks onto the stage accompanied by a spotlight. And with...

All School Day and We Are Westridge Day Events: A 2022 Comedy of Cancellations

All School Day and We Are Westridge Day Events: A 2022 Comedy of Cancellations

Lilah R. March 21, 2022

On March 15th, Dean of Upper School Activities Brittany Coker sent out an email notifying the community that Westridge would say goodbye to All School Day and hello to We Are Westridge Day. “We are excited...

The vandalized poster.

Westridge Responds to Vandalized Yemeni Poster

Tanvi C. March 21, 2022

On Tuesday, March 8th, Saba K. ’25, head of the Middle Eastern and North African or MENA affinity at Westridge, put up posters about the humanitarian crisis occurring in Yemen, in hopes to shed light...

Oddball Week of Remote Learning Causes Westridge Community to Reflect on the Pandemic

Oddball Week of Remote Learning Causes Westridge Community to Reflect on the Pandemic

Reed D. February 14, 2022

  On Sunday, January 9, Head of School Elizabeth McGregor announced to the Westridge community that, due to processing delays of COVID-19 tests from the prior week, the next day of school would...

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