The Westridge Commons returns to normalcy as restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic are lifted. The return to business has brought challenges for the Commons staff, but also paves the way for further...
Last year, Westridge implemented new service requirements and options for students. Three major additions to the curriculum include the Commitment to Service (CTS), a change in required hours, and a final...
At the end of the previous school year, Westridge announced through an email that the school will be changing its learning management system from Finalsite Learn to Canvas from the 2022 fall school year...
Learning is more important than grades.
Teachers like to remind students that they should emphasize their learning and progress instead of focusing on a letter grade on their report cards. While most...
On April 7, 2021, Mr. Gary Baldwin, Head of Upper School, sent out an email warning that “students who are out of uniform multiple days will be disciplined.” However, as time has passed, the thought...
“The fact that the United States has so much involvement in so many of these issues makes us responsible; it has to. We have to take responsibility for the people who are suffering through these situations.”
It...
From where it sat atop my messy biology notebook and test my teacher had handed back minutes prior, my phone buzzed. I prepared to read a message of praise from my parents for acing a harder-than-usual...
“What does it mean to be a girls’ school when we’re no longer living in a binary world?”
Ms. Sarah Jallo, Senior Director for Enrollment Management and Student Outcomes, explained that this...
Post-pandemic and remote learning, educational institutions have been taking the time to reflect on how they can best teach, reach, and support their students. And Westridge is no exception. Westridge’s...
On May 3, a draft opinion suggesting that the Supreme Court intends to strike down Roe v. Wade was leaked and obtained by POLITICO. The Supreme Court has confirmed that the leaked draft about the possible...
A handful of candidates are hoping to follow Eric Garcetti, who has served as Mayor of Los Angeles for the past eight years. The five leading candidates running to replace Garcetti include developer Rick...
In 2014, Westridge started a bus route to and from the San Fernando Valley. Now, eight years later, that route is being discontinued due to the lack of financial sustainability.
Originally, Westridge’s...
![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)
