Every holiday season, as a small token of my appreciation, I bake my loved ones a batch of my famous chocolate chip toffee cookies. These cookies are the perfect combination of my favorite things: toffee...
My mom got this chili recipe from a friend, and we’ve adapted it to our liking. We usually make it with ground beef even though the recipe calls for turkey. It’s delicious and easy to make, and the...
Recipe calls for:
One 4–5 pound chicken at room temperature, giblets and neck removed from cavity
2 onions quartered
1 head of garlic cut in half plus 3 garlic cloves minced
3 lemons 2...
On November 10th, Westridge hosted Grandparents and Friends Day, a special annual event where students invite their relatives to visit campus and sit in on classes.
For those who missed this event,...
Every year in the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Westridge community collects canned food to donate to the local food pantry, Friends in Deed. This year, Westridge collected 2,658 items, almost twice as many...
On December 10th, the Westridge Dad’s Club, along with Middle and Upper School students, visited Pasadena’s Carnegie Observatories to tour the campus, listen to a lecture on astronomy, and eat...
Dang, it’s hard to find good food in St. Louis. Desperation makes hungry people do crazy things—like spend an hour and a half in line at Starbucks or eat ice cream for breakfast in 30° weather....
Bellamy S. ’24, who has academic accommodations, has no problem talking openly about her ADHD and anxiety. “It’s a reason for why I’m like this. And I feel like people should know that, you know,...
She’s not wrong. I can’t remember the last time I felt this…defeated? It only took a few months into my tenth grade year before I realized that I had made a big mistake. It wasn’t just...
“Hey, Sophomore year! You’re up, grab your bat,” my coach said. The first pitch thrown at you is a four-seam fastball—a math project and a history paper due on the same day. “Strike one!” the...
Every year our family looks forward to making this aromatic, woodsy pumpkin loaf. A warm slice of this loaf goes well with a hot cup of tea. Although you may be used to dry and dense gluten free baked...
After much anticipation from soccer fans across the globe, the world’s most prestigious tournament is back on our screens—the FIFA World Cup. Though often uninterested in most other sporting events,...
![Many students at Westridge recognize the benefits of rewriting, but do it ultimately for a better grade. "[When I revise] I get to make those changes and like, obviously, get a better grade, but also because I'm learning more things," said Avin M. '27.](https://westridgespyglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ElizaK-Rewrite-Policies-1200x750.jpg)
