“One thing we like to do is hear from people like you!” When I hear that line, I know it’s time to start inching forward onto stage. Hunched over my walker, wrapped up tightly in my shawl, I make...
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...
From November 4th to November 6th, Westridge’s Theater Department performed its first play with stage fighting in around eight years: She Kills Monsters. By American-Vietnamese playwright Qui Nguyen,...
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,...
Each year at Westridge, the week before spring break is devoted to experiential learning that may include travel within Los Angeles, the United States, or abroad. Previously called “Interim” for Upper...
In October of this year, Westridge Upper and Middle Schoolers strutted into the dimly lit PAC and turned their attention to the projection screen that covered up the set of the She Kills Monsters theater...
“My view of the world or just everything is expanding,” recounted Lusha G. ’24, Westridge’s only student studying abroad for the 2022–2023 school year.
After hearing about other students...
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...
Spyglass met with Brittany Coker, Dean of Upper School Activities, to discuss the return of All School Day (ASD) and what it will look like for students this year as well as the reason for its cancellation...
