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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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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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Ilena’s Holiday Recipe: Honey-Olive Oil Granola

Ilena’s Holiday Recipe: Honey-Olive Oil Granola

Ilena M. December 12, 2022

“When winter break starts and you have some time,” my mom informed me, “you’re making granola.”  Ever since I invented it during quarantine, this sweet-and-savory granola recipe has been...

Click Here for December Editor’s Note

Ilena M. December 12, 2022

I’ve become convinced that the Spyglass staff holiday recipe picks are going to single-handedly save American democracy. We’re a literary bunch here at Spyglass. Most of our staff probably consider...

Humans of Westridge: Upper School History Teacher and Former Administrator Willa Greenstone

Humans of Westridge: Upper School History Teacher and Former Administrator Willa Greenstone

Ella B. December 12, 2022

Willa Greenstone is an animal lover, a mother of two, and a longtime Westridge history teacher. Born in Washington D.C., she and her brother grew up with a single mother after her father passed away when...

Graydon Herriott for Dining In by Alison Roman

Sylvie’s Holiday Recipe: Roasted Salmon

Sylvie S.-J. December 12, 2022

The older I get, the more I realize I should be spending December gyrating to Michael Buble. Instead, I spend most of my December wishing my brain cells didn’t ascend to the astral plane at a time when...

Brandon Worrell, the Director of Dining Services, stands near the entrance to the Commons

The Commons Prioritizes Faster Service Over Personal Orders

Sarah L. and Kristin C. November 7, 2022

Picture this: it’s a typical Thursday on Westridge campus. You and other hungry students rush out of class hoping for a tasty meal and conversations with friends--only to be faced with a line of people...

What are Westridge teachers giving out during Halloween?

What are Westridge teachers giving out during Halloween?

Daria H. and Genevieve W. November 7, 2022

5 dollar bills - Mr. Zhou “Put this towards your life savings”     Water - Skop “Candy ruins your mind. I went to Pomona, I would know.”     *Lights...

Real Life Horrors

Real Life Horrors

Gia S. November 7, 2022

Scary Places to Find Yourself on Halloween Night

Scary Places to Find Yourself on Halloween Night

Ilena M. November 7, 2022

- At Target, underwear shopping, when you run into your history teacher - A public pool full of unreliably potty-trained toddlers - Florida - The “waiting for the host to let you in” Zoom...

Halloween: What’s In and What’s Out

Halloween: What’s In and What’s Out

Kristin C. and Sarah L. November 7, 2022

Out: The two students that dress up as the twins from the shining and win “scariest costume” every year – EVEN THOUGH THERE’S TWO OF THEM SO TECHNICALLY IT DOESN’T COUNT   In: Halloween...

How to Get Away with Trick-or-Treating as an Older Teen

How to Get Away with Trick-or-Treating as an Older Teen

Amanda S. November 7, 2022

Anxiety begins to rise after you ring the doorbell. To mask the difference between your voice and the high-pitched voices of the 5-year-old children surrounding you, you meekly yell out “Trick-or-Treat”....

Little kids at a Halloween party

Halloween Costume Ideas for Faculty

Jessica W. November 7, 2022

Mr. Raines and Harrison Eleven and Mike   Skop Ballerina (with a frilly pink tutu)   Ms. Wei Olivia Rodrigo   Mr. E The grim reaper   Mr. Zhou Captain...

Halloween Etc.

Halloween Etc.

November 7, 2022

Enjoy Spyglass's annual selection of fun and spooky Halloween articles!

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