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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

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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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Alumni Spotlight

In June, Westridge's (believed to be) oldest alumna went viral for collecting her master's degree at age 105. (Photo credit: Stanford Graduate School of Education)

Alumni Profile: After a Life Dedicated to Education, Westridge Alumna Virginia Hislop Collects Stanford Master’s Degree at 105

Ella B. October 5, 2024

This past June, Westridge’s (believed to be) oldest alumna Ms. Virginia Hislop ’36 made national headlines as she walked across Stanford University’s graduation stage in Palo Alto. After a long wait...

Highlights from Westridge Class of ’23’s First Semester in College

Highlights from Westridge Class of ’23’s First Semester in College

Lily C. February 12, 2024

Transitioning to college life can be both exhilarating and challenging as students embrace both new freedoms and new responsibilities. Spyglass spoke with six members of the Class of 2023 about their first...

Taken in a film camera at Film Forum by her husband, Lauren is in a small repertory movie theater in the West Village– one of her favorite places in New York City.

Alumna Lauren Ro ’03–Life As a Writer in New York

Grace F. and Kelly C. November 13, 2023

As we scrolled down the mountainous list of alumni to identify whom we could spotlight for the next edition of Spyglass, a certain line caught our attention. “Lauren Ro-Kim 2003: Writer for New York...

Dr. Lexie Kovach

Westridge Alumna Interview: Lexie Kovach, M.D. ’99

Reed D. May 29, 2023

I grew up in a medical family. My dad and grandpa are doctors. My mom, a recovering attorney, always says that one of the things she loves most about my dad is that medicine is an “honorable profession”...

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