Every morning at 7:10am, about seven students file onto the Westridge Los Feliz Bus. Typically, most are sipping on their warm cups of hot chocolate from the local Coffee Bean. They are ready to go, backpacks...
The Water Warriors club has been a signature staple of the Westridge middle school program since 2012. Even as a 4th grader, I remember seeing what looked like a small army of middle schoolers in their...
From November 1 to November 4, eight Spyglass staffers visited Boston for the annual JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention.
After arriving in Boston just before midnight on November...
For the 2023–24 school year, the Westridge Upper School schedule has been amended in an effort to add structure to students’ classes and establish a consistent block for community assemblies and events....
Last February, the English Office relocated to Room 4 due to the smell in the Rothenberg Humanities building. Over the summer, Facilities investigated the smell and worked on the plumbing and ventilation,...
6:59 AM on Monday, November 6.
Sydney S. ’25, along with every other student in the junior class, sat patiently at her computer, waiting for 7:00, when the first-come, first-serve SignUpGenius form...
On September 7, moments before teaching her next class, Lower School Art teacher Ms. Val Trimarchi, better known as Ms. T, was in the State Street Parking Lot when she heard a faint meow. At first, Ms....
“Are you applauding me?” asks Dr. Joe Busch, my Algebra II teacher, as a loud clap erupts from the back of the class. Emerson F. ’26 quickly responds that she was not, in fact, applauding Dr. Busch...
On Wednesday, October 11, as Upper School students, teachers, and administrators packed themselves into the history classroom RB60, the scene was set to become a fire hazard. Consequently, most attendees,...
It’s just after 1:00 p.m. on a Monday as I arrive outside the office of Mrs. Rocio Ramos. She welcomes me into a quaint, cozy room in Pitcairn with a reassuring smile that comforts my nervousness. The...
This summer, Art Department Head Ms. Lorri Deyer and Lower School Art Teacher Ms. Val Trimarchi accompanied ten Upper School students to Cow House Studios, an art farm in southeast Ireland. Editor...
